SFUltra is my attempt as a lifetime science fiction skeptic's attempt to get into the genre by reading 100 science fiction books I purchased in Wales one time. It gets published every two weeks.
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Brainwashing myself into loving science fiction, one book at a time.
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A deep dive into scum cinema.
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The Wonder Of It All is a podcast about film hosted by Sean McTiernan.
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Podcast. Two locations: •The mess: culture, art, the internet in 2022. •The museum: canons and categories, old stuff. "There's a lot of bastards out there!" —William Carlos Williams
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SFULTRA #31 - The Cipher - Kathe Koja
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"...okay, that's life, that's what I was told anyway And picking your feet till they bleed may be the half of it If every fourth animal in the world is a beetle Maybe 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 T…
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SFULTRA #31 - The Cipher - Kathe Koja
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"...okay, that's life, that's what I was told anyway And picking your feet till they bleed may be the half of it If every fourth animal in the world is a beetle Maybe 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 T…
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SFULTRA #30 - Rammellzee - Racing For Thunder
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"BE WHO YOU ARE, WRECK THEM, AND THEN DIE" - Rammellzee
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SFULTRA #30 - Rammellzee - Racing For Thunder
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"BE WHO YOU ARE, WRECK THEM, AND THEN DIE" - Rammellzee
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Explanatory Collapse #20 - On The Beach: Empty Space
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"There are no castles without ghosts And no spirits without hope But nobody passes the test of time I do not fear the buried sounds Of words that echo underground A memory is a loaded gun And I remember everyone I remember everyone I remember you" - Ghosts, Nomeansno
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Explanatory Collapse #20 - On The Beach: Empty Space
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"There are no castles without ghosts And no spirits without hope But nobody passes the test of time I do not fear the buried sounds Of words that echo underground A memory is a loaded gun And I remember everyone I remember everyone I remember you" - Ghosts, Nomeansno
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Explanatory Collapse #19 - On The Beach: Nova Swing
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"For every detective novel, regardless of its story, is for every reader, above all, a novel about himself: about what happened to the reader as a human individual in general, as an individual developing from a child into an adult; as a living being who experiences continuous transitions there and back, from layer to layer of consciousness..." - On…
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Explanatory Collapse #19 - On The Beach: Nova Swing
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"For every detective novel, regardless of its story, is for every reader, above all, a novel about himself: about what happened to the reader as a human individual in general, as an individual developing from a child into an adult; as a living being who experiences continuous transitions there and back, from layer to layer of consciousness..." - On…
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Explanatory Collapse #17 - On The Beach: Light
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"Some roads are only seen at night Ghost roads, nothing but neon signs But some nights, the neon gas gets free And turns into walking dead like me And I've been making promises I know I'll never keep One of these days, I'm gonna leave you in your sleep I'll have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name Baby, I was born on a train" - …
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Explanatory Collapse #17 - On The Beach: Light
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"Some roads are only seen at night Ghost roads, nothing but neon signs But some nights, the neon gas gets free And turns into walking dead like me And I've been making promises I know I'll never keep One of these days, I'm gonna leave you in your sleep I'll have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name Baby, I was born on a train" - …
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Explanatory Collapse #9 - Viriconium Pt 3
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patreon.com/sfultra "...'For I aint, you must know,' said Betty, 'much of a hand at reading writing-hand, though I can read my Bible and most print. And I do love a newspaper. You mightn't think it, but Sloppy is a beautiful reader of a newspaper. He do the Police in different voices." - Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens…
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Explanatory Collapse #9 - Viriconium Pt 3
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Explanatory Collapse #8 - Viriconium Pt 2
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"The fire of wild abandon burns so beautiful and bright The ashes fade away after consuming all the light The fire of wild abandon burns so beautiful and hot I used to know the way back home but somehow I forgot Through all the smoke I can’t see you What’s the thing you been turned into? Something fun, or someone new The fire of wild abandon Feel t…
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Explanatory Collapse #8 - Viriconium Pt 2
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"The fire of wild abandon burns so beautiful and bright The ashes fade away after consuming all the light The fire of wild abandon burns so beautiful and hot I used to know the way back home but somehow I forgot Through all the smoke I can’t see you What’s the thing you been turned into? Something fun, or someone new The fire of wild abandon Feel t…
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Explanatory Collapse #7 - Viriconium Pt 1
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“I have said before that the music is the words and the words are the music. It is all there for you to understand if you can and for you to feel, regardless.” - Sun Ra, This Planet is Doomed patreon.com/sfultra
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Explanatory Collapse #7 - Viriconium Pt 1
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“I have said before that the music is the words and the words are the music. It is all there for you to understand if you can and for you to feel, regardless.” - Sun Ra, This Planet is Doomed patreon.com/sfultra
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SFULTRA #29 - Liege-Killer - Christopher Hinz
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"I fire myself ten times a day I throw myself in a watery grave With fourteen horses on top of my head I hear the voice again and again" - I Fire Myself, Mary Timony
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SFULTRA #29 - Liege-Killer - Christopher Hinz
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"I fire myself ten times a day I throw myself in a watery grave With fourteen horses on top of my head I hear the voice again and again" - I Fire Myself, Mary Timony
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SFULTRA #28 - The Third Eye - Lobsang Rampa
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"eurt si em tuoba yas yeht gnihtyrevE" - Euphoria, Kendrick Lamar (intro sample from The Wiz) I'm happy to welcome back Matt to tackle this terrible book. Matt's youtube channel Bookpilled is one of the main inspirations behind SFUltra and his engaging, thoughtful reviews make him official YouTube Book GOAT. His patreon is worth it and then some. …
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SFULTRA #28 - The Third Eye - Lobsang Rampa
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"eurt si em tuoba yas yeht gnihtyrevE" - Euphoria, Kendrick Lamar (intro sample from The Wiz) I'm happy to welcome back Matt to tackle this terrible book. Matt's youtube channel Bookpilled is one of the main inspirations behind SFUltra and his engaging, thoughtful reviews make him official YouTube Book GOAT. His patreon is worth it and then some. …
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SFULTRA #27 - Monarch - Candice Wuehle
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“...Thank God you let me crash on your couch Who's my God that I’m prayin' to now? … Made her go home, felt the virus Web of life is my weed, false dreams stripped by silence … Deals they had us sign, for years, it had mе blind Think I had to hit rewind and think about why I do shine … My whole family cursed, now get the fuck out my ride … Nothin',…
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SFULTRA #27 - Monarch - Candice Wuehle
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“...Thank God you let me crash on your couch Who's my God that I’m prayin' to now? … Made her go home, felt the virus Web of life is my weed, false dreams stripped by silence … Deals they had us sign, for years, it had mе blind Think I had to hit rewind and think about why I do shine … My whole family cursed, now get the fuck out my ride … Nothin',…
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#24 - Cuts Me Down The Middle Then I Come Alive
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We talk about Terrifier 2. Art was here.
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SFULTRA #26 - Radiant Terminus - Antoine Volodine
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"You lie in the graveyard Well you're rotting away When I talk to you daily You've got nothing to say You lie in the graveyard Well you are down making plans Well you control all my thoughts Well you make dust fall" - Graveyard , Butthole Surfers
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SFULTRA #26 - Radiant Terminus - Antoine Volodine
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"You lie in the graveyard Well you're rotting away When I talk to you daily You've got nothing to say You lie in the graveyard Well you are down making plans Well you control all my thoughts Well you make dust fall" - Graveyard , Butthole Surfers
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SFULTRA #25 - Mumbo Jumbo - Ishmael Reed
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"Fear stalks the land. (As usual; so what else is new?)" - Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo
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SFULTRA #25 - Mumbo Jumbo - Ishmael Reed
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"Fear stalks the land. (As usual; so what else is new?)" - Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo
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#23 - She loves naked sin, he loves evil stares
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We talk about Red Rooms, an unflinching, unforthcoming (meta???) scum classic about a woman who attends the trial of an internet murderer in Montreal.
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SFULTRA #24 - Blue Lard - Vladimir Sorokin
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"He looked round her drawing-room and marvelled how he, who prided himself on not being able to endure any-thing in bad taste, could tolerate this chamber of horrors. Everything, he mused, was beautified by his passion.." - Laughter In The Dark, Vladimir Nabokov One year anniversary blog: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sfultra-year-1-99301744…
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SFULTRA #24 - Blue Lard - Vladimir Sorokin
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"He looked round her drawing-room and marvelled how he, who prided himself on not being able to endure any-thing in bad taste, could tolerate this chamber of horrors. Everything, he mused, was beautified by his passion.." - Laughter In The Dark, Vladimir Nabokov One year anniversary blog: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sfultra-year-1-99301744…
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WDYTYA?IA #5 - The Fifth Wound - Aurora Mattia
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Who Do You Think You Are? I Am. is a Perfect Taste Forever series about memoir and biography. PFT is usually patreon exclusive but this episode is free for everyone. patreon.com/sfultra I'm joined on this episode by Jolene, the host of the podcast When A Guy Has. We talk about The Fifth Wound by Aurora Mattia.…
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WDYTYA?IA #5 - The Fifth Wound - Aurora Mattia
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SFULTRA #23 - How I Killed The Universal Man - Thomas Kendall
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"I'm living a fake, People say "You are entitled to and great" But I haven't wrote for 90 days, I'll get a good deal and I'll go away, Away from the empty brains that ask" - How I Wrote Elastic Man, The Fall
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SFULTRA #23 - How I Killed The Universal Man - Thomas Kendall
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"I'm living a fake, People say "You are entitled to and great" But I haven't wrote for 90 days, I'll get a good deal and I'll go away, Away from the empty brains that ask" - How I Wrote Elastic Man, The Fall
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#22 - That tie pin in your retina unbosoms all your past
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We talk about Alien Report, a great film about when people stand too close to you.
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SFULTRA #22 - An Exchange Of Hostages - Susan R. Matthews
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"I do not deny that, among an infinite number of acts of violence and folly, some good may have been done. They who destroy everything certainly will remove some grievance." - Edmund Burke
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SFULTRA #22 - An Exchange Of Hostages - Susan R. Matthews
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"I do not deny that, among an infinite number of acts of violence and folly, some good may have been done. They who destroy everything certainly will remove some grievance." - Edmund Burke
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SFULTRA #21 - The Physiognomy -Jeffery Ford
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"...when I put on my holster, I put God out of my mind" - Cop
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"...when I put on my holster, I put God out of my mind" - Cop
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SFULTRA #20 - The Warren - Brian Evenson
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"He did not work for posterity, nor did he work for God, whose literary preferences were largely unknown to him." - The Secret Miracle, Jorge Louis Borges
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SFULTRA #20 - The Warren - Brian Evenson
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"He did not work for posterity, nor did he work for God, whose literary preferences were largely unknown to him." - The Secret Miracle, Jorge Louis Borges
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SFULTRA #19 - Overlay - Barry Malzberg
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"Delight dwindles. Blame stays the same." - Briggflatts: An Autobiography, Basil Bunting I'm happy to welcome Matt on this last episode of SFUltra for 2023. Matt's youtube channel Bookpilled is one of the main inspirations behind SFUltra and his engaging, thoughtful reviews of books exactly like the one we're covering this week are precisely what m…
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SFULTRA #19 - Overlay - Barry Malzberg
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"Delight dwindles. Blame stays the same." - Briggflatts: An Autobiography, Basil Bunting I'm happy to welcome Matt on this last episode of SFUltra for 2023. Matt's youtube channel Bookpilled is one of the main inspirations behind SFUltra and his engaging, thoughtful reviews of books exactly like the one we're covering this week are precisely what m…
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SFULTRA #18 - Ruination - Katie Jean Shinkle
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"At the top of the hill You watch the world below Writhing with life You have two heads You feel one pushing out Trying to see Seeds Are planted In your mouth Whеn they bloom They burst from you Face Yoursеlf Your new Self" - Fawn, Body Void
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"At the top of the hill You watch the world below Writhing with life You have two heads You feel one pushing out Trying to see Seeds Are planted In your mouth Whеn they bloom They burst from you Face Yoursеlf Your new Self" - Fawn, Body Void
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SFULTRA #17 - Sweet Blood/The Birth Machine - Elizabeth Baines
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"Sometimes when I get up and emerge from the mists of slumber, my whole room hurts, my whole bedroom, the view from the window hurts, kids go to school, people go shopping, everybody knows where to go, only I don't know where I want to go..." - Bohumil Hrabal, Total Fears: Selected Letters to Dubenka…
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"Sometimes when I get up and emerge from the mists of slumber, my whole room hurts, my whole bedroom, the view from the window hurts, kids go to school, people go shopping, everybody knows where to go, only I don't know where I want to go..." - Bohumil Hrabal, Total Fears: Selected Letters to Dubenka…
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