Merry New Year! Seong Ji-Hun, aka #456, is back for another round of Squid Games and so are we. It seems Netflix dropped a belated Christmas gift in their subscribers' laps in form of the Korean dark dramedy: Squid Games Season Two. And Sci-Fi Carnival hosts, Maryck Allyson, James Robinson and Mel, aren't wasting any time nerding-out with impunity over the sequel and its inspired think pieces that include:

• How to cope when the voting majority keeps screwing you over.
• What to do when your expensive mercenaries' GPS system fails.
• Why a simple risk assement saves lives.
• Why when you see something, it's important to say something, especially when you are trapped in gymnasium on a remote island engaging in murderous mayhem with strangers for money you most likely you won't live to spend.

Sci-Fi carnival is back for it's second podcast. That right, we didn't do sh#%% all year. Don't know what to tell you. It's been a sobering couple of months as sci-fi marches towards sci-fa.

In this episode, hosts Maryck Allyson and James Robinson nerd-out with impunity over Matt Ruff's "Destroyer of Worlds: A Return to Lovecraft Country. We take a three hour Loftcraftion Rollar Coaster ride to find out:

• How many times will Maryck mispronounce Hecuba?
• What to do when home training goes out the window?
• How many times can you dance with the devil before he blinks?

Admittedly a slow start to 2024, nevertheless, the Sci-fi Carnival crew is happy to announce we are back to nerd-out with impunity about all things Sci-Fi. In this episode, hosts Maryck Allyson, James Robinson and Mel kick off the New Year by going balls to the walls over:

• Sandworms and colonizer origin stories,
• The ramifications of inviting needy higher life forms to live on your home planet without telling nobody.
• X-Men and other gen-X / millennial sci-fi past times.
• How to cope when you have to move back in with your dad who harvests organs in the backyard.

With that being said....Happy Belated New Year and we hope you enjoy show. But if you don't, thanks for listening for as long as you did.