Realms Unknown Andor // The wrong side of the law // Sleeper Beach
Host Alice Fraser and fellow writer, podcaster and comedian Andrew Hunter Murray (QI, Private Eye, There's No Such Thing As A Fish) bring you episode 16 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for genre fiction tropes, news and recommendations!
This week, we're looking at heroes operating outside of the law in sci fi and fantasy!
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Episode 16
In this week's news roundup of sci-fi and fantasy in the real world, there's an actual working bionic hand, actor Issa Rae says she could never fall in love with a chatbot, and there's also book news of an alien abduction Rom-Com!
Andrew has been enjoying the latest Star Wars series Andor and the Japanese epic kaiju film Godzilla Minus One, while Alice has been deep into reading Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen.
We, of course, bring you tropes galore! Hey, remember though, guys - humans are messy and you're going to love this back story about girls cross-dressing as boys to become attractive to other girls.
Alice's mines of urrgh this week is Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree, and they wonder should you edit on the fly while reading to your child and should books have newer editions without the discomfort?
Host books
Alice Fraser - A Passion for Passion
Andrew Hunter Murray - A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering
News
Never Let Me Go / Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro
I Got Abducted By Aliens And Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-com - Kimberly Lemming
What have you been into?
Andor
Godzilla Minus One
Wake of Vultures - Lila Bowen
Sub-genre deep dive: heroes operating outside of the law
Firefly
The Expanse
Alien series
Sleeper Beach - Nick Harkaway
Sabriel - Garth Nix
Judge Dredd
Hot Fuzz
Peter Pan
Jungle Book
Taltos - Steven Brust
V For Vendetta - Alan Moore
The Watchmen - Alan Moore
Minority Report
Star Wars
Trope on a rope
The World's End
Independence Day
Men In Black
Mad Max: Fury Road
Rings of Power
The mines of urrrgh
The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton
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