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In 2013, Alex Shaw published a small novel called The Cartographer’s Handbook, the first in a series called The New Century Multiverse. The premise is alt history, where post-Civil War America is suddenly overcome with a plague of dangerous monsters that overwhelm the Reconstruction, and bring the nation to its knees. The series is not about its fall, however, but about the heroes that help bring it back from the brink, and step into a wider world that is not the one they knew. New mysteries to unlock, magics to discover, and worlds to explore. Ten years later, the New Century Multiverse is now thirteen books strong, with more on the way. It has had 2 major story arcs, an Avengers style coming together of the heroes of its various books, and multiple worlds and genres to explore. This is its first fan podcast. Through The Wind Door is a deep dive exploration of the novels and their corresponding audiodramas, along with interviews of the cast and creators. Accessible to new readers and long time fans, join Greg and Toby as they share thoughts about this engaging series.
Episodes
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
"It's a 21st century take on an era hundreds of years removed that isn't afraid of holding gothic up to the light."
Welcome to part one of our final episode on the New Century Multiverse story, Let Them Go. Even with thorough editing, this episode ended up very long, and after the experience with our introductory episode that covered chapters 1-5, I decided not to do that to you, or myself. So our final discussion is divided into two episodes, the next to be released the following Monday.
This go around, we reflect on the story through the lens of the gothic genre, which Toby and I boned up on prior to tackling this episode. We talk about the components of said genre, and where the story plays it straight, and where it necessarily, wonderfully diverges. We learn about the subgenre of the Female Gothic, and we have a lot of laughs along the way. One of the great things about finally talking about the story as a whole is nothing is held back, but we don't have to dive too deeply into heavy subjects: we already did most of that heavy lifting.
#BlackLivesMatter
#PrideMonth
Recommended links for fun and profit learning:
The New Century Multiverse Website:
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com
The New Century Multiverse Podcast Feed:
https://newcenturyshow.podbean.com/
Fireside Alliance: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/
Intro is "Moonrise" by Chad Crouch of the Free Music Archive
Outro is "Bird Set Free" by Sia
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
"It is one part staggered flashback, one part semi-Kuleshov effect, and one part vivid memory."
Welcome to the episode where we finally hit our stride. We've got a whole five chapters to cover, two of which are flashbacks, and the answers to questions the readers might not have known to ask are revealed. Agency, the head versus the heart, and overcoming deep trauma, it's all on the table. Be warned, the feels are strong with this episode, and there is so much to talk about that there will be an entire extra episode covering them and the book as a whole.
More than just taking about a book we love, we also take a moment to start unpacking what it means to be a fan of something in the age of author access, and how we do our best to review and analyze something in light of that.
Spoilers for chapters 13-17.
#BlackLivesMatter
#PrideMonth
The New Century Multiverse Website:
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com
The New Century Multiverse Podcast Feed:
https://newcenturyshow.podbean.com/
Fireside Alliance: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/
Intro is "Moonrise" by Chad Crouch
Outro is "Outro" by Evgeny Teilor
Used under Creative Commons Licence
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Welcome to Part 2 of our Whitescarves Team-Up with the Horror Hulk, Nick Ord!
In this episode, we go into why he feels Let Them Go was heavily influenced by the Night of The Living Dead movies, talk some more about connections to other narratives and tropes, and honestly, laugh a lot along the way as we have fun letting our geek flag fly. Laughter is needed now.
Content Warning: State violence against black people are touched on briefly in the conversations due to elements of some of the movies. I feel its important to highlight this due to the ongoing protests involving real state sanction violence in the here and now, even if we don't delve too deeply - one bit from the original conversation was excised due to potentially insensitive and triggering content. #BlackLivesMatter
Potential spoilers for Night of the Living Dead '68, Night of the Living Dead '90, The Evil Dead '2013 and spoilers for most New Century novels excluding Uncivil Outlaw.
Midnight Movies Online can be found here:
https://midnightmoviesonline.wordpress.com/
Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire:
http://seananmcguire.com/shr.php
The Avengine Feminine - Introduction by Innuendo Studios:
https://youtu.be/wmR8A1a8shk
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Jekyll_and_Mr._Holmes
Intro is "The Avengers" by Alan Sylvestri
Outro is "Come With Me Now" by KONGOS
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
As promised, someone besides just us talking about New Century!
A longtime fan of School of Movies, but someone who only recently dove headfirst into the New Century Multiverse, Nick Ord has been on a creative kick doing his own writing and reviewing on a personal blog called Midnight Movies Online. Between that and being a very verbal fan as he tore through the New Century collection even faster than I did - plus a penchant for dicussing all things horror - I shone the image of a big White Scarf into the sky, and he answered the call!
This entry is part 1 of that conversation, and includes spoilers for Let Them Go and most of the other Phase 1 New Century stories (excluding Uncivil Outlaw).
Potential spoilers also for The Mist, The Shining, and Pitch Black.
Midnight Movies Online can be found here:
https://midnightmoviesonline.wordpress.com/
Intro is "The Avengers" by Alan Sylvestri
Outro is "Outro" by Evgeny Teilor
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Monday Jun 01, 2020
"If a weapon could be said at all to be haunted, this weapon could easily qualify. Haunted by memory, if not by spirits."
If you need a mental break from everything that's going on, join Greg and Toby for further discussion on the book Let Them Go, a story that brings us heroes that do triumph over the dark and don't give in to despair. Me? I'm fighting my despair by putting the episode out on time.
This episode may include more edits than usual: there were several vocal distortions that I don't yet know how to clean up properly, and a bunch of rambling that I replaced with more succinct passages. There's a number of heavy subjects we discuss along the way, but also get into the symbolism of a shotgun, the power of emotions and logic, and how our heroine prepares herself for the final showdown. Episode covers Chapters 10-12.
Trigger warning: this episode also discusses physical and emotional abuse on a personal and societal level.
#BlackLivesMatter
The New Century Multiverse Website:
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com
The New Century Multiverse Podcast Feed:
https://newcenturyshow.podbean.com/
Fireside Alliance: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/
Intro is "Moonrise" by Chad Crouch
Outro is "Outro" by Evgeny Teilor
Used under Creative Commons Licence
Sunday May 17, 2020
Sunday May 17, 2020
"... because this story acts as the starting point for this whole series, it kind of has to convey the breakdown of everything."
Greg and Toby continue their analysis of Let Them Go, with the first four chapters of Part 2 of the novel. Here we do some more analysis of our heroes, discuss the importance of titles and how you meet or subvert expectations, the use of both diegetic sound and background music... and how in a horror narrative, it can always get worse before the end.
Spoilers for chapters 6-9. Potential spoilers for Harry Potter, Pitch Black, Aliens, and John Wick.
The New Century Multiverse Website:
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com
The New Century Multiverse Podcast Feed:
https://newcenturyshow.podbean.com/
Fireside Alliance: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/
Intro is "Moonrise" by Chad Crouch
Outro is "Outro" by Evgeny Teilor
Used under Creative Commons Licence
Sunday May 17, 2020
Sunday May 17, 2020
"They made the everything go differently!"
Long after React World (who?) has come and gone, people are still making "X Reacts!" videos and posting them on YouTube.
We're not on YouTube, thank god. But we are massive geeks, and when Alex posts artwork online to whet our appetites for more New Century Multiverse, you bet your bones that we are going to have opinions!
Featuring the artwork of Antonio Torresan, Vicky Kuhn, Diogo Lopes, and Dios Revoredo, as well as the font skills of Alex himself, we are going to speculate the shit out of what comes next in Phase Two of New Century. We're here, we're nerds, and we're over 9000!
(Spoilers for all of New Century, including Uncivil Outlaw)
Art book (includes Stonespring Maidens cover) :
https://twitter.com/NewCenturyShaw/status/1259789385198899201?s=19
Panther Man Speed Draw:
https://twitter.com/NewCenturyShaw/status/1256223055774392324?s=19
Titles:
https://twitter.com/NewCenturyShaw/status/1255256974545084416?s=19
V Kuhn and D Lopes:
https://twitter.com/NewCenturyShaw/status/1259788659437568001?s=19
New Century Multiverse Timeline :
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com/exploring-the-worlds/2017/7/13/new-century-timeline
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
"In describing gods and monsters, we are describing our values."
Greg and Toby begin their deep dive into Let Them Go, the New Century Multiverse prequel published in 2018. Analysis includes a brief dip into the gothic genre, mythology archetypes, analysis of our primary characters, and much more. Spoilers for Prologue and chapters 1-5.
Trigger warning for new readers: the inciting incident of the story involves a brief depiction of suicide. This episode does not discuss this topic in depth, as the conversation was excised to be uploaded separately to be considerate to others.
The New Century Multiverse Website:
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com
The New Century Multiverse Podcast Feed:
https://newcenturyshow.podbean.com/
Fireside Alliance: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/
Intro is "Moonrise" by Chad Crouch
Outro is "Outro" by Evgeny Teilor
Used under Creative Commons Licence
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
This episode explains the impetus for Through The Wind Door, the history of hosts Greg and Toby with the New Century Multiverse, a brief explanation of the series, and what we hope to accomplish.
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com
Intro is "Moonrise" by Chad Crouch
Outro is "Outro" by Evgeny Teilor
Used under Creative Commons Licence