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The Smolcast: Episode 2 - Inspirational Works & Books
🕑 Added 2020-05-05 00:00:02 +0000 UTCWe're making this a thing! First, sorry for the clicking throughout the episode - dry mouth, and I started talking, so... whoops.
Anyway. This episode, I answer the questions from the patrons from last episode, and go into some detail on the authors and works that inspired me and sort of ... effected me, I guess? IDK. I kinda ramble on in here, TBH.
But please drop in the comments below series/authors you think I should check out! I'd be happy to read those things.
Also drop in the comments below what other topics/questions/whatever you'd like for me to talk about. <3 This is for y'all, and I love doin things for y'all too.
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Tinyprancinghorse
So yeah the TLDR is thank you for suggesting the story. <3
Tinyprancinghorse
OK I just read your thing. I am absolutely, unbelievably, fuckass mad. I AM ANGEE. That means it was an excellent story. but yes, I am angee. This is a story about slavery, really, as they're not equals. This is a story about best options in terrible situations, but no. This is still slavery, this is still terrible, and THIS IS STILL A SOLUTION THAT THE LIBERAL APPLICATION OF FIRE AND/OR BIOLOGICAL AND/OR CHEMICAL WEAPONS WOULD SOLVE. AVE IMPERIUM. AVE HEADPATS.
Robert Moser
Your first podcast gave me mild PTSD as the mere *tone* of your voice as you described work hell summoned memories of insane bosses of work past. A Zombo.com hell. I really enjoyed this one. I also like 'big question' stories, and feel we don't have much of that in modern fiction. Also, I'd never heard of Lord Dunsany before, so now I have something new to read. A good short you might enjoy is Octavia Butler's 'Bloodchild'. Only 20 or so pages. Her afterword is worth it. People thought it was about slavery, but it's really about love. And botflies. https://boblyman.net/englt392/texts/bloodchild.pdf
Scott Morrison
Yes, that's a good choice too. "Going Postal" is also a good 'starter' book, but it does have a lot of previous Discworld characters in it. "The Wee Free Men" is also a good one, and I'm not ashamed to say that its ending had me in tears.
Folly Industries
"Guards! Guards!" Is a pretty good start too. Although my first was monstrous regiment. A fairly straightforward book from what I remember
Folly Industries
Thanks for making these. It's been good to listen to this while I've been at home.
Scott Morrison
Regarding authors to read, I'd suggest Terry Pratchett. He wrote a ton of books, most of them set in the same universe (Discword). For a starting point, I'd recommend "Small Gods". It's set in the Discworld, but it's a self-contained novel in terms of characters and story. It also deals with the interplay between religion and science.
Scott Morrison
Speaking of which, I thought it was a shame HPL died early b/c I think he was getting better. "At the Mountains of Madness" perhaps shows some relaxing of his racist tendencies, while "The Shadow Out of Time" has a really good sucker-punch of an ending that isn't horrific, but instead gives the reader more of a sense of how vast in time the universe is.
Scott Morrison
Thanks for using my suggestion! BTW, I'm Frank L. on the Discord/HFY. Fun fact about Bulwer-Lytton, he coined the opening 'It was a dark and stormy night'. Lord Dunsany was pretty much the origin of modern fantasy, and he was a huge influence on both Poe and H.P. Lovecraft.
