We have just uploaded the 128th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download)! Corporal Hicks, RidgeTop and VoodooMagic are back to discuss Alex White’s latest novel, Alien: Into Charybdis!
There’s some disagreement over Alex White’s villains, discuss the realism of seemingly unrealistic situations, how the book did things that Voodoo doesn’t normally like but made him absolutely enjoy, whether or not anyone is truly likeable, and plenty more!
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Enjoyed both podcasts about the book but really wanted to hear Hicks thoughts on the one really great acid death towards the end. Seemed like the brutal acid death we have been waiting for ! Admitting I dont keep on a lot of Alien/Aliens expanded universe.
Be careful Kradan! I can see Hicks starting to spin that hammer!
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At the end of the book two human factions declared war on each other. It seems that having such a war would be a bad idea with both Aliens running around and black goo stockpile throughout the galaxy.
Also, Hicks you gotta stop shaming RidgeTop for not getting his hands on every goddamn piece of Alien media you liked/loved. Man gotta have his own life !
My favorite British disses that I've learned from Hicks are "bell end" and "ball ache" lol
Also congrats Ridgetop on your BFA.
I'm not sure what you mean here. Could you elaborate, please ?
The only thing that even remotely tickled my Alien fancy the last decade or so has been the first six issues of defiance. However as well as it started out I felt it really tapered off in the last six issues. Charybdis held my interest from start to finish. I feel I would've dug it even if I knew nothing about the Alienverse.
Nice pics, RidgeTop !
Fun fact: My dad absolutely loves horses. I'm gonna show him these
And just a reminder for folk, Alex uses them/they/their.
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To be honest, I was half expecting Duncan to survive the whole ordeal.
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Yes, Duncan was definitely a "bellend villain." I had to look that up. Thanks Hicks! Learning British slang here.
Thanks! Show happened earlier this month at my University but it's in a gallery on the campus for a bit.
Yep, here are the images I went with. The project was equestrian photography from last fall to this spring, specifically contrasting domestic and wild horses out here in Utah. This was a selection for the gallery from a number of different shoots I did:
https://adamzellerphotographer.pixieset.com/adamzellerbfashow2021/
And the gallery itself:
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https://i.imgur.com/dUZBdCk.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/4zm2WZf.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gVKnhfu.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Tyai9eL.jpg
Also, appreciate the podcast feedback, everybody. I really enjoyed the book, my main issue was Duncan and how blatantly evil/incompetent/chaos-causing she was.
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Excellent!
Anyway, got a link ?
It already occurred, and successfully I believe! 👏
Is it in podcast form ?
His BFA art show.
What show ?
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I think Mary was aware of what an uninhibited android can do, and she was rightly concerned that Rook might murder her and Kamran. The escape pod was a good way to resolve that. It fed nicely into the epilogue.
I also think Shy needed to die when and how she did. Her death was polyfunctional, and her arc of importance was mostly over, anyway. Kamran's return was surprising, but that worked out well, too. I agree with Voodoo. Haroun's ending would have been better if his "second child" hit the mark. As it worked out, Haroun's final thought was still sort of amusing.
As discussed, all these characters had some duality to them. That made them more interesting.
I like the possibilities of the Black Goo. I think Alex White applied it well in Cold Forge and Into Charybdis.
Compared to other androids in the series and EU, Ash seems like sort of a weakling.
As usual, good work on the podcast. RidgeTop, good luck with your show.
I still need to listen to Hicks' interview with Alex White from a few weeks back. Maybe I'll get to that tonight...
Less can't, more didn't want to.
But yes, for me, if Ducan was less comicy & mustache-twirling and more realistic like the rest of the book's character counterparts this book might have been a perfect 10 for me. But alas, a 9 out of 10 is still nothing to sneeze at!
I even loved the villain. The "Here piggy piggy" line that Voodoo can't let go of was the only part that got a tad cartoonish for me. Outside of that, I always felt like I understood the character's point of view.
The only two minor gripes that stick out to me:
I didn't like the movie callbacks, such as "Get away from that computer, you bitch." Distracting and a bit corny.
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To clarify, the thing I was referring to when I said I was glad I could help was the giger concept art. The charybdis diagram was a separate thought that I realize I should have distinguished more lol
I was running on an 85% understanding of how this complex looked, but it was definitely nice to have it and fill in those gaps!
It all still seems a bit volatile to me, but I like your thinking!
Glad I could help! 🙂 I've also been sharing the charybdis facility diagram with several people who started with the audiobook too. To be fair though, corporal Hicks didn't have the diagram when reading the first draft lol
Oh also, I assumed another reason to use charybdis for this facility wasn't just for the server cooling potential, but the renewable energy potential... turbines that generate electricity to help power the facility from the constant flow of water into the maw.
Looking forward to this one.
That's a solid plan 👍