The Art of Bob Haberfield After 40 years of obsessing over the Mayflower covers of Bob Haberfield, Dave and I get to wig out and talk to Ben Haberfield about his Dad's life, art and the gestating project to celebrate the breadth of his work in the form of two art books. You can keep … Continue reading The Art of Bob Haberfield (1938 – 2021)
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The Mad God’s Amulet – Book One
The Mad God's Amulet - Book One Dave AKA SÖNUS returns to Derry and Toms to dive into the fast-paced and very metal, yet weirdly just OK-ish first part of The Mad God's Amulet, second in the Hawkmoon sequence The History of the Runestaff. As always, digressions await the unwary traveller as well as ostentatious … Continue reading The Mad God’s Amulet – Book One
The Fortress of the Pearl – Part One
The Fortress of the Pearl - Gollancz SF 1989 The Fortress of the Pearl - Part One Loz returns to Derry & Toms to revisit an old adversary, Michael Moorcock's The Fortress of the Pearl. Join us and marvel at our declining energy. Bridle, as Loz declares The Chronicle of the Black Sword a shit … Continue reading The Fortress of the Pearl – Part One
My Experiences in the Third World War
My Experiences in the Third World War Finally, we're back at Derry & Toms to take a look at the 1980 Moorcock collection My Experiences in the Third World War. Along the way Phil and I compare notes regarding our mindsets in the 1980s, laugh at the preposterous Controller and let fate decide on the … Continue reading My Experiences in the Third World War
Guy N Smith Revisited – Crabs’ Moon
Guy N Smith Revisited - Crabs' Moon After the Halloween Special we couldn't stay away. Phil needed questions answered. Where did they come from? How did they come to be? So we read Crabs Moon and discovered the answers to none of these questions. But we did have a hoot and we were joined by … Continue reading Guy N Smith Revisited – Crabs’ Moon
Dangerous Visions and New Worlds with Andrew Nette
Andrew Nette, journalist, writer and lover of all things pulp, joins me in Derry and Toms to talk about his new book Dangerous Visions and New Worlds Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985 . In this deep dive into the progressive, sexy explosion of challenging stories we wander off on various tangents including an Australian … Continue reading Dangerous Visions and New Worlds with Andrew Nette
Halloween Special 2021 – Night of the Crabs by Guy N Smith
Halloween Special 2021 - Night of the Crabs The patrons have spoken. Phil joins me again for this year's Halloween Special to look at the classic New English Library killer critter classic, Night of the Crabs by Guy N Smith. Death... Destruction... Rumpy pumpy... Knobhead crabs... It has it all. And sorry to Rhyl (again). … Continue reading Halloween Special 2021 – Night of the Crabs by Guy N Smith
The Final Programme Phase Three
The Final Programme Phase Three Hussein is back in Derry & Toms to triumphantly conclude our epic coverage of The Final Programme. We talk parties... get older... and add Rhyl to the list of towns we've offended... but damn it we got through it! The best news is that Hussein WILL return again. This show … Continue reading The Final Programme Phase Three
Days of the Underground w/ Joe Banks
Days of the Underground We're back in Derry and Toms Once again via the Ladbroke Grove counter-culture scene, this time in the company of journalist and author Joe banks as we talk about his book Days of the Underground: Radical Escapism in the Age of Paranoia. We yak about Hawkwind, Moorcock, Target Books and other … Continue reading Days of the Underground w/ Joe Banks
The Music of the Spheres
The Music of the Spheres Musician and author Allister Thompson navigates the frozen Northern Wastes (Canada) to join me in Derry and Toms and talk about Moorcock, music, writing and, most importantly, his debut novel The Music of the Spheres. We also run our first competition (sort of) and The Singularity repeatedly attempts to shut … Continue reading The Music of the Spheres
Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast 