The Fantastic Books Podcast: Fantasy and Sci-Fi Book Reviews

Sorry for the delayed episode, but it's better late than never!

This week we get one chapter from Vin's perspective as she attends another ball and one chapter from Kelsier's perspective as he gathers some intel from informants. Vin attends her second ball, only to be pestered by Elend Venture and his enormous stack of books. She turns her luck around and gets asked to dance by several young gentlemen, but then unfortunately gets drawn into the plans of Lady Shan Elariel. Kelsier continues his antagonizing of the nobility by leaving a certain "present" in the Tekial garden, and then continues on to clandestine meetings with Lord Straff Venture and Hoid.

We also discuss the fan picks for Mistborn: The Movie!

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Vin wakes from her injury and is rearing to go with getting back to both Allomancy and helping with Kelsier's plans. Unfortunately, she has to sit quietly and play the role of Lady Valette at the Renoux mansion, waiting for all the crewmembers to come to her. There is a lot of interpersonal development that we had a great time analyzing, discussing, and making predictions about. Other topics include casting Mistborn as a movie, Breeze's secret identity, and romance plots.

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Felurian decides "her Kvothe" is too vulnerable to the dangers of the mortal world to let him leave the Fae without a proper gift. She takes him to the Darkest region of the realm to create him a shaed. During this time we get some insight into the stealing of the moon and the Creation War. Kvothe also learns a thing or two about Romance and listening to the wisdom of an omnipotent goddess. Other topics include Magic shoes, wicked wrist watches, and ancient music. 

This week we had the amazing opportunity to nerd out and become instant best friends with the author of "I'm Sorry Here's a Plasma Rifle," Aaron N Hall. We talked about how he twists tropes and builds plots to create hilarious and insightful science fiction worlds, characters, and narratives, but we also got deep and discussed his poetry, inspirations, relationships, the future, and some pretty impossible recipes! Outside of "I'm Sorry Here's A Plasma Rifle, Aaron has also published a fantasy trilogy, The W3vlian Chronicles, and a superhero novel, My Name is Hammerfist, which we also got a chance to chat about.

You can find all of Aaron Hall's works here: Aaron N. Hall | Author & Creator (aaronnhall.com) 

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Vin and Kelsier risk a daring break into Kredik Shaw, only to be thwarted by a pack of Steel Inquisitors. They barely manage to escape with their lives, and it's really only thanks to Sazed that Vin is alive. Despite not finding the atium, they do get a glimpse of a secret room in the palace and manage to unintentionally steal a book that is filled with the Hero of Age's diary entries. These two chapters are Brandon Sanderson's favorite chapters of the book, and we have to agree!

Tune in next week for an intervciew with Aaron N. Hall, author of "I'm Sorry Here's a Plasma Rifle," which can be purchased here.

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This week we tried our hand reading and analyzing poetry! We had a wonderful time discussing Aaron's poems and pastry recipes, even if the recipes ended up being impossible to create, and getting into topics like lost love, pets, the end of humanity, and wizards. Like the short stories, this selection of poetry continued to surprise and delight us as we finished off the book. Other topics include The Simpson's Movie, chanting, and chapped lips.

You can find all of Aaron Hall's works here: Aaron N. Hall | Author & Creator (aaronnhall.com) Be sure to check out our social media pages @fantasticbookspod and our website Fantastic Books and How to Read Them Podcast (fantasticbookspod.com) which has more book reviews, recommendations, and merch.

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Tune in next week for I'm Sorry Here's a Plasma Rifle by Aaron N. Hall, which can be purchased here.

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You can find all of Aaron Hall's works here: Aaron N. Hall | Author & Creator (aaronnhall.com)

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Vin learns the subtle and secret art of soothing under the tutelage of Breeze. Kelsier riles up some recruits, and we find out the fate of Camon's crew. Things are progressing for "Kelsier and Friends" but not quickly enough....

Tune in next week for I'm Sorry Here's a Plasma Rifle by Aaron N. Hall.

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Welcome to the wild and wacky sci-fi world of the "late" Aaron Hall, whose book has been sent back in time to us from the year 2124. 

"I'm Sorry, Here's a Plasma Rifle," is a collection of short stories, poems, and pastry recipes and in this first episode, we cover the first three short stories. In them, we encounter space squids, decoy monkeys, personified books, mind traps, an all-powerful phone, and tater-tot casserole, as well as deep questions about the human mind, reality versus memory, and the destruction of the world. 

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Published by Goldenrise Media.