016 - What is Fantasy?

Published: April 30, 2019, 12:38 a.m.

Gen and Jette breakdown - or at least try to breakdown - the Fantasy genre.\xa0\nShow Notes:\nHarry Potter mention counter \u2013 Gen kept it to a very minimal EIGHT (with one bonus Supernatural mention)\nThe Raven Cycle \u2013 For the record, Gen was incredibly chill about this in this episode (so super chill)\nAre you afraid of capaill uisce?\nNicolas Hoult is playing Tolkien.\nSo\u2026 Bowie and a 12 year old Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth \u2013 creepy?\nStar Trek versus Star Wars \u2013 what genre do you think they are?\nUmbrella Academy \u2013 fair \u2013 this one is on Jette. UA counter \u2013 ONE\nClearly Superhero stories are a genre unto themselves.\nWhat the heck is The Big Rock Candy Mountain?\nBedknobs and Broomsticks holds up.\nBooks:\nLord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien\nGame of Thrones by George RR Martin\nHowl's Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones\nThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende\nCall Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater\nAll the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater\nThe Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater\nJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke\nThe Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum\nNeverwhere and Americans Gods by Neil Gaiman\nDeathless by Cathrynne M Valente\nOther Words for Smoke by Sarah Maria Griffin\nSix of Crows by Leigh Bardugo\nDon\u2019t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We\u2019d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!