Show notes
Red flags flying the Dissecting World duo man the barricades & storm China Melville's revolutionary fantasy novel 'The Iron Council. In so doing they shunt through such topics as: - Industrialisation & Imperialism- Terrorism v Freedom Fighting- The coffee house & twitter revolutionariesSteaming through universes as divergent as Tolkien, Adrian Tchaikovsky's Shadows of the Apt, Game of Thrones & Conan's Hyboria they consider:- Does fantasy have to be conservative ?- Do revolution narratives need a certain technological base ?- The democratic nature of guns (& or crossbows).Kehaars blog post on guns in fantasy mentioned is here : http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/gunpowder-in-fantasy-rpgs/Forgotten Planet Kickstarter linkhttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/339233852/forgotten-planet-by-peter-rogers-and-giancarlo-car

