

SFUltra
Sean McTiernan
Brainwashing myself into loving science fiction, one book at a time.
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Apr 3, 2024 • 1h 5min
SFULTRA #26 - Radiant Terminus - Antoine Volodine
"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

Mar 16, 2024 • 1h 48min
SFULTRA #25 - Mumbo Jumbo - Ishmael Reed
"Fear stalks the land. (As usual; so what else is new?)" - Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo

Mar 2, 2024 • 2h 13min
SFULTRA #24 - Blue Lard - Vladimir Sorokin
"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

Feb 22, 2024 • 1h 13min
WDYTYA?IA #5 - The Fifth Wound - Aurora Mattia
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.

Feb 18, 2024 • 1h 4min
SFULTRA #23 - How I Killed The Universal Man - Thomas Kendall
"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

Jan 31, 2024 • 1h 21min
SFULTRA #22 - An Exchange Of Hostages - Susan R. Matthews
"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

Jan 20, 2024 • 56min
SFULTRA #21 - The Physiognomy -Jeffery Ford
"...when I put on my holster, I put God out of my mind" - Cop

Jan 5, 2024 • 54min
SFULTRA #20 - The Warren - Brian Evenson
"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

Dec 19, 2023 • 1h 1min
SFULTRA #19 - Overlay - Barry Malzberg
"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 makes him the best book reviewer on YouTube. Matt's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Bookpilled Matt's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Bookpilled

Dec 6, 2023 • 48min
SFULTRA #18 - Ruination - Katie Jean Shinkle
"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


