25 - Wizards and Waistcoats
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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.
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.
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