A good morning to all you wonderful nerds! Join Chad and Evan in their weekly episode about all the things they've feasted their eyes and ears upon. 

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Books Mentioned: 

Blood Over Bright Heaven - ML Wang

Spiderlight - Adrian Gibson 

The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson

Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian

Best Served Cold - Joe Abercrombie 

Nevernight - Jay Kristoff

Cradle - Will Wight 

Of Sea and Shadow (Elder Empire) - Will Wight 

Dark Matter - Blake Crouch 

Recursion - Blake Crouch 

Foundation - Isaac Asimov 

Promise of Blood (Powdermage) - Brian McClellan

Shows: 

Black Sails 

The Expanse

Foundation

The Wheel of Time

Willow

Rings of Power 

Movies: 

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 

Labrynth 

Master and Commander: The Far Side of The World

Join Evan and Chad for a lengthy conversation about e-Reader preference, books, and AI overlords! 

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World Fantasy Awards List

Books Mentioned

Perdido Street Station - China Mieville

The Scar - China Mieville

Red Country - Joe Abercrombie

Best Served Cold - Joe Abercrombie

The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie

The Expanse - James SA Corey

Commonwealth - Peter Hamilton

Sufficiently Advanced Magic - Andrew Rowe

How to Defeat the Demon King in Ten Easy Steps - Andrew Rowe

Gunmetal Gods - Tamil Akhtar

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Frank L. Baum

Elric of Melnibone - Michael Moorcock

Spiderlight - Adrian Tchaikovsky

Blood Song - Anthony Ryan

The Pariah - Anthony Ryan

Seven Swords - Anthony Ryan

Darkblade Assassin - Andy Peloquin

Shows:

Band of Brothers

Alien Earth

Polybus

The Pacific

Movies:

Return to Oz

Games:

Deadspace

Alien Isolation

We're so back again! Evan and Chad discuss He Who Fights Monsters, Babel, Redwall, and Solo Leveling 

Other books mentioned: 

Empire of the Vampire - Jay Kristoff

Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman 

Cradle - Will Wight 

Blood Over Bright Haven - ML Wang 

Games Mentioned: 

Arc Raiders 

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Brian McClellan is an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for writing the trilogies The Powder Mage and Gods of Blood and Powder. His newest novella, Mr. Styke, takes place in the world of Powder Mage. 

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Amal El-Mohtar is an award winning speculative fiction author best known for This Is How You Lose The Time War and her newest novella The River Has Roots. I was so excited to sit down and talk craft and music with her. 

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Philip Fracassi is an American writer of horror, thriller, and science fiction. He has written multiple novels, screenplays, and short stories. He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award and the British Fantasy Award. He is the author of the novels A Child Alone with Strangers, Gothic, Boys in the Valley, The Third Rule of Time Travel, and The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre. He is also the author of the story collections Behold the Void, Beneath a Pale Sky, and No One is Safe!

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A long, spacy conversation with the ever-interesting Adrian Gibson, author of Mushroom Blues and Co-Host of the SFF Addicts Podcast 

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Get urself a white monster and a hostess snakc here's yet another stellar BRK episode you beautiful bookish lovelies

Tigana Special Edition:  https://conversationtreepress.com/pages/tigana-guy-gavriel-kay

Books Mentioned: 

Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay

The Hobbit - Jolkien Rolkien Ralkien Tolkien 

The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah

The Women - Kristin Hannah

Gardens Of The Moon (Malazan #1) - Steven Erikson

IT - Stephen King

The Long Walk - Stephen King

Day Of The Door - Laurel Hightower

Below - Laurel Hightower

Lies Of The Ajungo - Moses Ose Utomi

Murderbot - Martha Wells 

The Expanse - SA Corey 

A good morning to you all! Cozy up with the caffeinated drink of your choice and join Evan and Nick for their weekly bookish-leaning chat. 

Books Mentioned: 

It - Stephen King

Ascendant (Songs Of Chaos #1) - Michael R. Miller

The Invention Of Morel - Adolfo Bioy Casares

Anji In Shadow - Evan Leikam

Light Bringer - Pierce Brown

Into the Wild - Jack Krakauer

Into Thin Air - Jack Krakauer 

Just Kids - Patti Smith

Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain

Blood Under Bright Heaven - ML Wang

Gardens Of The Moon (Malazan #1) - Steven Erikson

Piranessi - Susanna Clarke

Shows Mentioned: 

Attack On Titan

Rings Of Power

Movies Mentioned: 

Superman (2025)

Jurassic Park: Dominion

Games Mentioned: 

Ghost of Tsushima

Ghost of Yotei

Spiderman

Middle Earth: Shadow Of War

Elden Ring