We read two novellas this month, The Emperor's Soul is really good! Legion is the craziest thing we've ever read for the show (and maybe off the show too).
Huge thanks to Kirk for guesting on this episode, you can find all his information here. https://kirkhamilton.com/
Next month we'll be discussing The Rithmatist and the End of A Memory of Light
Content warnings for this episode: ableism, Abu Sayyaf, assassination, atheism, betrayal, bleeding, blood magic, body horror, body modification, bombing, braindeath, broken bones, Catholicism, Christianity, classism, death, discussion of sexuality, enemies to lovers, genocide, hallucinations, imperialism, imprisonment, Islam, Israeli/Palestinian war, insanity, kidnapping, maiming, mind control, misogyny, Mormonism, murder, mutation, mutilation, Navy Seals, necromancy, racism, religious conversion, religious extremism, religious wars, Richard Dawkins, self harm, settler colonialism, slavery, stabbing, sterilization, strangulation, suicide, suicide bombing, suicide by police, terminal illness, therapy, tokenism, undeath, wounds and infection
Things Mentioned
Dave (1993) dir by Ivan Reitman
The Princess Bride dir by Rob Reiner
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Gladiator (2000) dir by Sir Ridley Scott
The Matrix (1999) dir by The Wachowski Sisters
Your Name (2016) dir by Makoto Shinkai
Miniature Painting
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Quote Investigator Article about the Quote I attribute to Emerson https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/06/20/books/
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) dir by Mel Stuart
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Disco Elysium
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