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 42: Comedy, the Universe, and Everything
Episode 41: The Democratic Republic of Serpents
Episode 40: Extravaganza
Episode 39: The Serpents' School of Witchcraft and Wizzzardry
Episode 38: A Hugo Award Special -- The Novels of 2018
Episode 37: Emotions Are Hard, Let's Do Murder!
Episode 36: There's No Place Like Home
Episode 35: Well, Canaveral, I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore
Episode 34: Misethere
Episode 33: Turn In Your Badge and Gun!
Episode 32: Save the McGuffin, Save the World
Episode 31: A Podcast of Three Cities
Episode 30: Extravaganza
Episode 29: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Bi
Episode 28: Genderpalooza
Episode 27: I'm Not a Lady, I'm a Witch!
Episode 26: Alien Fucking, or Where There's a Will, There's A Way
Episode 25: Kill Your Darlings
Episode 24: The Room Where It Happens
Episode 23: Drastically Redefining Protocol
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Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Gulliver’s Travels
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll