{"id":489,"date":"2017-12-29T17:43:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T17:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/?page_id=489"},"modified":"2018-01-11T16:45:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T16:45:40","slug":"dissecting-dragons-episode-71-80","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/?page_id=489","title":{"rendered":"DD 2017: Episodes 48 – 98"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dissecting Dragons – Writing, Reading, Loving and sometime Hating, Speculative Fiction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Here is a list of episodes published in 2017<\/p>\n

Episode 48: Mermaids, Sekies and Sirens – Legends of the Sea<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 49: Barghests, Bogey Beasts and Black Shuck – Black Dogs of the British Isles.<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 50: Dreamscapes and Nightmares – Writing the Unconscious<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 51: Happily Ever After – the Evolution of the Disney Princess\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 52: Dragons, Wyverns and Wyrms – Happy Anniversary\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 53: The Wizard of Oz to Wicked – Adaptations and Reimaginings in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 54: Frost Giants to Snow Queens – the Frozen Heart of Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 55: Break ’em to Make ’em – the Heroes who Rise from the Ashes<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 56: Symbiosis – Why we need Writing Buddies<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 57: Defying Gravity – the Incredible Unlikeliness of Musical Theatre<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 58: One Ring to Rule them All – Magical Artefacts that made the Hero<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 59: Room 101 – the Concept of Dystopian Hell<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 60: Comic Can’t – Conventions. Talks and Launches\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 61: Lords of Misrule – Tricksters, Con-artists and Grifters in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 62: Occult Detectives – Urban Fantasy and Mystery<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 63: Mentors, Wizards and Wise Women – Portrayals of the Elderly in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 64: Rogues, Renegades and Robin Hood – Our Favourite Outlaws in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 65: The Strange Case of Professor Lupin – the Subversive Power of Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 66: Strange Familiarity – the Uncanny in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 67: That Ship has Sailed – Happy Endings, Fan Service & the Appropriate Finale<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 68: Cautionary Tunes – The Fantasy & History behind Folksongs & Nursery Rhymes<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 69: When you say Nothing at all – Sparkling Dialogue in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 70: They Shall take up Serpents – Religious Cults in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 71: The Lazarus Effect – Back from the Dead (Again!)<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 72: Maenads, Black Magic & Demon Drink – Addictions in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 73: Sand and Sky – Desert Archetypes in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 74: The Sorting Hat and Other Trials – Finding your Tribe in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 75: Labyrinth – Looking at the Mystery of Mazes<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 76: From Aslan to Ananda – Religious Allegory in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 77: Man out of Time – Displaced Protagonists in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 78: Portents, Symbols & Future Knowledge – Precognition & Foreshadowing in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 79: Ouija Boards, Possessed Boards & Bloody Mary – the Fascination with Supernatural Games<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 80: Pivot Points – Historical Moments that changed Everything<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 81: War! What is it good for…in Storytelling?<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 82: Incubi, Vampires and Fallen Angels – the Demon Lover in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 83: Spellbinding Songs, Enchanting Tunes & the Magic of Music in Fiction.<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 84: More Tainted Love – the Romantic Subplot in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 85: Witches, Bitches and Shrews – The Wise Woman Archetype in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 86: Leches, Perverts and Peepin Toms – Attitudes to Sexual Depravity in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 87: Losing the Plot – Revamping, Recycling and Reusing your Writing<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 88: Heavenly Hosts and Fallen Fiends – the Angelic Being in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 89: A Night at the Overlook Hotel – Haunted Houses in Speculative Fiction (and their real life counterparts.) Hallowe’en Special<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 90: Yay or Neigh – Horses, Pegasus and Kelpies in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 91: Evil Twins and Partners in Crime – Siblings in Speculative Fiction and Real Life<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 92: Blood Drinkers and Psychic Thieves – the Vampire in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 93: Damnation, Retribution and Redemption – Hell Planes and Purgatory in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 94: Inner Space – Altered Realities in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 95: The Horse’s Point of View – Gender Politics in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 96: Fanfiction Revisited – Cassie Clare, 50 Shades and the Next Big Seller.<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 97: Cheese and Crackers – Our Favourite Bad Christmas Films<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 98: In Review: 2017 – the Good, the Bad and the Weird<\/a><\/p>\n

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