Sean McTiernan

SFUltra

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Brainwashing myself into loving science fiction, one book at a time.

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Sean McTiernan

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SFULTRA #11 - Cleansed - Sarah Kane 17.08.2023 1:25:38

"Rattled by and by As if someone was right Drawn and downed Indifference stands But a light from deep It glows They must have seen it too Rattled" - Scald Scar of Water, Altar of Plagues

Murder House Sold #2 - "...in cold blood with not a bother on him" 10.08.2023 1:41:01

I'm happy to welcome Mark O'Connell on this second episode of Murder House Sold, a Perfect Taste Forever miniseries about True Crime, to talk about his new book A Thread Of Violence. Mark's a fantastic author and journalist whose previous books To Be a Machine and Notes From The Apocalypse are both remarkable examinations of grim insistence entropy can be defied. Ultimately along the same lines, h...

SFULTRA #10 - Ice - Anna Kavan 06.08.2023 1:25:20

"I know that. The difference between male and female perversion. The action of the man is directed toward a symbol, not himself. The woman acts against herself." - In the Cut, Susanne Moore

OhleFans - The Age Of Sinatra - David Ohle 21.07.2023 44:03

"Ok, that's life, that's what I was told anyway And picking your feet till they bleed may only be the half of it If every fourth animal in the world is a beetle Perhaps every fourth person is a dumb fuck Listen, listen carefully now here's the answer It rhymes with 'axe' Why...it's those personal acts of course Those personal acts Those suicide pacts Those carelessly stored razorblades in the hand...

Ohle? Olé Olé - Motorman - David Ohle 04.07.2023 49:35

"Well, they called me a little so and so and so Yeah? Now they're hummin' a different tune Oh, this is a job for a stupid man Smoke it down to the filter and put it out on your hand" - Glamorous, Jesus Lizard

SFULTRA #9 - We Who Are About To... - Joanna Russ 21.06.2023 51:08

"The streets were empty as I drove home, the air was cool and the sky was dark Streetlamps cast their mockery of light over ghostly shapes in an empty night Should I believe in the things I see? Am I in you, are you in me? What should I believe? Tell me, what should I believe? At home, on the porch, the wind in the trees murmured a background for my waking dream Where I drive through a city with l...

SFULTRA #8 - I, Vampire - Jody Scott 07.06.2023 50:36

"Besides myself, the basement is totally empty. It is dark and musty. It serves no purpose. And yet the entire world is down here, the whole universe" - Down Here, Bosse-De-Nage

SFULTRA #7 - Babel-17 - Samuel R Delany 25.05.2023 53:14

"If I'm the talker, here's the thing Just who the hell is listening? And if I am not tongue but ears Then whose voice is it that I hear? I swallow, choke, and clear my throat Here comes another anecdote A narrative of restlessness Of what's been done and what is next Does it love me, does it not? Will this seduction never stop? Hear the clacking parrot's beak That speaks and speaks and speaks and...

SFULTRA #6 - The Dispossessed - Ursula K Le Guin 10.05.2023 1:25:32

"Well, is it true what they say about it? You oughta do what I do and doubt it He won and now he's gonna do something about it Ain't it sad? And if you don't wanna feel like a putz Collect the clues and connect the dots You'll see the pattern that is bursting your bubble And it's bad See the idiot walk See the idiot talk See the idiot chalk up his name on the blackboard They say, "this is all i...

SFULTRA #5 - Camp Concentration - Thomas M Disch 26.04.2023 1:22:40

"A group of us, just strangers, got together and we formed a committee to discuss the problem, We talked about things like assured mutual destruction and emotional responsibility, I couldn't remember my name, so I called myself Bob, It's weird being a Bob, but i'll get used to it, I guess I'll fucking have to" - The Day Everything Became Nothing, Nomeansno

SFULTRA #4 - Rogue Moon - Algis Budrys 12.04.2023 50:35

"And I keep on losing count, I'm the dumbest girl alive And I'm picking up the pacе, I'm so happy, I could die Put emojis on my grave, I'm thе dumbest girl alive And I feel so dangerous, but you say I'm doin' fine now Guess that's how it goes, I'm the dumbest girl alive" - Dumbest Girl Alive, 100 Gecs

SFULTRA #3 - Electric Forest - Tanith Lee 29.03.2023 40:25

"The goal of the torturer is to make the one, the body, emphatically and crushingly present by destroying it, and to make the other, the voice, absent by destroying it." - Elaine Scarry, The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World

SFULTRA #2 - Doloriad - Missouri Williams 15.03.2023 50:01

"Blood essence Order in the world now Possessions, a bow tied around the hair You let me cut, you let me cut Delusions, black out Arrogance, black out Delusions, watercolor Arrogance, blue skin" - Inner Controller (Lucid Running Home), Cloud Rat

SFULTRA #1 - High Rise - JG Ballard 01.03.2023 37:30

"Thus science marches on blindly, without regard to the real welfare of the human race or to any other standard, obedient only to the psychological needs of the scientists and of the government officials and corporation executives who provide the funds for research. " - Industrial Society And Its Future, Ted Kaczynski

SFULTRA #0 - Why Science Fiction? 01.03.2023 28:17

I try to explain why I've embarked on this project.

HOPDB #31 - Noroi: The Curse 31.10.2020 2:01:36

Donation link: https://www.masi.ie/support-us/ Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deathwound/beyond-the-book-of-eibon A daily podcast about found footage for the month of October 2020.

HOPDB #30 - A Record Of Sweet Murder 30.10.2020 38:42