Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast Episode 09 - The Eternal Champion Part One

We're back in Derry & Toms roof gardens to mull over 1970's The Eternal Champion, the novel debut of Erekosë/John Daker.

It's got everything. Bad pronunciation, silly names and nudity. Phil returns to the co-host chair, we drink an old old-Fashioned or two and draw comparisons between Noonos and Grimsby, adding that ancient port-town to our list of mildly insulted settlements.

Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast Episode 08 - Elric of Melniboné Part Three

Loz is back as we conclude our coverage of the 1972 Moorcock novel Elric of Melniboné.

Join us as we are horrified by a challenging beer and Loz offends Scunthorpe (as well as narrowly avoiding a date with Dannus). As usual we struggle with pronunciation and saying The Ship That Sails Over Land and Water.

Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast Episode 07 - The Jewel in the Skull Part Two

Natasha is back with me as we continue our deep dive into the first Hawkmoon novel, The Jewel in the Skull.

MARVEL at Tash's brutal takedown of mothers-in-law...

SIGH at the rambling non-sequiturs...

GASP at Tash's salty sailor talk...

WONDER at the gradual breakdown of recording discipline...

WEEP at the continual intrusion of traffic, crisp packets and leather furniture...