Be The Serpent/Episodes 61-70

This subpage lists episodes 61-70 of the Be The Serpent podcast.

Episode 61: A Time and a Place

Main Article: Be The Serpent: A Time and a Place

• Date: May 20, 2020
• Topic: Historical fantasy as a genre
• Tentpoles: Duende by astolat, A Criminal Magic by Lee Kelly, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

Episode 62: Overwhelming Ancestral Nostalgia

• Date: June 3, 2020
• Topic: Fantasy novels for youth
• Tentpoles: The Circle of Magic series, the Abhorsen series, The Dark is Rising series

Episode 63: Hugo Award Slate Review — Best Novels of 2019

Main Article: Be The Serpent: Hugo Award Slate Review — Best Novels of 2019

• Date: June 17, 2020
• Topic: Hugo Awards novel finalists
• Tentpoles:

"The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley, Middlegame by Seanan McGuire, A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, The City In the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders, and The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow"

Episode 64: The Art of War

• Date: July 1, 2020
• Topic:
• Tentpoles: scenes from His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik, The Expanse, K. J. Parker’s Devices and Desires, and Bujold’s The Warrior’s Apprentice.

Episode 65: Transfigurations

Main Article: Be The Serpent: Transfigurations

• Date: July 15, 2020
• Topic: Transfigurations, J.K. Rowling and Transphobia, Queer Fandom
• Tentpoles: only one tentpole - Transfigurations

Episode 66: You Break It, You Bond It

Main Article: Be The Serpent: You Break It, You Bond It

• Date: July 29, 2020
• Topic: soulmates and soul bonds
• Tentpoles: Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert, Fated by maydei, and “Deconstruct” by flowercity

Episode 67: Toss a Coin to Your Serpents

• Date: Aug 12, 2020
• Topic: Deep-dive into The Witcher
• Tentpoles: The Witcher (Netflix series)

Episode 68: Who Wants to Live Forever?

Main Article: Be The Serpent: Who Wants to Live Forever?

• Date: Aug 26, 2020
• Topic: Immortality
• Tentpoles: The Old Guard, The god of scraped knees by spqr, and The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson

Episode 69: Nice Nice Nice

• Date: Sept 9, 2020
• Topic: Sex in fiction
• Tentpoles: Favorite, a Merlin/Arthur fic by astolat; Sense8, and The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite.

Episode 70: Extravaganza

• Date: Sept 23, 2020
• Topic: listener questions
• Tentpoles: N/A