{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64cbc97c002c6b001193b7ab/6823b24f75c05d72cf734ee0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Early sci-fi and fantasy // Foundation // Ghostbusters","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64cbc97c002c6b001193b7ab/1747169883557-714bba62-7bf0-45f5-8c27-6ea25789a1e2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Host Alice Fraser and Eleanor Morton bring you episode 17 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations!</p><p><br></p><p>This week, we're looking at early sci fi and fantasy!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Episode 17</strong></p><p>This week's news features the Apple TV+ series Foundation, a surprisingly sexual story about E.T. and how Margaret Attwood receiving an entertainment award may distract from similarities with current issues.</p><p><br></p><p>Hear what Alice and Eleanor have been enjoying recently, which tropes they love or hate, then take a deep dive with them into early sci-fi and fantasy, and hear the things that they used to love but now make them feel a bit urrrgh.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Host books</strong></p><p>Alice Fraser -<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://unbound.com/products/the-dancey-laguarde-reader\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A Passion for Passion</a></p><p>Eleanor Morton - <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/life-lessons-from-historical-women-eleanor-morton/7670509\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Life Lessons From Historical Women</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>News</strong></p><p>TV Foundation</p><p>FILM E.T.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What have you been into?</strong></p><p>The Lost World - Arthur Conan Doyle</p><p>Dinotopia - James Gurney</p><p>The Daughters’ War - Christopher Buelman</p><p>The Edge Chronicles - Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sub-genre deep dive: early sci-fi and fantasy</strong></p><p>Frankenstein - Mary Shelley</p><p>The Last Man - Mary Shelley</p><p>FILM Elysium (diversion)</p><p>Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne</p><p>20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Jules Verne</p><p>From the Earth to the Moon - Jules Verne</p><p>The Weirdstone of Brisingamen - Alan Garner</p><p>Gulliver’s Travels - Jonathan Swift</p><p>GAME: The Landlord’s Game</p><p>The Odyssey - Homer</p><p>One Thousand and One Nights / Arabian Nights</p><p>Le Morte d’Arthur - Sir Thomas Malory</p><p>Lud in the Mist - Hope Mirrlees</p><p>The Broken Sword - Poul Anderson</p><p>Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The mines of urrrgh</strong></p><p>FILM Ghostbusters</p><p>Tintin</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to The Bugle <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast/videos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel</a> for episodes of all of our shows</p><p>Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber <a href=\"https://thebuglepodcast.com/donate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://thebuglepodcast.com/donate</a></p><p>Help your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bookshop affiliate store</a></p><p><br></p><p>🔔&nbsp;<em>Subscribe, like, and comment</em>!</p><p>🦋 <em>Follow us on </em><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/realmsunknown.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Bluesky!</em></a></p><p><strong>Produced by Chris Skinner and Ped Hunter. Hosted by Alice Fraser and Eleanor Morton.</strong></p><p>📧 Got questions, feedback, or suggestions? Email us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">realmsunknown@thebuglepodcast.com</a></p><p>🌐 Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>thebuglepodcast.com</em></a>&nbsp;to support us and find more!</p>","author_name":"Chris Skinner"}