Hoi and Jeff discuss multiple timelines, necromantic reincarnation, and sanity checks in H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” with special guest David Baity.
Episode 52 – Edgar Rice Burroughs’s “Tanar of Pellucidar” with special guest Noah Green
Hoi and Jeff discuss race coding, the laws of gravity, and monogamy in Edgar Rice Burroughs’s “Tanar of Pellucidar” with special guest Noah Green.
Episode 51.5 – J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Two Towers” with returning guest Daniel J. Bishop
Yes, for the Two Towers, we’re doing Two Episodes! For Round 2, Hoi and Jeff discuss character fame, the halfling class, and foreshadowing in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Two Towers” with returning guest Daniel J. Bishop.
Episode 51 – J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Two Towers” with special guest Anna B. Meyer
Hoi and Jeff discuss demagogues, war, elves, dwarves, and wizards in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Two Towers” with special guest Anna B. Meyer.
Episode 50 – Extra Credit – Clark Ashton Smith’s “Hyperborea” with special guest Jeffrey Talanian
Hoi and Jeff discuss living dungeons, world building, and using evocative setting descriptions at the table in Clark Ashton Smith’s “Hyperborea” with special guest Jeffrey Talanian.
Episode 49 – Margaret St. Clair’s “Sign of the Labrys” with special guest Katie Shrieves
Hoi and Jeff discuss fungus, hallunications, dream logic, dungeons levels, and hippie culture in Margaret St. Clair’s “Sign of the Labrys” with special guest Katie Shrieves.
Episode 48 – August Derleth’s “The Lurker at the Threshold” with special guest Jon Hook
Hoi and Jeff discuss Elder Signs, Lovecraftian gaming, and summoning spells in August Derleth’s “The Lurker at the Threshold” with special guest Jon Hook.
Episode 47 – Fredric Brown’s “Martians, Go Home” with special guest Sean Kelley
Hoi and Jeff discuss impossible-to-kill enemies, player agency, and unsolvable puzzles in Fredric Brown’s “Martians, Go Home” with special guest Sean Kelley.
Episode 46 – Stanley G. Weinbaum’s “A Martian Odyssey” with special guest Brett Bloczynski
Hoi and Jeff discuss vampires, hunting, the beauty defense, and truly alien aliens in Stanley G. Weinbaum’s “A Martian Odyssey” with special guest Brett Bloczynski.
Episode 45 – A. Merritt’s “The Moon Pool” with special guest Joseph Goodman
Hoi and Jeff discuss lost worlds, adventuring parties, and Lovecraftian gaming in A. Merritt’s “The Moon Pool” with special guest Joseph Goodman.
Appendix N Book Club 