This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading urban sci-fi.
Our second read is Dreadnought by April Daniels, chosen by our guest, Moira-Juliet (MJ) Scott. Let's talk superhero battles, beauty standards, and... best friends to lovers?
Content warnings: Mentions of transphobia including references to transphobic slurs, transmisogony, child abuse, being kicked out by parents, anti-Semitic violence, Nazis, colonial violence, racism, traumatic amputation, ableist language, plane crashes and J.K. Rowling.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
You can find Moira-Juliett Scott's work over on The [Listless] Network, including her directing, sript-editing, and voicework in The Children of Room 56. You can follow the development of her upcoming horror anthology podcast @WhitmanSonsPod on Twitter. You can follow her personal accounts @MJRammmy on Twitter and Instagram.
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Other media referenced in this episode, in order of mention:
- My Hero Academia by Kōhei Horikoshi [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Sovereign by April Daniels [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV Series)
- Everything Everywhere All At Once (Film)
- Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Boys, based on the comics by Garth Ennis [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Our next read:
- The Secret of the Sirens by Julia Golding [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
