Hey Realms Unknowners! This week’s sub-genre deep dive is Puppets in Sci-Fi and Fantasy - whether that’s Jim Henson’s fantasy efforts, classic practical effects or as a plot device. What are your favourite puppets in Sci-Fi or Fantasy?
A lovely boost of confidence for Realms Unknown to be mentioned in the Guardian’s roundup of some favorite pods!
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w/ @alicefraser.bsky.social and @tpneenan.bsky.social
@realmsunknown.bsky.social deep dive this week is Christmas!
Sci fi and fantasy that has Christmas themes or anti Christmas themes! Tell me your faves.
Think medieval babies are ugly? Won’t want to miss white witch @eleanormorton.bsky.social & German soup fan @alicefraser.bsky.social discuss Lockheed Martin war crimes wear, Narnia for atheists, heavy handed socialism, and autopsy eating etiquette. Yum!
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Because sometimes we all need to dive into a wardrobe and escape the world 🦁
Yeah, that's right, it's a Narnia-themed Realms Unknown this week...
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w/ @alicefraser.bsky.social and @eleanormorton.bsky.social
Alice riding a dragon
This week’s @realmsunknown.bsky.social deep dive is with @eleanormorton.bsky.social and will be a Narnia deep dive.
Tell me your favourite Narnia-inspired or influenced works!
Alice riding a cyber dragon
@realmsunknown.bsky.social subgenre deep dive this week will be “fictional non-fiction”.
Think reference books for fictional science, manuals for technology that doesn’t exist, bestiaries for dragons, Dinotopia, A Passion For Passion.
Tell me your favourite fictional non-fiction!
A good book, a warm jumper, what more could a @alicefraser.bsky.social @thebugle.bsky.social fan want for the holidays. (This cricket bats are a nice touch).
Then it worked just as intended
Oh hey @robbotron.bsky.social we were bigging you up this week
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You awake to find yourself in a dark room. Do you...
A) look for a shopkeeper selling quests
B) seek a mysterious stranger giving away maps
C) Listen to Realms Unknown!
Yeah, that's right, this week's episode features @joznorris.bsky.social and choose your own adventures!
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Happy December 1st 🎄
The @realmsunknown.bsky.social guest for this week is @joznorris.bsky.social! The subgenre deep dive will be Choose Your Own Adventure.
Give us your recommendations, whether it’s books, games, tv, movies or “other”!
Alice on a cyber dragon
The @realmsunknown.bsky.social deep dive for this week is iterations! Stories that get told and retold in different generations and different forms.
Whether it’s Frankenstein brought to life yet again, or a retreading of Shakespeare, prides and prejudicees or Greek Myths, what are your favourites?
The @realmsunknown.bsky.social subgenre deep dive for this week is Class.
Tell me your favourite sci fi and fantasy that deals with class in interesting or unusual ways. Give me books, tv, movies, games etc.
Your recommendations please! (or warnings to steer clear also welcome)
@alicefraser.bsky.social what is better than reading ‘A Passion for Passion’
Listening to ‘A Passion for Passion’.
Thank you.
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The subgenre deep dive for this week’s @realmsunknown.bsky.social is Villain-as-hero.
@tpneenan.bsky.social is our guest and he just watched the new Predator movie where one of the ruthless murder-monsters is Our Cool Protagonist.
Let me know your favourite villain as hero texts!
Are you dead? No problem. Grab some bone lube & enjoy DNF absolutionist @frogcroakley.bsky.social & rim joker @alicefraser.bsky.social as they talk paleo fauna, Robocop ontology, & books 4 bad holidays. Plus, Alice defends her extremely competent eyelining skills. shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...
Thank you @alicefraser.bsky.social and @realmsunknown.bsky.social for yet another reading suggestion. The #Murderbot series continues your perfect score of book recommendations. Not a single DNF so far.
This week our guest on @realmsunknown.bsky.social is the mighty @frogcroakley.bsky.social, who chose for our subgenre deep dive, dead POV characters / ontologypunk.
Robocop, The Prestige, vampire narrators, Frankenstein, rec us sci fi and fantasy that relays a character from beyond the veil.