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I make nerdy videos -Quinn.

If you have ever finished a massive sci-fi epic and spent the next three days staring at a wall contemplating the nature of the universe, this is your audio sanctuary.

Hosted by Quinn, this is a deep dive into the most mind-bending science fiction, fantasy, and cosmic horror ever put to paper. We aren't just summarizing plots; we are stripping away the surface to explore the crushing existentialism of The Three-Body Problem, the sprawling political ecology of Dune, the ancient dread of Lovecraft, and the philosophical madness hidden inside the greatest stories ever told. Whether you are navigating the dark forest of the cosmos or questioning human consciousness itself, grab your headphones and step into the lore. Hit follow so you don't miss the next deep dive

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  • Thursday · 16 min

    Dune 3 Will Be A Big "Bet" + Trailer Speculation | Dune 3 News

    Dune: Part Three is set to own the premium IMAX screens on December 18th, even though it’s opening the exact same day as Avengers: Doomsday, and in 2026. I’m especially curious how the rollout is going to look, because yes, I’m also going to do some trailer speculation and break down when we’re likely to start seeing teasers and full trailers. Also, Timothée Chalamet recently gave us a little more clarity on the vibe of Dune Messiah,, he’s hinted at a tone that’s more eerie and unsettling, which is exactly what you want from Messiah. Articles: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/timothee-chalamet-dune-3-denis-villeneuve-1236668841/ https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/dune-3-takes-first-victory-123019086.html Find me on Nebula! 👉 Get 50% off! https://go.nebula.tv/quinnsideas 👽 Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire or PAYPAL - https://paypal.me/QuinnsIdeas?locale.x=en_US 🎨 Art: https://kamen.artstation.com/projects/BkzwEk 🎵 Music: https://www.youtube.com/@JamezDahlMusic 📚 Get These Books! Affiliate link* https://amzn.to/3AQ0aSs Quinn's Discord: https://discord.gg/uGx4WsjVCZ FOLLOW QUINN ON TWITTER: Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE I NOW HAVE A SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdeasofIceandFire/ Quinn's New Graphic Novel: https://www.quinnhoward.net/theliebehindthestar Buy Quinn's Comic Books: https://www.quinnhoward.net/shop Quinn's Website: https://www.quinnhoward.net Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF 🎥 Mentioned Videos 🎬 Other Playlist Three-Body Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfIzEhovpQJ2ENiNvJoOD2A H.P. Lovecraft Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUcMoc_ZljrDbgrRi3x_CLYD Hyperion Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfgKLf-CBr5VCC2xM0qX8Xh Dune Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUdsgN_vFaZmfjc6bXxPqajV Foundation Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUeQMsBkZJ72aIIG8nR-No6J Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Thursday · 20 min

    IT'S INCREDIBLE! Dune Part 2 Trailer Breakdown

    This is Quinn's breakdown of the new Dune Part 2 Trailer Analyzing the first 10 minutes of Dune Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uwAvjUFBrQ&t=256s 👽 Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire or PAYPAL - https://paypal.me/QuinnsIdeas?locale.x=en_US 🎨 Art: 🎵 Music: https://www.youtube.com/@JamezDahlMusic 📚 Get These Books! https://amzn.to/3AQ0aSs Quinn's Discord: https://discord.gg/uGx4WsjVCZ FOLLOW QUINN ON TWITTER: Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE I NOW HAVE A SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdeasofIceandFire/ Quinn's New Graphic Novel: https://www.quinnhoward.net/theliebehindthestar Buy Quinn's Comic Books: https://www.quinnhoward.net/shop Quinn's Website: https://www.quinnhoward.net Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF 🎥 Mentioned Videos 🎬 Other Playlist Three-Body Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfIzEhovpQJ2ENiNvJoOD2A H.P. Lovecraft Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUcMoc_ZljrDbgrRi3x_CLYD Hyperion Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfgKLf-CBr5VCC2xM0qX8Xh Dune Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUdsgN_vFaZmfjc6bXxPqajV Foundation Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUeQMsBkZJ72aIIG8nR-No6J Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Thursday · 10 min

    ASOIAF Theories: The Breaking of the World

    Argue With me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF Just sharing my ideas one of my favorite book series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. This video may contain spoilers for those of you who are not up to date with the series. That goes for the HBO show and the books. I'm just speculating and guessing on some ideas that I have on how future events will transpire in the series. Keep in mind however, I know nothing. Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Credits: The World of Ice and Fire - Garth Greenhand Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg at the Battle of Castle Black -https://www.pinterest.com/pin/299348706463293770/ the children of the forest by baleineau- https://www.pinterest.com/pin/271482683760478387/ The Children by Aeon Delirium - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/64176363416236556/ Crack in the ground by A-Teivos - http://a-teivos.deviantart.com/art/Crack-in-the-ground-342831158 Thomas Moran The Angry Sea - https://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artwork.php?artworkid=26327 Medieval Village, Andrei Pervukhin - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/zavw Children of the Forest by kallielef - http://kallielef.deviantart.com/art/Children-of-the-Forest-440855233 Child of the forest by SirIce - http://sirice.deviantart.com/art/Child-of-the-forest-288877444 Weirwood heart tree by thenorthernstark - thenorthernstark.deviantart.com Nilfgaard knight by CG-Zander - cg-zander.deviantart.com “Horn of Winter” by Rubi Journey through the Swamp Lands by Eduardo Pena weirwood by TheOnlyOneOneOne - wolverrain.deviantart.com RFabiano 93 21 Weirwood Crows The Children of the Forest and the First Men forming the Pact, ~ by Magali Melisandre by ludvikskp: Melisandre concept 2 by ThelemaTherion - http://thelematherion.deviantart.com/art/Melisandre-concept-2-321533068 AGOT: Arya Stark by Thaldir - thaldir.deviantart.com Asoiaf_snowylocks_by_sickdelusion_by_sickdelusion-d6wgdf3 Gloom Horizon by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100813 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Thanks For Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Thursday · 9 min

    Major Predictions For Game of Thrones Season 7 (Part 1)

    Argue With me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF Just sharing my ideas one of my favorite book series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. This video may contain spoilers for those of you who are not up to date with the series. That goes for the HBO show and the books. I'm just speculating and guessing on some ideas that I have on how future events will transpire in the series. Keep in mind however, I know nothing. Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Thursday · 13 min

    ASOIAF Winds of Winter Theories (Part 2) Daenerys

    Just sharing my ideas one my favorite book series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. This video may contain spoilers for those of you who are not up to date with the series. I'm just speculating and guessing on some ideas that I have on how future events will transpire in the series. Keep in mind however, I know nothing. Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Thursday · 16 min

    Game of Thrones S6 EP4 (Book of The Stranger) Review and Predictions

    Argue With me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF Just sharing my ideas one my favorite book series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. This video may contain spoilers for those of you who are not up to date with the series. I'm just speculating and guessing on some ideas that I have on how future events will transpire in the series. Keep in mind however, I know nothing. Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Thursday · 32 min

    Humanity's Final Warning: Tianming's Fairytales | Three Body Problem

    The long shot hope of the Staircase Project was that by sending Yun Tianming to the Trisolarans, he might somehow obtain critical information about the Trisolarans' society, their weaknesses, or their invasion strategy. Even though Tianming was effectively being sent into enemy territory, the hope was that, as a captured and potentially revived human, he could gather intelligence that would help Earth prepare a better defense or devise a counter-strategy. The Staircase Project was a high-risk, last-ditch attempt to do something, anything, that might offer a glimmer of hope for survival. Even if the project didn’t directly lead to a solution, it was at least an attempt to send a message to the universe that humanity wouldn’t give up without trying every possible avenue. Ultimately the Staircase project does not go as planned. The launched brain falls off course. For Centuries the Staircase Project was thought to be a failure. Until year 7 of the Broadcast Era, a dark time for humankind. In the era Human had been exposed to the wider universe, The world of Trisolaris had already been annihilated, Earth was next. This was of course due to the Dark Forest State of the universe, which rendered the cosmos a hostile place to all intelligent life which revealed itself. Here we learn that at some point the Trisolarans had in fact intercepted the Staircase Project, they found Tianming’s Brain, and rebuilt his body. They had been studying him, learning from him. It was because of his brain that they had been able to pull off the devastating droplet attack, which destroyed the entirety of mankind’s space force. He was also responsible for the boom in art and stories from Trisolaris, much of this had helped to humanize the Trisolarans in the eyes of humankind during the Deterrence Era. Due to Tianming the Trisolarans were able to utilize deception. As the hour grows late for Earth and our Solar system, the Trisolarans out of respect for Tianming allow him to communicate with Cheng Xin. But the communication will be monitored by the Trisolarans. Tianming will not be allowed to tell her anything that could potentially help humanity. The Trisolarans still viewed humankind as a threat and would rather they did not survive. Tianming however still feels resigned to help humankind, and the woman he has always loved from afar, Cheng Xin. In the form of fairytales Tianming would attempt to convey to humanity the secret’s for surviving in the universe, within the Dark Forest. Tianming tells three fairy tales and Cheng Xins listens very carefully, The New Royal Painter, The Glutton’s Sea, and Prince Deep Water. 👽 Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire or PAYPAL - https://paypal.me/QuinnsIdeas?locale.x=en_US 🎨 Art: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uQBwnr4KfWVbwim_CtHB4W3bdf5KKHNsiSSxD5CYCpY/edit?usp=sharing 🎵 Music: https://www.youtube.com/@JamezDahlMusic 📚 Get These Books! Affiliate link* https://amzn.to/4gA7khd Quinn's Discord: https://discord.gg/uGx4WsjVCZ FOLLOW QUINN ON TWITTER: Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE I NOW HAVE A SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdeasofIceandFire/ Quinn's New Graphic Novel: https://www.quinnhoward.net/theliebehindthestar Buy Quinn's Comic Books: https://www.quinnhoward.net/shop Quinn's Website: https://www.quinnhoward.net Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF 🎥 Mentioned Videos 🎬 Other Playlist Three-Body Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfIzEhovpQJ2ENiNvJoOD2A H.P. Lovecraft Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUcMoc_ZljrDbgrRi3x_CLYD Hyperion Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfgKLf-CBr5VCC2xM0qX8Xh Dune Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUdsgN_vFaZmfjc6bXxPqajV Foundation Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Thursday · 5 min

    Hidden Meaning In Game of Thrones S7 Trailer Explained

    Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq0B0NVKghA Argue With me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF Just sharing my ideas one of my favorite book series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. This video may contain spoilers for those of you who are not up to date with the series. That goes for the HBO show and the books. I'm just speculating and guessing on some ideas that I have on how future events will transpire in the series. Keep in mind however, I know nothing. Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Thursday · 19 min

    The Anti Xeelee and The Closing Entity

    The universe is vast, more vast than the human mind can conceive. And it is also old, impossibly old. The human race has existed for roughly 100,000 years, a blip when compared to the long history of the cosmos. In all that time billions upon billions of years, what other life came into existence? Sure the first intelligent race didn’t just form 100,000 years ago, can’t possibly be the first. If so, who was, and heights did their civilization rise to and where are they now? The Xeelee Sequence by Stephen Baxter is a collection of science fiction books and short stories that follow the history of the cosmos dominated by an elusive race of beings known as the Xeelee. They are an ancient race so advanced that mere scraps of their technology left behind discarded by them could change the trajectory of an entire species. For an in depth look at the Xeelee check out my “Ultimate Time of The Xeelee Sequence” video. Unbeknownst to humanity, who only saw the Xeelee as a threat and a competitor, the Xeelee had a great mission. Humanity waged a war with the Xeelee that lasted a hundred thousand years but in reality humankind would prove to be no match for the great Xeelee, in reality the Xeelee fought a much greater war. A war for the fate of the universe against entities made of dark matter. These entities form at the beginning of the universe, they lived within stars and consumed them, if these entities won against the Xeelee, the fate of the universe would be darkness. But the Xeelee had a plan, a plan spanning across time, forward and backwards. The AntiXeele was a constructed entity, a being created with the purpose of orchestrating the Xeelee’s great works and seeing it through. The Anti Xeelee was a vast and powerful mind. 👽 Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire or PAYPAL - https://paypal.me/QuinnsIdeas?locale.x=en_US 🎨 Art: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16ljp2O53si7EqaJMU_W7_wsZr-UvbHLJz7LVa0T9VJo/edit?usp=sharing 🎵 Music: https://www.youtube.com/@JamezDahlMusic 📚 Get These Books! Affiliate link* https://amzn.to/3AQ0aSs Quinn's Discord: https://discord.gg/uGx4WsjVCZ FOLLOW QUINN ON TWITTER: Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE I NOW HAVE A SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdeasofIceandFire/ Quinn's New Graphic Novel: https://www.quinnhoward.net/theliebehindthestar Buy Quinn's Comic Books: https://www.quinnhoward.net/shop Quinn's Website: https://www.quinnhoward.net Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF 🎥 Mentioned Videos Xeelee Timeline: https://youtu.be/dNANDMrt3pk?si=MY5PcsaLuwBFFi6U Killing Star: https://youtu.be/yvMXkGwR-mo?si=919W6BWXGu4HiGgE 🎬 Other Playlist Three-Body Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfIzEhovpQJ2ENiNvJoOD2A H.P. Lovecraft Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUcMoc_ZljrDbgrRi3x_CLYD Hyperion Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfgKLf-CBr5VCC2xM0qX8Xh Dune Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUdsgN_vFaZmfjc6bXxPqajV Foundation Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUeQMsBkZJ72aIIG8nR-No6J Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Thursday · 13 min

    I'm STILL Mad about Dorne in Game of Thrones!

    Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire Argue With me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF Just sharing my ideas one of my favorite book series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. This video may contain spoilers for those of you who are not up to date with the series. That goes for the HBO show and the books. I'm just speculating and guessing on some ideas that I have on how future events will transpire in the series. Keep in mind however, I know nothing. Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Thursday · 9 min

    ASOIAF Theories: Why The Children Are Unreliable Narrators

    Argue with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE?s=09 Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF Just sharing my ideas one my favorite book series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. This video may contain spoilers for those of you who are not up to date with the series. I'm just speculating and guessing on some ideas that I have on how future events will transpire in the series. Keep in mind however, I know nothing. Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Thursday · 11 min

    ASOIAF Theories Supplemental - The Supernatural Problem

    Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire Argue With me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF Just sharing my ideas one of my favorite book series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. This video may contain spoilers for those of you who are not up to date with the series. That goes for the HBO show and the books. I'm just speculating and guessing on some ideas that I have on how future events will transpire in the series. Keep in mind however, I know nothing. Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Thursday · 1 hr 16 min

    Ancient Astronauts and The Old Ones At the Mountains of Madness and Prometheus | Podcast

    On today’s episode of the Cosmic Chronicles Podcast we explore H.P. Lovecraft’s At The Mountains of Madness and Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. At the Mountains of Madness is one of Lovecraft's most beloved and most influential works in both the horror and science fiction genres. Prometheus has many similar elements and expands on certain themes also explored in Lovecraft's work. As big fans of both works, your hosts Quinn and James take you on a journey to explore what both pieces of media have to offer, examining the themes and ideas present in each one and comparing them to one another! "At The Mountains Of Madness" (Illustrated by Francois Baranger) - https://amzn.to/48jQ9N5 Watch Prometheus - https://amzn.to/3EwUIFQ Get 50% off Nebula (get access, early videos, exclusives): https://go.nebula.tv/quinnsideas 👽 Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire or PAYPAL - https://paypal.me/QuinnsIdeas?locale.x=en_US 🎨 Art: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/k4e8ol 🎵 Music: https://www.youtube.com/@JamezDahlMusic 📚 Get These Books! Affiliate link* https://amzn.to/41cIP3t Quinn's Discord: https://discord.gg/uGx4WsjVCZ FOLLOW QUINN ON TWITTER: Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE I NOW HAVE A SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdeasofIceandFire/ Quinn's New Graphic Novel: https://www.quinnhoward.net/theliebehindthestar Buy Quinn's Comic Books: https://www.quinnhoward.net/shop Quinn's Website: https://www.quinnhoward.net Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF 🎥 Mentioned Videos 🎬 Other Playlist Three-Body Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfIzEhovpQJ2ENiNvJoOD2A H.P. Lovecraft Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUcMoc_ZljrDbgrRi3x_CLYD Hyperion Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfgKLf-CBr5VCC2xM0qX8Xh Dune Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUdsgN_vFaZmfjc6bXxPqajV Foundation Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUeQMsBkZJ72aIIG8nR-No6J Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Thursday · 5 min

    ASOIAF Theories: Protecting Magic's Role

    Argue with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE?s=09 Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF Just sharing my ideas one my favorite book series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. This video may contain spoilers for those of you who are not up to date with the series. I'm just speculating and guessing on some ideas that I have on how future events will transpire in the series. Keep in mind however, I know nothing. Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices