In this episode, Alyssa and Vanessa geek out about works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Note: There are some minor audio issues in this episode. Thank you for listening, and May the Fourth be with you.
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Media Mentioned:
“For Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Story of the Universe is Also the Story of Blackness” by Aricka Foreman (Electric Literature)
“Finding from Particle Research Could Rewrite Known Laws of Physics” by Dennis Overbye (The New York Times)
“Is It Worth Reading If I Forget Everything I Read?” by Danika Ellis (Book Riot)
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, trans. Ken Liu (Tor)
CN: Murder, suicide, violence, state-sanctioned violence, torture
Exhalation by Ted Chiang (Knopf)
The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab (Titan)
CN: Kidnapping and violence (involving children), attempted murder, imprisonment
Heaven’s Vault(Inkle)
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)
CN: Murder, death, suicide, violence (including gun and domestic), rape, sexual assault, incest, infanticide, cannibalism, body horror, racism (anti-Latine/Indigenous, generally white supremacist), colorism, kidnapping/confinement, alcohol use, drug use (mushrooms, cigarettes), miscarriage, abuse, sexual content
The Diviners by Libba Bray (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
CN: Murder, violence, body horror/gore, racism (anti-Black, anti-semitic, as well as general white supremacy), domestic abuse, rape, alcohol use, drug use (cigarettes), abortion
The End of the World with Josh Clark(iHeartRadio)
“On the Behavioral Economy of the Book World” by Robert Frank (Literary Hub)
