Two Chairs Talking

By David Grigg and Perry Middlemiss

Two ex-chairmen of the World SF Convention talk about books, movies, science fiction fandom, and much else.... more

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July 28, 2025The Clock Has Stopped in the Dark!
Season 2, Episode 7
David and Perry discuss the novel Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and the film Dark City directed by Alex Proyas
Introduction (1:44)
Anniversary of Aussiecon (3:23)
Discussion (0:12)
Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (9:49)
Dark City directed by Alex Proyas (17:47)
What Else We've Been Watching/Reading (0:11)
Station Eleven (DVD) (2:06)
F1 directed by Joseph Kosinski (5:21)
The Amateur directed by James Hawes (0:35)
Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham (4:14)
Shrinking (Apple TV+) (3:44)
Wind-up and Next Episode (1:21)
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You do not know what has been going on, Ivy.
And if you did, you would not understand it.
I do not understand, so how could you?
...
Ivy: Oh, I'm sorry. But can't you explain?
Why do you all look so peculiar? I think I might be allowed
To know what has happened.
Amy's voice: Agatha! Mary! come!
The clock has stopped in the dark!
-- Family Reunion by T. S. Eliot
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51min
June 26, 2025Exhausting the Realm of the Possible
Season 2, Episode 6
Perry and David discuss the latest Mission Impossible movies and the novel Julia.
Introduction (01:15)
Discussion (53:05)
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning / Final Reckoning (17:03)
F1 and Other Apple Movies (06:21)
Julia by Sandra Newman (18:41)
What Else We've Been Reading and Watching (10:39)
The Songs of Penelope by Claire North (03:40)
Jurassic Park Series (02:01)
Murderbot (Apple TV+) (04:04)
Warfare directed by Alex Garland (00:48)
Windup (01:07)
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My soul, do not seek immortal life, but exhaust the realm of the possible.
—Pindar, Pythian Odes, III.109
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56min
May 26, 2025Like a worm in the bud
Season 2, Episode 5
Perry and David discuss the novel Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway and the film Parasite directed by Bong Joon Ho.
Introduction (05:40)
Discussion (45:39)
Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway (27:12)
Parasite, directed by Bong Joon Ho (18:26)
What else we've been reading/watching (07:43)
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...She never told her love,
but let concealment, like a worm i’ the bud
feed on her damask cheek...
—Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
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1h
April 29, 2025The Eye of the Storm
Season 2, Episode 4
Perry and David discuss the novellas Typhoon by Joseph Conrad and The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler, as well as the film Birdman directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Introduction (07:52)
Discussion (45:51)
Typhoon by Joseph Conrad (16:30)
Birdman directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu (16:56)
The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler (11:47)
What Else We've Been Reading/Watching (09:57)
Windup (01:28)
Interview with Alejandro González Iñárritu in Variety Magazine
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Photo of hurricane from NASA
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1h 6min
March 24, 2025Don't Ever Leave
Season 2, Episode 3
David and Perry discuss the film "Never Let Me Go" and the novel "This Kingdom of Dust" in depth as well as mentioning a few other books and films.
Introduction (03:07)
Never Let Me Go (film and novel) (25:24)
This Kingdom of Dust (novel) (24:17)
What else we've been reading and watching (14:22)
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (01:46)
Dusk by Robbie Arnott (03:35)
Conclave (05:00)
The Conversation (03:22)
Windup (02:04)
END (50:24)
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1h 10min
February 25, 2025The Vision Splendid
Season 2, Episode 2
David and Perry discuss the films and television shows they watched during 2024 and give lists of their best in each category.
Intro (03:26)
Favourite Film and TV of 2024 (01:30:51)
Favourite Films of 2024 (45:18)
Perry's Favourite Drama Films (06:30)
David's Favourite Drama Films (02:05)
Perry's Favourite SF/Fantasy/Horror Films (05:01)
David's Favourite SF/Fantasy Films (02:10)
Perry's Favourite Action/Thriller Films (05:22)
David's Favourite Action/Thriller Films (01:23)
Perry's Favourite Comedy Films (05:03)
David's Favourite Comedy Films (02:22)
Perry's Favourite Crime Films (06:03)
David's Favourite Crime Films (00:19)
Perry's Favourite Other Films (04:18)
David's Favourite Other Films (01:00)
Perry's Best Films Overall (01:58)
David's Favourite Overall (00:37)
Favourite TV Shows of 2024 (44:53)
Perry's Favourite Drama TV (06:35)
David's Favourite Drama TV (03:03)
Perry's Favourite SF/Fantasy TV (02:17)
David's Favourite SF/Fantasy TV (06:18)
Perry's Favourite Action/Thriller TV (07:08)
David's Favourite Action/Thriller TV (00:47)
Perry's Favourite Comedy TV (03:57)
David's Favourite Comedy TV (00:47)
Perry's Favourite Crime TV (06:55)
David's Favourite Crime TV (00:47)
Perry's Favourite Documentary TV (03:46)
David's Favourite Documentary TV (01:00)
Perry's Best Overall Tv (00:43)
David's Favourite Overall TV (00:33)
Windup (04:09)
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1h 39min
January 22, 2025The Books! The Books!
Season 2 Episode 1
David and Perry discuss the books they read during 2024 and give lists of their best five in each category. Plus their most disappointing read of the year.
Intro (01:44)
Our 2024 Reading (45:12)
David's Best SF for 2024 (10:27)
Perry's Best SF for 2024 (12:05)
Perry's Best Fantasy for 2024 (06:32)
David's Best Crime for 2024 (10:31)
Perry's Best Crime for 2024 (15:45)
David's Best Thrillers of 2024 (10:45)
Perry's Best Thrillers of 2024 (06:22)
David's Best Historical Fiction of 2024 (08:49)
Perry's Best Children's Literature for 2024 (04:45)
David's Best Childrens Literature of 2024 (05:48)
Perry's Best Literary Fiction of 2024 (14:27)
David's Best Literary Fiction of 2024 (11:15)
Perry's Best Non-Fiction of 2024 (06:28)
David's Best Nonfiction of 2024 (08:05)
David's Best Overall for 2024 (00:24)
Perry's Best Overall for 2024 (01:14)
Perry's Biggest Disappointment of 2024 (03:19)
David's Biggest Disappointment of 2024 (03:20)
Windup (00:56)
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2h 29min
July 22, 2024 Episode 102: Fanzines, the State of the Art
In this special episode, Perry hosts a discussion panel at Conflux, a science fiction convention held in Canberra in October 2023. The topic was "Fanzines: the State of the Art".

Introduction (01:10)
Panel discussion (59:21)
Windup (00:20)
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1h 2min
June 22, 2024 Episode 101: The best SF novels of the 1960s
In this special episode, David and Perry give a talk at the Nova Mob about the SF novels of the 1960s. To decide on the best, we treat the exercise as a draft, each of us picking a title in turn in order to try to get the best "team". Who will win?
Meeting starts (00:45)
Introduction to the draft (01:53)
Why the 1960s? (02:02)
Perry's first pick (02:45)
David's first pick (02:24)
Perry's second pick (02:24)
David's second pick (03:04)
Perry's third pick (02:40)
David's third pick (03:41)
Perry's fourth pick (02:00)
David's fourth pick (02:47)
Perry's fifth pick (03:38)
David's fifth pick (03:24)
Perry's sixth pick (04:37)
David's sixth pick (03:34)
Possibles and reserves (03:24)
Voting (08:56)
Results of voting (00:24)
Discussion (10:19)
Windup (54:20)
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1h 7min
January 16, 2024 Episode 100: We score a century!
Perry and David celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast by discussing the best books they read during 2023. And bid you all a fond farewell.
Introduction (00:12)
Our 100th Episode! (04:14)
Let's talk about Books (02:10)
2023: Highlights of our reading (01:11:53)
Best Science Fiction read in 2023 (David) (04:24)
Best Science Fiction read in 2023 (Perry) (03:41)
Best Fantasy read in 2023 (David) (03:40)
Best Fantasy read in 2023 (Perry) (03:34)
Best Crime read in 2023 (David) (05:28)
Best Crime read in 2023 (Perry) (05:59)
Best Spy/Thriller read in 2023 (David) (02:01)
Best Spy/Thriller read in 2023 (Perry) (02:57)
Best Historical Fiction read in 2023 (David) (05:50)
Best Novellas read in 2023 (Perry) (05:26)
Best Literary read in 2023 (David) (02:13)
Best Literary read in 2023 (Perry) (04:32)
Best Children's Literature read in 2023 (David) (02:27)
Best Collection/Anthology read in 2023 (Perry) (02:19)
Best Nonfiction read in 2023 (David) (03:16)
Best Nonfiction read in 2023 (Perry) (02:36)
Best Overall read for the first time in 2023 (David) (01:22)
Best Overall read for the first time in 2023 (Perry) (01:11)
Best Overall re-read in 2023 (David) (01:10)
Best Overall re-read in 2023 (Perry) (02:39)
Windup and Farewell (06:02

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1h 26min

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