They boys are back for a proper Books Over Beer discussion. Though the COVID-19 pandemic meant more time at home, it did not necessarily mean more free time to play. Between working, teaching kids, working some more the boys were busy. Now that the summer is all done of course it was time to get back together and discuss a chapter\short story from "Haunted A Novel" by Chuck Palahniuk. For a 10-15 page chapter there really was a lot to discuss. The boys did play a clip from a fan made movie to help set the stage. Hope you all enjoy this episode. Go give us a 5 star rating, leave us a review and subscribe to the show while you are at it.

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The Nightmare box fan film by Heather Pasquazzi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TGqGt3fO4o&t=190s

On this very special episode of Discussions and Drinks we welcome back our Books Over Beer cohort Jonathon. He has been off recording episodes of his solo podcast Fortune's Wheel: A Podcast History of the Middle Ages. Though Jonathon has never seen a single episode of the show we discussed it was nice to have him back. This episode we talked both seasons of Netflix's Altered Carbon.

Altered Carbon TV series created by Laeta Kalogridis and based on the 2002 novel of the same title by English author Richard K. Morgan.

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Very excited to introduce the first episode of our new spin off - Discussions and Drinks. These episodes will expand out from books to include movies, TV series, philosophy, history, or just about anything that comes to mind. For our first discussion Mike and Nick get into Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (book and move), feminism in TV shows & movies, Doctor Who, and finally end on Star Wars Squadrons.

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Ender's Game Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SRizeR4MmU

Star Wars Squadron Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCcfJ9uEwvs

The tensions rise in part two of our conversation on Kim Stanley Robinson's book 2312. It darn near goes nuclear and Nick had to bleep himself at one point in the episode. Nick and Jonathon both refused to give any ground, nothing was solved, but does their friendship survive this confrontation? You will have to listen to find out!

Well this is the episode you all have been waiting for. It is definitely an episode Jonathon, Mike, and Nick have been dying to get to since they started the podcast. Over the next two episodes the boys will be getting into Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi book "2312." Both Jonathon and Nick have long been at odds over this book. It has been the butt of many inside jokes between the three of them. But where does Mike stand on the book? Well you will have to listen to find out. In part one the tension and angst starts to build and the gloves quickly come off. This is just the start. More action, arguing, and maybe even some shady undercuts happen in part 2! As a side not we don't know if you all believe in fate, numerology, or any thing of the sort. It was completely unplanned that the episode we would start discussing this book would be episode number 23.

This week's episode we finish up our review of Andy Weir's "The Martian." This sets up the moment that Nick has been waiting for, for a while. He and Jonathon will finally get to clash over "2312!"

The boys are back for the new year excited and ready to kick 2020 off right. Our first episode of the year they come back to this galaxy and talk about Andy Weir's book "The Martian", which also was on the silver screen in 2015. While Jonathon and Mike are huge fans of the main character, Mark Watney, Nick is not. This discrepancy does come to a head just a little bit through the conversation. We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and we are thankful for your support! Don't forget to give us a share, like, and comment.

Wow what a year it has been for the show! We made it to 20 episodes to end this year out! In our final episode of 2019 we finish our conversation on "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" by Christopher Moore. We do hope you had a great Christmas and hope you have a great and safe New Years Eve. Lastly, we hope your start to 2020 is a fantastic one. We really do appreciate all of you who listen and support this show!

A huge thanks,

Jonathon, Mike, and Nick