Cracking the Spine

Josh and Sean get really deep down in the geekery this week, discussing the points where Peter Jackson's film adaptations depart from the source Tolkien mythology. Fortunately for Zane, she misses the whole thing.

Music Used: Tennessee Valley by: Honeychurch

Books Discussed:

Abomination by: Gary Whitta

A Head Full of Ghosts by: Paul Tremblay

And Again by: Jessica Chiarella

The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook by: Rosanna Pansino

The Hobbit by: J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings by: J.R.R. Tolkien

Music used: The Dinner Song by: Honeychurch

Books mentioned:

The Fold by: Peter Cline

Make Something Up: Stories You Can’t Unread by: Chuck Palahniuk

The Children’s Home by: Charles Lambert

Made To Kill by: Adam Christopher

And Again by: Jessica Chiarella

Mad Max: Fury Road by: Lee Bermejo, George Miller

A Story Of God And All Of Us by: Roma Downey, Mark Burnett

The usual gang o'three get together to discuss the phenomenon of binging out on media. Television shows, authors, and other kinds of binge consumption of entertainment are broken down to their core elements. It's neat!

Music Used: Miko II by: Honeychurch

Books Mentioned:

The Children’s Home by: Charles Lambert

The Fold by: Peter Clines

Berkeley Breathed S Academia Waltz and Other Profound Transgressions by: Berkeley Breathed

There Is No God And He Is Always With You: A Search For God In Odd Places by: Brad Warner

Heart Shaped Box by: Joe Hill

NOS4A2 by: Joe Hill

Quicksilver: Volume One Of The Baroque Cycle by: Neal Stephenson

This week the gang delves deeply and greedily into a topic near and dear to their hearts - video games. While most of the conversation centers around Skyrim, it turns out there are other games too.

This week is dedicated to Don Barnes, Donnie Van Zant, and everyone who holds on loosely.

Music used: Never by: Honeychurch

Books mentioned:

Sleeping Giants by: Sylvain Neuvel

Mr. Eternity by: Aaron Thier

Abomination by: Gary Whitta

The Fold by: Peter Clines

Once again we go to the listener mailbox for a topic, this time taking on why people don't read. Josh, being a bit of an expert in these things, weighs in. Sean and Zane provide some insight as well. You decide if that insight is worthy!

Music used: Welcome Home, Spacegirl by: Honeychurch

Books mentioned:

The Windup Girl by: Paolo  Bacigalupi

Abomination by: Gary Whitta

Sleeping Giants by: Sylvain Neuvel

The Fold by: Peter Clines

Armada by: Ernest Cline

The Diary Of A Young Girl by: Anne Frank

The Girl On The Train by: Paula Hawkins

Great Expectations by: Charles Dickens

The Martian by: Andy Weir

This week we discuss young adult literature, and why we do or don't read it. It doesn't quite come to blows, but boy, it comes close!

Music used: The Dream is Over by: Honeychurch

Books mentioned:

Abomination by: Gary Whitta

Duma Key by: Stephen King

The Windup Girl by: Paolo Bacigalupi

Sleeping Giants by: Sylvain Neuvel

Mad Max: Fury Road by: Lee Bermejo, George Miller

The World’s Worst Poetry by: Stephen Robins

The Joy Of Sex by: Alex Comfort, Susan Quilliam

Maniac Magee by: Jerry Spinelli

A Head Full Of Ghosts by: Paul Tremblay

The Maze Runner by: James Dashner

Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by: Rick Riordan

The Outsiders by: S. E. Hinton

Twilight by: Stephenie Meyer

The Hunger Games by: Suzanne Collins

Divergent by: Veronica Roth

Zane and Sean tackle the perception of science fiction in popular culture. Is it just for stunted male children, or can anyone explore the worlds of the genre? Listen and learn!

Music Used - Chancery Lane by: Honeychurch

Books mentioned:

Abomination by: Gary Whitta

Bream Gives Me Hiccups by: Jesse Eisenberg

Duma Key by: Stephen King

The Martian by: Andy Weir

The Girl On The Train by: Paula Hawkins

Corrections by: Jonathan Franzen

Freedom by: Jonathan Franzen

Killing Regan: The Violent Assault That Changed A Presidency by: Bill O’Reily, Martin Dugard

 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter, Book 1): The Illustrated Edition

The gang sets off with no road map, no destination, and no stated topic for discussion. They end up talking hobbies, sharpening pencils, and the bossiness of a host's child.

Music Used: Falling Leaves by Honeychurch

Books mentioned:

Abomination by: Gary Whitta

Dead House by: Dawn Kurtagich

The Cure For Dreaming by: Cat Winters

Bream Gives Me Hiccups by: Jesse Eisenberg

This week we discuss the art form of making words into things called poems. Originally the gang is all pretty convinced that it is a crap form, but come to discover that maybe it's awesome? And then Josh and Sean battle, slam-poet style. Can you dig it, Jackson?

Music used: Before you Leave by: Honeychurch

Books mentioned:

The Cure For Dreaming by: Cat Winters

Dead House by: Dawn Kurtagich

Bream Gives Me Hiccups by: Jesse Eisenberg

Press Start To Play by: Daniel H. Wilson, John Joseph Adams

Abomination by: Gary Whitta

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by: Mark Twain

The Aeneid by: Virgil, translation by Robert Fagles

Dante’s Inferno adapted by: Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders, illustrated by Sandow Birk

Beowulf: A Translation And Commentary by: J. R. R. Tolkien

The Poems Of Catullus by: Gaius Valerius Catullus

Where The Sidewalk Ends by: Shel Silverstein