Bros Book Club

With Dune Part 2 out, the bros return to the world of Arrakis and finish their discussion on Frank Herbert's Dune, as well as its now complete adaptation from Denis Villeneuve.

If you missed our first episode on Dune, check out our first discussion where we'll cover more of the book, as well as the Villeneuve's Dune Part 1.

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The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.
Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

The bros discuss the short story Forlesen by Gene Wolfe, and contemplate the absurdity of corporate America.

The Bros Meridian episode is here. The bros sit down with Nerdy Ernie to discuss Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece, Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West

The bros discuss three Jorge Luis Borges short stories: 

Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote

The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim

Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

This is Fourges! Our 4th episode on the great Jorge Luis Borges. Ryan and Ernie discuss two more short stories from the master: The Circular Ruins and The Lottery in Babylon. 

The Circular Ruins - 1:19

The Lottery in Babylon - 39:20

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The bros continue their Borges education with two more short stories written by the grandmaster: The Garden of Forking Paths; and A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain

The bros of BBC talk Dune by Frank Herbert; the novel, the movie, and the series as a whole. 

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem.

Frank Herbert's classic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time.

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for....

When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul's family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.

A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.