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Iconic Puppets in Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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AI interfering with the creative process again! The Dr Who's missing tapes, and Music & Sci-Fi
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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When Fantasy turns into Sci-Fi, Pre-Jackson Lord of the Rings and the Moomins?
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Moving Cities, Lord of the Rings Rewatch, and Questioning the Monarchy in the World of Fantasy!
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Urban Fantasy, Fish Out of Water Tropes, and Giving up Waiting for a Next Instalment
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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28 Days Later sequels, Good Doctors, Bad Doctors and Comedic Doctors and an insight into writing processes!
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Witches, their Archetypes and the new Dresden Files
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Lost, The Mist and other controversial endings
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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2026 Rumours // Gossip // Hearsay
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Exciting things in 2026 // The Odyssey // Disclosure Day
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Christmas // Hogfather // It's A Wonderful Life
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Narnia // Stranger Things // Space Jesus
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Unfiction // Dinotopia // Implausibly large ribcages
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Choose Your Own Adventure // Fighting Fantasy // Spider-Man
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Iterations // The Running Man // King Kong
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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George AI Martin? Is it art?
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Villains as heroes // Plur1bus // Improvised crampons
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Ontologypunk // RimWorld // RoboCop
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Portals // Frankenstein // Vorkosigan Saga
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Words of power // Magic of language // Earthsea
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Fan fiction // Alchemised // Alan Moore
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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We made a hit book, and saw none of the money! Chris and Alice Unleashed!!! B'Ankruptcy Edition
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Post-colonial Africa // Alien: Earth // District 9
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Installing buttons // Katherine Rundell // Harry Potter
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Competence // Star Trek // Outlander
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Paladins // Grady Hendrix // Star Wars: Starfighter
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Big news next week
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Bodies // Summer of Horror // Befuzzled kings
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Interesting POVs // Romance // Dave Bautista
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Time loops // Bring Her Back // Time loops
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Arthurian legends // Perfume // The Dark is Rising
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Disguises // Superman // Quantum Leap
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Red Sonja // Medieval Fayres // Funny Fantasy
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Redemption Arcs // Comics // Resident Alien
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Flintlock fantasy // 28 Years Later // Culturepunk
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Side characters as leads // Final Fantasy // Magician
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Translated works // Under The Skin // Bikini armour
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Deep Dive: Tamora Pierce
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Neurodivergent heroes // Murderbot // Guillermo del Toro
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Gender // Scholomance // Honor Harrington
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May 27, 2025 |
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Sinners // Experiments in Form // Guards! Guards!
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May 20, 2025 |
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Early sci-fi and fantasy // Foundation // Ghostbusters
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May 13, 2025 |
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Andor // The wrong side of the law // Sleeper Beach
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May 06, 2025 |
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Parenting // My Neighbour Totoro // Raised By Wolves
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Sentient plants // Joe Abercrombie // Kurt Vonnegut
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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The Last of Us // Admin and bureaucracy // Limb difference
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Romance in sci-fi // Fantasy // Narnia
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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The Running Man // Hyperion // Evil corporations
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Memory modification // Klara and the Sun // Little people
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Post-technology // Miles Cameron // Lars Anderson archery
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Metaphysical libraries // Mickey 17 // Timestalker
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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World Book Day special - part 2
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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World Book Day special - part 1
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Steampunk // Companion // Columns of Light
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Neuromancer // Cyberpunk // Basketful of Heads
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Buffy’s Return, Grimdark Fiction & Redhead Tropes
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Grimdark // Ursula K Le Guin // The Cube
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Severance // Rebecca Yarros // Astrobot - It's Realms Unknown!
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Realms Unknown is coming
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Jan 21, 2025 |