Did You Read The Book?

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guests, Dan Rector and Keith Daniel, as we rediscover a cult classic, geek out about sweet power armor, and have a few groans around some interesting writing style choices in Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein.

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The Librarian by D.G.P. Rector

BattleTech: Shrapnel, Issue #11 (The Official BattleTech Magazine); featuring (and cover art inspired by!) The Plowshare by D.G.P. Rector

Mysterion; featuring The Binding and the Ram by D.G.P. Rector

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Recommendations From My Guests

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption - A Novella by Stephen King

Shawshank Redemption directed by Frank Darabont (1994)

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Armor by John Steakley

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If you like Did You Read The Book?, don't be shy and share with your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you see fit! You can also follow me on Twitter (@DYRTBPodcast), Threads, Facebook, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iTunes, Tune In/Alexa, Spotify, and Pandora!

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Music composed and produced by Abek

Cover art created by Jared Stokes

Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Spencer Fife (we can never be rid of him, lucky me!), as we rediscover an age-old classic, break down all the Christmas tropes, and the quirky adaptations that have sprung from this beloved story of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Recommendations From My Guest

Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire AMC Series created by Rolin Jones

Watchmen written by Alan Moore & illustrated by Dave Gibbons

My Recommendations

Watchmen HBO Series created by Damon Lindelof

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If you like Did You Read The Book?, don't be shy and share with your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you see fit! You can also follow me on Twitter (@DYRTBPodcast), Threads, Facebook, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iTunes, Tune In/Alexa, Spotify, and Pandora!

About The Show

Music composed and produced by Abek

Cover art created by Jared Stokes

Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around death and sexual abuse. Please be advised.

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Spencer Fife, as we fawn over the beautiful backdrops, mad wizardry of cinematography, and swan dive back into yet another love fest for all things Taika all the time with Hunt for the Wilderpeople directed by (sigh, my heartthrob) Taika Waititi.

Recommendations From My Guest

Verity by Colleen Hoover

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

My Recommendations

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

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If you like Did You Read The Book?, don't be shy and share with your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you see fit! You can also follow me on Twitter (@DYRTBPodcast), Threads, Facebook, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iTunes, Tune In/Alexa, Spotify, and Pandora!

About The Show

Music composed and produced by Abek

Cover art created by Jared Stokes

Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guest, Yvonne Worden, as we wade through the unbelievably complex creation of stop motion films, discuss beautiful themes of epic proportions, and officially kick off the spooky season with Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

Recommendations From My Guest

An Education of An Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power

Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson

Maiden Voyage by Tania Aebi

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

My Recommendations

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Find Me Online

If you like Did You Read The Book?, don't be shy and share with your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you see fit! You can also follow me on Twitter (@DYRTBPodcast), Threads, Facebook, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iTunes, Tune In/Alexa, Spotify, and Pandora!

About The Show

Music composed and produced by Abek

Cover art created by Jared Stokes

Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around suicide, sexual abuse and assault. Please be advised.

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my two guests, Julie McCulloch-Francis and Kendall Lawley, as we very actively break both rules 1 and 2 over the phenomenal imagery, wicked prose, and get really serious with our next thesis topic in Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk.

Recommendations

Tony and Susan by Austin Wright

The Southern Vampire Mysteries (aka The Sookie Stackhouse Series) by Charlaine Harris

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If you like Did You Read The Book?, don't be shy and share with your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you see fit! You can also follow me on Twitter (@DYRTBPodcast), Threads, Facebook, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iTunes, Tune In/Alexa, Spotify, and Pandora!

About The Show

Music composed and produced by Abek

Cover art created by Jared Stokes

Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around murder, suicide, sexual abuse and assault, mental abuse, physical abuse, self harm, unstable mental health, and toxic relationships. Please be advised.

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, BJ Kingery, as we have a mini melt down about the breathtaking intrigue, sociopathic characters and the doozy of a plot twist in Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.

Recommendations

The Institute by Stephen King

Things Heard and Seen directed by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini

All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage

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If you like Did You Read The Book?, don't be shy and share with your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you see fit! You can also follow me on Twitter (@DYRTBPodcast), Threads, Facebook, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iTunes, Tune In/Alexa, Spotify, and Pandora!

About The Show

Music composed and produced by Abek

Cover art created by Jared Stokes

Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer

Hi all my lovelies! I just wanted to give a little thank you message to wrap up my very first year of the podcast! To all my listeners, guests and fellow collaborators: You are amazing and I couldn't have gotten here with out any one of you. Thank you for being my podcast fam!

Erin

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Dan Rector, as we have yet another freak out over the amazing (and bizarre) storytelling, artwork and blood curdling details of the infamous Jack the Ripper murders in From Hell written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Eddie Campbell.

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Mysterion; featuring On Charis Station by D.G.P. Rector

Analog Magazine Q&A

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Recommendations From My Guest

Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Dune The Board Game

My Recommendations

Dune by Frank Herbert

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If you like Did You Read The Book?, don't be shy and share with your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you see fit! You can also follow me on Twitter (@DYRTBPodcast), Threads, Facebook, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iTunes, Tune In/Alexa, Spotify, and Pandora!

About The Show

Music composed and produced by Abek

Cover art created by Jared Stokes

Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guest, Spencer Fife, as we dive into the turbulent era of WWII, break down what life was like in the Hitler Youth and get completely side tracked fawning over everything Taika Waititi in Caging Skies by Christine Leunens.

Recommendations From My Guest

ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times by Andrew MacLean

SP4RX by Wren McDonald

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If you like Did You Read The Book?, don't be shy and share with your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you see fit! You can also follow me on Twitter (@DYRTBPodcast), Threads, Facebook, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iTunes, Tune In/Alexa, Spotify, and Pandora!

About The Show

Music composed and produced by Abek

Cover art created by Jared Stokes

Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around murder, suicide, sexual abuse and assault, mental abuse, physical abuse, substance abuse and addiction, self harm, unstable mental health, and toxic relationships. Please be advised.

If you or someone you know struggles with self-harm or substance abuse, please seek help by contacting the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) at 1-800-622-HELP (4357).

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and Julie McCulloch-Francis (my other trusty sidekick), as we break down severely broken family dynamics, the journey of an addict, and try not to break down ourselves as we delve into the abyss that is Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. This is by far our darkest episode yet, folks. Oye vey.

Recommendations From My Guest

An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley

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If you like Did You Read The Book?, don't be shy and share with your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you see fit! You can also follow me on Twitter (@DYRTBPodcast), Threads, Facebook, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iTunes, Tune In/Alexa, Spotify, and Pandora!

About The Show

Music composed and produced by Abek

Cover art created by Jared Stokes

Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer