Bradford remains chiily and wet this February but all the more reason to muse upon interesting readings and rustle up more stupid names for ships for my Let’s Play Fucking D&D game (latest, Dish of Ploons).
I’ve also just managed to get another episode largely in the can as my mate John came back to look at another Trevor Hoyle B7 novelisation. One of the wonderful things about podcasting, other than yakking with like minds about how amazing Avon is, is the odd things that crop up.
On this occasion, Big Ron Tarr.
RIP Big Ron.
Also awaiting editing, our first look at Luther Arkwright in the company of Tom Murphy and Bryan Talbot himself. We had a lovely conversation with Bryan last week about Arkwright, his work on Nemesis the Warlock and more, and it looks like it will be just the first of two or maybe even three appearances for the legendary author and artist over the coming year as we continue the journey through his work, including the further Luther stories but also Alice in Sunderland and Grandville. What a brilliant bloke.
We have a few other things lined up too of course, with Andy Derby returning to look at another of Mike’s 60s SF offerings, more Runestaff with Dave, the debut of some Jack Vance action on the podcast along with an all-new co-host and, for the first time, an Easter Special?!
No prizes for guessing what that is likely to be… But it’s probably high time we got to it.
And that’s before we’ve even had the chance to plan in a long requested bit of Zelazny (it’s coming Steve) and a look at the greatest Rock film ever made (and its novelisation).
I also heard from Ralph Lovegrove a day or two ago, and he’s revising his StormHack rules so we may have a chat about them at some point soon too. Those of you who’ve been around for the long haul will remember Ralph from an early RPG episode back in 2021.
If you missed it, I also appeared that year on Ralph’s Fictoplasm podcast talking about Roadside Picnic. Fictoplasm has been on a hiatus for a while but I hope it comes back soon.
I wish there were more hours in the day, there are so many more things I’d like to look at. That said, it looks like there may be redundancies on the horizon in the day job, so… who knows… I might have some time on my hands to do more fun things for a while?
Whilst being catapluted out of work again would be a pain in the arse on many levels, it’s not like I didn’t enjoy a few months watching Judge Judy in my pants last time round, so I’ll always look at the positives.
Besides, I need to finish The Journal of Gerard Arthur Connelly vol 3 and maybe even write vol 4. I’ve also have some other things gestating with Ian aka @biomassart for fucking yonks and it would be really nice to follow through.
Plus, AMBER, ROOFTOPCON, THE MOTE IN GOD’S EYE, VERMILLION SANDS, VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS, NEW WORLDS, JOHN BRUNNER, SHITLOADS MORE MOORCOCK…
Uuuuuurgh…
We’ll see.
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