Season 18 Episode 14: People of the Black Circle

 

Listen not to this episode if you fear the immaterial but destructive sound waves of the three podcasters of the Black Circle. If you are of steely stuff, then plug those headphones in and join The Cromcast as they analyze Robert E. Howard's novella, "The People of the Black Circle". Originally published between September and November of 1934 in Weird Tales, we get to see a new part of the world of Conan and a whole cast of amazing characters. Grab your copy of The Bloody Crown of Conan and prepare for a magic, death, and war!

One Things

Luke: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Jonathan: Monster She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

Josh: Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien

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Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Themes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Outro: "Spin the Black Circle" by Pearl Jam. Music obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

Season 18 Episode 13: The Devil in Iron & Lord of a Shattered Land with Howard Andrew Jones!

Welcome back, Cromrades! This week's show is a double-feature! We not only unpack 'The Devil in Iron,' but we're also joined by Howard Andrew Jones! HAJ happens to have a book of his own that has just dropped, entitled 'Lord of a Shattered Land.' You can buy it direct from Baen here!

Needless to say, this is a longer episode, as we cover not only REH's Conan, but also HAJ's Hanuvar. Plug in those headphones, 'cause this one is a ton of fun! 

If you are looking for some guide posts for 'The Devil in Iron,' you can check out this great article by HAJ and Bill Ward from some years back (and check the 'One Things' below).

If you want to get into some of HAJ's short fiction, and check out a ton of additional S&S that he has edited, then be sure check out this link here for Goodman Games' 'Tales of the Magician's Skull!'

One Things

Jonster: Stayin' pulpy with 'Fury from the Tomb' by S.A. Sidor!

Josh: Stayin' golden with a re-read of Tolkien's 'The Hobbit!'

HAJ: Getting into newer lit crit and fannish writing with Waltz and Byrne's 'Hither Came Conan!'

Luke: Reading an ARC of HAJ's 'Lord of a Shattered Land!'

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Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Themes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Outro: 'To Shreds, You Say?' by Iron Chic. Music obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!