Realms Unknown

Come journey into Realms Unknown with Alice Fraser and US comedian and podcaster Jackie Kashian for a whole world of sci-fi and fantasy recommendations, tropes and news!NEWSIsles of the Emberdark - Brandon SandersonMistborn - Brandon SandersonElantris - Brandon SandersonThe Name of the Wind - Patrick RothfussWHAT ARE YOU INTO?GAME Clank!GAME Lords of WaterdeepSabriel - Garth NixLirael - Garth NixAbhorsen - Garth NixSinister Booksellers of Bath - Garth NixDragonsong - Anne McCaffreyDragonsinger - Anne McCaffreyDragondrums - Anne McCaffreyThe Dolphins of Pern - Anne McCaffreyA Forbidden Alchemy - Stacey McEwanCOMIC The Uncanny X-Men - Gail SimoneCOMIC Ironwood - Bill WillinghamCOMIC Jack of Fables - Bill WillinghamCOMIC Oglaf - Trudy Cooper and Doug BayneCOMIC Giant Days - John AllisonTROPE ON A ROPECOMIC ThunderboltsCOMIC LuciferCOMIC Secret SixCOMIC 100 BulletsCOMIC The BoysDEEP DIVE - redemption arcsThe Chronicles of Severian the Torturer - Gene WolfeThe Book of the New Sun - Gene WolfeIllusions - Richard Bach (Messiah story)Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (Messiah story)MOVIE Thunderbolts*MOVIE Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VersePrince of Thorns - Mark LawrenceCOMIC - LuciferTV LuciferGoing Postal - Terry PratchettHogfather - Terry PratchettTV Resident AlienCOMIC Irredeemable - Mark WaidCOMIC Incorruptible - Mark WaidMINES OF URRGHFILM You’ve Got MailFILM Pillow TalkFILM Casablanca📯 Subscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our shows https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast💰 Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber https://thebuglepodcast.com/donate📚 Help your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment!🦋 Follow us on Bluesky!Produced by Chris Skinner and Ped Hunter. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Jackie Kashian.📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan bring you episode 24 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations!Episode 24This week's news covers the Squid Game USA spinoff, Disney suing AI image generator Midjourney, and a mother suing Disney after a Stormtrooper scared her child, causing injury. Hear what Tom and Alice have been enjoying recently, men slaps and silly old women with health issues are the tropes on the rope this week and they venture into the 'mines of urrgh'. The sub genre deep dive is flintlock fantasy - combining gunpowder-era warfare with magic! And hear the EXCLUSIVE breaking news as Tom coins what may be a brand-new genre - culturepunk. You (possibly) heard it here first!Alice Fraser - A Passion for PassionNewsTV Squid Game USAWhat have you been into of late?FILM 28 Years LaterGods of Blood and Powder - Brian McClennanFILM M3GAN 2.0Sub genre deep dive - flintlock fictionTV SharpeSixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - K. J. ParkerThe Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne - Brian StaveleyGAME Dungeons & Dragons SpelljammerTV Shadow and BoneShadow and Bone - Leigh BardugoThe Cardinal’s Blades - Pierre PevelThe Phoenix Guards - Steven BrustFive Hundred Years After - Steven BrustGAME Assassin’s CreedMines of UrrghFILM 28 Years LaterFILM SeveranceFILM PredatorFILM Snow WhiteSubscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our shows https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcastSupport Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber https://thebuglepodcast.com/donateHelp your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment!🦋 Follow us on Bluesky!Produced by Chris Skinner and Ped Hunter. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan.📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice Fraser and James Nokise bring you episode 23 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations!Episode 23This week's news covers The Odyssey, Masters of the Universe and the Highlander remake, and James and Alice dive into all manner of good things sci fi and fantasy. The sub genre deep dive is all about side characters as leads!Alice Fraser - A Passion for PassionJames Nokise - PODCAST The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior NewsFILM The OdysseyFILM Masters of the UniverseFILM HighlanderAdsGAME Hero’s QuestGAME Police QuestGAME Space QuestWhat have you been enjoying?GAMES Final FantasyLirael - Garth NixSub genre deep dive - side characters as leadsPLAY Rosencratz and Guildenstein Are Dead - Tom StoppardTV Dollhouse - Joss WhedonThe Curse of Chalion - Lois McMaster BujoldGAME Final Fantasy XIIPaladin of Souls - Lois McMaster BujoldFILM SoloThe Book of the New Sun - Gene WolfTV Star Trek: Lower DecksRedshirts - John ScalziAncillary Justice - Ann LeckieThe Wheel of Time - Robert JordanMagician - Raymond E. FeistMines of UrrghThe Belgariad - David EddingsFILM The Sword and the Sorcerer FILM Close Encounters of the Third KindFILM PopeyeFILM Masters of the UniverseSubscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our shows https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcastSupport Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber https://thebuglepodcast.com/donateHelp your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment!🦋 Follow us on Bluesky!Produced by Chris Skinner and Ped Hunter. Hosted by Alice Fraser and James Nokise.📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan bring you episode 22 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations!Episode 22This week's news respectfully looks at buff geek Henry Cavill's forthcoming Highlander movie, and Tom and Alice dive into all manner of good things sci fi and fantasy. This week's deep dive is all about translated works!Alice Fraser - A Passion for PassionAlice Fraser - Calm World: Introduction to MeditationTom Neenan - Zeroes - David ReedNewsFILM HighlanderAPP Zombies! Run!What have you been enjoying?FILM Under The SkinUnder The Skin - Michael FaberBehooved - M. StevensonTrope on a rope - bikini armour / warrior maiden vagina chokeholdJill Bearup - Just Stab Me NowSub genre deep dive - sci fi and fantasy in translationThe OdysseyThe IliadBeowulf - Maria Dahvana HeadleyBeowulf - Seamus HeanyAsterix & ObelixThe Cyberiad - Stanislaw LemThe Melting - Lize SpitANIME Neon Genesis EvangelionTV DarkThe Night Watch - Sergei LukyanenkoFILM The City of Lost ChildrenMines of UrrghFILM ElysiumFILM MountainheadMr Men - Roger HargreavesSubscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our shows https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcastSupport Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber https://thebuglepodcast.com/donateHelp your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment!🦋 Follow us on Bluesky!Produced by Chris Skinner and Ped Hunter. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan.📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice is joined by Chris Skinner to discuss the work of Tamora Pierce. They also chat about Murderbot and Sarah J Maas - is Romantasy sexy enough?Search for Chris’s show Mildly Informed in your pod feed now.Subscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our shows https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcastSupport Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber https://thebuglepodcast.com/donateHelp your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment!🦋 Follow us on Bluesky!Produced by Chris Skinner. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Chris Skinner.📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan bring you episode 20 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations!This week, it's all about neurodivergent heroes in sci-fi and fantasy!Episode 20This week's news features Guillermo del Toro's new Frankenstein movie, the new Predator: Killer of Killers movie and is gravity proof that life on Earth is actually a simulation?Hear what Alice and Tom have been enjoying recently, which tropes they love or hate, then take a deep dive with them into early sci-fi and fantasy, and hear the things that they used to love but now make them feel a bit urrrgh.Alice Fraser - A Passion for PassionTom Neenan - The HaunteningTom Neenan Is Not All MenNewsFILM FrankensteinFILM Predator: Killer of KillersFILM MountainheadWhat have you been into?TV Rick and MortyBlood Song - Anthony RyanWitch King - Martha WellsSub-genre deep dive: neurodivergent heroesSherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan DoyleTV BonesTemperance Brennan series - Kathy ReichsA Drop of Corruption - Robert Jackson BennettTV Star TrekTV Red DwarfThe mines of urrrghFILM PassengersSubscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our shows https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcastSupport Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber https://thebuglepodcast.com/donateHelp your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment!🦋 Follow us on Bluesky!Produced by Chris Skinner and Ped Hunter. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan.📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this insightful discussion, Patrick Lenton, an author known for 'In Spite of You', joins host Alice Fraser to explore compelling themes in speculative fiction. They dive into the complexities of gender representation in sci-fi and fantasy, highlighting important works such as the Honor Harrington series and Mulan. The conversation also touches on the ethical dilemmas of using AI in creative writing and critiques the grimdark genre's reliance on violence. Alongside fun media recommendations, Patrick shares his thoughts on the evolving landscape of storytelling.

Host Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan (The Mash Report, The Hauntening) bring you episode 18 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations!This week, we're looking at experiments in form!Episode 18This week's news features the Highlander remake moving to Amazon, Sinners continuing to tear up the box office, and the sad introduction of AI-narrated audiobooks.Hear what Alice and Tom have been enjoying recently, which tropes they love or hate, then take a deep dive with them into early sci-fi and fantasy, and hear the things that they used to love but now make them feel a bit urrrgh.Host bookAlice Fraser - A Passion for PassionNewsFILM Highlander remakeFILM SinnersWhat have you been into?FILM SinnersThe Blacktongue Thief - Christopher BuehlmanThe Murderbot Diaries - Martha WellsTrope on a ropeGuards! Guards! - Terry PratchettSub-genre deep dive: experiments in formThe Book of Good Times - Hank GreenThe Ship of Theseus - VM StrakaThis Is How You Lose The Time War - Amal El-Mohtar and Max GladstoneSCP-3008Frankenstein - Mary ShelleySubcutanean - Aaron ReedPODCAST - The Last PostPODCAST - RevolutionsWEBCOMIC - xkcdWEBCOMIC - Saturday Morning Breakfast CerealPODCAST Beef and Dairy NetworkPODCAST Welcome to Night ValeConvince MeThe Rest of Us Just Live Here - Patrick NessRedshirts - John ScalziThe mines of urrrghFILM Indiana Jones and The Temple of DoomFILM Wall-ESubscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our showsSupport Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber https://thebuglepodcast.com/donateHelp your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment!🦋 Follow us on Bluesky!Produced by Chris Skinner and Ped Hunter. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan.📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Alice Fraser and Eleanor Morton bring you episode 17 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations!This week, we're looking at early sci fi and fantasy!Episode 17This week's news features the Apple TV+ series Foundation, a surprisingly sexual story about E.T. and how Margaret Attwood receiving an entertainment award may distract from similarities with current issues. Hear what Alice and Eleanor have been enjoying recently, which tropes they love or hate, then take a deep dive with them into early sci-fi and fantasy, and hear the things that they used to love but now make them feel a bit urrrgh. Host booksAlice Fraser - A Passion for PassionEleanor Morton - Life Lessons From Historical WomenNewsTV FoundationFILM E.T.What have you been into?The Lost World - Arthur Conan DoyleDinotopia - James GurneyThe Daughters’ War - Christopher Buelman The Edge Chronicles - Paul Stewart and Chris RiddellSub-genre deep dive: early sci-fi and fantasyFrankenstein - Mary ShelleyThe Last Man - Mary ShelleyFILM Elysium (diversion)Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Jules Verne From the Earth to the Moon - Jules VerneThe Weirdstone of Brisingamen - Alan GarnerGulliver’s Travels - Jonathan SwiftGAME: The Landlord’s GameThe Odyssey - HomerOne Thousand and One Nights / Arabian NightsLe Morte d’Arthur - Sir Thomas Malory Lud in the Mist - Hope Mirrlees The Broken Sword - Poul AndersonJonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna ClarkeThe mines of urrrghFILM GhostbustersTintinSubscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our showsSupport Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber https://thebuglepodcast.com/donateHelp your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment!🦋 Follow us on Bluesky!Produced by Chris Skinner and Ped Hunter. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Eleanor Morton.📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!Subscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our showsSupport Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber thebuglepodcast.com/donateHelp your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate storeExplore the list of all books, games, films and TV series below.Episode 16In 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 booksAlice Fraser - A Passion for PassionAndrew Hunter Murray - A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and EnteringNewsNever Let Me Go / Klara and the Sun - Kazuo IshiguroI Got Abducted By Aliens And Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-com - Kimberly LemmingWhat have you been into?AndorGodzilla Minus OneWake of Vultures - Lila BowenSub-genre deep dive: heroes operating outside of the lawFireflyThe ExpanseAlien seriesSleeper Beach - Nick HarkawaySabriel - Garth NixJudge DreddHot FuzzPeter PanJungle BookTaltos - Steven BrustV For Vendetta - Alan MooreThe Watchmen - Alan MooreMinority ReportStar WarsTrope on a ropeThe World's EndIndependence DayMen In BlackMad Max: Fury RoadRings of PowerThe mines of urrrghThe Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment!🦋 Follow us on Bluesky!Produced by Chris Skinner and Ped Hunter. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Andrew Hunter Murray.📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.