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Abjection? The Monstrous-Feminine? Motherhood? What else could we be talking about other than the Alien franchise? Join us as we examine the first four films in the Alien series—Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien: Resurrection—to trace how this franchise has evolved, shifted, and taken on grotesque new forms over time. Some Sources You Might Find Interesting: Powers of Horror by Julia Kristeva Alien and The Monstrous-Feminine by Barbara Creed What’s the Story, Mother?: The Mourning of the Alien by Stephen Scobie Monstrous Mothers: Medusa, Grendel, and Now Alien by Lynda K. Bundtzen “Alien” Within, “Aliens” Without: The Primal Scene and the Return to the Repressed by Ilsa J. Bick “Alien” as an Abortion Parable by John L. Cobbs MASOCHISM AND REPRESENTATION IN MODERN HORROR: THE CASE OF “ALIEN 3” by Celestino Deleyto Alcalá Beautiful Monsters: The Unofficial and Unauthorized Guide to the Alien and Predator Films by David A. McIntee “Alien, The Thing” and the Principles of Terror by Douglas Fowler Website | Facebook | Bluesky | Instagram | Threads | Patreon | Merch | Episode Transcripts The post Episode 212 – Alien Franchise – Part One appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.
Positively Trek 121: Book Club: Well of SoulsThe Ship of Guilt The Lost Era continues! It's 2336, and these are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise-C. Everything we know about this ship and her crew in canon comes from TNG's “Yesterday's Enterprise.” But Captain Rachel Garrett commanded her for many years, and there are many stories to be told about those missions.Join us for this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club as hosts Dan and Bruce discuss The Lost Era: Well of Souls by Ilsa J. Bick. We talk about the many characters both old and new in this novel, guilt and trauma, a complicated plot involving crime syndicates and secrecy, the first duty of every Starfleet officer, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings for Well of Souls. Show page: http://positivelytrek.libsyn.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/positively-trek/id1501468628 Twitter: http://twitter.com/positivelytrek Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PositivelyTrek Help support the podcast! Go to https://www.patreon.com/positivelytrek to help out! Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4457-take-a-chance License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. Positively Trek is not endorsed or sponsored by or affiliated with CBS/Paramount Pictures or the STAR TREK franchise. HostsDan GuntherBruce Gibson Production Dan Gunther (Editor and Producer)Bruce Gibson (Producer)
AKA "Ashes and Shadows and Monsters, Oh My!": We talk with author Ilsa J. Bick about her young adult books including the post-apocalyptic Ashes trilogy, Ashes, Shadows, and Monsters, as well as her contributions to Star Trek literature and other media-tie in books. Plus anything else geeky we can think of. —March 2014
Things we talked about in this episode: What Happened That Night by Deanna Cameron Joe Rogan's Podcast The Sin-Eaters Confession by Ilsa J. Bick Natasha Preston Books ❤️ Help Support The Podcast
In this episode, Stacy, Natalie, Sara, and Shannon are talking about some of their favorite apocalyptic and post apocalyptic fiction. Novels in this episode include: J.L. Bourne, Day by Day Armageddon (Day By Day Armageddon 1) Kresley Cole, Poison Princess (Arcana Chronicles 1) Brad Manuel, The Last Tribe Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds 1) Stephen King, The Stand Emily Suvada, This mortal Coil (This Mortal Coil 1) Mira Grant, Feed (Newsflesh 1) Yasmine Galenorn, Fury Rising (Fury Unbound 1) Sarah Lyons Fleming, Until The End of the World and The City trilogies Nora Roberts, Year One (Chronicles of the One 1) Ilsa J. Bick, Ashes (Ashes 1) You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ We are on Twitter as: @bistro_book You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com