Breakfast in the Ruins
Episodes
Moorcock and RPGs Part Two - STORMHACK!
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're back in Derry and Toms and returning to Moorcock's influence and presence in RPGs in the company of Ralph Lovegrove, host of the Fictoplasm Podc...
Sven Hassel & Wheels of Terror - Part One
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Old pal Robbo joins me in Derry & Toms to discuss the book from Pops that blew my mind into tiny pieces back in the early 80s, Sven Hassel's Wheels of...
Spirits Burning w/ Don Falcone
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with another look at Moorcockian music, this time in the company of Don Falcone, captain of the starship Spirits Burning, long time collab...
The Knight of the Swords Book Three
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Loz is back as we conclude our look at the first volume in the psychedelic adventure of Corum, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe. As usual our convers...
Moorcockian Music - Elric and Corum
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We delve into the worlds of Moorcock influenced music with the other-worldly Dungeon Synth of The Artist Called Elric, and the powerful METAL!!! of Co...
Michael Moorcock Birthday Special 2020
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's December 18th 2020, Michael Moorcock and Phil share a birthday AGAIN (weird right?) and, with the help of some friends, we celebrate a great day ...
Sonic Assassins - Moorcock and Hawkwind Part One
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On our first purely music focused show we talk Hawkwind with biographer and writer Ian Abrahams. We also muse on how notice boards on launderette wall...
The Rituals of Infinity (sort of) with KEK-W
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After getting caught between worlds and never managing to quite hook it up, through a radio link between Earths 2 and 5 we finally get it together to...
The Knight of the Swords Book Two
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Loz returns as we head up to the Roof Garden to ruminate over Corum's endless jawing with a slightly dubious sorceror in The Knight of the Swords Book...
Halloween Special - The Rats
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's Halloween, so Phil and I enjoy some spooky old fashioneds and engage with the horror of James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, The Rats! It's got the ...
The Final Programme Phase Two
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Finally, the Spheres align and Hussein and I manage, after ten months, to get it together and look at Phase Two of The Final Programme. We talk ...
The Eternal Champion Part Three
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're back, and this time Phil joins me at Derry and Toms to conclude our coverage of The Eternal Champion. Turns out Erekosë is just a horny jock. W...
The Knight of the Swords Book One
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're back at Derry and Tom's and unfortunately so are the challenging porters. REJOICE as we finally get around to covering Corum... SIGH as we conti...
Moorcock RPGs and the Journal of GAC
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Phil, Loz and I celebrate an all too brief interlude in lockdown life to drink weird porters and muse upon Moorcock’s treatment at the hands of tabl...
The Jewel in the Skull Part Three
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tash returns from her exile in Sri Lanka and finally we get together after a four month Covid delay to finish The Jewel in the Skull. Stand by as we...
The Eternal Champion Part Two
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're back. The Eternal Champion continues on his crusade to defeat the enemies of humanity and further proves himself an absolute duffer with the lad...
The Eternal Champion Part One
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 pr...
Elric of Melniboné Part Three
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 offe...
The Jewel in the Skull Part Two
16 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Elric of Melniboné Part Two
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Loz is back with me at Derry and Tom's as we dive into Straasha's ocean depths to prize open the mysteries below and discuss (most of) Book Two of Elr...
The Final Programme - Phase One
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a degree of arm-twisting and one false start, Hussein finally gets his head into a sci-fi/fantasy book and agrees to tell the tale! We cov...
Happy Birthday Michael Moorcock
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One of the twitter gang tipped me off a few weeks ago that December 18th is Michael Moorcock's birthday. It took a while for the penny to drop, but wh...
Elric of Melniboné Part One
24 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Loz is back with me at Derry and Tom's as we tackle the 1972 novel Elric of Melniboné. We have a few drinks and muse upon Elric's early pre-wanderer,...
The Jewel in the Skull Part One
27 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Natasha and I discuss Book One of The Jewel in the Skull. It's got it all! Moorcock discussion? Check! Moorcroft? Sure, why not! Bagging small E...
The Dreaming City (Elric)
12 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Loz and I as we discuss the first published Elric story, The Dreaming City. In this, the first full-blooded episode of Breakfast in the Ruins we ...
An Introduction to Breakfast in the Ruins
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A short, primer podcast episode that will set the scene for the series. Inspired by the books given to me by my grandad in the early 80's, helped out ...