Stories To Drive By

I am excited to share the return of Stories to Drive By with you my listeners, friends, and family. Thank you all for supporting me and being there for me. Our first episode back is on the ever amazing Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I had a lot of fun reading this as well as producing this episode. Thank you so much for the patience as I brought it to you. As ever if you have any questions, comments, or perhaps something you would like for me to read, please reach out to me at [email protected] I look forward to hearing from you and sincerely hope you enjoy this episode. My thanks goes out to all of you who helped make it possible.

This chapter is a little bit different from our other chapters in that I am taking a more relaxed approach and instead of sharing a specific story taking a look at one of the oldest books available and a bit of philosophy in Sun Tzu's: The Art of War. As always if you have any questions, comments or perhaps something you would like for me to read please reach out to me at [email protected]. Thank you for listening

Special Thanks to Alexander Nakarada again for the fantastic score that I feel really brings my podcast to life.

Stories to Drive By is the podcast where I take a good look at a piece of literature in hopes of inspiring you to do the same. In todays episode I look at the classic Mary Shelley's Frankentstein. Also known as the modern Prometheus. I loved looking at the brilliance of this author and the beauty in the way that she writes. Please enjoy it and as always if you have any questions, comments, or something you yourself would like me to read please reach out to me at [email protected]

Special thanks to Aitua for the soundtrack I used for backing this episode. It truly rounds out the feel and experience.

In this chapter we will be taking a look at a new book from a new author adapting an old but very relevant story. Bathsheba comes straight out of the pages of the book of Proverbs and comes to life in Kay Kelman's adaptation. The story has many lessons that we can all take from it no matter what our walk of life may be. Please enjoy and as always if you have any questions, comments, or something you may like for me to read please reach out to me at [email protected]

Special thanks to Alexander Nakarada again for the use of your phenomenal music for my background 

and also special thanks to the most wonderful mother in the world, Victoria Kelman. Rest up and recover. We love you.

We have a fantastic chapter of Marian L Thorpe's Oraiaphon for Stories to Drive By! The podcast where I take a good look at literature to share with you and encourage you to do the same. This was a fantastic fast read that I am sure many of you will enjoy. If you have any questions, comments or perhaps something you would like me to read please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]. Thank you for listening

Special thanks for the background audio go to Alexander Nakarada:

The Lone Wolf by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com

Welcome back listeners to the podcast where I get to take a good look at a piece of literature and share it with you. This is our special Halloween bonus episode released at approximately the same time as our 5th episode Oraiaphon. That episodes book is written by Marian L. Thorpe and this bonus is a spooky tale just in time for Halloween by the brothers Grimm. As always if you enjoy the episode and have any questions, comments, or perhaps something you would like me to read please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]. Thank you for listening and have a safe fun spooky Halloween!

Benjamin

Special thanks go to:

Alexander Nakarada for the use of their phenomenal background music yet again.

Halloween Theme 1 by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com

In this episode we take a look at The Brothers Grimm and at some of their contributions to literature as well as the idea that some artists can grow to have an impact beyond even their own works. We will be doing a short later this month in time for Halloween and a 5th episode should air around the same time looking at the newer novel Oraiaphon by Marian L Thorpe. As always if you have questions, comments or something you would like for me to read you can reach me at [email protected].

Special Thanks in this Episode to Aitua for their scores used in the background. That is parts 2-4 of The Gray Forest. 

And Special recognition to my little brother, my Irish twin Tim.

Welcome back! In this chapter we will be taking a look at the immortal classic that is Beowulf and several of it's adaptations in a slight diversion from our normal format. We will consider what it takes to make a classic classic and what makes a good adaptation. This is our third chapter please feel free to enjoy them all. If you have any questions, comments, or something you would like for me to read please reach out to me at [email protected]  This chapter was a lot of fun to make and I hope just as much fun for you to listen to.

Special Thanks to Alexander Nakarada for the soundtrack entitled Wanderers.

In this chapter we get to look at a fantastic piece of modern literature titled Storytellers by Bjorn Larssen. Storytellers is an engrossing read from start to finish weaving an intricate web so that all parts blend by the end. Next chapter will be Beowulf and I hope to produce 2 chapters a month. If you have anything you would like me to read, any questions comments or thoughts you might like to share please feel free to reach me at [email protected] and always live your life so that it is a story worth telling.

Special thanks go to: 

Bjorn Larssen for writing this wonderful piece of fiction and allowing me to share it with all of you.

Alexander Nakarada for the moving and fitting piece of music that fit so nicely into this segment

And Importantly my sister Adella for believing in me and introducing me to Bjorn which really made this entire episode possible.

Stories to drive by is an opportunity for you to learn about a book you may have otherwise overlooked or not heard of. It is a chance for me to share my love of literature with you the listener and to perhaps interest you enough in any given story to entice you to go out and pick up a copy of it for yourself. Today I will be looking at "A Princess of Mars" By Edgar Rice Burroughs. If you do not know that title it was made into a movie titled John Carter not all that terribly long ago. This will hopefully give you a taste of the authors writing style as I read from the intro and the first chapter. Please listen and enjoy the story just as I have enjoyed reading it and bringing it to you.

For any questions or comments or things you may want me to read please reach me at [email protected]