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the drax files radio hour
Hosted by Unknown Author · EN
broadcasting without permission from a basement somewhere in the metaverse [about the metaverse, naturally!]
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show #321: this is the end
Oct 24, 2021Tap to summarizemy friends: i decided to end this podcast. we started way back in 2014, shortly before ebbe altberg came in. we had over 2000 listeners per week. we are down to 9! i don’t mind. i am happy that i can cancel myself in fact because we churn out over 150 videos with second life... Read More
Transcribe →show #317: literary horror with alan baxter
Jul 26, 2021Tap to summarizefinally a horror writer on the show today [well we had daniel kraus last year but this is 2021 after all]: alan baxter, coming to us from australia. what a craftsman, what an inspiration. since i spent my youth with conan and horror, i abandoned the genre for a while to catch up with thomas... Read More
Transcribe →show #315: analog/virtual
Jul 12, 2021Tap to summarizelavanya laksminarayan has written a stunning debut: “analog/virtual” depicts apex city, built on the ruins of bangalore, a city state, tightly controlled with zones for virtuals [the affluent with access to everything] and the analog [the poor, scraping by on the leftovers of tech and everything else]. the book/world has overtones of kafka and vonnegut,... Read More
Transcribe →show #314: alex and awais walk into a bookstore …
Jul 5, 2021Tap to summarizetwo very different authors on the show today, from different parts of the world which is reflected in their works: good friends a.a.chaudhuri and awais khan are presenting their work today. one novel a deep exploration of the classist society of pakistan and the other an investigation into the depraved world of a serial killer,... Read More
Transcribe →show #313: dominion: african speculative fiction rules!
Jun 28, 2021Tap to summarizefinally a talk about speculative fiction coming from africa and the african diaspora all over the world. oghenechovwe donald ekpeki and zelda knight are talking “dominion” which is their anthology of fantastic stories (and one poem too!), we dive into the dominance and conflation of african-american writing plus a look into the indie publishing business.... Read More
Transcribe →show #307: wayne santos makes cyberpunk magic [again!]
May 18, 2021Tap to summarizewanye santos‘ debut novel “the chimera code” is a powerful and unique contribution to the cyberpunk genre which gained steam – in the literary world – with william gibson’s “neuromancer”. on the second life book club we [or ruby rather!] built a set that pays homage to the the master william and welcomes the disciple... Read More
Transcribe →show #301: jolts in a s***storm san soleil w. f.sdrigotti
Apr 5, 2021Tap to summarizefernando sdrigotti is our guest today. chris marker fan, hater of progressive rock [allegedly!!!], lover of minor literatur[s] and master of synthesizing complex thoughts in short stories that just 100% nail the experience we all share, not only since social media started to dominate everything: a sense of being in and out of place and... Read More
Transcribe →show #300: a clockwork doll to imagine a better world
Mar 29, 2021Tap to summarizeour guest today is elsa isaacs with expressed permission from one nika thought-werk to answer questions about this amazing adventurer, a porcelain doll containing an intricate clockwork inside of her, abandonded by her maker, accompanied by a sheep called “postage”, out there, exploring a world of danger and wonder alike … what a treat to... Read More
Transcribe →show #299: simon the bot goes to hollywood!
Mar 22, 2021Tap to summarizesimon stephenson was the very first author who contacted us at the sl book club and i was not aware of his work, shame on me. “set my heart to five” is such a wonderful and original take on the well-known “robot seeks feelings” genre … well actually: i don’t think there is such a... Read More
Transcribe →show #298: talking the tainted with cauvery madhavan
Mar 15, 2021Tap to summarizecauvery madhavan‘s book “the tainted” is a story of tragic love set against the struggle for independence in ireland as well as india in the early 20th century. it skips a bunch of decades and a generation or two and resumes in the 1980s to conclude in the most heart-wrenching way drax could envision. and... Read More
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