About this episode

The episode discusses the Le Guin shortlist and explores the concept of Romantasy in relation to the book Red Rising.

Starlog is back! The Le Guin shortlist is out. Why Tom is naked. We kick off our July read and struggle to understand why some people think Red Rising is Romantasy. Now we know. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Veronica Belmont

Topics covered

• Roman Fantasy
• Romantasy
• Red Rising
• Le Guin shortlist
• July read

Keywords

• Roman Fantasy
• Romantasy
• Red Rising
• Le Guin
• July read

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Red Rising, Le Guin shortlist

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