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Redemption Arcs // Comics // Resident Alien
Ep. 25
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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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