Loz returns to Derry & Toms to brave the final gate (and the depredations of the beer slate) as we conclude our re-read of Michael Moorcock's 1989 Elric novel The Fortress of the Pearl. Expect revisionism (both textual and personal), rose-tinted reflections on the dole, a beer challenge best described as cyclopean and some RPG-focused … Continue reading The Fortress of the Pearl Part Three
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Entropic State Report 21st April 2023
It's been a couple of weeks since our The Final Programme Phase IV - The Last Days of Man on Earth episode went live and I'm STILL thinking about casting for an alternate sphere movie version. Only this morning another revelation hit my twitter feed c/o legend Robin Askwith, a still from Horror Hospital with … Continue reading Entropic State Report 21st April 2023
The Final Programme Phase IV – The Last Days of Man on Earth
We're back in Derry and Toms in the company of Joe Banks to take a look at Robert Fuest's 1973 film take on Moorcock's The Final Programme (AKA The Last Days of Man on Earth). As is traditional we roam around, but mostly we evaluate The Final Programme as both an adaptation and as a … Continue reading The Final Programme Phase IV – The Last Days of Man on Earth
Entropic State Report 3rd April 2023
The year is rampaging by at a startling pace, it's April already (despite the frost in Bradford this morning) and our itinerary remains well-packed for the coming weeks. This week I'll be applying the final edits to our next exploration - The Final Programme movie by Robert Fuest with returning guest Joe Banks - and … Continue reading Entropic State Report 3rd April 2023
New English Library – Bikermania
Andrew Nette returns to Derry & Toms to look at the legendary UK publisher of horror, science fiction and alarmingly violent but sociologically savvy pulps -New English Library. NEL looms large on my shelves but I've never delved into their bikersploitation output... UNTIL NOW! Rum content ahead as we talk about the publisher, the key … Continue reading New English Library – Bikermania
Entropic State Report 14th March 2023
Friends, Despite an incidence of the plague here at BitR Central, we continue to have a busy year and arguably our most productive period since this podcast kicked off back in late 2019. Our episode talking The War of the Worlds is flying out of the door like hot cakes and, since that went live, … Continue reading Entropic State Report 14th March 2023
The War of the Worlds
Allister Thompson, musician and author of The Music of the Spheres, is back in Derry & Toms to talk about the scientific romance and hardcore disco prog phenomenon that is... The War of the Worlds. We look at our entry points into WOTW fandom, the original 1897 classic by HG Wells, a number of adaptations … Continue reading The War of the Worlds
The Sword of the Dawn – Book One
Dave AKA SÖNUS returns to Derry & Toms and we pick up the exploits of Dorian Hawkmoon and his amusing companion Huillam D'Averc in The Sword of the Dawn, third volume of Moorcock's epic The History of the Runestaff. Meliadus gets miffed, Hawkmoon's stoicism is tested, D'Averc gets naked and Count Brass is bored shitless. … Continue reading The Sword of the Dawn – Book One
Entropic State Report 23rd February 2023
It's 23.02.23. The year is already tumbling by and, compared to last year, here at D&Ts we're keeping up a good pace. Having chats with all of our compadres on a variety of topics MM, MM-adjacent and things that are just plain old 'of interest' is its own reward but I've come to find that … Continue reading Entropic State Report 23rd February 2023
The Dark – The Nature of the Uncosy Catastrophe Part One
Graham and Miles join me in Derry & Toms to delve into more James Herbert disaster action and muse over the glut of uncosy catastrophes coming out of the 70s paperback boom to answer Aldiss's dismissal of the British sci-fi apocalypse novels of the 60s. We talk about The Dark and touch upon some other … Continue reading The Dark – The Nature of the Uncosy Catastrophe Part One