This week, Pie and Lulu dive into two fantasy novels featuring dead gods: Deeplight by Frances Hardinge and Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor. We discuss world-building, portrayals of fantasy religions, and how these books use the concept of dead divinities to explore the power of belief and storytelling.
As always, you can listen to Never the Twins Shall Meet on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, iTunes, Stitcher, or Google podcasts!
Other Media Mentioned:
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
- The Queen’s Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner
- The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
- The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
- Eragon by Christopher Paolini
- Daredevil (Marvel comics)
Content warnings:
Discussions of murder, body horror, ableism, emotionally manipulative relationships, drowning, PTSD, slavery, genocide, infanticide, and rape.