Today we cover Robert E. Howard’s “The Scarlet Citadel” and look once again at Conan as King which goes well with our previous episode on the "Phoenix in the Sword."

This story hits our classic Conan tropes: betrayal, unsettling sorcerers, daring escapes, and last minute rescues.

Overall a rollicking good time!

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We dive into a pair of classic Conan heist tales. Join us as we follow a young Conan as he multi-classes as a rogue in the classic stories "The God in the Bowl" and "The Tower of the Elephant."

We have the usual Conan tropes of murder, monsters, and unsettling sorcery that reminds us of Howard's pen-pal Lovecraft.

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We leave sci-fi behind and jump into sword and orcery with Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian.

We talk pulp context, the Hyborian Age’s “historical shorthand,” and why Conan on the page feels smarter, stranger, and more human than the pop culture version we were more familiar with.

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We finish our read through of Dune by looking the appendixes, where Herbert lays out some of the hard details behind Arrakis's ecology, religion, politics, and the history of the empire.

We also give some of our final thoughts on this foundational work of science fiction.

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We've done it!

We are making our way through the final chapters of Dune together, well done!

While the title does not appear in the books, it does match our episode's theme quite well today as we march into the confrontation between Paul's Fremen and the Emperor's Sardaukar forces.

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Paul rides the worm, turning a rite of passage into another future legend. Old friends return and trust must be reestablished. What happens when one drinks the Water of Life who was never meant to?

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Paul and Jessica learn more about Fremen life in the sietch. We experience the mysterious Water of Life and the strange effects it has on both our characters and the Fremen at large. We revisit the Baron and his plans for the future once again.

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We continue our journey through Dune with Paul’s duel with Jamis, the importance of Fremen traditions and names.

This is followed by a detour to Giedi Prime where we meet Count Fenring while the Baron and Feyd put on a grim spectacle.

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