We’re back! This week, we’re discussing A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske and and Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho, two novels that reimagine English history with a magical twist. Topics include wizard bureaucracy, ambitious women, and the way that both novels intertwine fantasy and history. As always, you can listen on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Spotify, and more.
Other media mentioned:
- A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
- Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo
- Nimona by N.D. Stephenson
- Heartstopper (TV show)
- From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos
- The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- K.J. Charles’s books
- Jupiter Ascending
- The Fantasy Inn podcast
- Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
- Black Sails (TV show)
- The Brown Sisters Trilogy by Talia Hibbert
- The Drowned Country by Emily Tesh
- Knives Out
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The True Queen by Zen Cho
- The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
- Legally Blonde
- The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
- Episode 21: Murder, Magic, and Making Different Histories
Content warnings: Discussions of historical homophobia, racism, sexism, slavery, and colonialism.