Duel of the Fates
Jack Mangan
Read by Jack Mangan
As originally heard on the Dragon Page Wingin' It! Podcast: Duel of the Fates assembles highly diverse, iconic combatants from across the wide universe of speculative fiction and pits them head-to-head in meaningless contests of 5 silly categories.
Hear! An exhibition duel between Darth Vader vs. Gandalf! Witness! Another exhibition of, um, something, between Molly (from Neuromancer) and Batman! Behold! The bracketed 8-character elimination tournament!
1) Tomi (from Spherical Tomi)
2) Spider-Man
3) Captain James T. Kirk
4) Ash (from Evil Dead)
5) Godzilla
6) Starbuck from the original Battlestar Galactica (Dirk Benedict)
7) Harry Potter
8) HAL-9000 (from 2001)
Who has the best look? Who has more Love Prowess? Who'd win in a fight? Who'd be more fun at a party?
Relive the mayhem -- or experience this popular series for the first time -- as author Jack Mangan examines the quirks, strengths, and weaknesses of these notable SF characters (along with one of his own). There are quite a few surprises as characters are eliminated, and ultimately, a winner is crowned Duel of the Fates champion. You'll laugh, you'll think, you'll cry (if you're a bit of a nut), you'll disagree at times; you'll look at these characters in new and different ways.
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Chapters
| Episode 1 | Read by Jack Mangan | |
| Episode 2 | Read by Jack Mangan | |
| Episode 3 | Read by Jack Mangan | |
| Episode 4 | Read by Jack Mangan | |
| Epsiode 5 | Read by Jack Mangan | |
| Episode 6 | Read by Jack Mangan | |
| Episode 7 | Read by Jack Mangan | |
| Episode 8 | Read by Jack Mangan | |
| Episode 9 | Read by Jack Mangan | |
| Episode 10 | Read by Jack Mangan |
Reviews
By: Spiff
This thing was moronic. The author was trying to be ironic and cool with his zany categories, but it was a waste of time. And I know he was just trying to get a plug in, but putting his own character up against any of these classic characters and winning ...
By: Steve
I'm sorry but this is dire, I was bored within minutes although I did want to give it a real chance. Could have been a good idea if the author had actually written a novel based around some universal battle arena but the monotonous Top Trumps style was crap.
By: psionandy
Futile? maybe Life changing? probably not? But it was an entertaining & funny, with every word crafted from fine english letters, served up in bite sized chunks. I liked it... but what do I know?
By: Blue-Jay
Can't wait for Pikachu vs. Black Vulcan. Oy.