Ep 99 - Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers

Red Dwarf was a British sci-fi comedy show that aired from 1988 to 1999 on BBC Two. Featuring a cast of colorful characters, the show has lived on in books and other media. Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers is book one and serves as prequel / jumping off point for the series. But does it do a good job of it? Does the beloved show translate well into book form? Or will it cause yuo to never give the show a shot if you have never seen it?

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren

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Ep 98 - The Once and Future Witches

There is no such thing as witches. Well maybe back when they burned innocent women at the stake in Salem. But not in the 1890s. But even then, witches were not real. But what if there were real witches? And what if they had just forgotten the old ways for fear of being found out? And what if the women's suffrage movement caused them to remember the old ways and bring witchcraft back to help fight for women's rights? This month we are discussing The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow.

Editors Note: If you listen to this show as an audio only podcast, first, thank you for the support. But we have been doing a lot more stuff on YouTube. This month, I left in the pre-show banter that is on the video version of the show just so you can get a taste of what you are missing.

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Jennifer Hetzel

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Ep 97 - Beware of Chicken

Imagine waking up up in the body of another person in a mystic land where people can use their chi to do incredible things... then getting you butt kicked. Forget those jerks, I'm going to go far away and just become a simple farmer. But when you have the strength of 10 men and the ability to infuse things with powerful Qi, life doesn't stay simple. Especially when your rooster and several other farm animals learn to do the same!

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Joseph Moroles

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Ep 96 - An Interview with P.J. Hoover

Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books growing up? The ones where you got to choose what happens next and hopefully get to on of the “good” outcomes? Well, they’re back, in POG form! No, as actual books you can read. This month we’re chatting with P.J. Hoover who has written multiple Pick Your Own Quest books as well as books for kids, teens, young readers, and adults. In fact sh’e written more than 50 books as well coded a video game and designed computer chips. Come find out what it takes to design a book with multiple endings!

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Kris Andrew, Joseph Moroles, P.J. Hoover

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Ep 95 - Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View

Have you ever looked at a character in the background of a movie and thought, “I wonder what that guy’s story is?” Have you ever wondered how a certain character got to that point in the story? Have you ever thought about all of the beings that were lost in that big explosion, even if it saved the day? Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View is a collection of 40 stories from characters that filled that original classic. Some are well known characters like Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Grand Moff Tarkin. Others are from those who had very little screen time like Aunt Beru and Biggs Darklighter. And others who you may have never even considered like the mouse droids and the dianoga in the trash compactor on the Star Destroyer.

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Ray Andrew, Jennifer Hetzel

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Ep 94 - An Interview With Justin Thomas James

We love audio books on this show and one of our new favorite production companies is Soundbooth Theater. So we jumped at the chance to interview their COO, project manager, narrator, composer, and all around awesome guy, Justin Thomas James. Justin chats with us about what its like to voice multiple characters in audio books, how he got into doing voice work, and some of the behind-the-scenes work that goes into bringing an audio book to life. Also, Final Fantasy!

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Justin Thomas James

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Ep 93 - Other Books We Are Reading

No interview this month, hopefully we can get that together for next month. So in the mean time, we’re discussing other books that we have been reading. Some have been brought up on previous episodes while others are entirely new. So sit back and let us tell you why should also be reading this books… or avoiding them like the plague.

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Shaun McLaren, Joseph Moroles

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Ep 92 - A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Imagine a world where not only did humans turn things around and not destroy the planet, but we also managed to peacefully co-exist with sentient robots and allowed them to go off and do their own thing? In this month’s book, A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, a tea serving monk, Sibling Dex, goes on a journey and meets a robot, Mosscap, who has not been seen for hundreds of years. Together, they try to answer the question all robots have for humanity, “ “what do people need?” The philosophical questions it raises fill the lion’s share of this short yet thoughtful book.

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Joseph Moroles, Jennifer Hetzel

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Ep 91 - The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook, The Gate of the Feral Gods, The Butcher's Masquerade

Grab your boxers and your favorite talking cat, we’re heading back to the dungeon! This month we are discussing the next three books in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman. In The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, Carl and Donut are joined by Katia as they try to traverse the most tangled set of rails ever imagined. In book four, The Gate of the Feral Gods, the group has to work with a bunch of slackers to pop their bubble and escape from gods trying to crush them; even cute giant puppies. And in The Butcher’s Masquerade, things get emotional as Carl and Donut have to face people from their past and strengthen their bond in order to fight for the future. Buckle up, because this series doesn’t slow down from here!

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Joseph Moroles

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Ep 90 - An Interview With Dennis E. Taylor

It has been 5 years since we last spoke with one of our favorite authors, Dennis E. Taylor, and a lot has happened. Since then, he has written and released, two more books in the Bobiverse series, Heaven’s River and Not Till We Are Lost, and second book in the Quantum Earth Series, Earthside, two short stories, Feedback and A Change of Plans, and a one off book that may get a sequel as well, Roadkill. We had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Mr. Taylor about all of that plus some other fun things like a crossover he didn’t know about.

Next Book: Dungeon Crawler Carl Books 3-7

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Joseph Moroles, Shaun McLaren, Dennis E. Taylor

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