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Words of power // Magic of language // Earthsea
Ep. 37
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Myq Kaplan joins Alice Fraser this week for another sci-fi and fantasy packed episode of Realms Unknown!
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WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR BRAIN?
Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Antkind - Charlie Kaufman
Babel - RF Kuang
TROPE ON A ROPE
Exhalation: Stories - Ted Chiang
FILM Looper
TV Buffy the Vampire Slayer
SUB GENRE DEEP DIVE - words of power
The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin
Rumplestiltskin - Jacob and Willhelm Grimm
Dylan Brody - Merlyn’s Mistake
GAME Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
GAME Myst
TV Star Trek
MINES OF URRGH
COMIC/TV The Boys - Garth Ennis
COMIC/TV Preacher - Garth Ennis
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Produced by Chris Skinner and Ped Hunter. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Myq Kaplan.
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