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Submitted by John S. Drew on December 16, 2011 - 9:25pm

 

The Rift crew gather together once again to celebrate the holidays with a slew of special guests.  Keith interviews authors Marion Zimmer Bradley and Chris Claremont.  Editors John J. Ordover and Don Keller engage in a debate on style versus substance.  Margaret Wander Bonanno picks the winner of our holiday giveaway.  And, we offer a retrospective of the first 40 episodes of The Chronic Rift.  Please comment on this episode by responding here, writing john@chronicrift.com, or calling 888-866-9010.

Trivia Notes: The annual tradition continues.

Sponsors: The Omega Zone, DAW Books

Original Airdate: December 16, 2011

 

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a really neat episode

Submitted by Pinkhamster on December 18, 2011 - 7:41am.

very playful but also cool to see you trying a different format with the solo interviews and the debate (I was firmly on Keller's side).  a lot of neat clips from older episodes, some of which I was surprised I had forgotten since it hasn't been that long since I watched them for the first time

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duplicate post

Submitted by Pinkhamster on December 18, 2011 - 7:41am.

whoopsie

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My Bad

Submitted by Preemie on December 17, 2011 - 6:12pm.

Actually, I did a bit deeper look into Druids and Druidism and found that it's by T.D. Kendrick. As I remember -- Druids and Druidism is a book I actually don't like. It's like a malleus maleficarum against Druidism.

Lewis Spence's book is On the History and Origins of Druidism. And that's a much better book, as I recall. Logical and philosophical, like all those turn of the century authors were.

Not that I can really say for sure. I haven't read either book since 2005, and I can hardly remember what I ate for dinner tonight.

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Holiday Show

Submitted by Preemie on December 17, 2011 - 5:14pm.

Happy Holidays, Chronic Rift! What a great show. I love the closing credits. It's like -- the Sgt. Pepper of sci-fi!

The Marion Zimmer Bradley interview was great. I think my favorite part is where she says, "Call me Madame Frankenstein," and then gives the camera a sly look.

The Druids and Druidism book she mentions is, I'm pretty sure, by Lewis Spence. I thought I might find it on Project Gutenberg, but I didn't. Lewis Spence is a great collector of myths and legends from all over the world. Here's a link to his works on Project Gutenberg.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search.html/?default_prefix=author_id&sort_order=downloads&query=5707

The "40 episodes of memories" segment is great. My favorites were Keith's criticism of bad hairy feet drawing and the woman who says "Dirty Harry with boobs."

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