Stars and Swords: Footnoting Genre Fiction

Stars and Swords: Footnoting Genre Fiction


Latest Episodes

Great Expectations 4: One-Man Class War
June 09, 2024

This week, we discuss chapters thirty-six to fifty of Great Expectations with twists! So many twists!

Great Expectations 3: The Declarative Question
May 26, 2024

This week, we continue our discussion of Great Expectations by looking at different kinds of life in London, the death of Pip's sister, and the ease of making choices when you have no choice at all.

Bonus: Hunting Gollum
May 14, 2024

In this excerpt from the recent live Patreon Q&A, I discuss my thoughts on the upcoming movie The Hunt For Gollum!

Great Expectations 2: Fancy Lad Fight Club
May 11, 2024

This week, we begin our discussion of Great Expectations by discussing the gothic, coming of age, and the traumas of childhood.

Great Expectations 1: Told No Lies
April 30, 2024

This week, we begin our discussion of Great Expectations by discussing the gothic, coming of age, and the traumas of childhood.

Scheduling Announcement
April 23, 2024

A brief delay in our schedule; the podcast will return as planned on Sunday!

Great Expectations Introduction: Better Than Bulwer-Lytton
April 16, 2024

This week, a brief introduction to Dickens, the Victorian Era, what makes Great Expectations the perfect book for this series, and Dickens' most notorious peer.

Daggerspell 3: Live and Learn
April 11, 2024

This week, we conclude Katharine Kerr's first Deverry novel, Daggerspell!

Daggerspell 2: Dark Sides
April 01, 2024

In the second part of our adventure through Katharine Kerr's Daggerspell, we read to the middle of Chapter Five!

Daggerspell 1: Despair And Desperation
March 26, 2024

In our first real episode studying Katharine Kerr's Daggerspell, we cover the first two chapters!

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