DEATH // SENTENCE

Hey gang, Eden here. Like everyone, we must sometimes pay tribute to the cold gods of Capitalism. So this is your rare reminder that we're on Patreon. If we reach $100 a month (which we're close to doing), we'll read The Book of the New Sun. patreon.com/DeathSentence

Music played: Rintrah - Fearful Symmetry rintrahmusic.bandcamp.com/track/fearful-… Kayo Dot - Oracle By Severed Head kayodot.bandcamp.com/track/oracle-b…

We discuss the too-often bland and safe nature of science fiction and fantasy before diving in to a work that's anything but! Body horror and familial obsession mix in this arresting and clever novella about a man sawed in half! soundcloud.com/death-sentence…

Music played: Hypomanic Daydream - Dissociative hypomanicdaydream.bandcamp.com/track/dissocia… Editrix - The Big E editrix.bandcamp.com/track/the-big-e

This time around, we peer into the world, which is actually many things and not just one (and that's good!) Then, we look at Ursula Whitcher's North Continent Ribbon! Weird spaceships, radical politics, and interesting AI mix in this short story suite! soundcloud.com/death-sentence…

Music played: Mathilde - Kepler- 186f mathilde-blackmetal.bandcamp.com/track/kepler-1… Imipolex - Martian Blood Mother imipolex.bandcamp.com/track/martian-…

We start by asking the important questions: which member of the Friends cast would you follow into battle? Then, we tackle Roger Zelazny's feverish Creatures of Light and Darkness, touching on myth, explosive prose, and Zelazny's unfortunate misogyny. soundcloud.com/death-sentence…

Music played: Knives - PHD knivesnoise.bandcamp.com/track/phd

We explore Nisi Shawl's Everfair, a mostly successful attempt at writing less racist and more "complete" historical fiction. Nuclear dirigibles, proto-socialist societies, cool knife-hands mix and mingle with geopolitics and complex racial identities! soundcloud.com/death-sentence…

Music played: Changeling - Changeling changelingofficial.bandcamp.com/track/changeli…

Eden flies solo, covering the masterful, subtle, and rich Growing Up Weightless by the criminally under-read and under-recognized John M. Ford. Lunar politics, coming of age, and weird interstellar drives clash in this sci-fi bildungsroman! soundcloud.com/death-sentence…

Music played: Slave Agent - Forced to Suffer slaveagent.bandcamp.com/track/forced-t… Grails - Silver Bells grails.bandcamp.com/track/silver-b…

Langdon and Eden kick things off by discussing how good Metallica really are. Then, they dive into Oliver K. Langmead's "Calypso", a beautiful, if limited, verse novel about terraforming, memory, personhood, and endings. soundcloud.com/death-sentence…

Music played: Object Unto Earth - Alas I Hop Along objectuntoearth.bandcamp.com/track/alas-i-h… Cave Sermon - Hopeless Magic cavesermon.bandcamp.com/track/hopeless…

Eden and Langdon both exist (maybe) and they discuss the historiography of the Paris Commune on the left. Then, they discuss the beautiful and problematic "Five Ways to Forgiveness" by Ursula K. Le Guin, a short story suite about slavery and feminism. soundcloud.com/death-sentence…

NEW EPISODE! Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk's new book has everything we want: folk horror, hallucinogenic wine, sickly bishonen and the Male Loneliness Epidemic. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5lwDDh… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the… Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/x4VqCKw8dLKHDT…

AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism with Gareth Watkins @garethlwatkins @DeathSentencePC Listen to our *new* episode for free and please subscribe: patreon.com/posts/ai-new-o…

Not every day you wake up to a thoughtful, thorough and long conversation about one of your books. Very cool. The podcast @DeathSentencePC looks at my verse novel Forgotten Work (@biblioasis). Link in first reply.

Music played: Kyros - Esoterica youtube.com/watch?v=NQGbHd… Max Cooper - The Sun in a Box maxcooper.bandcamp.com/track/the-sun-…

This time around, we discuss what can be done in our personal lives, regardless of the potential for a revolution. Then, they dive into the mesmerizing verse-prose of Jason Guriel's Forgotten Work, a novel in heroic couplets! Also, Eden dies. RIP. soundcloud.com/death-sentence…

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Q2eRC… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ale… Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/death-sentence… Music by @gonemage: homeskin.bandcamp.com/track/blood-to… Theme tune by @cainalikehyena: cainaband.bandcamp.com

💀 NEW EPISODE! 💀 One of the greatest fantasy epics of the 21st century ends with Waterblack (@GalleyBeggars) and its author @alexpheby joins us to talk about power, morality, parenting, prequels and Skibidi Toilet. You don't want to miss this one. Links below: