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Karen Beck

Karen Beck

Fantasy reader and member of the Fantasy Faction Facebook community, appearing as a guest on the Hugos There Podcast to discuss Patricia McKillip's The Forgotten Beasts of Eld.

Sep 1, 2026

Hugos There Podcast

Hugos There Podcast

Foundational Fantasy: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, by Patricia McKillip, with Karen Beck and Rachel Young

Sep 1 · 1h 14m

Seth Heasley
Seth HeasleyHOST
16:06
Do either of you feel strongly that you want to tackle the plot recap kind of? Yeah.
Karen Beck
Karen BeckGUEST
16:13
I can do it.
Karen Beck
Karen BeckGUEST
16:14
I actually just read it again over last night and this morning.
Karen Beck
Karen BeckGUEST
16:19
It's only 166 pages, I think.
Karen Beck
Karen BeckGUEST
16:21
So it's not a very long book in the grand scheme of things.
Karen Beck
Karen BeckGUEST
16:27
But it is about a protagonist is a woman who is a wizard.
Karen Beck
Karen BeckGUEST
16:33
And she lives alone up on the mountain, Eld Mountain.

34 MINS LATER

Rachel Young
Rachel YoungGUEST
50:52
Yeah.

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