Wizards & Spaceships

By: Rachel A. Rosen & David L. Clink
  • Summary

  • Welcome to Wizards and Spaceships, the only podcast that’s about wizards and also about spaceships. Well, probably not, but it does involve wizards, spaceships, and the things we love (and complain about) in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
    Copyright 2024 Rachel A. Rosen & David L. Clink
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Episodes
  • The King of Horror ft. Troy Harkin
    Oct 15 2024
    Happy Halloween! To celebrate all that is spooky and monstrous, we're joined by poet, novelist, and David's other podcast co-host, Troy Harkin, to talk about the master of horror himself, Stephen King. Also cocaine. Show Notes:
      • Troy's website


      • ChiZine Publications


      • SK Tours of Maine


      • Two Old Farts Talk Sci-Fi


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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Speculative Whiteness
    Sep 15 2024
    In this episode, we talk to Jordan S. Carroll about his new book, the Sad and Rabid Puppies, and how to avoid getting your sci-fi co-opted by fascists. Show Notes:
      • Jordan’s Twitter: https://x.com/JordanSCarroll/


      • Jordan’s Bluesky: jordanscarroll.bsky.social


      • Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt Right by Jordan S. Carroll


      • Kaleidotrope


      • Elizabeth Sandifer: Eruditorum Press and Neoreaction a Basilisk but why not just go ahead and read everything she’s written?


      • Camestros Felapton’s The Complete Debarkle: Saga of a Culture War


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    36 mins
  • In the Beginning ft. Shiraz Janjua
    Aug 15 2024
    How do you begin your epic sci-fi, fantasy, or horror story? How do you grab a viewer or reader’s attention, introduce your characters and world, and avoid the dreaded infodump? To discuss these questions and much more, we talk to Shiraz Janjua, host of the YouTube channel How the Novel Starts. Show Notes:
      • How the Novel Starts


      • Shiraz's website


      • Shiraz's Instagram


      • Bulwer-Lytton Awards


    Reading and Watching List:
      • George Orwell, 1984


      • Karen Russell, Swamplandia


      • Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell


      • William Gibson, Neuromancer


      • Michael Chabon, Yiddish Policemen's Union


      • Vajra Chandasekera, The Saint Of Bright Doors


      • Frank Herbert, Dune


      • JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings


      • Christopher Nolan, Inception


      • George Lucas, Star Wars


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    55 mins

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