{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6798da685b338370590841f4/6a171dedcb11d38a8b3f123d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Affectionate Discourse Oratorio Tangram: Episode 6","description":"<p>In a novel twist, Tony Coles launches an all-out assault on a game he didn't enjoy in 2025 while heaping further praise on one he forgot about. Capped off with a long ramble about children's science fiction/fact books published between 1978 and 1984, this episode forms an unholy alliance with the extended Buck Rogers monologue from the previous episode.</p><p><br></p><p>Read the <em>Star Wars Outlaws </em>review <a href=\"https://affectionatediscourse.substack.com/p/star-wars-outlaws-the-definitive?utm_source=publication-search\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Read the <em>Heat Signature</em> one <a href=\"https://affectionatediscourse.substack.com/p/heat-signature-the-definitive-review?utm_source=publication-search\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here.</a></p><p><br></p><p>And I love-lettered <em>X-Wing</em> <a href=\"https://affectionatediscourse.substack.com/p/star-wars-x-wing-the-definitive-review?utm_source=publication-search\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here.</a></p><p><br></p><p>Read about the Usborne <em>World of the Unknown</em> <a href=\"https://usborne.com/gb/blog/post/behind-the-scenes-at-usborne/how-usborne-world-of-the-unknown-books-shaped-the-lives-of-a-generation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>, with the <em>World of the Future</em> <a href=\"https://usborne.com/gb/blog/post/usborne-news/the-book-that-changed-my-life-usborne-s-book-of-the-future\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. <a href=\"https://2warpstoneptune.com/2014/03/04/usborne-publishing-the-world-of-the-future-future-cities-1979/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">This blog</a> has more detail on <em>Future Cities</em>, showing off some lovely illo.</p><p><br></p><p>The <em>Terran Trade Authority</em> books can be seen <a href=\"http://www.terrantradeauthority.com/tta-books-2/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>, and let's finish with a link to the website of my favourite sci-fi artist, <a href=\"https://www.peterelson.co.uk/gallery/category.php?cat=11\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Elson</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Errata for the addendum! It's not Neil Shreeve, you moron, it's Mark Shreeve and the tune is called </em><a href=\" https://youtube.com/watch?v=sXc3XbyfhtE&amp;si=7AoOzW_3tN_lNxsj\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Myriad Of Colours</em></a><em>:</em></p>","author_name":"Tony Coles"}