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Cover My Ass

Amid the towering stacks of a mysterious Library we desperately ‘review’ books we haven’t read — with tenacity, ingenuity and love. We only judge a book by its cover!

Further podcasts by Khaki & K

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100 · Deep Into the F from 2020-11-26T05:00

At the end of the world and in the face of uncertainty, two friends careen through colliding worlds, all baffling yet strangely familiar, toward their final destinations.

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99 · Weer As Folk from 2020-11-19T05:00

Belle-Amy Falcon, a mild-mannered bakery proprietor and fifth-generation Sourdough Sorceress discovers her ancestors' secret Grain Grimoire and decides to fulfill her family's master plan: a sex...

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98 · Oh Murr from 2020-11-12T00:00

Earth's most popular and sexiest stage magician has no idea he owes his stunning looks and fantastic hair to parentage from beyond the stars! But he isn't the only one, and the others don't take...

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Announcement: So Farscape! from 2020-11-09T00:00

A brand-new Farscape fancast from Yours Trulies in which a longtime fan (Khaki!) introduces his innocent bestie (K!) to the marvel that is Farscape, the science fiction masterpiece from the Jim ...

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97 · Animals(?) of the Time Patrol from 2020-11-05T05:00

Merry Jiculek has lost his partner on their last assignment and now has to sneak back to different periods of time to return him safely without his superiors catching on.

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96 · Shoulder Pump Chicken Dance from 2020-10-29T05:00

One earth colony after the other gets destroyed by a mysterious force and Dr Bones and her faithful assistant are called in to help discover the cause and reason for this sudden aggression again...

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95 · Chaps Contain Holes from 2020-10-22T05:00

Once a carefree playgirl and now immortal Mistress of the Mystic, Bambirella awakens from torpor in a century quite unlike the one she left behind. Endowed with ample potency, she wields her har...

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94 · Cthulhio's Rules from 2020-10-15T03:00

"Lizzie Gilmore is at the top of her game, rocking up through the charts she is leaving her old fanbase behind in the dingy little dive bars where she used to play as she heads for the big stages. ...

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93 · Meet the Greebles from 2020-10-08T03:00

In the late '70s a young special-FX wiz is recruited by a hotshot Hollywood sci-fi director, but little does he know that his brilliant model designs and pioneering camera technologies are being us...

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92 · Ahoy-Polloi from 2020-10-01T03:00

A psychic alien menace, hell-bent on revenge against Humanity, has infiltrated Earth's waters and manipulated the oceans' wildlife. Poised to rise to the surface with a fury and wipe Homo Sapiens f...

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91 · 2D Tiddlywinks from 2020-09-24T03:00

When quaint, cozy towns are forbidden from shunning the out-of-towners they despise, some citizens pool their retirement funds to strap rocket-engines under their picturesque retreats and launch th...

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90 · Bed, Wed, Behead from 2020-09-17T05:00

A retired adventurer, renowned the world over, prepares to pass the torch to his long-suffering apprentice, who calmly plays a mental game of "Fuck, Marry, Kill" to decide what to do with her idiot...

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89 · Elvisaurus the Pelvisaurus from 2020-09-10T05:00

When well-meaning time-travelers divert the dinosaur-killing asteroid and crash on Cretaceous Earth, the once-peaceful Dinosaur civilizations are spared from extinction and go on instead — to becom...

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88 · Xavier's School for Perfectly Normal Children from 2020-09-03T03:30

She's a hot-shot, rising-star detective who plays it fast and loose but gets results, he's a gigantic horse-person who thinks every crime needs to be solved with magic — together, they're the worst...

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87 · Emergency Squirts from 2020-08-27T05:00

After a confused alien becomes stranded on planet Den, the being is discovered and befriended by a trio of young catfolk. Bringing the extraterrestrial into their suburban lives, they introduces P....

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86 · Don't Be Shellfish from 2020-08-20T05:00

What appeared to be a blimp on the radar was not a huge manatee coasting the idyllic currents of Venus, but a new alien life-form! One far more advanced than their Earthbound guests, but also naive...

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85 · SpaceWhy from 2020-08-13T05:00

When a tech billionaire who sets company policy through late-night tweets accidentally types the wrong planet when announcing their new space program, one young employee sees an opportunity to fulf...

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84 · Presumably Fake Costello from 2020-08-06T05:00

After her family moves into a new house, Lizzie keeps hearing strange sounds coming from the walls, and when the finally discovers a doorway leading to the secret basement she finds something whic...

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83 · Mess with Earth, Get the Wedgie from 2020-07-30T05:00

Convicted for a crime he didn't commit, Commander Eugene Parsec is sentenced to the penal colony of Panopticon IV, he has to find a way to escape, prove his innocence, and save earth from the threa...

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82 · Defensive Nudity from 2020-07-23T05:00

The staunchly overconfident Kzinti only find honour in battles they can't possibly win, and have plunged into another crusade against a culture so advanced that, after a decade of bloodshed, they s...

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81 · Cats Fold Time&Space from 2020-07-16T05:00

To cure his Leonian wife's illness, galactic bounty hunter Leonard Skeonard must return her to the 'primitive' planet of her birth, even altering his appearance to blend in — but when unscrupulous ...

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80 · From Innsmouth to Outsmouth from 2020-07-09T05:00

The surf spot of Kahiko Kahakai is inexpicably popular with the senior crowd as our hero discovers when he finds what looks like a geriatric convention where he was expecting like-minded sun, sea a...

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79 · Soft Porn Unicorn from 2020-07-02T03:00

Myfanwy, the Dildosmith's Daughter returns! After a fallout with her demon over ‘creative differences’ Myfanwy wanders through the lands on her own until she comes across the valley of the Damosels...

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78 · Polishing the Crystal Planetoid from 2020-06-25T03:00

Night-nurse Kevin Dobson is feeling the weight of the world when his night shifts run 22 hours because he's living in Kokhanok, Alaska, staggering home late one morning he finds himself accosted by...

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77 · Rampant Homophonia from 2020-06-18T03:00

An unexpected death rocks the galaxy's largest fantasy convention on Arcturus 14! The Leotard Ladies of Lascivious Prime perform the Rite of Summoning to bring in the greatest detective to ever sta...

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76 · Larry Garson's Low-Colonic Thagomizer from 2020-06-11T03:00

Elfric the Eclectic barely manages to eke out a living as a door-to-door salesman of (supposedly) healing crystals, usually moving on quickly to the next town before questions arise about the quali...

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75 · The Reverse Dewey from 2020-06-04T05:17

Emma Rind and John HCCF's marriage has cooled since that impulsive night on Arcturus, because of the secrets they keep: neither can admit to the other they're an intergalacitc spy! On a last 'roman...

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74 · Reverse Werewolf Boyfriend Quest from 2020-05-28T05:33:33

This week's episode was 'filmed' before a 'live' 'audience' — in place of the planned live show in Croydon we did a livestream! You can see the recording here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nDfy5BGoI...

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73 · Finnish is the Opposite of French from 2020-05-21T03:00

Working as a flying saucer-wrecker, our young hero finds himself in the midst of an intergalactic conspiracy when his shift-leader ends up dead! He will have to prove his innocence by finding his w...

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72 · No Baiting on the Sabbath from 2020-05-14T03:00

In a world where witches are both loved and feared, it brings great status to a town or village to have their own garden-witch — but the wiley creatures are hard to lure in and get to settle. So wh...

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71 · The Florence Foster Jenkins of Podcasting from 2020-05-07T03:00

While practicing for his upcoming debut as opera singer in the role of Papageno from Mozart's Magic flute, up and coming baritone Kenneth Rogered finds himself transported by the magical Glockenspi...

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70 · Jockstraps for boobs from 2020-04-30T03:00

When low-rent Comic-Con's panel on crocheting Superhero Blankets accidentally summons an eldritch horror, the only thing standing between an Elder God invasion and the attendees cowering in the Dea...

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69 · Nice from 2020-04-23T03:00

As dictated by tradition every dragon must acquire his weapon in conquest, but for one young fire-lizard his knight in shining armour just doesn't seem to want to come; as the laughing stock of his...

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Announcement! Livestream Apr 25! from 2020-04-22T17:00

We've sadly had to cancel our live show at the Bonus Stage in Croydon, which we'd previously hinted at — so we're doing it on the INTERNET instead! Click here to tune in to the Cover My Ass Live Ex...

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68 · Daniel Craig in Rian Johnson's"The Baroness" from 2020-04-16T03:00

International woman of mystery "The Baroness", who, unlike many of her male counterparts actually maintains her secret identity and mission-ready status faces off against her longtime nemesis Blowf...

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67 · Bucked in the Futon from 2020-04-09T03:00

To combat an extragalctic threat which voraciously consumes all flesh in its path, the genetically eroded human species tries to 3D-print a new strain of super-soldiers using the only evidence stil...

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66 · Volvo Loves Gash from 2020-04-02T03:00

The descendants of the original Moonbase Alpha crew are tired of exploring the wondrous universe in their generational fleet. They discover a forbidden psychic time-travel technology to inhabit the...

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65 · K-Y Jelly-fish from 2020-03-26T03:00

Musical stage productions have evolved to the point where dance-fights are as deadly as real ones, and Michael Flatley XIV, down on his fortune, is lured into an anarchic production of the lost Sha...

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64 · Reverse Zoology from 2020-03-19T03:00

Unexpectedly rising out of the murky Boston harbour, the mysterious Cube becomes a fixture of the city and freelancing exterminator Zoe [Loggist] and her trusty muskbat 161 try to claim Squatters R...

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63 · Fourth Wall Hack from 2020-03-12T03:10

A casual comment from the comfortably abducted daytime TV star Romula DeDeridex gets her alien hosts delving into the netherworld of Twitch streaming; they soon mistake a notorious videogame cheate...

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62 · Upon a Pale Limousine from 2020-03-05T04:00

On their 12.5th anniversary, all is not well in the Royal Bedchambers: Queen Bacheloretta is on Second Love and King Pitty is on Grindr. Foolishly trusting their inept marriage counselor to juggle ...

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61 · Daniel Are Horny from 2020-02-27T04:00

The Court Wizard has a side business selling 'used dragons', but his carefree hustling days are numbered once he accidentally fulfills a tragic Princess's prophecy and discovers Fate has not only a...

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60 · Olives of the Nut World from 2020-02-20T04:00

The extinct planet Earth is an intergalactic LARPer's paradise. All the cool continents are already claimed, but two robots discover their tiny allotment was once the Holy Seat of a global religion...

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59 · A Pound of Fuck-Clumps from 2020-02-13T04:00

The little town of Big Beaver, Pennsylvania, struggling to rebound after the closure of its electric novelty crucifix factory is beset by a swarm of turtlenecked, espresso-swilling, horn-rimmed Sat...

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58 · The One-Eyed Venetian from 2020-02-06T04:00

You’ve enjoyed the noir classics The Big Heat and The Big Sleep; now try… The Big Eye! "My partner Denton Wrinklesuit just ain’t cut out to be a private eye. Always trippin’ on sidewalks, takin’ hi...

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57 · Through the Ear of a Cover Artist from 2020-01-30T04:00

Objection! Daytime TV star Romula DeDeridex is mistaken for the galaxy's brightest adjudicator and kidnapped to mediate between two galactic empires — literally cats and dogs! — vying for custody ...

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56 · Hyper-Light Blessing from 2020-01-23T04:00

The wise intergalactic mediator Ming the Motiveless struggles to maintain democracy and peace among the stars when the charismatic Yale poloist Flash "Yeet" Gordon sets out in his rocket-ship Manif...

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55 · OK Hoofer from 2020-01-16T04:00

Since the discovery that drinking dissolved unicorns enhances magical ability these glorious creatures have been poached to the brink of extinction, depleting the world's ambient levels of magic an...

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54 · A Broom In A Dress from 2020-01-09T04:00

In a society where the quaint custom of 'Stealing the Bride' is taken very seriously, Susan Black's career as a wedding planner is about to make a meteoric rise when she lands the contract for the ...

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53 · Tenzing Norgay's Cameraman from 2020-01-02T04:00

A bumblebrained young blunder-dunce is mistaken for an eccentric prodigy and tasked with creating wondrous new technologies to safely exploit the Arctic mineral resources. Together with his well-me...

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52 · Anne McCaffrey's Whizzy-Blendy Thing from 2019-12-26T03:00

The dimension-hopping gigglewitch Anne McCaffrey teleports into a sleepy town in medieval France to delight the townsfolk's upper crust with a sumptuous dinner spread — but when one of the guests i...

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51 · The Omega Kink from 2019-12-19T03:00

This week, in "Time Ninja", by Andy Schoepp: 

The T.E.R.F. have surprisingly succeeded in their quest to eliminate letters from the LGB Trigrammaton, and the cool 23rd-century multiqu...

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50 · I Can't Believe It's Nut-Butter! from 2019-12-12T03:00

PARENTAL GUIDANCE:As this is the first non-explicit episode of Cover My Ass, we advise our readers-at-home to listen to it in private. With headphones. This week, in "The Price of Temptation", by M...

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49 · The Innsmouth Look from 2019-12-05T03:00

This week, in "The Gods Hate Kansas", by Joseph Millard:  After a hapless astronaut from Kansas commits an intergalactic faux-pas, the offended alien race brings down the wrath of their elder gods ...

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48 · The Practicing Promosexuals from 2019-11-28T03:00

This week, in "An Accidental Goddess", by Linnea Sinclair:  Charged with preserving an unreasonably complicated timeline, an ex-yuppy's son seeks to protect and promote a rising Instagram influence...

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47 · Three and a Half Floppy Inches from 2019-11-21T03:00

This week, in "MagicNet", by John DeChancie:  In 1984 a dashing yuppy has bought the first Macintosh computer and is shanghaied into the Desktop Wars against ancient digital evil by a Cybergoddess ...

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46 · Rooby Roo, Where Are You? (Ron Goulart) from 2019-11-14T03:00

This week, in "Challengers of the Unknown", by Ron Goulart:  The down-on-their-luck cast of a supernatural Reality TV show in the doldrums of syndication finally encounter a true mystery in the swa...

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45 · Physician Whom? (Philip K. Dick) from 2019-11-07T03:00

This week, in "Illusione di Potere", by Philip K Dick:  Richard just wants a few days off of his demeaning job as jumpsuit model, so he builds a robot out of old movie studio props to fill in for h...

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44 · Urine For A Treat (L. Sprague de Camp) from 2019-10-31T03:00

This week, in "Der Grosse Fetisch", by L. Sprague de Camp:  Having stolen Water from the Gods in the mythical Vase of Deference, a young sandsurfer is pursued by merciless Divine Guardians hell-ben...

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43 · Pranksy-Handed Wiggle-Time (Elvira Woodruff) from 2019-10-24T03:00

This week, in "George Washington's Socks", by Elvira Woodruff:  For their graduation pranks, the Scouts of Alpha Centauri Troupe travel back in time to steal George Washington's dentures — but disc...

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42 · Richard A Knaak's Page-Hacking Exploits from 2019-10-17T04:00

This week, in "Shattered Light", by Richard A. Knaak:  In the first (and only) literary MMORPG, fans of books and video games found the worst of both worlds: a limitless world of possibilities that...

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41 · Marion Zimmer Bradley's Spanking the Pixie from 2019-10-10T03:00

This week, in "Greyhaven", by Marion Zimmer Bradley:  The children of the cartoon Dungeons & Dragons eventually returned to the real world, but each fled back to this magical realm to reclaim their...

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40 · Barry B. Longyear's Robot Gigolo Nuts and Bolts from 2019-10-03T03:56:21

This week, in "Naked Came the Robot", by Barry B. Longyear:  A botched back-alley transition leaves Victor’s mind in the chassis of a sexbot decommissioned for accidentally killing users. Now she m...

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39 · Brett Davis's Ballad of Butthole, Montana from 2019-09-26T04:00

This week, in "Two Tiny Claws", by Brett Davis:  Aging Brontho herder Blaze Maverick rides into town decades after everybody thought he'd perished in the Great Northern Stampede and old feuds flare...

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38 · Travis S. Taylor's Motorboat City U.S.A. from 2019-09-19T04:00

This week, in “The Quantum Connection", by Travis S. Taylor:  In this sequel to Operation: Damocles: With a cordon-sanitaire having been erected around the Gay Belt, our intrepid heroes must fight...

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37 · Jeffrey Lord's Best Book Ever from 2019-09-12T04:50

This week, in “Jewel of Tharn", by Jeffrey Lord:  It's the Dark Ages, the Church has banned books, beauty, and bare buns! Dick Blade and his magic singing spear must save their nudist colony from ...

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36 · Louise Katz's Abacus-Diabolique from 2019-09-05T04:00

This week, in “Myfanwy's Demon", by Louise Katz:  A dildosmith's daughter in medieval Wales, who dreams of making it big as a traveling xylophone soloist accidentally summons the last surviving mem...

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35 · Poul Anderson's Tiger Ball Pit from 2019-08-29T05:00

This week, in “The Game of Empire", by Poul Anderson:  After a drunken wish, Princess Jasmine and her loyal tiger Rajah find themselves transported to a strange alien world where technology makes n...

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34 · Charles L. Harness's Jonathan Jr. First Blood, Part III: Pig in the City from 2019-08-22T04:30

This week, in “Krono", by Charles L. Harness:  An embittered wife-and-husband team of planetary surveyors travel to the frontier wilderness of planet Krono, each scheming the other's demise, and fi...

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33 · Robert Schekley's Blacklight Barcode Ballet from 2019-08-15T05:00

This week, in “Immortality, Inc.", by Robert Scheckley:  In an alternate universe where the :CueCat became a success and this absurd device became essential for everyday life, replacing the written...

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32 · John Myers Myers'Dire Lyre Mire from 2019-08-08T04:30

This week, in “The Harp and the Blade", by John Myers Myers:  Two Quantum Leapers find themselves in pre-BCE England; unwilling to admit their true origin to each other they try to set right what o...

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31 · Esther Friesner's Two-Handed Pole-Arms from 2019-08-01T03:52:50

This week, in “Chicks 'n Chained Males“, edited by Esther Friesner:  Kenneth, a college DM accidentally transports himself to a world where those precious few fertile males are little more than val...

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30 · Open Day I from 2019-07-25T04:30

Recorded in front of a live audience in the Czech Republic. #OccupyNottingham Worlds collide as quantums and franchises entangle: it's Open Day at the Library! Stalwart, if bewildered, Yours Trulie...

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29 · Blake Whitecock Returns from 2019-07-18T04:03:35

This week, in “Und Sie Lernen Es Nie“, by K. H. Scheer: Deep behind enemy lines, Blake Whitecock has to rely on unexpected friends when his wits and the fantastic gadgets of Q-division fail him, to...

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28 · Spider Robinson's Ornery Leopard from 2019-07-11T04:00

This week, in “Telempath“, by Spider Robinson: The day after his daughter's wedding, having waved her off to her honeymoon cruise, retired artist Arthur Robinson sits alone in the park and finally ...

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27 · Paul French's Hotshot Rock Knockers from 2019-07-04T04:06:08

This week, in “Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Astroids“, by Paul French: SpaceBall! With Solar Systems as their playing fields, hotshot rocket-jockeys knock big ol' rocks around gravity wells ...

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26 · Roy Meyers's THOT To His Enemies from 2019-06-27T05:00

Ayurvedic space hippies think they found the perfect gig, unaware that they're being exploited by scheming planetary real-estate developers — and the very wildlife they think they're protecting...“...

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25 · Stephen Gresham's Swomp Thang from 2019-06-20T04:04

The band didn't read the fine print before they took the new gig, so...“Dew Claws“, by Stephen Gresham. A country crawfish boil, a brandy glass full of brown M&M's, a record deal with fine print an...

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24 · Dominique Verseau's Bringing Porn to the Pornless from 2019-06-13T04:21:37

The first in a science fiction adventure series starring a beautiful sexologist on an intergalactic mission of love.“Yolanda, the Girl from Erosphere“, by Dominique Verseau. In a post-prude univers...

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23 · Robert E. Mills's Definitely Not Star Wars from 2019-06-06T04:58:59

Dictatorial forces -- under orders from a cruel {Lord} -- hold the {Princess} hostage, in their efforts to quell the {rebellion}. A lowly {farm-boy} and the {scoundrel} captain of a quick ship, wor...

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22 · Catherine Asaro's Fondling the Magic Deck from 2019-05-30T04:44:31

"The Ruby Dice", by Catherine Asaro. This week we open the Grimoire Cage and unleash that most dangerous of bibliographic bogeymen: the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book! Your stalwart hosts recount v...

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21 · Christopher Anvil's Katzendämmerung from 2019-05-23T04:21:59

A gang of rogue geneticists, lead by an anarchic pharmacist-cum-messiah-figure, seek to turn the world order upside down by seeding the atmosphere with a virus that restructures human DNA to pull o...

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20 · James P. Hogan's Rainbow Revolution from 2019-05-16T05:58:59

“In a world where poor fashion-choices mean death, one man dared to wear orange.” The heir to an inter-stellar fashion empire, on an in-between year, uncovers an unlikely artefact of ancient Zambia...

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19 · Orson Scott Card's Gay Razzmatazz from 2019-05-09T05:00

"In a world where science and engineering rule while magic merely serves, an industrialist aristocrat’s genius heir finds himself drawn to the allure of a novice kitchen-wizard." Young love blossom...

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18 · Andre Norton's Shoshone-Suomi Showdown from 2019-05-02T05:00

Poor timing abounds, as ancient secrets are accidentally unlocked through clumsy cultural appropriation – just as mankind prepares to abandon wonder forever.  Rival thunder-god wanna-bes Yan-a-bumf...

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17 · Jerry Sohl's Nuclear Neo-Fascist Burning Man from 2019-04-25T05:00

Urania returns! Amid the nuclear fires of post-war fascist Italy two avant-garde music acts vie for dominance over the future of European pop music, making unlikely friends and allies along the way...

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16 · A Very No-Nipple Era from 2019-04-18T03:10:33

"City on the Moon" by Murray LeinsterReviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K.  In which: Donald Atticus, an Earth journalist inspecting an absurdly-domed City On The Moon, becomes embroiled in inter-c...

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15 · Let's Rod'Em from 2019-04-11T05:00

Operation: Damocles by Oscar L. FellowsReviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K.  In which: K is hip with the kids' lingo and teaches Khaki lots of Space Things. Khaki explains his "photographic memory...

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14 · Kicked In The R’s from 2019-04-04T05:00

"The Fourth "R"" by George O. Smith Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K.  In which: Rabble-rousing Rodrigo raucously rejects the ruling ranks and rocks out with rebellious renegades to reignite th...

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13 · Musk Has the Dragon Capsules from 2019-03-28T06:00

"The Secrets of the Martian Moons" by Donald A. Wollheim Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K.  In which: Peerson Starshine has just been pod-jacked and fights for his life among mountains of Space...

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12 · Fish Fingers — Not Flounder Gloves from 2019-03-21T05:17:45

"Time to Teleport" by Gordon R. Dickson Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K.  In which: continuity rears its head, and we learn an important lesson from a disgruntled scientist's journey through t...

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11 · A Moebius Ring-World from 2019-03-14T05:43:37

"Multiface" by Mark Adlard Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K.  In which: We're getting really good at notes, and wield them like little sticky-yellow shuriken! We learn about Spocking, meow at a...

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10 · Not How You Eat Fugu from 2019-03-07T05:00

"Crabs: the Human Sacrifice" by Guy N. Smith Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K.  In which: the Sea Can't Hold Them, We Can't Stop Them, and They're Here to Kill! But a toxin-resistant trainee so...

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9 · Sucked into the Cyber-Quilt from 2019-02-28T06:00

"Lost in Cyberspace" by Richard Peck Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K.  In which we try something new with our notes and it goes very well indeed, resulting in a sexless late-90s Weird Science ...

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8 · Lips That Touch'Nip from 2019-02-21T05:19:55

"Godsfire" by Cynthia Felice Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K.  In which we read the Little Librarianess's favorite book. The ancients return to plunge Earth in a fiery flea-dip rule over human...

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7 · Trekkies at a Ren Fair from 2019-02-14T06:45

"Tam Son of the Tiger" by Otis Adelbert Kline Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K.  In which we examine the tragic consequences of rival fandoms clashing and the embrace a glimmer of hope for harm...

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6 · Rome Money, Rome Problems from 2019-02-07T06:00

"I Paria dell'Atomo" by Max-André Rayjean Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which we pretend to espouse opinions and attitudes not our own and, golly-gee willickers, we're just no dang good ...

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5 · After Eating the Missionary from 2019-01-31T06:45

"The Drums of Tapajos" by Colonel S. P. Meek Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which Khaki distracts K to converse directly with the readers at home, and we fall deeper into the madness of a...

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4 · Riddled with Johnson's Tubes from 2019-01-24T06:30

"WASP" by Eric Frank Russell (or maybe Eric, Frank and Russell)  Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which we meet beloved but problematic literary legend Blake Whitecock, delve into the geopo...

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3 · Snake Starts with an S from 2019-01-17T03:00

"Deryni Checkmate" by Katherine Kurtz (or maybe the other way around?) Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K.

In which we discuss the names of medieval armour, whether 'scallop' or...

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2 · Asymmetrical Twenty-nine-pack from 2019-01-10T06:30

"Dagger's Point" by Anne Logston Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which we accidentally started inventing a pretty good book to argue about before we remembered what we were doing. Oops!  B...

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Cover My Ass
1 · A Little Bump of Lunar Regolith from 2019-01-03T03:56

"Aliens From Space" by David Osborne Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which it begins! Cover My Ass is a podcast where Baffling Books Are Reviewed (But Not Read!) starting with "Aliens from...

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