
For the Love of Fiction, a podcast concerned with narrative discussion and characterisation across various mediums. Hosted by myself, Gavin Groves and my oldest friend, Marc Tobit. We've always discussed our interests at great length, down the pub, ten minutes before a session of online gaming, walking to and from work when we were teenagers. Now we are doing in on a podcast! Here we discuss genre... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 45 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | TV & Film | |||

A much less positive and more critical episode this week as Gav and Marc recap seasons 2-4 of Stranger Things before taking a look at season 5.
Quite a bit of Max-hate so be prepared. Pretty sure Gav was broken by this one!
Chapters -
00:00 - Int... more
Another Post Christmas Catchup, another mishmash conversation:
Weapons
Metroid Prime 4
On The Way To Meet Mom
The Fellowship of the Ring
Also featuring:
Terrifier
The Conjuring
Batman Arkham Asylum
More rants against social media platforms l... more
For their third annual Holiday special, Marc and Gav discusswhat actually is a Christmas movie (and is it Die Hard?) before counting down their top five Christmas movies. There are some brutal takes in this one, and some rage!
Check out my socials a... more
Rather fittingly, GW interferes with the sound in this episode, and Marc and Gav, your AI overlord hosts, start to go a bit wonky.
They even promise to NOT get political or social when discussing Metal Gear Solid 2, but then, how can you not? It’s o... more
Marc and Gav review Stranger Things Season 1, the best season as far as they are concerned.
Also, the revelation that the Byers family are all serial killers and Will grows up to become Anton Sugar from No Country for Old Men. You know it makes sens... more
Trigger Warning – Since we’re talking about The Exorcist, expect descriptions of scenes of gore, religious and sexual imagery, and harm to a minor.
With that being said, we are back! Finally, Marc has watched the horror movie classic The Exorcist, G... more
A year in the making, Marc and Gav finally make good on their fiction swap choices and talk about their experiences and initial thoughts:
The History of Time Travel (Mockumentary)The Boxer (Manwa)The Death of Stalin (Movie)
Nausicaa Of The Valley O... more
Welcome to For The Love Of Fiction!
Childhood trauma, nearly falling out over the greatest British comedies of all time, and awkwardly dancing around politically correct topics, parenting versus literature, complete disrespect toward classic British... more









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