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 →

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 →

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 →

Entropic State Report 6th February 2023

Dear friends, Phil and I have embarked upon our winter retreat, on this occasion to the incredibly picturesque harbour town of Barmouth. Yes, Barmouth. The scene of Guy N Smith's terror double-bill of Night of the Crabs and its subsequent sidequel, Crabs Moon. Now I'm not saying we decided to commit a whole week of … Continue reading Entropic State Report 6th February 2023 →

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine

Oliver Brackenbury drops by Derry & Toms to give us the low down on New Edge Sword & Sorcery, his new anthology magazine heading to Kickstarter around about the time this show goes out. We talk about the magazine as well as numerous things including the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation & Fantasy at … Continue reading New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine →

Entropic State Report 20th January 2023

Dear pards, It's a steely cold and foggy day up in the hills of Bradford, which I'm fine with. It beats cold, wet and muddy and I do find the crispness and crunchiness underfoot weirdly energising. I'll just listen out for the creak of massive wheels and remain vigilant regarding strange, distorted shapes in the … Continue reading Entropic State Report 20th January 2023 →

Entropic State Report 2nd January 2023 – Happy New Year

How? How is it 2023? The year of...? Um. At this point I wanted to list some science fiction film or book from my youth set in an (at the time) impossibly far off future. I came up blank. I had seen a tweet last week that suggested Zardoz was set in 2023 but it … Continue reading Entropic State Report 2nd January 2023 – Happy New Year →

Moorcock, Art & Comics II – Saga of the Man Elf

Simon is back in Derry & Toms to carry on our chinwagging and this time we're joined by Guy Lawley, author of Saga of the Man Elf. This 1989 five issue Trident comics run is my most highly treasured Moorcock-related comic and Guy tells us how it came to be, how Mike gave it his … Continue reading Moorcock, Art & Comics II – Saga of the Man Elf →

Moorcock, Art & Comics PART I

Simon Perrins joins me in Derry and Toms to discuss Moorcock, art, comics, Tolkien, TV adaptations, role-playing games, tortured poet musicians we adored in our youths and generally go totally fugazi. Simon is the man behind our banner art, logo, Gerard Arthur Connelly portraits and pretty much our entire visual identity. Follow him on Twitter … Continue reading Moorcock, Art & Comics PART I →

Entropic State Report 13th October 2022

Breakfast in the Ruins podcast is three years old! Well, actually three years and two days. Whilst we adopted Dec 18th as our OFFICAL birthday (for reasons explained in our second birthday show) this week marked three years since Episode 0 - An Introduction to Breakfast in the Ruins & yesterday it was three years … Continue reading Entropic State Report 13th October 2022 →