Single Sitting 5: A Crime Wave at Blandings by P. G. Wodehouse

Scott and Marc discuss “A Crime Wave at Blandings” by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the October 10 and October 17, 1936 editions of the Saturday Evening Post.

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Book 9: The Aeneid by Virgil

Aeneas by Eric Jenkins

Eric Jenkins joins Scott to talk about The Aeneid by Virgil!

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Single Sitting 4: Cassandra by C. J. Cherryh

Scott and Marc discuss “Cassandra” by C. J. Cherryh, first published in the October 1978 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine.

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Book 8: The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe

Rose and Scott discuss The Woman in the Dunes, a surreal novel by the Japanese author Kobo Abe, published in 1962.

Rose and Hannah’s podcasts:

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Book 7: Endymion and The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons

Noah Clemons (from the booktube channel Everyone Who Reads Must Converse) is back to talk about the last two novels in the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons.

Noah’s Channel: Everyone Who Reads Must Converse

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Book 6: Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Noah Clemons joins me from his booktube channel (which is called Everyone Who Reads Must Converse) to talk about the first two books in Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Cantos: Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion.

Noah’s Channel: Everyone Who Reads Must Converse

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Book 5: Gödel, Escher, Bach

Paul Weimer brings a chunker with him called Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadler. This is a book that explores things like self reference, incompleteness, and consistency from three perspectives: math, art, and music.

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Book 4: The Rule of St. Benedict

Jason Harrigan joins me from Ireland in this episode to discuss The Rule of St. Benedict, written in 516 by Benedict of Nursia, which is a remarkable book with a lot to say about living life -both secular and religious.

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Single Sitting 3: The Last Castle by Jack Vance

Scott and Marc discuss “The Last Castle” by Jack Vance, a novella that won a Hugo in 1967 and a Nebula in 1966.

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Book 3: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Jenny Colvin, from The Reading Envy Podcast, is my guest this week. We discuss a great October read: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones.

PODCAST

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Single Sitting 2: A Martian Odyssey by Stanley G. Weinbaum

In this second episode of the Single Sitting series on the podcast, Marc and I discuss “A Martian Odyssey” by an author whose science fiction career was much too short: Stanley G. Weinbaum. Originally published in 1934 in Wonder Stories magazine, edited by Hugo Gernsback.

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Book 2: The Best Cook in the World by Rick Bragg

The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma’s Kitchen by Rick Bragg

Julie Davis, my co-host from the A Good Story is Hard to Find podcast, is my guest this week and she brought an excellent food book by Rick Bragg: The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma’s Kitchen.

Julie’s Books:

Julie’s Blogs and Podcasts:

Authors Julie mentioned:

  • Julia Child
  • James Beard
  • Calvin Trillin
  • Sara Roehen (Gumbo Tales)
  • Ruth Riechl (Garlic and Sapphires)

PODCAST

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