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Hosts In The ShellThe Peripheral (with Tim Standish)The Hosts are back, and this time they're... hosting! Specifically Tim Standish, a returning guest from season one and a brilliant writer of (Edwardian) cyberpunk. Tim last featured in our episode discussing the works of William Gibson, so who better to lead a deep dive into his novel The Peripheral, as well as the short-lived but gripping Amazon Prime adaptation?? Set your eardrum augments to 'gorge' mode!!
2024-08-191h 03Hosts In The ShellChristmas special: best cyberpunk of 2022!!!You've all been very good children this year, so cyber-Santa has a special treat for you: the Hosts are having a crack at a shambolic award ceremony!! A crew of returning guests share their well wishes and their votes for best cyberpunk release of 2022 - tune in to find out who will win the coveted (ahem) award, and whether Jon has actually seen any of them...Featuring ace augmented humans:Mark Everglade (who also created the brilliant theme music!!)Patrick TillettTim StandishBrent MillisNik WhittakerAnna Mocikat...
2022-12-241h 01Hosts In The ShellNeuromancer, the Sprawl Trilogy, & William GibsonIt had to happen... the Hosts finally tackle arguably the biggest cyberpunk work of all time, Neuromancer, along with its genre-defining creator whose shadow looms terrifyingly large across a Matrix of his making!! Thankfully their prayers to the cyber-gods were answered and a brilliant writer, William Gibson expert and all-round top bloke was beamed in to join them, in the shape of Tim Standish.
2022-10-0843 min