Metaphysical libraries // Mickey 17 // Timestalker

Hosts Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan bring you episode 8 of Realms Unknown with all the latest genre fiction based news and recommendations. All episodes are available in your podcast feed and on our YouTube channel Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber. We offer extra shows, merch and warm fluffy feelings! thebuglepodcast.com/donate You can support your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store Episode 8 In this week's news, as Paapa Essiedu has been cast as Snape in the new TV adaptation of Harry Potter, Alice and Tom discuss the racial considerations of the casting and how this might play out within the characterisation. Also, Bong Joon-ho's new film Mickey 17 starring Robert Pattinson intrigues them both, as does it being a Warner Bros production. Metaphysical libraries are the focus of the sub-genre deep dive this week - with a whole library full of examples and recommendations to explore - see the affiliate store. We also have Trope on a Rope, with certain commonly-used phrases the source of ire this week. And find out which significant public figure popping up in Iron Man 2, Star Trek Discovery, The Simpsons and Rick and Morty makes Tom uneasy. FILMS Mickey 17 Timestalker TV Harry Potter (HBO) Dr Who - Silence in the Library + Forest of the Dead episodes GAMES The Last of Us Part II BOOKS The Library of Babel - Jorge Luis Borges Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins Thursday Next series - Jasper Fforde The Book that Wouldn’t Burn - Mark Lawrence Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend Golden Enclaves - Naomi Novik Service Model - Adrian Tchaikovsky Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson 🔔 Subscribe, like, and comment with your thoughts or recommendations! We’d love to hear from you! Produced by Chris Skinner, Ped Hunter and Laura Turner. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan. 📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at [email protected] 🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more!