Dissecting Dragons
A podcast by J.A. Ironside & M.E. Vaughan - Fridays
100 Episodes
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Episode 429: All in the Details - How to Use Description in Speculative Fiction part 2
Published: 13/09/2024 -
Episode 428: All in the Details - How to Use Description in Speculative Fiction part 1
Published: 6/09/2024 -
Episode 427: The Boys are Back in Town - the Dark Heart of the Superhero Genre
Published: 2/08/2024 -
Episode 426: Change, Uncertainty and Unhappiness - making low stakes compelling
Published: 26/07/2024 -
Episode 425: A Thousand Ships - The Awkward Side of Retelling Greek Myths
Published: 18/07/2024 -
Episode 424: Starving Artists and Worshipped Writers - unrealistic depictions of creatives in Film and TV
Published: 12/07/2024 -
Episode 423: Memory became legend legend became myth - the dawn of the fantasy genre part 2
Published: 5/07/2024 -
Episode 422: Memory became legend legend became myth - the dawn of the fantasy genre part 1
Published: 28/06/2024 -
Episode 421: Impossible Monsters - Dinosaurs and Megafauna in Speculative Fiction
Published: 21/06/2024 -
Episode 420: Never Coming Home - The Moving Beyond Bereavement and Death is a Sad Thing Tropes
Published: 14/06/2024 -
Episode 419: The Sun, the Moon & the Spindle - Tracing the Origins of Sleeping Beauty
Published: 7/06/2024 -
Episode 418: the Dark Decent - Transforming a Hero into a Villain in SFF
Published: 31/05/2024 -
Episode 417: An Abundance of Janes and Cathys - Retellings of the classics and why they usually suck pt 2
Published: 24/05/2024 -
Episode 416: An Abundance of Janes and Cathys - Retellings of the classics and why they usually suck part 1
Published: 17/05/2024 -
Episode 415: Seafarers, Swashbucklers and Chaotic Archaeologists - the evolution of Adventure Fiction
Published: 10/05/2024 -
Episode 414: Seasons May Change - Stars Farmers & Wild Weather Calendars
Published: 3/05/2024 -
Episode 413: Dragon riders & wolf speakers - the Animal Soul Bond in Speculative Fiction
Published: 9/02/2024 -
Episode 412: By the Blade - the Evolution of Heroic Fantasy
Published: 2/02/2024 -
Episode 411: Kitchen Heroes - Humble Protagonists who get Things Done in Speculative Fiction
Published: 19/01/2024 -
Episode 410: In a Rural Dream - The Rise of Cottagecore
Published: 12/01/2024
Authors J.A. Ironside and M.E. Vaughan talk about books, films and all aspects of speculative fiction, from the nuts and bolts of writing it, to its (occasionally) obscure origins.
