Alice Fraser is joined by Chris Skinner as they look ahead to 2026 and discuss the exciting forthcoming releases in the sci-fi and fantasy realms.

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WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR BRAIN?

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka

Fire Boy - Sami Shah

FILM The Grinch

FILM Mary Poppins

TROPE ON A ROPE

FILM Disclosure Day

COMING UP IN 2026

A Trade of Blood - Robert Jackson Bennett

Platform Decay - Martha Wells

Queen Demon - Martha Wells

Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman

Operation Bounce House - Matt Dinniman

TV A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight

FILM Twins

Twelve Months - Jim Butcher

TV Silo

The Tapestry of Fate - Shannon Chakraborty

Wolf Worm - T. Kingfisher

FILM The Odyssey

TV Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85

TV Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen

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Rejoice! For Tom Neenan joins Alice Fraser for a special festive episode 46 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown!

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Dive into your nearest wardrobe and enjoy Eleanor Morton and Alice Fraser on episode 45 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown!

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Eleanor Morton - Life Lessons From Historical Women

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A very welcome return for Nate Crowley as the sci-fi author joins Alice Fraser for episode 44 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown!

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The Twice-Dead King: Omnibus - Nate Crowley

Notes from Small Planets - Nate Crowley

NEWS

FILM The Magic Faraway Tree

Enid Blyton - The Magic Faraway Tree

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR BRAIN?

FILM Batman

TV Jurassic World: Chaos Theory

Gumnut Babies - May Gibbs

Wallet Babies - May Gibbs

Snugglepot and Cuddlepie - May Gibbs

King’s Watch series - Mark Hayden

TROPE ON A ROPE

Implausibly large ribcages

GAME Subnautica

GAME Borderlands

FILM Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

FILM Godzilla vs Kong

Perdido Street Station - China Miéville

Shadow of the Gods series - John Gwynne

Looming roar monsters

SUB GENRE DEEP DIVE - Unfiction / fictional non-fiction

Dinotopia series - James Gurney

Expedition - Wayne Barlowe

PODCAST Revolutions - Mike Duncan

The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island - Weta Workshop

FILM King Kong

GAME Neuorocracy

Notes from Small Planets - Nate Crowley

MINES OF URRGH

The Years of Rice and Salt - Kim Stanley Robinson

TV Wolf Hall

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The brilliant Joz Norris joins Alice Fraser this week for episode 43 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown!

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NEWS

TV Stargate

The Will Of The Many - James Islington

The Strength Of The Few - James Islington

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR BRAIN?

GAME Spirit Island

Raven Scholar - Antonia Hodgson

All Fours - Miranda July

The 13th Witch - Mark Hayden

SUB GENRE DEEP DIVE - Choose Your Own Adventure

SHOW The Dark Room - John Robertson

Fighting Fantasy series - Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone

FILM Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman

FILM Groundhog Day

Vulcanverse - Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson

To Be Or Not To Be - Ryan North

Romeo And/Or Juliet - Ryan North

GRAPHIC NOVEL: Star Trek: Lower Decks - Warp Your Own Way - Ryan North

COMIC SERIES The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl - Ryan North

MINES OF URRGH

Spider-Man

Conan series - Robert E. Howard

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Alice Fraser is joined this week by Tom Neenan for episode 42 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown!

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NEWS

A Feast of Crows - George RR Martin

GAME Zombies, Run

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR BRAIN?

FILM The Running Man

The Will of the Many - James Islington

The Strength of the Few - James Islington

Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan

TV Tumble Leaf

SUB GENRE DEEP DIVE - Iterations

FILM The Running Man

FILM The Long Walk

TV IT: Welcome To Derry

FILM The Fly

FILM Alien

FILM Aliens

FILM Nosferatu

Circe - Madelline Miller

Song of Achilles - Madelline Miller

Stone Blind - Natalie Haynes

Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik

FILM King Kong

MINES OF URRGH

FILM King Kong

TV Doctor Who - The Power of Kroll

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Alice is joined by Kate Samas to discuss the latest in speculative fiction, including an accusation that the latest George RR Martin release has AI generated art.

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Tom Neenan joins Alice Fraser this week for episode 40 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown!

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WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR BRAIN?

FILM Predator: Badlands

Queen Demon - Martha Wells

The Flashman Papers - George MacDonald Fraser

TV Plur1bus - Vince Gilligan

SUB GENRE DEEP DIVE - Villains as heroes

Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card

Dune - Frank Herbert

FILM Jurassic Park

FILM A Nightmare on Elm Street

FILM Child’s Play

FILM Full Metal Jacket

FILM Apocalypse Now

FILM Saving Private Ryan

FILM Wolf Creek

TV Dexter

Hannibal

MINES OF URRGH

FILM Wanted

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Stephen R. Donaldson

FILM The Flintstones

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