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Realms Unknown

Redemption Arcs // Comics // Resident Alien

Ep. 25

Come journey into Realms Unknown with Alice Fraser and US comedian and podcaster Jackie Kashian for a whole world of sci-fi and fantasy recommendations, tropes and news!


NEWS

Isles of the Emberdark - Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson

Elantris - Brandon Sanderson

The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss


WHAT ARE YOU INTO?

GAME Clank!

GAME Lords of Waterdeep

Sabriel - Garth Nix

Lirael - Garth Nix

Abhorsen - Garth Nix

Sinister Booksellers of Bath - Garth Nix

Dragonsong - Anne McCaffrey

Dragonsinger - Anne McCaffrey

Dragondrums - Anne McCaffrey

The Dolphins of Pern - Anne McCaffrey

A Forbidden Alchemy - Stacey McEwan

COMIC The Uncanny X-Men - Gail Simone

COMIC Ironwood - Bill Willingham

COMIC Jack of Fables - Bill Willingham

COMIC Oglaf - Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne

COMIC Giant Days - John Allison


TROPE ON A ROPE

COMIC Thunderbolts

COMIC Lucifer

COMIC Secret Six

COMIC 100 Bullets

COMIC The Boys


DEEP DIVE - redemption arcs

The Chronicles of Severian the Torturer - Gene Wolfe

The Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe

Illusions - Richard Bach (Messiah story)

Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (Messiah story)

MOVIE Thunderbolts*

MOVIE Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Prince of Thorns - Mark Lawrence

COMIC - Lucifer

TV Lucifer

Going Postal - Terry Pratchett

Hogfather - Terry Pratchett

TV Resident Alien

COMIC Irredeemable - Mark Waid

COMIC Incorruptible - Mark Waid


MINES OF URRGH

FILM You’ve Got Mail

FILM Pillow Talk

FILM Casablanca


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