Early sci-fi and fantasy // Foundation // Ghostbusters
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 17
This 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 books
Alice Fraser - A Passion for Passion
Eleanor Morton - Life Lessons From Historical Women
News
TV Foundation
FILM E.T.
What have you been into?
The Lost World - Arthur Conan Doyle
Dinotopia - James Gurney
The Daughters’ War - Christopher Buelman
The Edge Chronicles - Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
Sub-genre deep dive: early sci-fi and fantasy
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
The Last Man - Mary Shelley
FILM Elysium (diversion)
Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Jules Verne
From the Earth to the Moon - Jules Verne
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen - Alan Garner
Gulliver’s Travels - Jonathan Swift
GAME: The Landlord’s Game
The Odyssey - Homer
One Thousand and One Nights / Arabian Nights
Le Morte d’Arthur - Sir Thomas Malory
Lud in the Mist - Hope Mirrlees
The Broken Sword - Poul Anderson
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
The mines of urrrgh
FILM Ghostbusters
Tintin
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