Dissecting Dragons

100 Episodes

1. Episode 429: All in the Details - How to Use Description in Speculative Fiction part 2

   Published: 9/13/2024
2. Episode 428: All in the Details - How to Use Description in Speculative Fiction part 1

   Published: 9/6/2024
3. Episode 427: The Boys are Back in Town - the Dark Heart of the Superhero Genre

   Published: 8/2/2024
4. Episode 426: Change, Uncertainty and Unhappiness - making low stakes compelling

   Published: 7/26/2024
5. Episode 425: A Thousand Ships - The Awkward Side of Retelling Greek Myths

   Published: 7/18/2024
6. Episode 424: Starving Artists and Worshipped Writers - unrealistic depictions of creatives in Film and TV

   Published: 7/12/2024
7. Episode 423: Memory became legend legend became myth - the dawn of the fantasy genre part 2

   Published: 7/5/2024
8. Episode 422: Memory became legend legend became myth - the dawn of the fantasy genre part 1

   Published: 6/28/2024
9. Episode 421: Impossible Monsters - Dinosaurs and Megafauna in Speculative Fiction

   Published: 6/21/2024
10. Episode 420: Never Coming Home - The Moving Beyond Bereavement and Death is a Sad Thing Tropes

    Published: 6/14/2024
11. Episode 419: The Sun, the Moon & the Spindle - Tracing the Origins of Sleeping Beauty

    Published: 6/7/2024
12. Episode 418: the Dark Decent - Transforming a Hero into a Villain in SFF

    Published: 5/31/2024
13. Episode 417: An Abundance of Janes and Cathys - Retellings of the classics and why they usually suck pt 2

    Published: 5/24/2024
14. Episode 416: An Abundance of Janes and Cathys - Retellings of the classics and why they usually suck part 1

    Published: 5/17/2024
15. Episode 415: Seafarers, Swashbucklers and Chaotic Archaeologists - the evolution of Adventure Fiction

    Published: 5/10/2024
16. Episode 414: Seasons May Change - Stars Farmers & Wild Weather Calendars

    Published: 5/3/2024
17. Episode 413: Dragon riders & wolf speakers - the Animal Soul Bond in Speculative Fiction

    Published: 2/9/2024
18. Episode 412: By the Blade - the Evolution of Heroic Fantasy

    Published: 2/2/2024
19. Episode 411: Kitchen Heroes - Humble Protagonists who get Things Done in Speculative Fiction

    Published: 1/19/2024
20. Episode 410: In a Rural Dream - The Rise of Cottagecore

    Published: 1/12/2024