Authorized Novelizations Podcast

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Authorized Novelizations Podcast episodes

January 18, 2024 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (w/ Sarah Welch-Larson)
For Overbye, this is the big one. We’re joined by writer Sarah Welch-Larson to discuss the first novelization Overbye ever read- 2001: A Space Odyssey.

You already love this movie. Press play on the dang episode! If you'd like to.

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Next time on Authorized: Bilge Ebiri embarks on Odyssey Two
2 hr 51 min
January 11, 2024 The Rare Breed by Theodore Sturgeon (w/ Paxton Holley)
What if a novelization only decided to adapt the first half of the movie? Well, it makes for an extremely weird story structure, dramatically.

This week, we're joined by returning guest Paxton Holley to discuss The Rare Breed, a book so obsessed with the minutiae of cowboy life that we had to read pages and pages about types of rope and kinds of food to feed your horse. It's excruciating!

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Next time on Authorized: Sarah Welch-Larson talks 2001: A Space Odyssey
1 hr 59 min
January 04, 2024 Shock Corridor by Michael Avallone (w/ Gus Spelman)
Happy 1960s season! We start it off with the return of Gus Spelman, here this time to discuss Shock Corridor. Director Samuel Fuller sued to prevent this book’s release, citing plagiarism. Weird move on his part!

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Next time on Authorized: Paxton Holley and The Rare Breed
2 hr 9 min
December 30, 2023 Wonka by Sibéal Pounder
We threw together an “emergency” episode on Wonka as a laugh, and fortunately it’s actually pretty good. To be clear: The book, not the film. Film hard to get through.

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Next time on Authorized: the 1960s season begins with Gus Spelman entering the Shock Corridor
1 hr 57 min
December 28, 2023 Bram Stoker's Dracula by Fred Saberhagen (w/ David Bluvband)
Page to screen to page. On today’s Authorized, we follow Bram Stoker’s Dracula (the Coppola film) as it becomes a completely forgotten novelization. At its helm is Dracula obsessive Fred Saberhagen, who, though having written ten Dracula novels of his own (Ten TIMES as many as Stoker, that hack), just can’t cut it. This thing is foul.

Our guest, David Bluvband, examines the desiccated carcass of BS’s narrative.

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Next time on Authorized: Wonka got novelized
2 hr 26 min
December 21, 2023 Grease 2 by William Rotsler (w/ Allyssa O'Donnell)
Well, copies of Grease 2 suddenly, inexplicably dropped in price, so here we go covering it! The author has the unenviable challenge of following up the singular novelization of Grease, and he does NOT rise to it!

We’re joined by Chicago-based performing artist and educator Allyssa O’Donnell, and we have a fun time talking about this pretty blah text.

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Next week on Authorized: Someone novelized Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula? David Bluvband investigates.
2 hr
December 19, 2023 The Riddler: Year One by Paul Dano (w/ Max Fitzpatrick)
You ever wonder what The Riddler was up to in his first year? We got you, as we dive into Paul Dano's debut graphic novel. Also, rewatch The Batman. It rules.
1 hr 39 min
December 14, 2023 The Deer Hunter by E.M. Corder (w/ Dan Jeremy Brooks)
The Vietnam War - Can you come back unscathed? Signs point to no.
This week on Authorized, we delve into the novelization of The Deer Hunter with Projexploitation's Dan Jeremy Brooks. We compare screenplay, film, and book as we analyze author E.M. Corder's detached, alienated writing style. Some like it! Some don't.
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This Monday on Authorized: Max Fitzpatrick ponders Year One of The Riddler
2 hr 55 min
December 07, 2023 BONUS: Mean Girls 2 (w/ Collins Conley)
Jo Mitchell... she's not like other girls

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Next week on Authorized: Dan Jeremy Brooks goes Deer Hunting

1 hr 34 min
November 30, 2023 BONUS: Mission Impossible - The TV Series (w/ Joe Saunders)
We wanted to watch more Mission Impossible: The TV Show, so we did. And Joe Saunders came with!

We discuss:

Season 1 episode 21- Snowball in Hell
Season 2 episode 22- The Killing
Season 6 episode 16- Stone Pillow

Check out Joe's Adult Swim show, Solar Opposites!
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Next week on Authorized: Collins Conley returns to talk Mean Girls 2

2 hr