The Fungus by Harry Adam Knight – an Uncosy Catastrophe

Graham returns to Derry and Toms to pick up the chat regarding another Uncosy Catastrophe, on this occasion recommended by listener Paul Miles... 1985's The Fungus by Harry Adam Knight, a book that somehow passed us by despite being firmly in our wheelhouse. Exploding landlords, extremely poor mission personnel choices, sweaty liaisons and deeply unfortunate … Continue reading The Fungus by Harry Adam Knight – an Uncosy Catastrophe →

The Sword of the Dawn Book Two

Hawkmoon defends Castle Brass by Rodney Matthews 1976 Dave returns to Derry & Toms to pick up our thread with The Sword of the Dawn Book Two, the third instalment in Michael Moorcock's epic The History of the Runestaff. Hawkmoon gets some swish togs but seems to have a real blind spot when it comes … Continue reading The Sword of the Dawn Book Two →

Entropic State Report 14th July 2023

It's a week since we returned from our latest trip to our by now practically second home Morecambe, that curious blend of urban decay and mellow repose. As usual, we returned home burdened with bellies full of booze and tucker and several bags of second-hand books from The Old Pier Book Shop, the market book … Continue reading Entropic State Report 14th July 2023 →

Gor Blimey!!!

Miles of the Casual Trek Podcast returns to Derry & Toms as we turn flagellant and cast our eyes over the first in John Norman's GOR series (and the Cannon movie adaptation as a Brucey Bonus). Publishers disdain it, booksellers sneer at it and the literary establishment would rather just not talk about it. But … Continue reading Gor Blimey!!! →

Entropic State Report 28th June 2023

Incredible as it may seem, we are just about midway through 2023 already. We're just a few hours out from our traditional midyear repose so of course the rain is falling here in Bradford and the weather forecast suggests that is to continue throughout our break at our destination of... Morecambe. But who cares when … Continue reading Entropic State Report 28th June 2023 →

Tales From Strange Cupboards – Moorcock and RPGs Part VI

For our latest exploration of multiversal gaming, friends of the show Dave and Steve bring games mastering knowledge and expertise to Derry and Toms (as well as a couple of afternoon libations of course). Whilst we consider whether Stormbringer is the Moorcockian RPG to rule them all, we also yak about the lineage of the … Continue reading Tales From Strange Cupboards – Moorcock and RPGs Part VI →

Entropic State Report 16th June 2023

We're almost a couple of weeks past the last episode, a terrific discussion with Goran Gligović, and since that was uploaded he's released yet another Eternal Champion creation. The triptych has become the FOUR who are One with the addition of Erekosë. May there be many more.In other news, The Woods of Arcady has landed in … Continue reading Entropic State Report 16th June 2023 →

Black Swords & Storyboards – a Conversation with Goran Gligović

Goran Gligović stopped by Derry and Toms to discuss his art and influences, as well as his work on the recently kickstarted Black Sword Hack: Ultimate Chaos Edition, a Moorcock-influenced roleplaying game from The Merry Mushmen We rove around the joint and, for possibly the first time, Excalibur gets a mention on Breakfast in the … Continue reading Black Swords & Storyboards – a Conversation with Goran Gligović →

The Queen of the Swords Book One

Simon returns to D&Ts to look at the first part of the second volume of the adventures of Corum, Prince in the Scarlet Robe and tell us all about his new(ish) podcast Can I Pod With Madness (available wherever you consume your pods). Beer mistakes and dodgy audio can't dampen our enthusiasm for some fantastic … Continue reading The Queen of the Swords Book One →

Entropic State Report 7th May 2023

It's been a wild week here at Derry & Toms but we've managed to get away and take our repose at our spiritual home... Morecambe.The Old Pier Book Shop yielded some modest treasures this time around, largely because I limited myself to a ten minute scan of the heaving shelves and piles, but I did … Continue reading Entropic State Report 7th May 2023 →