Reading List for Episodes 51-75
Episode 51 | Brian Selznick | Movie Adaptations 1 |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick
Wonderstruck – Brian Selznick
The Hugo Movie Companion – Brian Selznick
Under the Moons of Mars – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Lightspeed: Year One – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Living Dead 2 – John Joseph Adams (editor)
‘The Trial of Thomas Jefferson’ – David Barr Kirtley
The Barsoom Series – Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edison’s Eve – Gaby Wood
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler – E L Konigsburg
Mouja – Matt London
Enders Game – Orson Scott Card
Enders Shadow – Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead – Orson Scott Card
Ender in Exile – Orson Scott Card
Starship Troopers – Robert Heinlein
Foundation Series – Isaac Asimov
Princess of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Hobbit – J R R Tolkien
Episode 52 | Ian McDonald | Movie Adaptations 2 |
River of Gods – Ian McDonald
Brasyl – Ian McDonald
The Dervish House – Ian McDonald
Evolution Shore – Ian McDonald
The Isle of the Dead – Ian McDonald
Empire Dreams – Ian McDonald
Hopeland – Ian McDonald
Under the Moons of Mars – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Lightspeed: Year One – John Joseph Adams (editor)
‘Power Armour Love Story’ – David Barr Kirtley
Enders Game – Orson Scott Card
Princess of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Hobbit – J R R Tolkien
A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
Game of Thrones – George R R Martin
Little, Big – John Crowley
Starship Troopers – Robert Heinlein
I am Legend – Richard Matheson
‘We Can Remember it for you Wholesale’ – Philip K Dick
Foundation Series – Isaac Asimov
Dune Series – Frank Herbert
I Robot – Isaac Asimov
Bicentennial Man – Isaac Asimov
The Caves of Steel – Isaac Asimov
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton – Larry Niven
The City and the City – China Mieville
Red Mars – Kim Stanley Robinson
The Forever War – Joe Halderman
The Man in the High Castle – Philip K Dick
Fatherland – Robert Harris
Lensman Series – E E Smith
The Dark Tower Series – Stephen King
The Gunslinger – Stephen King
American Gods – Neil Gaiman
Sandman – Neil Gaiman (comic)
Episode 53 | William Gibson | Cyberpunk |
Neuromancer – William Gibson
Distrust that Particular Flavour – William Gibson
Burning Chrome – William Gibson
‘Time Machine Cuba’ – William Gibson
‘Fragments of a Hologram Rose’ – William Gibson
‘Johnny Mnemonic’ – William Gibson
Darwin’s Bastards – Zsuzsi Gartner (editor)
Enders Game – Orson Scott Card
Mirrorshades – Bruce Stirling (editor)
‘Cyberpunk’ – Bruce Bethke
Good Old Fashioned Future – Bruce Stirling
Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert Heinlein
Tunnel in the Sky – Robert Heinlein
Altered Carbon – Richard Morgan
Snowcrash – Neal Stephenson
Hardwired – Walter Jon Williams
‘Maneki Neko’ – Bruce Stirling
‘Dog Walker’ – Orson Scott Card
Chronicles of Amber – Roger Zelazny
Episode 54 | Robin Hobb | Epic Fantasy |
The Farseer Trilogy – Robin Hobb
The Live Ship Traders Trilogy – Robin Hobb
The Rain Wilds Chronicles – Robin Hobb
City of Dragons – Robin Hobb
The Inheritance and Other Stories – Robin Hobb
The Assassin’s Apprentice – Robin Hobb
Royal Assassin – Robin Hobb
Assassin’s Quest – Robin Hobb
The Tawny Man Trilogy – Robin Hobb
Soldier Son Trilogy – Robin Hobb
Old Paint – Megan Lindholm
‘The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince’ – Robin Hobb
Throne of the Crescent Moon – Saladin Ahmed
Amazons – Jessica Amanda Salmonson (editor)
Grimm’s Fairy Tales – Brothers Grimm
Aesop’s Fables
The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling
The Long Walk – Salwomir Rawicz
Supertanker – George Sullivan
Heroes – Joe Abercrombie
Prince of Thorns – Mark Lawrence
The Steel Remains – Richard Morgan
Mistborn – Brandon Sanderson
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
Conan the Barbarian – Robert E Howard
The Hobbit – J R R Tolkien
Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser Series – Fritz Leiber
Song of Ice and Fire – George R R Martin
Epic – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Myth Series – Robert Asprin
Dragonlance Series – Laura and Tracy Hickman
Xanth Series – Piers Anthony
Chronicles of Amber – Roger Zelazny
Book of the New Sun – Gene Wolfe
The Wheel of Time – Robert Jordan
The Dark Tower Series – Stephen King
Spellwright – Blake Charlton
Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss
Sword of Shannara – Terry Brooks
Sorrow and Thorn Series – Tad Williams
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant – Stephen R Donaldson
A Princess of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs
Authors mentioned – Michael Morcock, Steven Erikson, Trudi Canavan, Ursula K LeGuin, Terry Goodkind, David Gemmell, David Eddings, Scott Lynch
Episode 55 | Michael Chabon | John Carter Movie |
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay – Michael Chabon
Gentlemen of the Road – Michael Chabon
The Yiddish Policeman – Michael Chabon
Wonder Boys – Michael Chabon
Manhood for Amateurs – Michael Chabon
Telegraph Avenue – Michael Chabon
‘The God of Dark Laughter’ – Michael Chabon
‘Citizen Khan’ – Michael Chabon
John Carter Series – Edgar Rice Burroughs
A Princess of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs
Chessmen of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes – Edgar Rice Burroughs
Gods of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs
Warlords of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs
Gormenghast Trilogy – Mervyn Peake
Under the Moons of Mars – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Demolished Man – Alfred Bester
Episode 56 | Vernor Vinge | Tobias Buckell Chat |
True Names – Vernor Vinge
A Fire upon the Deep – Vernor Vinge
A Deepness in the Sky – Vernor Vinge
Rainbow’s End – Vernor Vinge
The Children of the Sky – Vernor Vinge
The Starmaker – Olaf Stapleton
Accelerando – Charles Stross
The Black Swan – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Singularity is Near – Raymond Kurzwell
‘The Ethics of Madness’ – Larry Niven
Crystal Rain – Tobias Buckell
Ragamuffin – Tobias Buckell
Sly Mongoose – Tobias Buckell
Halo: The Cole Protocol – Tobias Buckell
Nascence – Tobias Buckell
The Apocalypse Ocean – Tobias Buckell
‘Jungle Walkers’ – Tobias Buckell
Childhood’s End – Arthur C Clarke
Islands in the Net – Bruce Stirling
‘The Sultan of the Clouds’ – Geoffrey Landis
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Under the Moons of Mars – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Episode 57 | Morgan Spurlock | Science Fiction Conventions |
Y the Last Man – Brian K Vaughan (comic)
DMZ – Brian Wood (comic)
A Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking
Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss
Authors mentioned – Piers Anthony, Neil Gaiman, Robert Silverberg, George R R Martin, Bernard Cornwell, Harry Turtledove, Diana Gabaldon, Blake Charlton, Carrie Vaughn
Episode 58 | Anne Rice | Horror and Publishing |
Interview with the Vampire – Anne Rice
The Vampire Lestat – Anne Rice
Queen of the Damned – Anne Rice
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt – Anne Rice
The Wolf Gift – Anne Rice
The Mayfair Witch Trilogy – Anne Rice
The Tale of the Body Thief – Anne Rice
‘The Man Wolf’ – Erckmann-Chatrain
‘Dress of White Silk’ – Richard Matheson
Song of Ice and Fire – George R R Martin
Twilight Series – Stephanie Meyer
Carrie – Stephen King
I am Legend – Richard Matheson
The Passage – Justin Cronin
Under the Dome – Stephen King
What Dreams May Come – Richard Matheson
He is Legend – Christopher Conlon (editor)
The Langoliers – Stephen King
Stir of Echoes – Richard Matheson
The Living Dead – John Joseph Adams (editor)
‘The Skull-faced Boy’ – David Barr Kirtley
‘Button, Button’ – Richard Matheson
I am not a Serial Killer – Dan Wells
Rotters – Daniel Kraus
Gustav Gloom Series – Adam-Troy Castro
The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls – Claire Legrand
Authors mentioned – Robert Heinlein, Tim Powers
Episode 59 | Garth Nix | 1980s TV Cartoons |
Sabriel – Garth Nix
Lirael – Garth Nix
Abhorsen – Garth Nix
The Seventh Tower Series – Garth Nix
The Keys to the Kingdom Series – Garth Nix
Troubletwisters Series – Garth Nix and Sean Williams
A Confusion of Princes – Garth Nix
Shade’s Children – Garth Nix
‘Sam Cars and the Cuckoo’ – Garth Nix
‘Infestation’ – Garth Nix
Measure for Measure – William Shakespeare
Moominland Midwinter – Tove Jansson
Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser Series – Fritz Leiber
Conan Series – Robert E Howard
Nine Princes in Amber – Roger Zelazny
Fair Coin – E C Myers
Authors mentioned – Robert Heinlein, Andre Norton
Episode 60 | Brian Greene | Parallel Worlds |
The Hidden Reality – Brian Greene
The Fabric of the Cosmos – Brian Greene
The Elegant Universe – Brian Greene
Icarus at the Edge of Time – Brian Greene
Other Worlds than These – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Timescape – Gregory Benford
Another Fine Myth – Robert Asprin
Split Infinity – Piers Anthony
His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
The Dark Tower Series – Stephen King
The Wizard of Oz – Frank L Baum
Chronicles of Narnia – C S Lewis
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
‘The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath’ – H P Lovecraft
‘Impossible Dreams’ – Tim Pratt
‘Ten Sigmas’ – Paul Melko
The Haunted Vagina – Carlton Mellick III
The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making – Catherynne M Valente
The Odyssey – Homer
Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift
There are Doors – Gene Wolfe
Sound of Thunder – Ray Bradbury
The Mathmatics of Magic – L Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
Chronicles of Amber – Roger Zelazny
‘The Ontological Factor’ – David Barr Kirtley
Episode 61 | Paul Krugman | Economics in Science Fiction |
The Conscience of a Liberal – Paul Krugman
End This Depression Now! – Paul Krugman
Brave New Worlds – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Foundation Series – Isaac Asimov
Dune – Frank Herbert
The Family Trade – Charles Stross
The Wheel of Time – Robert Jordan
Culture Series – Iain M Banks
Enders Game – Orson Scott Card
To Disturb the Universe – Sarah Brand
A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
The Cold Cash War – Robert Asprin
Myth Series – Robert Asprin
Market Forces – Richard K Morgan
Unsafe at Any Speed – Ralph Nader
A Marxist Critique of International Law – China Mieville
Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
Free Space – Brad Linaweaver and Edward E Kramer (editors)
The Space Merchants – Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth
‘The Good Work’ – Theodore L Thomas
‘The Cambist and Lord of Iron’ – Daniel Abraham
‘Dead Space for the Unexpected’ – Geoff Ryman
‘Just do it’ – Heather Lindsey
‘The Art of Alchemy’ – Ted Kosmatka
‘The Green Leopard Plague’ – Walter John Williams
’99 Weeks’ – Ursula K LeGuin
Episode 62 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Ecology in Science Fiction |
Red Mars – Kim Stanley Robinson
Green Mars – Kim Stanley Robinson
Blue Mars – Kim Stanley Robinson
The Science in the Capital Series – Kim Stanley Robinson
The Years of Rice and Salt – Kim Stanley Robinson
2312 – Kim Stanley Robinson
The Memory of Whiteness – Kim Stanley Robinson
Ice Henge – Kim Stanley Robinson
Escape from Kathmandu – Kim Stanley Robinson
The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson – Kim Stanley Robinson
‘Prometheus Unbound at Last’ – Kim Stanley Robinson
Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Accelerando – Charles Stross
Return to the Whorl – Gene Wolfe
Dhalgren – Samuel R Delany
Learning the World – Ken MacLeod
Crystal Rain – Tobias Buckell
Halo: The Cole Protocol – Tobias Buckell
Arctic Rising – Tobias Buckell
Make Room, Make Room – Harry Harrison
Welcome to the Greenhouse – Gordon van Gelder (editor)
I’m With the Bears – Mark Martin (editor)
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
Childhood’s End – Arthur C Clarke
Earth Abides – George R Stewart
The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Pump 6 and Other Stories – Paolo Bacigalupi
The Wind Up Girl – Paolo Bacigalupi
Shipbreaker – Paolo Bacigalupi
The Drowned Cities – Paolo Bacigalupi
The Alchemist – Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias Buckell
The Executionist – Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias Buckell
Episode 63 | Seanan McGuire | Prometheus Movie Review |
October Days – Seanan McGuire
Encrypted – Seanan McGuire
Discount Armageddon – Seanan McGuire
‘Everglades’ – Seanan McGuire
The Newsflesh Trilogy – Mira Grant
Blackout – Mira Grant
Feed – Mira Grant
Deadline – Mira Grant
Countdown – Mira Grant
Forced Evolutions – Mira Grant
Parasite – Mira Grant
San Diego 2014: Last Stand of the Brown Coats – Mira Grant
The Living Dead 2 – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Parasite Rex – Carl Zimmer
2312 – Kim Stanley Robinson
Red Planet – Kim Stanley Robinson
Episode 64 | John Scalzi | Star Trek |
Old Man’s War – John Scalzi
The Android’s Dream – John Scalzi
Fuzzy Nation – John Scalzi
Redshirts – John Scalzi
Agents of the Stars – John Scalzi
The God Engines – John Scalzi
Federations – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Leviathan Rising – J A Corey
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
Little Fuzzy – H Beam Piper
Fair Coin – E C Myers
I am not Spock – Leonard Nimoy
Authors mentioned – Scott Westerfeld, Suzanne Collins, Pat Rothfuss, Richard K Morgan
Episode 65 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Ray Bradbury |
The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K LeGuin
The Lathe of Heaven – Ursula K LeGuin
The Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula K LeGuin
The Dispossessed – Ursula K LeGuin
Paradise is Lost – Ursula K LeGuin
The Tombs of Atuan – Ursula K LeGuin
Steering the Craft – Ursula K LeGuin
The Language of the Night – Ursula K LeGuin
Finding my Elegy – Ursula K LeGuin
‘Elementals’ – Ursula K LeGuin
The Way of the Wizard – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Brave New Worlds – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Stone Gods – Jeanette Winterson
Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood
Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling
Flow my Tears, the Policeman said – Philip K Dick
VALIS – Philip K Dick
80: Memories and Reflections on Ursula K LeGuin – Karen Joy Fowler (editor)
The Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury
The Illustrated Man – Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories – Ray Bradbury
Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes
John Carter Series – Edgar Rice Burroughs
Something Wicked This Way Comes – Ray Bradbury
Shadow Show – Sam Weller and Mort Castle (editors)
Diverse Energies – Joe Monty and Tobias Buckell
‘The Fireman’ – Ray Bradbury
‘The Pedestrian’ – Ray Bradbury
‘The Man’ – Ray Bradbury
‘The Velt’ – Ray Bradbury
‘Pillar of Fire’ – Ray Bradbury
‘Marionettes Incorporated’ – Ray Bradbury
‘There will come Soft Rains’ – Ray Bradbury
‘The Ravine’ – Ray Bradbury
‘Black Ferris’ – Ray Bradbury
‘What Arms to Hold’ – Rajan Khanna
‘Cats in Victory’ – David Barr Kirtley
Episode 66 | David Brin | Batman |
The Uplift Series – David Brin
Kiln People – David Brin
Foundation’s Triumph – David Brin
Existence – David Brin
The Transparent Society – David Brin
Star Wars on Trial – David Brin
The System of the World – Neal Stephenson
Planet of the Apes – Pierre Boulle
The Island of Dr Moreau – H G Wells
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
The Dark Knight Returns – Frank Miller (comic)
The Killing Joke – Alan Moore (comic)
Hush – Jeph Loeb (comic)
Knight Fall (comic)
Dark Victory (comic)
Long Halloween (comic)
Daughter of the Demon (comic)
Son of the Demon (comic)
The Dark Knight Strikes Again (comic)
Episode 67 | Terry Brooks | Magic Items |
The Sword of Shannara – Terry Brooks
The Dark Legacy of Shannara – Terry Brooks
The High Druid of Shannara – Terry Brooks
Wards of Faerie – Terry Brooks
Magic Kingdom for Sale – Sold – Terry Brooks
The Princess of Landover – Terry Brooks
Word and Void Series – Terry Brooks
‘Indomitable’ – Terry Brooks
Epic – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Way of the Wizard – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Unfettered – Sean Speakman (editor)
The Hobbit – J R R Tolkien
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
Chronicles of Amber – Roger Zelazny
Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling
Malady of Magic Series – Craig Shaw Gardener
The King in Yellow – Robert W Chambers
A Song of Ice and Fire – George R R Martin
‘Card Sharp’ – Rajan Khanna
‘While the Gods Laugh’ – Michael Moorcock
‘Penultima Thule’ – Chris Willrich
‘Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain’ – Yoon Ha Lee
Episode 68 | Alastair Reynolds | Philip K. Dick Movie Adaptations |
Revelation Space – Alastair Reynolds
Blue Remembered Earth – Alastair Reynolds
On the Steel Breeze – Alastair Reynolds
‘Understanding Space and Time’ – Alastair Reynolds
2312 – Kim Stanley Robinson
Mars Trilogy – Kim Stanley Robinson
Leviathan Wakes – James S A Corey
Quiet War Series – Paul McAuley
John Carter of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Transparent Society – David Brin
Earthlight – Arthur C Clarke
Fountains of Paradise – Arthur C Clarke
The Sands of Mars – Arthur C Clarke
The Deep Range – Arthur C Clarke
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip K Dick
A Scanner Darkly – Philip K Dick
Confessions of a Crap Artist – Philip K Dick
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldridge – Philip K Dick
VALIS – Philip K Dick
The Man in the High Castle – Philip K Dick
Galactic Pot-Healer – Philip K Dick
‘We Can Remember it for you Wholesale’ – Philip K Dick
‘Minority Report’ – Philip K Dick
‘Adjustment Team’ – Philip K Dick
‘Paycheck’ – Philip K Dick
‘The Golden Man’ – Philip K Dick
‘Second Variety’ – Philip K Dick
‘The Imposter’ – Philip K Dick
Authors mentioned – Gregory Benford, Robert Forward, Harry Harrison
Episode 69 | Tad Williams | Angels and Heaven |
Otherland – Tad Williams
The War of the Flowers – Tad Williams
The Dragons of Ordinary Farm – Tad Williams
Dirty Streets of Heaven – Tad Williams
Tailchasers Song – Tad Williams
The Dragonbone Chair – Tad Williams
‘Child of an Ancient City’ – Tad Williams
By Blood We Live – John Joseph Adams (editor)
A Distant Mirror – Barbara Tuchman
One Thousand and One Nights
Mechanique – Genevieve Valentine
The Story of Your Life and Other Stories – Ted Chang
What Dreams May Come – Richard Matheson
I am Legend – Richard Matheson
The Shrinking Man – Richard Matheson
Candide – Voltaire
Towing Jehovah – James Morrow
Blameless in Abaddon – James Morrow
The Eternal Footman – James Morrow
Sandman Slim – Richard Cardrey
Mainspring – Jay Lake
His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
The Heaven and Hell Series – Mur Lafferty
Good Omens – Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons – Paula Guran (editor)
Visitations – Stephen Jones (editor)
‘Hell is the Absence of God’ – Ted Chang
‘The Tower of Babel’ – Ted Chang
’72 Letters’ – Ted Chang
‘Demons, Your Body and You’ – Genevieve Valentine
‘Murder Mystery’ – Neil Gaiman
‘The Revelation of Morgan Stern’ – Christie Yant
Authors mentioned – Michael Moorcock, H P Lovecraft, Thomas Pynchon
Episode 70 | Junot Diaz | Slipstream |
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Junot Diaz
This is how you Lose Her – Junot Diaz
Drown – Junot Diaz
‘Monstro’ – Junot Diaz
Other Worlds Than These – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Dune Series – Frank Herbert
Death World Series – Harry Harrison
Those Who Walk Away from Omelas – Ursula K LeGuin
In the Valley of the King – P E Holt
Book of the New Sun – Gene Wolfe
Kraken Awakes – John Wyndham
Chrysalis – John Wyndham
The Midwich Cuckoos – John Wyndham
The Men of Gold – M A R Barker
Earth Song – M A R Barker
Feeling Very Strange – James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel (editors)
Pattern Recognition – William Gibson
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt – Aimee Bender
My Mother she Killed me, my Father he Ate me – Kate Bernheimer (editor)
Perdido Street Station – China Mieville
The Star is my Destination – Alfred Bester
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe – Charles Yu
Spaceman Blues – Brian Francis Slattery
Liberation – Brian Francis Slattery
Chronic City – James Latham
Geek Love – Katherine Dunn
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake – Aimee Bender
The Crow Road – Iain Banks
‘All Summer in a Day’ – Ray Bradbury
‘Brown Girl in the Ring’ – Nalo Hopkinson
‘You Have Never Been Here’ – M Rickert
‘The Far Oasis’ – Jeff Ford
‘Magic for Beginners’ – Kelly Link
‘Hell is the Absence of God’ – Ted Chang
Authors mentioned – China Mieville, Roger Zelazny, Samuel R Delany, Octavia Butler, Tobias Buckell, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein
Episode 71 | Mike Mignola | H.P. Lovecraft |
Baltimore or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire – Mike Mignola and Chris Golden
Joe Golem and the Drowning City – Mike Mignola and Chris Golden
Father Gaitano’s Puppet Catechism – Mike Mignola and Chris Golden
Hellboy – Mike Mignola (comic)
The Doom that came to Gotham – Mike Mignola (comic)
Tomb of Dracula – Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan (comic)
Night Force – Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan (comic)
The Anthology of the Weird – Ann and Jeff Vandermeer (editors)
Black Water – Alberto Manguel (editor)
Conan Series – Robert E Howard
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos – August Derleth
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories – H P Lovecraft
Supernatural Horror in Literature – H P Lovecraft
A Song of Ice and Fire – George R R Martin
Lovecraft Unbound – Ellen Datlow (editor)
The Book of Tentacles – Scott Virtes (editor)
Children of Cthulhu – John Pelan and Benjamin Adams (editors)
Night Voices, Night Journeys – Ken Asamatsu (editor)
‘The Black Stone’ – Robert E Howard
‘Details’ – China Mieville
‘Report on Certain Events in London’ – China Mieville
‘At the Mountains of Madness’ – H P Lovecraft
‘The Shadow Over Innsmouth’ – H P Lovecraft
‘The Call of Cthulhu’ – H P Lovecraft
‘Dagon’ – H P Lovecraft
‘The Rats in the Walls’ – H P Lovecraft
‘The Outsider’ – H P Lovecraft
‘The Music of Erich Zahn’ – H P Lovecraft
‘The Doom that came to Sarnath’ – H P Lovecraft
‘The Silver Key’ – H P Lovecraft
‘The Dreams in the Witch House’ – H P Lovecraft
‘The Case of Charles Dexter Ward’ – H P Lovecraft
‘The Colour Out of Space’ – H P Lovecraft
‘The Dunwich Horror’ – H P Lovecraft
Episode 72 | Daniel Handler | Nightmare Magazine |
A Series of Unfortunate Events – Lemony Snicket
Who Could that be at this Hour? – Lemony Snicket
All the Wrong Questions – Lemony Snicket
The Basic Eight – Daniel Handler
The Living Dead – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling
The Maltese Falcon – Dashiell Hammett
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick – Chris Van Allsburg
Twilight – Stephanie Meyer
Zombie Survival Guide – Max Brooks
The Rising – Brian Keene
Book of the Dead – John Skipp and Craig Spector (editors)
Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham
Corpse Blossoms – R J and Julia Sevin (editors)
Pray to Stay Dead – Mason James Cole
World in Red – John Gorumba
Shadows – Charles Grant (editor)
The Silence of the Lambs – Thomas Harris
The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty
Danse Macabre – Stephen King
Pet Semetary – Stephen King
Pale Preachers – Tom Pickerilli
Vespers – Tom Pickerilli
Carnage Road – Greg Lamberston
‘The Black Bird’ – David Barr Kirtley
‘Chop Shop’ – J B Park
‘Guts’ – Chuck Palahniuk
‘Afterlife’ – Sarah Langan
‘Property Condemned’ – Jonathan Mayberry
‘Good Fences’ – Genevieve Valentine
‘Frontier Death Song’ – Larry Baron
Authors mentioned – Clive Barker, Dean Koontz
Episode 73 | Cory Doctorow | Sex in Science Fiction |
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom – Cory Doctorow
Little Brother – Cory Doctorow
For the Win – Cory Doctorow
Pirate Cinema – Cory Doctorow
Makers – Cory Doctorow
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow – Cory Doctorow
Information Doesn’t Want to be Free – Cory Doctorow
Homeland – Cory Doctorow
Rapture of the Nerds – Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
Jumper – Steve Gould
The Naked Sun – Isaac Asimov
The Caves of Steel – Isaac Asimov
Saturn’s Children – Charles Stross
Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton
Gun with Occasional Music – Jonathan Latham
The Forever War – Joe Halderman
The Neanderthal Parallax Series – Robert J Sawyer
Hominids – Robert J Sawyer
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
‘Long Enough and Just so Long’ – Cat Rambo
‘Death by Ecstasy’ – Larry Niven
‘The Sultan of the Clouds’ – Geoffrey Landis
‘Eros Philia Agape’ – Rachael Swirsky
‘Day Million’ – Frederik Pohl
Authors mentioned – Robert Heinlein, Piers Anthony
Episode 74 | Steven Erikson | Epic Fantasy Short Fiction |
Malazan: Book of the Fallen Series – Steven Erikson
Forge of Darkness – Steven Erikson
Fall of Light – Steven Erikson
Epic – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Under the Moons of Mars – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Oz Re-imagined – John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen (editors)
The Illiad – Homer
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling
Game of Thrones – George R R Martin
Conan Series – Robert E Howard
Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser – Fritz Leiber
Thieves World – Robert Asprin (editor)
Solomon Kane – Robert E Howard
Elric Series – Michael Moorcock
Chronicles of Amber – Roger Zelazny
The Dark Tower Series – Stephen King
Tales from Earthsea – Ursula K LeGuin
The Lost Gate – Orson Scott Card
Legend – Robert Silverberg (editor)
‘Counting the Shapes’ – Yoon Ha Lee
‘Save me Plz’ – David Barr Kirtley
‘Mother of All Russia’ – Melanie Ron
‘The Mystery Knight’ – George R R Martin
‘The Lady who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window’ – Rachael Swirsky
‘Strike Lingers in Memory’ – Carrie Vaughn
‘Homecoming’ – Robin Hobb
‘The Burning Man’ – Tad Williams
‘The Alchemist’ – Paolo Bacigalupi
‘Sand Magic’ – Orson Scott Card
Episode 75 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Soldiers in Science Fiction |
Vorkosigan Saga – Lois McMaster Bujold
The Warrior’s Apprentice – Lois McMaster Bujold
Cryoburn – Lois McMaster Bujold
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance – Lois McMaster Bujold
A Civil Campaign – Lois McMaster Bujold
Federations – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Under the Moons of Mars – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
Game of Thrones – George R R Martin
Shadow Ops Series – Myke Cole
Enders Game – Orson Scott Card
Starship Troopers – Robert Heinlein
The Forever War – Joe Halderman
Orphanage – Robert Butner
Lost Fleet Series – Jack Campbell
The Deed of Pak Senarrion – Elizabeth Moon
The Illiad – Homer
Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes
Use of Weapons – Iain M Banks
The Sling and the Stone – Colonel Thomas X Hammes
Man-Kzin Wars – Larry Niven
V for Vendetta – Alan Moore (comic)
Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert Heinlein
Control Point – Myke Cole
Fortress Frontier – Myke Cole