Birch and Jay w/ Allister Thompson

Allister Thompson returns to Derry & Toms to talk about his new novel, Birch and Jay: The Knowledge Seekers Part One. In a typically roving conversation, we get into his influences and intentions in writing about a climate apocalypse and aftermath, as well as other stuff, like bad War of the Worlds adaptations (again). This … Continue reading Birch and Jay w/ Allister Thompson →

The Warlord of the Air – Part Two

Robert is back in D&Ts to pick up the trail of Oswald Bastable as he navigates the strange world of an alternative 1970s full of airships, anarchists and a nasty little fucker called Reagan. We also navigate Mike's occasionally annoying propensity for retrospectively sticking a Von Bek in EVERYTHING. Get the Colossive Press Croydon Spaceport … Continue reading The Warlord of the Air – Part Two →

THE ROBOT BRAINS (Sydney J Bounds)

Malcom Craig drops by Derry & Toms to talk about his work in academia, roleplaying games, his authorship of the first ever academic article on Twilight 2000, the "macho men with Uzis" sub-genre of RPGs, the upcoming reboots of his Cold City and Hot War games, and panicking as children about how high priority your … Continue reading THE ROBOT BRAINS (Sydney J Bounds) →

Entropic State Report 16th February 2026

We're more than half way through February and 2026 is largely looking like a similar version of 2025 but on shit-steroids, with the usual players doing their things. Any hope that the situation(s) around the world may improve are in the toilet. I suppose it was a vain hope, and there's nothing wrong with having … Continue reading Entropic State Report 16th February 2026 →

Death Angel’s Shadow Part One

Dave is back in Derry & Toms as we finally turn our attention to Karl Edward Wagner and his towering dark fantasy anti-hero... Kane! We've been talking about doing some KEW for a while now, so what better time than a grim, miserable Yorkshire winter to tackle a chilly werewolf whodunnit. The story, Reflections for … Continue reading Death Angel’s Shadow Part One →

Gamifying the Multiverse – Moorcock & RPGs Part IX

We're talking RPGs again, this time in the company of Tanya Floaker (Mum Chums, Lo! Thy Dread Empire, Solstice, Be Seeing You, a|state).Along the way we'll get into Tanya's history with Moorcock and genre fiction, gaming in Thatcher's Scotland, first steps into game design and the pending launch of their new Kickstarter for The Thunder … Continue reading Gamifying the Multiverse – Moorcock & RPGs Part IX →

The New Worlds Fair

Joe Banks braves the radioactive zone to join me on the Ferris Wheel and discuss the 1975 album by Michael Moorcock and The Deep Fix - The New Worlds Fair - the 50th anniversary edition of which is now available via thinklikeakey.com. Joe's latest book - ROCK and ROLE: The Visionary Songs of Peter Hammill … Continue reading The New Worlds Fair →

The Warlord of the Air – Part One

We're back... we've crawled out of the ruins of our Christmas and New Year bottles to witness the fantastic world of 1973 through the eyes of Oswald Bastable. Robert MacMillan is my co-pilot for this journey as we have to look up what things are and marvel over Moorcock's invention of a genre that these … Continue reading The Warlord of the Air – Part One →

Birthday Special 2025

Another year, another Birthday Special... our sixth! It's Mike's birthday... it's Phil's birthday... it's the podcast's official state birthday... so what better than a silly, hastily assembled drunken quiz? A chance for Loz to close the gap on Phil's epic quiz streak as well as to introduce a wild card in the shape of a … Continue reading Birthday Special 2025 →

The Ice Schooner – Part One

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 … Continue reading The Ice Schooner – Part One →