Episode 053 – Comedic Science Fiction & Fantasy

Our genre this episode is Comedic Science Fiction & Fantasy. We talk about anachronisms, comedy in sci fi/fantasy and sci fi/fantasy in comedy, “laugh out loud” funny vs. “clever” funny, and more! 

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In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Books We Read This Month

• Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North
• • Choose Your Own Adventure (Wikipedia article)
  • Nintendo Adventure Books
• Rutabaga the Adventure Chef by Eric Colossal
• Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
• • The cover with the ice cream
• Mechanical Failure by Joe Zieja
• Scary Go Round by John Allison
• • The webcomic
• The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones
• The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
• • His tweet that was mentioned
  • Debbie Reese’s commentary posts
  • Hark, Episode 165: Beats and Bimuelos – RJ’s podcast about holiday music where they discuss a song from Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh
• Terminal Alliance: Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse by Jim C. Hines
• Monster by A. Lee Martinez
• The Rook by Daniel O’Malley

Other Media and Authors We Mention

• Terry Pratchett
• • Discworld
• Douglas Adams
• • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
• Jasper Fforde
• • The Eyre Affair
• Christopher Moore
• Kurt Vonnegut
• • Slaughterhouse-Five
• Piers Anthony
• • “Themes of Pedophilia in the Works of Piers Anthony” on LitReactor
• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
• The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
• Lois McMaster Bujold
• Bad Machinery by John Allison
• Giant Days by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Lissa Treiman
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
• The Cold Cereal Saga by Adam Rex
• Soulless by Gail Carriger

Links, Articles, and Things

• Cyberpunk derivatives
• • “Clockpunk portrays Renaissance-era science and technology based on pre-modern designs”
• Zip-A-Tone/Screen Tone
• Episode 6,  Books in Translation – For more on reading War and Peace
• The Magical Bureaucracies with the Most Paperwork

Questions

• How much comedy do you like in your science fiction or fantasy?

Announcements

• Anna and Matthew will be at ALA in New Orleans. Come say “Hi!”

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