For our October 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria Adrian puts forward the graphic novel Helen of Wyndhorn by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, Matthew Lopes and Clayton Cowles for Emma's consideration.
Other talking points:
The craft of framing devices
Nested narrators
Tellings, retellings; narrative and meta-narrative
Killing people is not cricket
Badass butlers
Just 100% appreciation for the art
Equal Opportunities objectification
The apparent taboo of just making things up
Civilization vs Barbarity
Unspoken histories
The "Ninth Art" (French term for comics, not the "Tenth Muse" as I said in the podcast)
Media Mentions:
The Conan stories by Robert E Howard
Wuthering Heights novel by Emily Bronte
The Barsoom stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The fantasy art of Boris Vallejo
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
Star Wars movie dir. George Lucas
Fargo TV series
Next month we look at the film Sinners directed by Ryan Coogler.
This month's patron episode is our live discussion of Event Horizon from Octocon in Cork.
Adrian's music recommendation: Musik ist keine Lösung by Alligatoah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNdcr7Uu7Jc&list=RDwNdcr7Uu7Jc&index=1
Emma's latest writing is included in Creative Futures (Beyond and Within) https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/creative-futures-allen-stroud/7847161 which was recently shortlisted for a BSFA Award
Adrian's most recent book is Engines of Reason https://bookshop.org/p/books/engines-of-reason-elder-race-book-ii-adrian-tchaikovsky/b69799af416d2980
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