This episode we’re talking about the genre of Fantasy! We discuss whether fantasy needs magic, clam powers, forklore, Tears of the Kingdom, worksonas, It’s Always My First Day at Wizard School, and more!

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In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

Things We Read (or tried to…)

• The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
• When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
• Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
• Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
• Sing, Nightingale by Marie Hélène Poitras, translated by Rhonda Mullins
• A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
  • The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
• Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune, narrated by Kirt Graves
• The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
• Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang
• The Chill by Scott Carson
• Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
• Big Machine by Victor LaValle

Other Media We Mentioned

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey (Wikipedia)
• Elfquest by Wendy and Richard Pini (Wikipedia)
  • Read it online free!
• Steven Universe (Wikipedia)
• Sailor Moon (Wikipedia)
• Squire by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas
• The Golden Compass / Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Redwall (Wikipedia) Brian Jacques
• The Discworld Mapp: Being the Onlie True and Mostlie Accurate Mappe of the Fantastyk and Magical Dyscworlde by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs
• Discworld (Wikipedia)
• The Chronicles of Narnia (Wikipedia) by C.S. Lewis
• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
• Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
• Wise Child by Monica Furlong
• Juniper by Monica Furlong
• The Sandman (comic book) (Wikipedia)
• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wikipedia)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Wikipedia)
• Yakuza 0 (Wikipedia)
• A Song of Ice and Fire (Wikipedia) by George R. R. Martin
  • The series of novels on which the television series Game of Thrones is based
• The Wheel of Time (Wikipedia) by Robert Jordan
• The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
• Leaving Mundania: Inside the Transformative World of Live Action Role-Playing Games by Lizzie Stark

Links, Articles, and Things

• X-Men (Wikipedia)
  • Scarlet Witch
  • Magik (Illyana Rasputina) (though her magic powers are separate from her mutation)
• Magical girl (Wikipedia)
• Alebrije (Wikipedia)
• Dungeons & Dragons (Wikipedia)
• Independence Day (1996 film) (Wikipedia)

30 Fantasy fiction by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

• Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
• Road of the Lost by Nafiza Azad
• A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair
• A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee
• The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
• The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
• The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
• VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
• The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai 
• We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
• Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye
• The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
• The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
• The Björkan Sagas by Harold R. Johnson
• Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee
• Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
• A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin
• The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
• The Return of the Sorceress by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• The Famished Road by Ben Okri
• Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi
• The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope
• Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
• The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
• The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

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