Appendix N Book Club
by Jeff Goad, Ngo Vinh-Hoi, and special guests
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A. Merritt's "The Face in the Abyss"
Jun 8, 2026
58m 04s
Roger Zelazny's Dilvish, the Damned
May 3, 2026
1h 01m 47s
China Miéville's "Perdido Street Station"
Apr 27, 2026
1h 04m 14s
Lloyd Alexander's "The Black Cauldron"
Feb 2, 2026
1h 00m 46s
Karl Edward Wagner's "Dark Crusade"
Jan 19, 2026
59m 30s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/8/26 |  A. Merritt's "The Face in the Abyss"✨ | A. Merrittscience-fantasy+4 | — | A. Merritt's "The Face in the Abyss"The Princess Bride | — | A. MerrittThe Face in the Abyss+5 | — | 58m 04s | |
| 5/3/26 | Roger Zelazny's Dilvish, the Damned✨ | podcastbook club+3 | special guests | — | — | Appendix Nbook club+3 | — | 1h 01m 47s | |
| 4/27/26 | China Miéville's "Perdido Street Station"✨ | China MiévillePerdido Street Station+4 | — | Perdido Street Station | — | Perdido Street StationChina Miéville+4 | — | 1h 04m 14s | |
| 2/2/26 | Lloyd Alexander's "The Black Cauldron"✨ | Lloyd AlexanderThe Black Cauldron+5 | — | Alexander estateThe Black Cauldron | — | Lloyd AlexanderThe Black Cauldron+8 | — | 1h 00m 46s | |
| 1/19/26 | Karl Edward Wagner's "Dark Crusade"✨ | fantasy literaturemilitary strategy+5 | — | Dark CrusadeChronicles of the Kencyrath | — | Karl Edward WagnerDark Crusade+5 | — | 59m 30s | |
| 11/3/25 |  Roger Zelazny's "Lord of Light"✨ | Roger Zelaznyscience fiction+3 | special guests | Lord of Light | — | Roger ZelaznyLord of Light+4 | — | 1h 00m 05s | |
| 9/22/25 | C.J. Cherryh's "Gate of Ivrel"✨ | C.J. CherryhGate of Ivrel+5 | — | GloranthaRunequest+4 | — | C.J. CherryhGate of Ivrel+7 | — | 58m 42s | |
| 9/8/25 | H.P. Lovecraft's "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"✨ | H.P. LovecraftVictorian architecture+3 | — | The Dream-Quest of Unknown KadathBarsoom+2 | — | H.P. LovecraftThe Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath+5 | — | 1h 04m 28s | |
| 8/25/25 | Howard Andrew Jones's "The Desert of Souls"✨ | fantasy literaturehistorically-grounded fantasy+4 | — | The Desert of SoulsSign of the Labrys | medieval Baghdad | Howard Andrew JonesThe Desert of Souls+6 | — | 56m 25s | |
| 6/9/25 | Jack Vance's "Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden"✨ | Jack Vanceneologisms+4 | — | Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden | — | Jack VanceLyonesse+5 | — | 1h 01m 18s | |
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| 5/26/25 | L. Sprague de Camp's "The Fallible Fiend"✨ | fantasy literaturecharacter development+4 | — | The Fallible Fiend | — | L. Sprague de CampThe Fallible Fiend+6 | — | 54m 46s | |
| 3/18/25 | Gretchen Felker-Martin's "Manhunt"✨ | horror-thrillerscharacter analysis+4 | — | RunequestForbidden Lands+3 | — | Gretchen Felker-MartinManhunt+7 | — | 58m 28s | |
| 2/18/25 | Katherine Kurtz's "Deryni Rising" with our Patron Book Club | Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Katherine Kurtz's "Deryni Rising", sarcophagi, achieving literary liftoff, the Brandon-to-Demos scale, fantasy worlds with real-life historical cultures, female fantasy authors writing under their own names, scattered hidden magical races, Empire of the Petal Throne, AD&D psionics, counterspells, adventure hooks to clear a character's name, Dragon Magazine and White Dwarf Magazine on archive.org, and much more! | — | ||||||
| 1/29/25 | James Enge's "Blood of Ambrose" with our Patron Book Club | Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss James Enge's "Blood of Ambrose", obscure words from classic languages, Scooby Doo episodes, slowing down for character development, The Book of the New Sun books, magic from alchemy, flying horses, world maps, DCC spell corruption, blood that catches fire, other notable works by the author, trial and error, and much more! | — | ||||||
| 12/31/24 | H. Rider Haggard's "She" with our Patron Book Club | Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss H. Rider Haggard's "She", the smell of the flame, Haggard's other works, "the things dudes won't do for a hottie", the city of Cambridge, the good earthy feminine logic, being torn between two ill-fated women, the lost race genre, the tombs of an ancient civilization, quaint local customs, being unalive (instead of undead), democracies and tyrants, and much more! | — | ||||||
| 11/25/24 |  Charles R. Saunders's "The Quest for Cush" | Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Charles R. Saunders's "The Quest for Cush", the Swahili glossary, the shame of the King County Library system, fiction as gaming supplements, inversions of traditional sword and sorcery, Burroughs's Mythic Africa, the Mary Sue problem, Greeks in Egypt, a dungeon under quicksand, responsible and dilligent city guards, Imaro as a demigod,, and much more! | — | ||||||
| 11/4/24 | Edgar Rice Burroughs's "The Gods of Mars" with our Patron Book Club | Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Edgar Rice Burroughs's "The Gods of Mars", John Carter in a blond wig, repetitiveness in Edgar Rice Burroughs's works, French words, female characters' screen time, the Tree of Life, fainting characters, early examples of megadungeons, helpful ghosts, constantly escalating tension and perils, authors inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs, wish-fullfillment protagonists, and much more! | — | ||||||
| 9/30/24 | Dan Simmons's "Hyperion” with our Patron Book Club | Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Dan Simmons's "Hyperion”, listening to audio books at work, Vaults of Vaarn, prescient fiction, choosing whether or not to continue on with fiction series, the Dying Earth, ambiguous endings, failed attempts at humor, the author's current politics, chase scenes, Shadowdark, roasting bestsellers, reading books outside of our comfort zone, plans for the future of the show, and much more! | — | ||||||
| 1/29/24 | Episode 146 – Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s "A Canticle for Leibowitz” with our Patron Book Club | This episode is dedicated to Rick Byrne. Please consider sending a gift to support Leukemia research at UCSF: UCSF Foundation, PO Box 45339, San Francisco, CA 94145 or make a gift online at makeagift.ucsf.edu. Please be sure to note that the gift is in memory of Rick Byrne to support the Leukemia research of Dr. Neil Dunivan. | — | ||||||
| 1/14/24 | Episode 145 – Michael Moorcock's "The Mad God's Amulet” with our Patron Book Club | Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Michael Moorcock's "The Mad God's Amulet, Michael Moorcock's love of arcane texts, action scenes, hyperviolence and gore, following expectations, whimsical supporting characters, battles over land and sea, reskinning monsters for science-fantasy, a device that can unlock any lock, the Devil's Rejects, our friend Rick Byrne, and much more! | — | ||||||
| 1/1/24 | Episode 144 – Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbô” with special guest Robert Poyton | Robert Poyton joins us to discuss Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbô”, October horror films, the etymology of Hygaxian words, Howardian prose, varied treasures, the French "oh là là", the literary influences of Clark Ashton Smith, the diversity of intersecting cultures in North Africa, African nations, horse nomads, cult generators, unearthly treasure hoards, and much more! | — | ||||||
| 12/18/23 | Episode 143 – Susanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” with special guest Tim Mendees | Tim Mendees joins us to discuss Susanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell”, the dangers of massive hardbacks, literary rabbit holes, the Dorset dialect, cursing those who have wronged us, classist hypocrits, the couragousness that comes with conviction, interdimensional travel through reflective surfaces, interesting and flavorful spells, failing sanity rolls, faerie rewards, and much more! | — | ||||||
| 9/4/23 | Episode 142 – Robert Asprin's "Thieves' World" with special guest Brian Yaksha | Brian Yaksha joins us to discuss Robert Asprin's "Thieves' World", the give and take of what you're going to give to the audience, fantasy shared worlds, Dungeon Crawl Classics Lankhmar, Aragorn's tax plan, Machiavelli, passing off as older for added credibility, rotating GMs, bespoke stat blocks, power levels, player character points of entry, random tables, and much more! | — | ||||||
| 8/7/23 | Episode 141 – Edgar Rice Burroughs's "A Princess of Mars" with special guest Goran Gligovic | Goran Gligovic joins us to discuss Edgar Rice Burroughs's "A Princess of Mars", Asterix and Obelix, the Library of Wonder, Tarzan, being 30 for as long as you can remember, main characters as blank canvases, Robert E. Howard, the Fighting Man class in OD&D, when to embrace realism and when to eschew it, Frank Frazetta's action scenes, gargoyles taking a piss, a brightly dressed Elric, and much more! | — | ||||||
| 7/10/23 | Episode 140 – Lloyd Alexander's "The Book of Three" with special guest Becky Annison | Becky Annison joins us to discuss Lloyd Alexander's "The Book of Three", the Dungeons and Dragons movie, dwarven guides, Welsh myth, characters with firm personality hooks, spaghetti westerns, the Black Cauldron, clear linear mission paths, giving each character their moment, changing the stakes of successes, horror mechanics, destroying books or cards for art, and much more! | — | ||||||
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