Sinners // Experiments in Form // Guards! Guards!

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 [email protected]🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 [email protected]🌐 Visit thebuglepodcast.com to support us and find more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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