On this week's episode, we're talking about space operas.... IN SPAAAAACE. The tentpoles this week are The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard, the fanfic A Deeper Season by lightgetsin and sahiya, and the pilot episodes of Farscape and Killjoys.
What We’re Into Lately
The London Celebrities series by Lucy Parker
Monty Don’s Italian Gardens
Detective L
"Quid Pro Quo" by Dira Sudis
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Ancillary Justice series by Ann Leckie
Noel Streatfield
Elementary
The Space Opera Renaissance by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Planetary romance
Jupiter Ascending
Vorkosigan Saga
Stargate: Atlantis
The Adventure Zone
Firefly
Babylon 5
The Goblin Emperor
Ancillary Justice
Firefly
Stargate: Atlantis
Splendor & Misery by clipping
Shards of Honor
“Right Answer” [second Deeper Season]
Ender’s Game
A Civil Campaign
The Expanse
Cowboy Bebop
Star Trek
Star Wars
Acorna books by Anne McCaffrey
Nimisha’s Ship by Anne McCaffrey
Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series
Space Opera by Cat Valente
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
For Next Time
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
Transcription:
The transcript for this episode is available here. Thanks as always to our brilliant scribal team!
Episode 101: Jumping the Shark
Episode 100: Superstravaganza
Episode 99: Detective Boyfriends
Episode 98: [SPOOKY NOISES]
Episode 97: A Symphony of Serpents
Episode 96: Changing Places
Episode 95: The Jasmine Throne
Episode 94: Into the Woods
Episode 93: The Glamorous Authorial Life
Episode 92: Podcasting: The Musical!
Episode 91: Anything You Can Do, We Can Do Better
Episode 90: Extravaganza
Episode 89: A Particularly Heartless Wizard
Episode 88: Singing a Song of Angry Men
Episode 87: Let the Games Begin!
Episode 86: 9 to 5 (What a Way to Make a Living)
Episode 85: Girl Meets House
Episode 84: Not With a Bang...
Episode 83: Space Sweepers!
Epsode 82: On Wednesdays, We Wear Pink
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