Christopher Ruocchio comes on the show to talk about his Sun Eater series. We talk about his reversion to Catholicism, his books, and much more!

His website can be found here:

https://sollanempire.com/

Christopher Ruocchio’s Books

Empire of Silence

Howling Dark

Demon in White

Kingdoms of Death

The Lesser Devil

Avengers #50 - The Two Worthies

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Books/Authors Mentioned

Gene Wolfe - Book of the New Sun

J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings

Frank Herbert - Dune

Tim Powers - The Stress of Her Regard

Clark Ashton Smith

Dragons in the Bible! Robert Miller, II, O.F.S., Ph.D. is a professor of the Old Testament and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies at The Catholic University of America. He wrote a book called “The Dragon, the Mountain, and the Nations.” We talk about dragons in both the Old and New Testaments and compare them to Near Eastern pagan mythology. What are these dragons? What is the Mountain and who is the mysterious dragon slayer?

His faculty page can be found here:

https://trs.catholic.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/miller-robert/index.html

Robert Miller II’s Books/Articles Mentioned

The Dragon, the Mountain, and the Nations (2018)

Dragon Myths and Biblical Theology (2019). Theological Studies vol(80) 37-56.

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Richard Rohlin, co-host of the Amon Sul podcast, joins me to discuss St. Maximus the Confessor, Tolkien, and imaginary furniture.

Richard Rohlin’s Projects

Amon Sul Podcast

Medieval Universal History - Symbolic World with Jonathan Pageau

Finding the Golden Key - Sacramental Imagination

https://findingthegoldenkey.com/blog/

Find Richard Rohlin on FaceBook - Richard Rohlin (Seraphim)

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Books/Authors Mentioned

On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy - St. Maximus the Confessor

On Fairy Stories - J. R. R. Tolkien

The Trouble with Re-Enchantment - Jason Crawford

A Secular Age - Charles Taylor

George McDonald

Heather Ward

Eighth Day Institute

Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh

Dracula - Bram Stoker

Hans Urs von Balthasar

Three Treatises on the Divine Images - St. John of Damascus

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - John le Carre

Declare, The Stress of Her Regard, Hide Me Among the Graves - Tim Powers

The Dresden Files - Jim Butcher

I am joined by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson, author of “A Bloody Habit”, “Brother Wolf”, the Ignatius Critical Edition of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” and more. We discuss Dracula, both the book and monster, vampire lore and much more. Happy Halloween!

Books by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson:

Dracula - Ignatius Critical Edition (2012)

A Bloody Habit (2018)

Brother Wolf (2021)

These books and more can be found at eleanorbourgnicholson.com.

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Books/Authors Mentioned:

Bram Stoker - Dracula

Tim Powers - The Stress of Her Regard, Hide Me Among the Graves

John Milton - Paradise Lost

George MacDonald - Lilith

Oscar Wilde

Lord Byron

William Blake

Percy Shelly

Mary Shelly

John Polidori - The Vampyre

Author and Medievalist Sandra Miesel comes on the show to provide an overview of SF Fandom and the various Catholic science fiction authors who were her friends. 

Books by Sandra Miesel:

Against Time’s Arrow (1978)

Dreamrider (1982)

Shaman (1989)

Heads to the Storm: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling (1989)

The Da Vinci Hoax (2004)

Pied Piper of Atheism: Philip Pullman and Children’s Fantasy (2007)

Articles by Sandra Miesel:

The Witches Next Door (2002):

https://www.crisismagazine.com/2002/the-witches-next-door-2

Harry Potter for Nerds (2011). Is There Hope for Slytherin House? Can the Serpent Change Its Skin?

The Cross and the Stars (2011):

https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2011/05/15/the-cross-and-the-stars/

Freemasons and Their Craft: What Catholics Should Know (2017):

https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=11540

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Books/Authors Mentioned:

A Case of Conscience - James Blish

Rudyard Kipling

Three Hearts and Three Lions, A Midsummer Tempest - Poul Anderson

Arthur C. Clarke

Robert A. Heinlein

Isaac Asimov

Childe Cycle - Gordon R. Dickson

Andre Norton

Leah Brackett

Till We Have Faces, The Discarded Image, An Experiment in Criticism - C. S. Lewis

Zenna Henderson

Larry Niven

The Instrumentality of Mankind, The Dead Lady of Clown Town, Alpha Ralpha Boulevard - Cordwainer Smith

Philip K. Dick

David Drake

Catholic Books/Authors Mentioned:

A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr.

Dom Hubert van Zeller

Lord of the World, Dawn of All - Robert Hugh Benson

The Face in the Frost, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, St. Fidgeta and Other Parodies - John Bellairs

Past Master, The Flame is Green, Okla Hannali - R. A. Lafferty

The Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe

Night Moves, The Way Down the Hill, Declare, Last Call, The Anubis Gates, Dinner at Deviant’s Palace, The Stress of Her Regard, Hide Me Among the Graves, On Stranger Tides - Tim Powers

The Berserker Series, The Empire of the East Series, The Books of Swords, Love Conquers All - Fred Saberhagen

Michael D. O’Brien

Inferno - Jerry Pournelle

Children of the Atom - Wilmar H. Shiras

The Eight Arrow: Odysseus in the Underworld - J. Augustine Wetta O.S.B.

A Bloody Habit, Brother Wolf - Eleanor Bourg Nicholson

St. Anthony of the Desert - St. Athanasius

Do you believe in faeries? Katarinya Mariya joins me to have a chat about The Little People or the “Fair Folk” who might be out in the woods waiting to whisk you away.

Follow Katarinya on Twitter @katarinyamariya

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Books Mentioned:

Grimm’s Fairy Tales - Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm

The Fifth Head of Cerberus - Gene Wolfe

The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury

The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien

On Fairy Stories - J. R. R. Tolkien

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun - J. R. R. Tolkien

The Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis

Companion to Narnia - Paul F. Ford

The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns & Fairies - Robert Kirk

Films/TV Shows Mentioned:

Peter Pan (1953)

Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)

Legend (1985)

Superman: The Animated Series (1996-2000)

This is the introduction episode. I explain what this podcast is about and I talk a little about Gene Wolfe and faeries. Enjoy!

Episode 1 Show Notes

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Authors Mentioned:

Tim Powers

Fred Saberhagen

Clifford Simak

Anthony Boucher

J. R. R. Tolkien

C. S. Lewis - The Screwtape Letters, An Experiment in Criticism, The Discarded Image

Gene Wolfe - Book of the New Sun

Jim Butcher

Robert E. Howard

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Manly Wade Wellman

Sandra Miesel - The Cross and the Stars https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2011/05/15/the-cross-and-the-stars/

Marc Aramini

John Navone SJ - Seeking God in Story