On this week's episode, we're diving into a very self-referential discussion of the metatext! Tentpoles this week are the film The Handmaiden, the fanfic “Steve Rogers at 100,” and A Choir of Lies by our very own Alexandra Rowland.
What We’re Into Lately
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri
The Impossible Contract by K. A. Doore
Georgette Heyer
The Untamed
The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System by Mo Xiang Tong Xu
Heaven Official’s Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xu
The Simplest Way Forward by harriet_vane
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild
1917
Eddie Izzard bit
Pirates
Overinvested
Written by the Victors by Speranza
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
Person of Interest (or, the Husbands and Wives show)
For Next Time
The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Transcription
The transcript for this episode is available here! Appreciate your local scribes and their hard work by reading their margin comments--they've been metatexty this whole time, wow!
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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Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Anne of Green Gables
The Turn of the Screw
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll