Our shortest episode yet!
We read two short stories this month, The Eleventh Metal is pretty good, and HARRE (Heuristic Algorithm and Reasoning Response Engine) is pretty interesting from production standpoint.
Next month we'll be reading The Emperor's Soul and Legion, Episode Airs: Third Week of June.
Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, arranged marriages, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, classism, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, domestic violence, enemies to lovers, eugenic breeding, eugenics, fatphobia, gaslighting, genocide, hallucinations, homophobia, human sacrifice, insanity, maiming, mind control, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, rape, references to Nazis, religious conversion, religious extremism, self harm, sexual assault, sexual violence, slavery, spousal death, stabbing, sterilization, strangulation, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal illness, undeath, wounds and infection
Things Mentioned:
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
A Small Place by Jamaica Kinkaid
Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher
Blood Over Bright Haven M. L. Wang
How Long Until Black Future Month
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Ones Who Stay and Fight by N.K. Jemisin
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim
Locked Tomb Series by Tamsyn Muir
Absolute Wonder Woman
Absolute Martian Manhunter
This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.
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