Escapists Anonymous
The Fantasy Fiction Book Club and peer support network for fantasy literature fanatics.
Two friends, Sam and Dan, explore the epic worlds of fantasy fiction literature as they select books to deep-dive into. Read along with us and join in the conversation on our social media @escapistsanonymouspod.
Episodes will include spoilers, so make sure you've read the sections that we're covering.
If you're a fan of Joe Abercrombie, Patrick Rothfuss, Peter V. Brett, Brent Weeks, Terry Pratchett, Tolkein, Raymond D. Feist, Brandon Sanderson, Ben Aaronovitch and other authors that would fit in this list, join the Escapists Anonymous community of fantasy enthusiasts.
Episodes
25 episodes
#24 The Great Leap: Author Interview with Dan Hanly
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 re...
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Episode 24
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1:20:10
#23 City of Brass: Chapter 20 - End
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.
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Episode 23
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42:39
#22 City of Brass: Chapter 10 - 19
Sam and Dan discuss chapter 10 - 19 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....
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Episode 22
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53:47
#21 City of Brass: Chapter 1 - 9
Sam and Dan discuss chapter 1 - 9 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.We...
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Episode 21
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50:40
#20 Sunbringer: Chapter 38 - End
Sam and Dan discuss chapter 38 - the end of Hannah Kaner's Sunbringer, book two of the Fallen Gods Trilogy.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.
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Episode 20
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49:39
#19 Sunbringer: Chapter 17 - 37
Sam and Dan discuss chapter 17 - 37 of Hannah Kaner's Sunbringer, book two of the Fallen Gods Trilogy.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.As o...
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Episode 19
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49:55
#18 The Escapists Anonymous Awards 2024
Grab a glass of champagne and join us for an evening of festivities as we crown 2024 winners in the following categories:- Best Protagonist- Worst Protagonist- Best Antagonist- Best World- Best Plot Twist- Book of th...
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Episode 18
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1:02:43
#17 Sunbringer: Chapter 1 - 16
Sam and Dan discuss chapter 1 - 16 of Hannah Kaner's Sunbringer, book two of the Fallen Gods Trilogy.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.In ou...
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Episode 17
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44:28
#16 The Serpent and the Wings of Night: Chapter 42 - End
Sam and Dan discuss chapter 42 - the end of Carissa Broadbent's The Serpent and the Wings of Night.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.We reac...
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Episode 16
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48:13
#15 The Serpent and the Wings of Night: Chapter 26 - 41
Sam and Dan discuss chapter 26 - 41 of Carissa Broadbent's The Serpent and the Wings of Night.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.Things got r...
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Episode 15
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49:22
#14 The Serpent and the Wings of Night: Chapter 13 - 25
Sam and Dan discuss chapter 13 - 25 of Carissa Broadbent's The Serpent and the Wings of Night.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.We dive yet ...
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Episode 14
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49:32
#13 The Serpent and the Wings of Night: Prologue - Chapter 12
Sam and Dan discuss the prologue to chapter 12 of Carissa Broadbent's The Serpent and the Wings of Night.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.W...
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Episode 13
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45:16
#12 Six Crimson Cranes: Chapter 29 - End
Sam and Dan discuss chapters 15 - 28 of Elizabeth Lim's Six Crimson Cranes.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.Having finished the book, we gi...
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Episode 12
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43:30
#11 Six Crimson Cranes: Chapter 15 - 28
Sam and Dan discuss chapters 15 - 28 of Elizabeth Lim's Six Crimson Cranes.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.Now that we're over half-way th...
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Episode 11
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40:33
#10 Six Crimson Cranes: Chapter 1 - 14
Sam and Dan discuss chapters 1 - 14 of Elizabeth Lim's Six Crimson Cranes.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.We travel to the Far East, in th...
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Episode 10
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39:18
#9 The Book That Wouldn't Burn: Chapter 53 - End
Sam and Dan discuss chapters 53 - the end of Mark Lawrence's The Book That Wouldn't Burn: the first instalment of The Library Trilogy.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers whole of this book. We strongly recommend reading the ch...
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Episode 9
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40:48
#8 The Book That Wouldn't Burn: Chapter 36 - 52
Sam and Dan discuss chapters 35 - 52 of Mark Lawrence's The Book That Wouldn't Burn: the first instalment of The Library Trilogy.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers of the three-quarters of this book. We strongly recommend rea...
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Episode 8
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42:52
#7 The Book That Wouldn't Burn: Chapter 18 - 35
Sam and Dan discuss chapters 18 - 35 of Mark Lawrence's The Book That Wouldn't Burn: the first instalment of The Library Trilogy.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers of the first half of this book. We strongly recommend reading...
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Episode 7
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39:03
#6 The Book That Wouldn't Burn: Chapter 1 - 17
Sam and Dan discuss chapters 1 - 17 of Mark Lawrence's The Book That Wouldn't Burn: the first instalment of The Library Trilogy.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers of the first 17 chapters of this book. We strongly recommend r...
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Episode 6
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40:04
#5 The Foxglove King: Chapter 29 - End
Sam and Dan discuss chapters 29 - the end of Hannah Whitten's The Foxglove King: the first instalment of The Nightshade Crown trilogy.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers of the entire book. We strongly recommend reading the ch...
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Episode 5
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40:33
#4 The Foxglove King: Chapter 14 - 28
Sam and Dan discuss chapters 14 - 28 of Hannah Whitten's The Foxglove King: the first instalment of The Nightshade Crown trilogy.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers for the first 28 chapters of the book. We strongly recommend ...
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Episode 4
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40:04
#3 The Foxglove King: Chapter 1 - 13
Sam and Dan discuss chapters 1 - 13 of Hannah Whitten's The Foxglove King: the first instalment of The Nightshade Crown trilogy.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers for the first 13 chapters of the book. We strongly recommend r...
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Episode 3
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42:12
#2 Godkiller: Chapter 20 - End
Sam and Dan discuss chapter 20 through to the end of Hannah Kaner's Godkiller.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers for the whole book. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before listening.We discus...
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Episode 2
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50:10
#1 Godkiller: Prologue - Chapter 19
Sam and Dan discuss the prologue through to chapter 19 of Hannah Kaner's Godkiller.SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains spoilers for the first 19 chapters of the book. We strongly recommend reading the chapters we're covering before lis...
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Episode 1
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50:16
#0 Introduction: Welcome to Escapists Anonymous & meet your hosts
We welcome you you Escapists Anonymous: Fantasy Fiction Book Club. A brand new podcast and peer support network for fantasy literature fanatics.In this intro episode, you'll meet us... your hosts... Sam and Dan. We'll introduce ourselve...
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