Apocalist Book Club Ep. 31.2: The Woman on the Beast by Helen Simpson

Welcome to the Apocalist Book Club. I’m Nella, and I know it’s been a while. 

Before we get back to it with season 2, I have some other work to wrap up on our sister podcast.

See, in 2007 a supernatural horror book by Dan Simmons was published and by 2016 the story was adapted by AMC for a 10 episode season called THE TERROR. 

Now, I’ll grant you, it’s not an apocalypse. But it is a fictionalized version of what might have happened to the Franklin Expedition.

And listeners, you know how this podcast feels about Doomed Polar Exploration.

I have joined my wife Joy and our friend Danielle on Binge O’Clock as guest historical enthusiast and resident Franklin Expedition obsessive. You can follow along over at Binge O’Clock on Spotify starting May 22, and new episodes will be released every 2 weeks.  

Enjoy this early access to the introduction episode--fter all, it was on May 19th, 178 years ago, THAT 129 officers and crewmen under the leadership of Sir John Franklin left England. Their mission was to bridge the gap on British maps, and complete the Northwest passage.

Spoilers: they all died. 

So I hope you’ll pick up a copy of the book, give the series a watch, play that Stan Rogers song on repeat, and join us as we unpack the rats nest of book vs show vs historical record. 

 

If you got up to use the restroom, don't worry you didn't miss anything!

Nella continues her Zombie Triple Feature Picture Show with Danielle Ngo and Joy Seldin from the podcast Binge O'Clock!

We unpack DAY OF THE DEAD, then touched on RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, the schlocky other "sequel" to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD that stole DAY's thunder. Rude. 

And that wraps up our Zombie Movie Night!...or...DOES IT???

Hope you visited Concessions at intermission, because here's part 2!

Nella continues her Zombie Triple Feature Picture Show with Danielle Ngo and Joy Seldin from the podcast Binge O'Clock with DAWN OF THE DEAD! Send help, one actor looks so much like Jeeves and Wooster era Hugh Laurie I'm dying. 

And remember kids, if you go through all the trouble of cleverly disguising the entrance to your tricked out living quarters, DON'T. LEAVE THEM. WHEN. THE BIKER GANG. COMES. 

While Raven and Nella are still prepping for Season 2: The Atomic Age for the Apocalist, Danielle Ngo and Joy Seldin from the podcast Binge O'Clock joined Nella to watch zombie movies...and not just any zombie movies, the ones that started it all! 

This first episode explores the history of the zombie movie, and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Part 2 will continue with DAWN OF THE DEAD, and we'll end Part 3 with DAY OF THE DEAD (and a touch of RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD for that 80s spicy brain flavor).

 

#41: Thank you to everyone that sent in questions for our Q&A! We currently don't have a hard start date for season 2 though Nella is planning a limited Zombie Movie Night series for the interim. 

Stay tuned as we prepare for the Atomic Age!

#40: The year is...well it's a little timey wimey, but we're calling it 1939. Tom Conner was just a normal dude who was sent to the electric chair for murder...and wakes up to find himself in the FUTURE! In a world ruled by Immortals, Tom truly is the 2nd love interest of a YA dystopian novel heroine, he just doesn't know it yet. I straight up lose it over slide rulers in this one. Come for a rebellion that just really hates paying taxes, stay for the one immortal cat left alive. 

And yes, Olga Romanov was a better Black Flame that Margaret of Urbs could ever DREAM of. 

#39: We're still in 1936 but we've moved out to the Scottish Highlands and taken up cave-living in the face of war! If you liked THE HATCHET or other wilderness survival books as a kid, you're probably going to like this one. This book could have been insufferable with moralizing, but MacPherson weaves a deceptively simple narrative that got under our ribs. We just wish he had ended it 2 chapters earlier...

Remember kids, the real Apocalypse is when you walk away from society.

#37: The year is a little of '34, a little of '35, and who gave T.H. White the right to delight us so much?! We 100% were not expecting all these hunting puns, but we are here for it. Come for Mr. Marx's sporting tour (who is a POC and NOT a villain, actually), stay for a very British farce of a Decameron. 

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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.

#36: We're back in 1934 with THE STRANGE INVADERS by Alun Llewellyn! If you can here on the promise of dinosaurs, I regret to inform you, so did we. New t-shirt idea: I survived the Apocalypse and all I got was this lousy herd of big man-eating lizards. Come for Alun's dislike of Stalin's communism, stay for the sexiest of lamps. 

Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism

Follow the progress of the Apocalist here.

Follow us on twitter @ApocalistC, Email us at ApocalistBookClub@gmail.com

CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.