About this episode

The hosts discuss their reading of 'Red Rising' and explore related themes in Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

We check in on our June reading of Red Rising by Pierce Brown . Why do romantasy people like this? Veronica is making a tincture. And we have fun coming up with a Sci-Fi/Fantasy equivalent of the EGOT. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Veronica Belmont

Topics covered

• Red Rising
• romantasy
• tincture
• Sci-Fi/Fantasy
• EGOT

Keywords

• Red Rising
• Pierce Brown
• romantasy
• Sci-Fi
• Fantasy
• Ender's Game

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Red Rising, Ender's Game

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