HPLD Podcasts

KENTARO MIURA!

In my excitement to talk about Berserk, I forgot to mention the name of its creator, Kentaro Miura! My apologies!

In this episode, we talked about:

Earthdivers by Stephen Graham Jones https://bit.ly/3TH6rus

Berserk by Kentaro Miura https://bit.ly/41HJHMO

Never Met a Duke Like You Amalie Howard https://bit.ly/3vjooVK

Strange Matter: Bad Circuits

And we mentioned, without getting too in-depth:

The Lord of the Rings by JR.R. Tolkein (as read by Andy Serkis)

The Duke of the Abruzzi by Mirella Tenderini, Michael Shandrick

Goosebumps: Welcome to the Dead House by R.L. Stine https://bit.ly/3GZ1zcs

Soichi by Junji Ito

Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor https://bit.ly/3NKirr1

We are BACK, and for the first time we're broadcasting from LINC Library Innovation Center's podcast studio, and it's AWESOME! Couldn't be simpler, just sit down, push a couple buttons, and you're off!

This time we covered:

Arrangements in Blue by Amy Key: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2332616

Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2329387

The Viking Heart by Arthur Herman: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2276699

Every Wish Way by Shannon Bright: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2340625

The Making of the Movie Leprechaun - "I Need Me Gold!" by B. Harrison Smith

Evil Bigfoot Monster by FF Monsoon

There's a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2290661

Playground by Aron Beauregard

On this special comeback episode:

Peter brings:

Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith, art by Boulet: https://bit.ly/3OwRGpJ

Extreme Canvas by Ernie Wolfe III

The Punisher: Epic Collection Return to Big Nothing: https://bit.ly/45o6Mof

The Unfortunates by B.S. Johnson

Meagan brings:

To The Edges of the Earth : 1909, the race for the three poles, and the climax of the age of exploration by Edward J. Larson: https://bit.ly/3OzUMtd

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes: https://bit.ly/3ORIbmj

Aliens, the essential comics: script, Mark Verheiden ; art, Mark A. Nelson, Denis Beauvais, Sam Kieth ; covers, Denis Beauvais & John Bolton: https://bit.ly/3Yw9F4a

Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews: https://bit.ly/3OVF0uc

We’re back with 8 more titles, 4 discussed in-depth, 4 discussed in a lesser amount of depth!

This time, Peter brought

101 Things I Learned in Film School by Neil Landau https://bit.ly/45TfEn6

Radioactive Dreams: The Cinema of Albert Pyun by Justin Decloux (this one isn’t available in HPLD’s collection, but you can get it here: https://bit.ly/3WWX4pO)

Mr. Burns by Ann Washburn https://bit.ly/3MTyHow

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bit.ly/42Bbcqk

As an add-on to that one, here’s a link to a great video discussing the Doom Wad, My House. https://bit.ly/3MWiChT

Meagan brought:

Human Monsters by Various https://bit.ly/3Cdndrb

The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish Swish Swish by Lil Miss Hot Mess https://bit.ly/3X1XU4P

A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher https://bit.ly/43tx8ER

A Peculiar Combination by Ashley Weaver https://bit.ly/3Nio93I

We're back with 8 books to chill your bones or possibly warm your hearts or possibly change the temperature of some portion of you, but in a good way.

This time around, Meagan brings to the table 2 Ilona Andrews titles, a 50% reduction in Ilona Andrews recommendations from last time (I asked, she's okay, just excited about a couple other authors at the moment):

Blitz by Daniel O'Malley https://bit.ly/42KAQsW

Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews https://bit.ly/42waUle

Not That Duke by Eloisa James https://bit.ly/42QxLaR

Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews https://bit.ly/42ORzeD

And Peter managed to bring 4 alternatives to classic books:

Astro City Confessions by Kurt Busiek instead of Phantom of the Opera https://bit.ly/44UiibC

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt instead of As I Lay Dying by WIlliam Faulkner https://bit.ly/3VVIFKj

Penny Nichols by M.K. Reed instead of The Scarlet Letter https://bit.ly/3O08eb6

Tenements, Towers and Trash by Julia Wertz instead of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn https://bit.ly/42YjSHS

In this episode, we talk about 4 books in-depth, 4 in-shallow.

One of our hosts, Meagan, went hard in the paint on a new favorite author, Ilona Andrews, and brought FOUR books by the same author! But they sound like bangers, so all is good.

Meagan's Books:

1. Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews (Hidden Legacy #1) https://bit.ly/438bdU0

2. Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews (Hidden Legacy #3.5) https://bit.ly/3UfpytV

3. Sapphire Flames (Hidden Legacy #4) https://bit.ly/415i5Q9

4. Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles #1) https://bit.ly/436Wgl8

Peter's Books

1. A Movie Making Nerd by James Rolfe https://bit.ly/3mdnCoU

2. NBA Jam by Reyan Ali https://bit.ly/40FZ5rE

3. Refuse to Be Done by Matt Bell https://bit.ly/3ZM5FMb

4. Fantastic Four Full Circle by Alex Ross https://bit.ly/3zypn3l

In this episode, our hosts each pick four books, we select a couple to talk about in-depth, then cover the rest very briefly at the end.

"Which books?" you might be asking?

Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin

Liar City by Allie Therin: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2319104

Rain by Joe Hill, adapted by David M. Booher & illustrated by Zoe Thorogood: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2322521

The Man I Never Met by Elle Cook: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2316588

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes by Jeff Strand

Supergirl: World of Tomorrow by Tom King: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/15254841

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2237187

Batman: The Dark Knight Detective by Mike W. Barr: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12095430

In this episode, we discuss:

Attack of the Stuff by Jim Benton (https://bit.ly/3X7Wjst)

And Yet by Kate Baer (https://bit.ly/3Y647MQ)

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso (https://bit.ly/3DF88ja)

Pregnesia by Carla Cassidy (https://bit.ly/3l9NLEa)

We didn’t quite get to:

Giant Days by John Allison (https://bit.ly/3Rz6ENi)

Deadpool vs. Thanos by Tim Seeley (https://bit.ly/2L4j7G1)

Galatea by Madeline Miller (https://bit.ly/3l2f9UJ)

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (https://bit.ly/3DEahvs)

Meagan's Most Anticipated for 2023

1. How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (1/17/23)

2. Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (8/15/23)

3. The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (4/18/23)

4. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert (1/3/23) – but really a hopeful placeholder for the Skybriar series of Jane Austen retellings, which will hopefully be released sometime in ’23.

5. Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood (6/13/23)

6. Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas (8/29/23)

7. Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn (1/24/23)

8. Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes (2/7/23)

9. The Davenports by Krystal Marquis (1/31/23)

10. The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter (8/8/23)

Peter's Most Anticipated for 2023

1. Greener Pastures by Chuck Palahniuk (??)

2. How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (1/17/23)

3. In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune (4/25/23)

4. The Ferryman by Justin Cronin (5/2/23)

5. The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks (5/9/23)

6. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (1/17/23)

7. Where Are Your Boys Tonight? By Chris Payne (6/6/23)

8. Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams (4/25/23)

9. The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley (1/10/23)

10. The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (7/18/23) This is Peter: I forgot to talk about this one in the excitement of all the books and the new year and whatnot, but it promises to be an exciting, space-based whodunit? with vibes straight out of Danny Boyle’s Sunshine!

HPLD Writer in Residence Rob Walker treated us with a live reading of UTOPIA!, and we were lucky enough to record the audio. We present it to you here along with some AI-generated art that was cycling in the background.

The reading is a little over an hour, and there's a bonus Q&A at the end as well.

Special thanks to Atlas Theater and the cast of UTOPIA!:

Teresa Sugi

Daniel Mothershed

Seth Willis

Kimberly Destree

Brent Buckingham

Andrea Camacho

Emory Gillespie

Heather Hughes

Miguel Munoz

Rob Hageman

Rob Walker