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A Good Story is Hard to Find
A podcast where Julie Davis and I discuss books and movies we love as well as themes of belief, faith, and the “one reality” below the surface.
The Shelf Wear Podcast
A podcast I ran for about a year on this site where I invited friends to participate in book and story discussions. I enjoyed every episode! Click the graphic above to get to the episodes.And occasionally I’m a guest on:
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Good Story 273: The Book of Eccesiastes
Julie and I were joined by Tommaso Todesca for a discussion about The Book of Ecclesiastes. Tom was just wonderful, as I knew he would be. He fit in immediately, and the selection of this book to talk about was … Continue reading
Reading: January 16, 2022
Turns out that Death Comes to the Archbishop was NOT completely free of murders. I mean, things were pretty rough out in the New Mexico Territory in the 1800s. The book was terrific, and there will be a lot to … Continue reading
Reading: January 8, 2022
I remember how Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden got on my reading list. I was watching a panel discussion with editor Anne Groell at Worldcon 2020 (via Zoom; Worldcon was … Continue reading
Reading: January 5, 2022
Jehoshaphat, it’s 2022! I’m sure that’s exactly how Elijah Bailey would say that. On January 1, a big ole project started over on Booktube, with Shawn D. Standfast at the helm. He’s calling it The Future History project, and the … Continue reading
Good Story 272: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Julie and I wrapped up the A Good Story is Hard to Find podcast for 2021 with a discussion of Miracle on 34th Street from 1947. It’s a great movie that brings up issues of belief and the modern world … Continue reading
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Good Story 271: “The Star” by Arthur C. Clarke and “Joyful and Triumphant” by Jo Walton
Julie Davis and I talked about two science fiction stories in the new episode of “A Good Story is Hard to Find”. First up was “The Star” by Arthur C. Clarke, which I’ve written about on this blog. The second … Continue reading
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Review of Pavane by Keith Roberts
Pavane by Keith Roberts 285 pages Originally published in 1968 How to describe Pavane? Two things are simple to say: first, it’s a fix-up novel, or a mosaic. A collection of stories set in the same universe that are brought … Continue reading
Notes on “The Star” by Arthur C. Clarke
“The Star” by Arthur C. ClarkeOriginally appeared in the November 1955 issue of Infinity Science FictionHugo Award for Best Short Story, 1956Collected in “The Other Side of the Sky”, 1958 In a recent editorial meeting, the sizable staff here … Continue reading
Apollo 8 by Jeffrey Kluger
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon by Jeffrey Kluger A lot of things didn’t go well in 1968. Senior Time Magazine writer Jeffrey Kluger (author of Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13) … Continue reading
The Bible Repairman by Tim Powers
“And he had a couple of Bibles in need of customized repair, and those were an easy fifty dollars apiece – just brace the page against a piece of plywood in a frame and scorch out the verses the customers … Continue reading
Incognita, Inc. by Harlan Ellison
After watching King Kong for the 455th time, Harlan Ellison wondered about the maps. After wondering, he wrote “Incognita, Inc.” In hundreds of adventure movies, there’s always a map of some strange, lost land. In Muslim mythology it’s Kaf, the … Continue reading