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UPDATE: Apologies, just had to delete and re-post the new episode to fix an encoding error that was introduced on export. Should be good now, sorry to reset your progress on the marathon ep.

We walk through dusty hallways grim and dim to learn about the the horrors of what lies beneath the surface of polite society. That's right, we answer the questions you submitted to our question and answer email. This episode is long as hell.

Listen to the new Shelved By Genre bonusode by clicking here.

Comments

Patrick Pottorff

Maybe you could run a campaign of the BOTNS GURPS as designed by Wolfe super-fan Michael Andre-Driussi?

Michael Kurt

I think the PLANETES manga by Makoto Yukimura would be a good for a bonus episode. It’s limited (4 volumes / 1 omnibus / 240 manga pages).

Max Lopez

I’m having trouble finding this episode to listen to

Tim Mulry

I like the Borges story idea, maybe "The Aleph". The first volume of Brandon Graham's Prophet comic reminds me of BoTNS in places. longshot suggestions: Book of Acts (kinda lengthy) or a Sigil focused Planescape book like Factol's Manifesto.

DO NOT USE DEAD ACCOUNT

Would love to see y’all cover some of Walt Simonson’s Thor! It seems like it’d fit well with the B-fantasy streak of the previous bonusodes.

MuttonBandit

michael gotta get his head out of The Complete Works of Shakespeare. We're now thoroughly americaniZed and say Kraft Mac and Cheese

kaia

Maybe an obvious pick, but AD&D was released in the same era as BoTNS and obviously borrows a lot from Vance, who's been a recurring topic of discussion. I don't think an actual-play would be too fun, but reading ADND books or modules as texts in conversation with BoTNS could be cool

David Bednar

How about diving into the 80s comic series, The Incal? In terms of “what was defining sci-fi in the 80s”, the artwork of Jean Giraud in Metal Hurlant has to be near the top of the list, and Jodorowsky’s storytelling is a fun contrast to Wolfe— just as expansive and imaginary, but utterly unfocused and freewheeling. Thanks!

Patrick Brady

The 1993 scholastic book "Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters" contains the short story "Uncle Joshua and the Grooglemen" that stands out to me when I think about BotNS. It's not a strong story, but as an older millennial it was one of the first unreliable narrator scifi stories I encountered and it took an embarrassing number of re-reads for my child brain to apply the ending twist to how I envisioned the rest of the story