4 - Ladylord (Sasha Miller, 1996)

4 - Ladylord (Sasha Miller, 1996)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569818/fan_mail/new] ***Transmission Received*** WELCOME TO THE SPACE ARCHIVE This episode, we're looking at Sasha Miller's weirdly unsexy, far-east flavoured fantasy novel, Ladylord. Featuring orientalism, totally-not-the-Fremen, and the ABSOLUTE WORST Chekov's gun. ** cn: discussion of rape, racism, slavery Edit: we were idiots and didn't look up "some guy" Andre Norton, who is in fact 1) a woman and 2) apparently a really big deal. Sorry on both counts! Follow us on Instagram @spacearchivepodcast [https://www.instagram.com/spacearchivepodcast/] Music by SCIVIAS [https://sciviasdomini.bandcamp.com/]

3 - The Iron Dragon's Daughter (Michael Swanwick, 1993)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569818/fan_mail/new] ***Transmission Received*** WELCOME TO THE SPACE ARCHIVE This episode, we're looking at Michael Swanwick's alchemical fantasy, The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993). Featuring psychoanalysis, tiny fascists, and a whole lotta allegory. Emma is tetchy this episode because she hated it, and let Nicky know constantly for about a week. Nicky is tetchy because of this. Sorry about the bickering - we're like this irl too.  ** Shoutout to the Digital Jung [https://podbay.fm/p/digital-jung] podcast we mention! Follow us on Instagram @spacearchivepodcast [https://www.instagram.com/spacearchivepodcast/] Music by SCIVIAS [https://sciviasdomini.bandcamp.com/]

2 - Harpy's Flight (Megan Lindholm, 1983)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569818/fan_mail/new] ***Transmission Received*** WELCOME TO THE SPACE ARCHIVE This episode we're looking at Harpy's Flight (1983) by Megan Lindholm - who is better known as **NAME DROWNED OUT BY HARPY SHRIEKING**. Featuring harpies, your elderly Catholic mum, and only one bed (UH OH!) ** N.b. this book contains some somewhat exploitative representations of Gypsy/Roma/Travellers. Lindholm stays away from a lot of the worst tropes and is clearly trying to give a sympathetic portrayal, making this not as terrible as you might imagine for a book from the 1980s. Nevertheless, when you're publishing a book where one of the hooks is that the protagonist is a "gypsy" and this is foregrounded in the marketing, it's kind of integral to the whole thing. GRT communities are punitively marginalised in the UK, where prejudicial attitudes and an institutional unwillingness to support traditional nomadic cultures abound.  GRT groups face obstacles to education, health, and accessing the various institutions governing life in the UK. The state also does not provide adequate legal camping space for nomadic Gypsies and Travellers. This means that many families are forced to camp illegally. Since the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act was passed in 2022, those who do so can face fines, imprisonment, or even having their homes stolen from them by police. If you're interested in finding out more about the actual people behind the pastiche, you can learn more at https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/ [https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/]. Please consider showing your solidarity by donating.  *** Intro and outro by Scivias https://sciviasdomini.bandcamp.com/ Also featuring: 'Local Forecast - Elevator', Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Follow us on Instagram @spacearchivepodcast [https://www.instagram.com/spacearchivepodcast/] Music by SCIVIAS [https://sciviasdomini.bandcamp.com/]

1 - Planet of Exile (Ursula K. Le Guin, 1966)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569818/fan_mail/new] ***Transmission Received*** WELCOME TO THE SPACE ARCHIVE In this pilot episode*, we discuss Ursula K. Le Guin's PLANET OF EXILE—a book with a name that can only be pronounced in bold (1966). Featuring cruel mother earth, postcolonialism, and fewer yetis than you'd expect. Sorry about the sound quality - our set up is terrible, we're still getting the hang of this. CN: rape mention *we actually had another pilot lined up, but it didn't feel like a good one to start with. At some point you'll get to hear it, complete with an early draft podcast name and everything. Follow us on Instagram @spacearchivepodcast [https://www.instagram.com/spacearchivepodcast/] Music by SCIVIAS [https://sciviasdomini.bandcamp.com/]