{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/678abf8916bc7a854524e06f/68732144ea74e132fb55d057?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"193. Intergalactic Gothic: Thrum by Meg Smitherman","description":"<p>Do...do you hear that? That-that...throbbing hum? Then adjust your speakers! You're gonna wanna hear us discuss THRUM by MEG SMITHERMAN.</p><p>Astronaut Ami is the lone survivor of a mysterious accident that killed the rest of her crew. It also means she is the lone Earthling guest of the extra-terrestrial calling himself Dorian Gray. I bet you can see where this is going...(no, you definitely can't, actually) (but it is a Happily Ever After?).</p><p>What are the contours of the sci-fi or horror romance? What are the contours of the gothic romance? What are the contours of sentient object romance while we're at it?</p><p>Set phasers to OH GOD THE HORRORS THE HORRORS!!!!!!! and tune in.</p>","author_name":"Whoa!mance: Romance, Feminism, and Ourselves"}