Rian and Kris introduce the podcast and themselves, and have a very non-confrontational debate about sci-fi vs fantasy because the first episode is way too early for the friends to enemies narrative trope.
Books and authors mentioned:
- Jeff Vandermeer - Area X (series)
- Stephen King
- Adrian Tchaikovsky - Elder Race (novella)
- Christopher Ruocchio - The Sun Eater (series)
- Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind
- Steven Erikson - Malazan Book of the Fallen (series)
- Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Terry Pratchett
- Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore
- Susanna Clarke - Piranesi
- James S.A. Corey - The Expanse (series)
- Peter Watts - Firefall (duology)
- Guy Gavriel Kay
- Tom Dumbrell - A Killer and a King
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Arthur C. Clarke - Rendezvous with Rama
- Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (series)
Films and TV mentioned:
- Annihilation (2018)
- Star Trek - Deep Space Nine (1993, 7 seasons)
- Earth 2 (1994, 1 season)
- Farscape (1999, 4 seasons)
- Battlestar Galactica (2004, 4 seasons)
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