The IdesCast Episode Two

Welcome to The IdesCast! 15-ish minutes, the 15th of every month.



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Here's what I talk about:

The Elfstones of Shannara

Heart Shaped Book: The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks

Elfstones Series Dreamcast:

Amberle Elessedil: Selena Gomez

Wil Ohmsford:  Ezra Miller

Ander Elessedil: Oscar Isaac

Eretria: Madeleine Mantock

The Dagda Mor: Maria Bello

Allanon: Michael Fassbender

March's Heart-Shaped Book:
Outlander

Next Months's Heart Shaped Book...

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 

EDITED TO ADD: Outlander has rape triggers. Proceed with caution.

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Intro Music: Moltt

Outro Music: Evgen KudriaShow

Sci-Fi Month

Over at The Word Wood, we're celebrating science fiction this month and each of us has written a story using the words 'cyborg' and 'flee'. This is the first sci-fi story I can remember ever writing, except for this crazy alien abduction story about JFK's death that I wrote in high school for my Science Fiction class. I was huge into conspiracies like the JFK assassination and the X-files. I'm laughing because my old teacher would kill me for using the term 'sci-fi' instead of 'SF', because 'sci-fi' wasn't respectful of the genre.

Anyway, this flash is about a cyborg and time travel. A cyborg, because I had to use the word, time travel, who knows why, I'm not even a fan of time travel stories overall! They make my brain hurt.

Science fiction is a difficult genre for me, I'm much better on the fantasy spectrum. You'll have to tell me how I did.

The story:
Cyborg's Regret

I also wrote a piece on National Science Fiction Day earlier this month.

In case you missed it, a while back I talked about my favorite cyborgs.

Do you have Sci-Fi recommendations for me?

And, I leave you with the quote that was on the wall of my high school science fiction class:

“Reality is a crutch for people who can’t handle science fiction.” ~Isaac Asimov