DD 2017: Episodes 48 – 98

Dissecting Dragons – Writing, Reading, Loving and sometime Hating, Speculative Fiction.

 

Here is a list of episodes published in 2017

Episode 48: Mermaids, Sekies and Sirens – Legends of the Sea

Episode 49: Barghests, Bogey Beasts and Black Shuck – Black Dogs of the British Isles.

Episode 50: Dreamscapes and Nightmares – Writing the Unconscious

Episode 51: Happily Ever After – the Evolution of the Disney Princess 

Episode 52: Dragons, Wyverns and Wyrms – Happy Anniversary 

Episode 53: The Wizard of Oz to Wicked – Adaptations and Reimaginings in Speculative Fiction

Episode 54: Frost Giants to Snow Queens – the Frozen Heart of Speculative Fiction

Episode 55: Break ’em to Make ’em – the Heroes who Rise from the Ashes

Episode 56: Symbiosis – Why we need Writing Buddies

Episode 57: Defying Gravity – the Incredible Unlikeliness of Musical Theatre

Episode 58: One Ring to Rule them All – Magical Artefacts that made the Hero

Episode 59: Room 101 – the Concept of Dystopian Hell

Episode 60: Comic Can’t – Conventions. Talks and Launches 

Episode 61: Lords of Misrule – Tricksters, Con-artists and Grifters in Speculative Fiction

Episode 62: Occult Detectives – Urban Fantasy and Mystery

Episode 63: Mentors, Wizards and Wise Women – Portrayals of the Elderly in Speculative Fiction

Episode 64: Rogues, Renegades and Robin Hood – Our Favourite Outlaws in Speculative Fiction

Episode 65: The Strange Case of Professor Lupin – the Subversive Power of Speculative Fiction

Episode 66: Strange Familiarity – the Uncanny in Speculative Fiction

Episode 67: That Ship has Sailed – Happy Endings, Fan Service & the Appropriate Finale

Episode 68: Cautionary Tunes – The Fantasy & History behind Folksongs & Nursery Rhymes

Episode 69: When you say Nothing at all – Sparkling Dialogue in Speculative Fiction

Episode 70: They Shall take up Serpents – Religious Cults in Speculative Fiction

Episode 71: The Lazarus Effect – Back from the Dead (Again!)

Episode 72: Maenads, Black Magic & Demon Drink – Addictions in Speculative Fiction

Episode 73: Sand and Sky – Desert Archetypes in Speculative Fiction

Episode 74: The Sorting Hat and Other Trials – Finding your Tribe in Speculative Fiction

Episode 75: Labyrinth – Looking at the Mystery of Mazes

Episode 76: From Aslan to Ananda – Religious Allegory in Speculative Fiction

Episode 77: Man out of Time – Displaced Protagonists in Speculative Fiction

Episode 78: Portents, Symbols & Future Knowledge – Precognition & Foreshadowing in Speculative Fiction

Episode 79: Ouija Boards, Possessed Boards & Bloody Mary – the Fascination with Supernatural Games

Episode 80: Pivot Points – Historical Moments that changed Everything

Episode 81: War! What is it good for…in Storytelling?

Episode 82: Incubi, Vampires and Fallen Angels – the Demon Lover in Speculative Fiction

Episode 83: Spellbinding Songs, Enchanting Tunes & the Magic of Music in Fiction.

Episode 84: More Tainted Love – the Romantic Subplot in Speculative Fiction

Episode 85: Witches, Bitches and Shrews – The Wise Woman Archetype in Speculative Fiction

Episode 86: Leches, Perverts and Peepin Toms – Attitudes to Sexual Depravity in Speculative Fiction

Episode 87: Losing the Plot – Revamping, Recycling and Reusing your Writing

Episode 88: Heavenly Hosts and Fallen Fiends – the Angelic Being in Speculative Fiction

Episode 89: A Night at the Overlook Hotel – Haunted Houses in Speculative Fiction (and their real life counterparts.) Hallowe’en Special

Episode 90: Yay or Neigh – Horses, Pegasus and Kelpies in Speculative Fiction

Episode 91: Evil Twins and Partners in Crime – Siblings in Speculative Fiction and Real Life

Episode 92: Blood Drinkers and Psychic Thieves – the Vampire in Speculative Fiction

Episode 93: Damnation, Retribution and Redemption – Hell Planes and Purgatory in Speculative Fiction

Episode 94: Inner Space – Altered Realities in Speculative Fiction

Episode 95: The Horse’s Point of View – Gender Politics in Speculative Fiction

Episode 96: Fanfiction Revisited – Cassie Clare, 50 Shades and the Next Big Seller.

Episode 97: Cheese and Crackers – Our Favourite Bad Christmas Films

Episode 98: In Review: 2017 – the Good, the Bad and the Weird