Queer Eye for the Sci Fi

Alex talks AI, nature, and comics with Kit Anderson, cartoonist behind Nebula-finalist graphic novel SECOND SHIFT. Check out SECOND SHIFT here . Read Alex's review of SECOND SHIFT here .

Alex and Grace talk about their current brain worms. Featured in this episode: Heated Rivalry I Love Lucy The Legend of Korra The Long Walk Alien: Earth The New Breed An Immense World Annihilation (again) Eat the Ones You Love The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Pit? Semiosis CW: discussion of death, illness/bodily functions

In this episode, Grace and Alex discuss a recent trip to the theater and reflect on the way medium influence media experience. Topics discussed in this episode include: Wicked: For Good Alvin and the Chipmunks Rango Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Lilo & Stitch The Cut Radiohead's Kid A Mnesia

Grace and Alex share what's been on their mind recently, including: The Pairing by Casey McQuiston The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sarah Raasch The Princesse de Cleves The Rise of the Novel Hawaii Part 2 by Miracle Musical Interview with the Vampire Pantheon (based on stories by Ken Liu) Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein

Alex & Grace start by discussing the video games they’ve been playing lately, but they end up discussing women who haunt the narrative and disability in fiction.  Cover art by J.R. Steele. Topics include:  Baldur’s Gate 3 Deltarune Avatar the Last Airbender Empress of Dust The Stormlight Archive Six of Crows  Empson’s Some Versions of Pastoral

Alex & Grace start with a retrospective on The Stench of Adventure, but the conversation veers to topics like meaningful labor, community, plus-size representation, robots, and what happens if you inhale spores that awaken a brightness inside of you. Cover art by J.R. Steele. Topics include:  The Invisible Life of Addie Larue The Southern Reach series (Annihilation) Kermode’s The Sense of an E...