Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast
Podcasting about Michael Moorcock and traversing the million spheres.
Andy Darby joins me as we take D and Ts on the road to eons-old Mars to explore mysteries, machinations and mild disappointments.
Check out Andy’s substack to read The Crow Feeder and sign up to his website for updates and to receive a free e-copy of his latest novella.
Miles is back in Derry & Toms as we tackle another 60s Moorcock classic… The Ice Schooner. Lots to talk about here, and some pearls to clutch too, as we visit one of Mike’s sweatiest rime-encrusted tales that, one way or another, remind us of our hometowns.
And we talk about Doctor Who and Star Trek a bit too.
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(and listen to the Casual Trek Podcast)
Ice Schooner art by Simon Perrins.
We’re finally back to finish our reportage on Phoenix in Obsidian (AKA The Silver Warriors).
It’s an epic tale of anguish and self-pity on an earth where the sun has dimmed, the moon has crashed down to simply be called Moon and the menace known as the Silver Warriors have extreme problems figuring out the point of polearms. How will Count Ulrik Skarsol endure…?
Loz is back alongside Phil for this one and we have a D8 Wandering Beer Table to boot.
Bob Haberfield: The Man and His Art is published by Jayde Design and available from there and the Bob Haberfield Web Shop.
Dave returns to Derry & Toms to combat creeping fascism and technical issues, all whilst concluding our epic reportage on the final volume in The History of the Runestaff – THE RUNESTAFF (AKA The Secret of the Runestaff).
GUYLINER
UPSETTING FATES
PORNOGRAPHIC THRILLERS
And more….
Check out SÖNUS on bandcamp and buy their gear.
And take a look at Gates of Londra
Miles is back to discuss another of Moorcock’s 1960s SF titles, arguably the most influential of the lot when considering the origins of the Multiverse. This may require some thoughtful, in-depth analysis.
Instead, we talk about caffeine, giro spending habits of the 1990s and racist space dogs for close to two hours.
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Listen to the Casual Trek Podcast
Andy Darby is back to look at another of Mike’s 60s SF takes… THE SHORES OF DEATH. Replete with sexual deviancy, epic parties and a massive tool of a protagonist… it’s classic 60s Moorcock!
Check out Andy’s substack to read The Crow Feeder and pick up The Blade in the Angel’s Shadow.
We’re back for our last show of 2024 and it’s dropping in that weird ‘between time’ when I’m sick of festive food and just craving a tin of beans, but also wondering how much Yorkshire pud I can fit on my plate when my NYE appetite returns. And because Episode 101 has emerged through a haze of mince pies and sherry and our 18th viewing of Krampus, it’s a lazy, boozy one that features a hastily conceived, tenuous theme.
It also goes on for about three days.
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For this almost-delve into Moorcock’s dark and inspired quest fantasy The Warhound and the World’s Pain, I’m joined by author, playwright and Games Master David Griffiths. Inevitably, we ended up going down various routes in a wide-ranging conversation including Target Books (again), Moorcock and other inspirations, roleplaying games and, eventually, The Warhound and the World’s Pain, which is getting a fresh coat of paint thanks to Joe Monti and Saga Press and their brand-new hardcover Von Bek collection (releasing in December). We will follow up on this in the next few weeks with a deeper delve.
We also discuss Dave’s latest play, inspired by the events that led an under-sexed weirdo to produce the infamous Malleus Maleficarum, The Hammer and Helena.
This is the latest of Dave’s plays to be staged by Arts Groupie, a Liverpool-based Community Interest Company. Check out their website for more details, including Dave’s take on the Dickens classic ghost story, The Signalman.
New traveller Liam Jones drops by Derry & Toms to discuss one of his favourite things… Victorian Invasion literature… as we tackle the Moorcock-edited anthology Before Armageddon, a collection of Victorian and Edwardian imaginative fiction.
Liam also teaches me about the Parisian dandy criminals, the Apaches! (Who I must now write into my next game…)
And if you’re interested in the illustrations Liam mentions that accompanied The Great War in England of 1897, here are a couple of examples:
Very cool!
At some point we’ll take a look at volume II – England Invaded
Dave is back in Derry & Toms to talk about some stories that were as formative for him as they were for me back in our teens… The Robert E Howard Conan stories, The Phoenix on the Sword and The Scarlet Citadel.
Dave also gives us an update on the latest SÖNUS news and we delve into some of the murkier aspects of the pulp of the time. But mostly we enjoy the head smashing and the surprisingly textured and erudite version of the Cimmerian in those first two stories.
Although this is our first Conan focused episode, Phil and I did look at The Tower of the Elephant way back in the early days in our first Happy Birthday Michael Moorcock episode back in December 2019.
How time flies…
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