Sam and Dan review The Great When, by legendary writer, Alan Moore.

SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading this book before listening.

The Great When is the first novel in Alan Moore's planned series titled 'The London Quintet'. We get into the various plot strands that are introduced and tied off throughout. We discuss our main protagonist, Dennis Knuckleyard, along with some of the prominent side characters. And we discuss Alan Moore's incredibly abstract world-building and his depiction of a post World War Two London.

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Sam and Dan are joined on the podcast by self-published author, Dan Hanly, to discuss his debut novel, The Great Leap (book 1 in the Children of Innauron series).

SPOILER ALERT: While we try to avoid spoilers, the interview inevitably refers to events that occur throughout the book.

We ask Dan all about his thinking behind the world, characters and plot in The Great Leap, along with trying to tease out some of his thinking on the rest of the series. We also cover Dan's writing philosophy and the experience of being a self-published fantasy author.

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains references to potentially triggering adult themes contained within the book.

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Sam and Dan discuss chapter 20 - the end of S.A. Chakraborty's City of Brass, book one of the Daevabad Trilogy.

SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.

Now that we have finished the book, we discuss our feelings on its conclusion, including whether it was in fact a conclusion at all. We get into what we thought of the character development in our two protagonists, Nahri and Ali, as well as the severely problematic romance with alleged war-criminal Dara. Finally, we discuss whether we plan on continuing with this trilogy.

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