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Episode 5 · 128 min · Chronscast - The Fantasy, Science Fiction & Horror Podcast

WATCHMEN with Tade Thompson

Published May 9, 2022by Dan Jones, Christopher Bean, Peat Long, Damaris Browne, Brian SextonHorror

One candle for every story

  1. 1 - told, candle out
  2. 2 - told, candle out
  3. 3 - told, candle out
  4. 4 - being told, candle burning
  5. 5 - still to tell, candle lit
  6. 6 - still to tell, candle lit
  7. 7 - still to tell, candle lit
  8. 8 - still to tell, candle lit
  9. 9 - still to tell, candle lit
  10. 10 - still to tell, candle lit
  11. 11 - still to tell, candle lit
  12. 12 - still to tell, candle lit
  13. 13 - still to tell, candle lit
  14. 14 - still to tell, candle lit
  15. 15 - still to tell, candle lit
  16. 16 - still to tell, candle lit
  17. 17 - still to tell, candle lit
  18. 18 - still to tell, candle lit
  19. 19 - still to tell, candle lit
  20. 20 - still to tell, candle lit
  21. 21 - still to tell, candle lit
  22. 22 - still to tell, candle lit
  23. 23 - still to tell, candle lit
  24. 24 - still to tell, candle lit

Story 5 of 32. 4 told, 27 still waiting.

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On this episode of Chronscast we're joined by award-winning SF author Tade Thompson to talk about WATCHMEN, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's comic-book masterpiece that skewers the superhero genre using its own architecture. Tade is the author of numerous novels, including the critically acclaimed sci-fi novel Rosewater, the first in his award winning WORMWOOD TRILOGY, Making Wolf, and most recently Far From the Heaven, and the Molly Southbourne series. He has won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Nommo Award, the Kitschies Golden Tentacle award, and the Julia Verlange award, and been shortlisted for the Hugo Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, and the Shirley Jackson Prize. We talk about how WATCHMEN reflects contemporary 1980s existential anxieties around the Cold War nuclear annihilation, and how it skewers the absurd braggadocio of the superhero genre. We dig down into the weeds of the book, picking apart the characters, their differing pathologies, and whether salvation lies in a masked figure. We ask how the genre can innovate from here, and why WATCHMEN endures. We also touch on the free spiritedness of Manga, writing fractured timelines as seen in Rosewater, and how the creation of narratives builds a psychological bridge between art and clinical practice. The Judge gives us the second part of her talk on defamation, reminding us the usually the only winners of such altercations are the lawyers - so watch out! Elsewhere we hear Starship, Christine Wheelwright's excellent winning entry to the April 75-word writing challenge, and Superman has an axe to grind with Pine Marten Man... or is he just jealous? Further Reading You Better Watch Yourself [ Superfolk [ The Kryptonite Kid [ Quack This Way [ Where Are You Now, Batman? [ Join SFF Chronicles for free [ Join us next time when we'll be joined by Ed Wilson, literary agent and director of the Johnson & Alcock literary agency. Ed will walk with us through the labyrinth that is Mark Danielewski's mad millennial monster story House Of Leaves. Index [00:00:00] Tade Thompson Interview Part 1 [1:04:03] Voicemail 1 [1:05:10] The Judge's Corner [1:18:03] Voicemail 2 [1:19:00] Writing Challenge Winner [1:21:02] Voicemail 3 [1:22:00] Tade Thompson Interview Part 2

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