At the end of the world and in the face of uncertainty, two friends careen through colliding worlds, all baffling yet strangely familiar, toward their final destinations. — "Soldiers" by John Dalmas Thank you for joining us on Cover My Ass, where baffling books were reviewed, but not read! Special thanks to our Friends Of The Library: Chris, JM, Matt, Old Pines, Glim, Saint, Ryan Campbell, and that inexhaustible font of fantastic covers, GoodShowSir. We hope you've enjoyed your journey through t...
Nov 26, 2020•49 min•Ep. 100
Belle-Amy Falcon, a mild-mannered bakery proprietor and fifth-generation Sourdough Sorceress discovers her ancestors' secret Grain Grimoire and decides to fulfill her family's master plan: a sex-cult army of werewolves. Lacing her doughs with lycanthrocytic potions, she seeks to convert unwitting shoppers into dreaded lycanthropes — now if only she could get it to work on women, too... — "Boys, Baps & Breeding" by Billi Wolf Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter , Gmail and covermyasscast.com ....
Nov 19, 2020•38 min•Ep. 99
Earth's most popular and sexiest stage magician has no idea he owes his stunning looks and fantastic hair to parentage from beyond the stars! But he isn't the only one, and the others don't take kindly to the attention he's bringing to their kind... — "The Adventures of Mhyr" by P. N. Elrod Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter , Gmail and covermyasscast.com ....
Nov 11, 2020•42 min•Ep. 98
A brand-new Farscape fancast from Yours Trulies in which a longtime fan (Khaki!) introduces his innocent bestie (K!) to the marvel that is Farscape, the science fiction masterpiece from the Jim Henson Company. It launched today, so find So Farscape wherever you get your podcasts or visit www.sofarscape.com for a brand-new show about gonzo sci-fi, cantankerous creatures, rollicking adventures and stunning production design, all seen through fresh eyes and discussed with insight, wit, and love....
Nov 08, 2020•3 min
Merry Jiculek has lost his partner on their last assignment and now has to sneak back to different periods of time to return him safely without his superiors catching on. — "Annals of the Time Patrol" by Poul Anderson Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter , Gmail and covermyasscast.com .
Nov 05, 2020•37 min•Ep. 96
One earth colony after the other gets destroyed by a mysterious force and Dr Bones and her faithful assistant are called in to help discover the cause and reason for this sudden aggression against the peaceful colonists only to find out that the Diplopodan empire has decided to wage war by deploying the dreaded F-bomb in the latest expansion move of their galactic empire. — "Dr. Bones" by William F. Wu Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter , Gmail and covermyasscast.com ....
Oct 29, 2020•41 min•Ep. 96
Once a carefree playgirl and now immortal Mistress of the Mystic, Bambirella awakens from torpor in a century quite unlike the one she left behind. Endowed with ample potency, she wields her hard-earned powers and preternatural charms in service of the mission she started so many centuries ago: Social justice for all. — "Fangs for the Mammaries" Esther Friesner Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter , Gmail and covermyasscast.com ....
Oct 22, 2020•34 min•Ep. 95
"Lizzie Gilmore is at the top of her game, rocking up through the charts she is leaving her old fanbase behind in the dingy little dive bars where she used to play as she heads for the big stages. But such newfound fame come with a price as the powers that be maneuver her into directing the power of her music to nefarious purposes. — "Wrack and Roll" by Bradley Denton See also: Episodes 80, 70 and 25, and Pounded in the Butt By My Own Podcast Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermy...
Oct 15, 2020•34 min
In the late '70s a young special-FX wiz is recruited by a hotshot Hollywood sci-fi director, but little does he know that his brilliant model designs and pioneering camera technologies are being used for more than mere movie magic: with every pull of his glue-gun's trigger he turns the wheels of a brutal Star War in a galaxy far, far away... — "Dykstra's War" Jeffery D. Kooistra Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermyasscast.com. https://media.podiant.co/spoke/covermyass/artwork/38...
Oct 08, 2020•31 min
A psychic alien menace, hell-bent on revenge against Humanity, has infiltrated Earth's waters and manipulated the oceans' wildlife. Poised to rise to the surface with a fury and wipe Homo Sapiens from the face of the Earth, these impassioned zealots failed to account for one thing: Mankind's staggering inability to recognize a threat for what it is. — "City Under the Sea" by Kenneth Bulmer Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermyasscast.com. https://media.podiant.co/spoke/covermyass...
Oct 01, 2020•38 min
When quaint, cozy towns are forbidden from shunning the out-of-towners they despise, some citizens pool their retirement funds to strap rocket-engines under their picturesque retreats and launch themselves into space. When Blake Whitecock decides to retire from Her Majesty's Space Service he finds a blast-off crater where his home town of Throbshire once stood, and climbs into the cockpit one more time in search of home... — "And Then The Town Took Off" by Richard Wilson Find CoverMyAssCast on T...
Sep 24, 2020•36 min
A retired adventurer, renowned the world over, prepares to pass the torch to his long-suffering apprentice, who calmly plays a mental game of "Fuck, Marry, Kill" to decide what to do with her idiot mentor after the Transference is complete, while the adventurer reminisces about the lifetime of violent adventures they've had together, still staggeringly, bewilderingly oblivious to the torch she's long held for him herself. — "The Dark Hand of Magic" by Barbara Hambly Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitte...
Sep 17, 2020•39 min
When well-meaning time-travelers divert the dinosaur-killing asteroid and crash on Cretaceous Earth, the once-peaceful Dinosaur civilizations are spared from extinction and go on instead — to become responsible shepherds of the future themselves, or to make the same mistakes over and over? Only time will tell... — "Boundary" by Ryk E. Spoor & Eric Flint Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermyasscast.com. https://media.podiant.co/spoke/covermyass/artwork/38c81a08de0670.jpg
Sep 10, 2020•34 min
She's a hot-shot, rising-star detective who plays it fast and loose but gets results, he's a gigantic horse-person who thinks every crime needs to be solved with magic — together, they're the worst liability to the fragile interdimensional peace guarded by the Salem City Police Department, and the only ones who can stop a mysterious new crime spree... — "Centaur of the Crime" by Michael Angel Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermyasscast.com. https://media.podiant.co/spoke/covermy...
Sep 03, 2020•33 min
After a confused alien becomes stranded on planet Den, the being is discovered and befriended by a trio of young catfolk. Bringing the extraterrestrial into their suburban lives, they introduces P.T., as the alien is dubbed, to their friends, and the youngsters decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, P.T. falls "ill", resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both the kittens and the alien. — "The Trouble with Aliens" by Christopher Anvil, Eric Flint Find CoverM...
Aug 27, 2020•30 min
What appeared to be a blimp on the radar was not a huge manatee coasting the idyllic currents of Venus, but a new alien life-form! One far more advanced than their Earthbound guests, but also naive to the ways of crony capitalism. As exploration turns to conservation, can Earth’s finest scientists protect another world from falling to exploitation? — "Venus Prime" by Paul Preuss & Arthur C. Clarke Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermyasscast.com. https://media.podiant.co/spok...
Aug 20, 2020•33 min
When a tech billionaire who sets company policy through late-night tweets accidentally types the wrong planet when announcing their new space program, one young employee sees an opportunity to fulfill a lifelong scientific ambition — but can her team keep the Great Leader focused long enough to get results? — "Venus, INC" by Frederik Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermyasscast.com. https://media.podiant.co/spoke/covermyass/artwork/38b9474fc40620.jpg
Aug 13, 2020•35 min
After her family moves into a new house, Lizzie keeps hearing strange sounds coming from the walls, and when the finally discovers a doorway leading to the secret basement she finds something which the previous owners left there — and the realtor failed to disclose to her parents... — "The Devil Downstairs" by P. F. Costello Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermyasscast.com. https://media.podiant.co/spoke/covermyass/artwork/38b1a635a48a60.jpg
Aug 06, 2020•32 min
Convicted for a crime he didn't commit, Commander Eugene Parsec is sentenced to the penal colony of Panopticon IV, he has to find a way to escape, prove his innocence, and save earth from the threat to its very existence." — "Stay Out Of Space" BY Dwight V. Swain Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermyasscast.com. Thanks to Chris for recommending this week's book! https://media.podiant.co/spoke/covermyass/artwork/38b33530e9e430.jpg
Jul 30, 2020•31 min
The staunchly overconfident Kzinti only find honour in battles they can't possibly win, and have plunged into another crusade against a culture so advanced that, after a decade of bloodshed, they still don't know the Kzinti are at war with them. Earth, their staunchest (and only) ally, has committed to join their Kzinti brethren and sealed their pact through a political marriage between two reticent young princes, whose reluctant adventures lead to an unexpected friendship and teach both peoples...
Jul 23, 2020•6 min
To cure his Leonian wife's illness, galactic bounty hunter Leonard Skeonard must return her to the 'primitive' planet of her birth, even altering his appearance to blend in — but when unscrupulous prospectors seize the tranquil planet, he'll have to go to even greater lengths to save the one he loves, and a world he has much to learn from... — Firebird by Charles L. Harness Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermyasscast.com. https://media.podiant.co/spoke/covermyass/artwork/38a9642...
Jul 16, 2020•31 min
The surf spot of Kahiko Kahakai is inexpicably popular with the senior crowd as our hero discovers when he finds what looks like a geriatric convention where he was expecting like-minded sun, sea and sand-lovers — it's only after hours when the true nature of the resort reveals itself. — "Dinosaur Beach" by Keith Laumer Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermyasscast.com. https://media.podiant.co/spoke/covermyass/artwork/38b1a7cc8cefc0.jpg
Jul 09, 2020•31 min
Myfanwy, the Dildosmith's Daughter returns! After a fallout with her demon over ‘creative differences’ Myfanwy wanders through the lands on her own until she comes across the valley of the Damosels, a peaceful land ruled by council of three, a land of beautiful streams, lovely meadows, high-spired castles and unicorns — a land in mourning, as the Crone has died and expectations are high for the arrival of the new maiden so the Council of Three is once again complete. Myfwanwy is hailed as the ne...
Jul 02, 2020•38 min
Night-nurse Kevin Dobson is feeling the weight of the world when his night shifts run 22 hours because he's living in Kokhanok, Alaska, staggering home late one morning he finds himself accosted by a jeans-flaunting Space-Wolf bounty-hunter who realizes his mission suffered a unfortunate typo, and needs Kevin's help to bring a vile intergalactic criminal to justice. — "The Battle of Forever" by A.E. van Vogt ----more---- https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6a1q0a/CMA-078.jpg Find CoverMyAssCast on T...
Jun 25, 2020•6 min
An unexpected death rocks the galaxy's largest fantasy convention on Arcturus 14! The Leotard Ladies of Lascivious Prime perform the Rite of Summoning to bring in the greatest detective to ever stalk the halls of CosmicCon: self-acclaimed bimbo Dick Powers is brought in to save the day and rescue the convention. — "Bimbos of the Death Sun" by Sharyn McCrumb ----more---- https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pu4y9m/CMA-077.jpg Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermyasscast.com.
Jun 18, 2020•30 min
Elfric the Eclectic barely manages to eke out a living as a door-to-door salesman of (supposedly) healing crystals, usually moving on quickly to the next town before questions arise about the qualities of his wares. Soon he learns though that it's not a wise idea to peddle faulty crystals to a dragon with a long reach and a grudge. — "Pyramid Power" by Eric Flint & Dave Freer ----more---- http://covermyasscast.podbean.com/mf/web/498hoj/CMA-076.jpg Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and ww...
Jun 11, 2020•37 min
Emma Rind and John HCCF's marriage has cooled since that impulsive night on Arcturus, because of the secrets they keep: neither can admit to the other they're an intergalacitc spy! On a last 'romantic' trip to the star where they first met they have to admit how mismatched they are — until the arrival of a band of wanted criminals sparks the thrilling excitement they've been missing. — "Slow train to Arcturus" by Eric Flint & Dave Freer ----more---- http://covermyasscast.podbean.com/mf/web/9...
Jun 04, 2020•37 min
This week's episode was 'filmed' before a 'live' 'audience' — in place of the planned live show in Croydon we did a livestream! You can see the recording here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nDfy5BGoIMA In a world of noble wolves there is a small hidden group afflicted with reverse lycanthropy: once a month at the full moon(or in a moment of uncontrolled emotion) they will revert to a more primitive human form, capable of preternatural feats of passive agression, protecting the world of wolves from...
May 28, 2020•47 min
Working as a flying saucer-wrecker, our young hero finds himself in the midst of an intergalactic conspiracy when his shift-leader ends up dead! He will have to prove his innocence by finding his way out of the trouble he's been dropped in. — "Muerte en Soucoupe Volante" by Pierre Tollet ----more---- https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9kp9c5/CMA-073.jpg Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermyasscast.com.
May 21, 2020•29 min
In a world where witches are both loved and feared, it brings great status to a town or village to have their own garden-witch — but the wiley creatures are hard to lure in and get to settle. So when the hamlet of Titisee seeks to increase their tourist appeal they turn to reclusiveGuild of witch-baiters that claims to always get results, or your money back. — "The Witch-Baiter" by Charles Birkin ----more---- https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qgv69s/CMA-072.jpg Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmai...
May 14, 2020•32 min
