I always think that's what marks out some of the best fantasy of the pulp era, the sense that it's a yarn being told to you by a guy in a bar. I'm thinking particularly of Unknown.
Have you read Ethan Coen's Gates of Eden? Some of the stories in that are written specifically as radio pieces.
I haven't read the Coen book - another one for adding to the pile!
Patrick Rothfuss's Kingkiller Chronicles really lean into the "yarn told by a guy in a bar" trope - and it works really well. I don't think the books are as amazing as some people do, but I do like the narrative style.
I always think that's what marks out some of the best fantasy of the pulp era, the sense that it's a yarn being told to you by a guy in a bar. I'm thinking particularly of Unknown.
Have you read Ethan Coen's Gates of Eden? Some of the stories in that are written specifically as radio pieces.
I haven't read the Coen book - another one for adding to the pile!
Patrick Rothfuss's Kingkiller Chronicles really lean into the "yarn told by a guy in a bar" trope - and it works really well. I don't think the books are as amazing as some people do, but I do like the narrative style.