This week, Luke and Shiri take a ride in the Midnight Taxi Tango. Next, we journey into the television version of The Expanse. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgh. 

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58: Going Places

 57: Altered Procedurals This week, Luke and Shiri talk Vertigo’s Sheriff of Babylon. Next, we talk the new X-Files and Lucifer. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and Arrrrrrgh. 

57: Altered Procedurals

This week, Luke and Shiri bid farewell to two legends, David Bowie and Alan Rickman. Next, we talk Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight and Inglorious Basterds. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrgh. 

56: Inglorious, Hateful Assholes and the Person Who Writes Them

This week, Luke and Shiri talk Conan Doyle’s original procedural superstar Sherlock Holmes. Next we enter the mind palace of The Abominable Bride. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Arrrrrgh. 

55: The Game Has The Feet…

Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers) This week, Luke and Shiri talk The Force Awakens. That is all. Lot’s to talk about. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrrr and the Arrrrrrrrrrrgh. 

Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers)

53: Us and Ms. Jones We had a whole fancy episode planned, but we end up mostly just talking about Jessica Jones and then end, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgggghhhhh. 

53: Us and Ms. Jones

52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland After a “What We’re Excited About” Lightening round, Luke and Shiri leap out into The Expanse to discuss Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey. Next, we splat into Scottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland. We end, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Argggghhhhh.

52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland

Episode 51: The Best and the Word Barf After a lightening round of “What’s New in Our Pull Lists” delved into The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (eds: LCSP favorites John Joseph Adams and Joe Hill). Next we spill our guts about NaNoWriMo 2015 (yes, we’ve both changed our positions since that show two years ago when we talked about why we DON’T do it) . We end, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrrrgh. 

51: The Best and the Word Barf

Episode 50: Ancillaries vs Mirrors After a spooky Halloween lightening round of: what’s the scariest thing you’ve ever read, Luke and Shiri bring their two most anticipated releases of the fall, Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie and Empire Ascendant by Kameron Hurley, into the DEBATE YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. We end, as always, with the Grrrr and the Arrrrrrrrgh.

Episode 50: Ancillaries vs Mirrors

49: Revenge is a Dish Best Served Decades LaterAfter a lightening round of “What’s the Geekiest Thing You’ve Ever Done,” Luke and Shiri discuss The redemption of the Sith by Matthew Stover. Next, we take serious joy in the revenge filled world of Killjoys. We end, as always with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgh.

49: Revenge is a Dish Best Served Decades Later

48: Even the past is new again… After a quick lightning round, we look at the past. Or at least alternative pasts. First, we discuss Nixon and Crooked by AUSTIN GROSSMAN. (We might even have a political discussion!) Then, we follow Peter Pan to World War II with Peter Panzerfaust written by KURTIS J WIEBE. Finally, we end with the Grrr and the Arrrgh.

48: Even the past is new again…

47: An Hour With Mike Underwood An Hour With Michael R. Underwood.  He has two new books coming out this fall: Hexomancy, the third novel, and fourth entry, in the Ree Reyes Series (Sept 14th) and the first episode of Genrenauts (Nov 17th).  That is all.   Michael R. Underwood is the author of the Ree Reyes series (starting with Geekomancy) as well as superhero fantasy Shield and Crocus, supernatural thriller The Younger Gods, and Genrenauts, a forthcoming science fiction series in novellas. By day, he’s the North American Sales & Marketing Manager for Angry Robot Books.   Mike lives in Baltimore with his fiance and an ever-growing library. In his rapidly-vanishing free time, he plays games of all types and makes pizzas from scratch. He is also a co-host on the Hugo-nominated Skiffy and Fanty Show.

47: An Hour With Mike Underwood

Episode 46: What the Hero? Luke and Shiri dig into the indie comics world to explore Black Mask’s We Can Never Go Home Again.  Next, finally, we chat about Shiri’s Hero Handlers.  We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrrr and the Arrrrrgggghhhh.   

46: What the Hero?

Episode 45: Goblins and Rat Queens Like and Shiri gets lost in the intrigue and passageways of Katherine Addison’s The Goblin Emperor.   Next we strap in and jump into the roller coaster heist quest that is Rat Queens.  We conclude, as always, with the Grrrr and the Arrrgh.  

Episode 45: Goblins and Rat Queens

44: Gods and Monsters   Luke and Shiri toy with wildfire and revel in Chaos as they discuss Joanne Harris’ Gospel of Loki.  Next, we bow down to the concept, if not the execution, of Kieran Gillen’s The Wicked + The Divine.  We conclude, as always, with the Grrrr and the Arggggh.  Also, we ramble and wander.  Because it’s us.   

44: Gods and Monsters

Luke and Shiri discuss writing, science fiction and fantasy in TV, movies and books, and digress as often as possible.

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