Day 25 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Starship Alexandria
Merry Christmas! This is the twenty-fifth, and final, episode of the 2025 advent calendar. We share some news, a gift and something that will hopefully make you laugh! If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 24 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Starship Alexandria
For the Christmas Eve episode of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian shares why Andor is so special for him. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 23 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Starship Alexandria
For the twenty-third day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma shares her deep love for the show Detectorists. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 22 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Starship Alexandria
For the twenty-second day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian makes a bold declaration about the show Farscape. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 21 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the twenty-first day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma talks about another cosy murder mystery show, this one set in 1920's Melbourne: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 20 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the twentieth day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian shares his love of the ultimate low budget british science-fiction show Blake's 7. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 19 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the nineteenth day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma talks about why Avatar: The Last Airbender (the original animated series!) is such a joy to watch. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 18 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Starship Alexandria
For the eighteenth day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian talks about a show he loves which is impossible to enthuse about without spoilers: The Good Place. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 17 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Starship Alexandria
For the seventeenth day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma recommends a TV show that is not for those who want a happy, easy story; The Leftovers. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 16 - 2025 Advent Calendar
Starship Alexandria
For the sixteenth day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian recommends another animated show, Arcane. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
info_outlineFor our second episode of Starship Alexandria, Adrian puts forward KJ Bishop’s weird fantasy novel The Etched City (2004) for Emma to read and consider.
Other talking points:
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A short discussion about spoilers and different thresholds depending on the work being considered
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The challenges involved with reading and writing secondary world fantasy due to vocabulary
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Adherence to historical accuracy when writing historical fantasy
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Adrian's manifesto for the unacknowledged sub-genre "fantastical realism"
Media Mentions:
Dungeons and Dragons, tabletop role-playing game, Gygax et al
Perdido Street Station, book, China Mieville
Ambergris series, books, Jeff Vandermeer
Viriconium series, books, M John Harrison
A Man of Shadows, book, Jeff Noon
Tyrant Philosophers series, books, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Our next episode will look at:
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin (1971)
Adrian's music recommendation:
Minus Sixty-One by Woodkid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHcJepz3QW0
Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance https://geni.us/thevengeance
Adrian’s most recent book: Shroud https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/shroud-adrian-tchaikovsky/7656869
Follow us at:
Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and www.enewman.co.uk
Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and www.adriantchaikovsky.com