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This episode was recorded at the beginning of December, so apologies for all the nonsensical temporal references to 'last week', and stuff that 'just' happened. Something fresher soon, if all goes according to plan, but in the meantime please enjoy the sounds of us waxing on and off about:
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
Jacob Rubin's article on Slate.com, The Death of Titles
The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2011
Gridzbi Spudvetch/Boom! by Mark Haddon
The woman who sued over the trailer for the movie 'Drive'
Wes Anderson. A lot.
Chad Harbach's The Art of Fielding
My Kid Could Paint That
Toronto couple raising a child without gender restrictions
Christopher Guest
Jonathan Tropper
Mark is enthusiastic about Brendan Kerner's skyjacking nonfiction The Skies Belong to Us. It's our first live show! Mark and Jon record in the same room for the first time ever. (We'd fooled you, hadn't we?) This episode we also talk about our most notable takeaways from the unplanned 'hiatus...
Published 01/27/14
Mark is enthusiastic about Neil Gaiman's latest The Ocean at the End of the Lane. We also discuss whether Brad Pitt is entitled to a victory lap for his adaptation of a show-favourite novel, Max Brooks' World War Z. We cover:
Our initial discussion of WWZ
Brad Pitt eating
The Vanity Fair...
Published 09/10/13
Jon endorses Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken.
We also mention:
Military Scifi
Ender's Game and Movie
John Scalzi's Old Man's War
John Steakley's Armor
Hiroshi Sakurazaka's All You Need Is Kill
Joe Haldeman's The Forever War
Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers
Stanislaw Lem's Return from...
Published 07/14/13