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- Campy On Purpose? (The Game of X/Condorman)Rounding out the Tri-Sheck-ta, the guys discuss the 1965 Robert Sheckley novella The Game of X and its 1981 “adaptation,” Condorman. Rankings!: Colin: Movie Book James: Book Movie Seth: Movie Book30 min
- Literal Screen Presence! (Immortality, Inc., by Robert Sheckley/Freejack)The guys discuss Robert Sheckley’s 1958 novel, Immortality, Inc. and its 1992 film adaptation (starring Mick Jagger), Freejack. Leg two of the Tri-Sheck-Ta is in the books! Rankings! Colin: Book/No Award James: Book/Movie Seth: Book/Movie1 hr 1 min
- Shot With a Happy Ending (The Prize of Peril, by Robert Sheckley)This time, the guys take on some Robert Sheckley in non-English adaptations, namely the 1970 German TV film Das Millionenspiel and the 1983 French film Le Prix Du Danger. Both of these films were adapted from Sheckley’s 1958 short story “The Prize of Peril.” Of course, we engaged a couple of our friends who were native speakers … Continue reading Shot With a Happy Ending (The Prize of Peril, by Robert Sheckley) →1 hr 1 min
- Dad Made a Rama (Rendezvous with Rama Adaptation, feat. Phil Nichols)Phil Nichols of Science Fiction 101 joins us to discuss the announced adaptation of Arthur C Clarke’s Rendezvous With Rama. Spoilers for the book! Notes: Science Fiction with Damien Walter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpZQEdnPYv4 All Judgement Fled, by James White: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1928718.All_Judgment_Fled1 hr 20 min
- Chekhov’s Vomit (8-Bit Christmas)For Christmas 2021, the guys discuss Kevin Jakubowski’s hilarious 8-Bit Christmas and its 2021 HBO Max adaptation. Rankings!: Colin: Movie Book James: Book Movie Seth: Book Movie0 min
- Try Some Chrono-Bismal! (Needle in a Timestack)The guys discuss Robert Silverberg’s 1966 short story, “Needle in a Timestack,” and the 2021 film adaptation of the same name. Rankings! Colin/James/Seth: short story movie0 min
- She’s The Invisible Man! (The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells)This time, the guys discuss H.G. Wells’s 1897 novel The Invisible Man and its 1933 film adaptation, as well as 2000’s Hollow Man and the 2020 film also named The Invisible Man. Rankings! Colin/James: 2020 film novel Alien Voices audio-drama 1933 film Hollow Man Seth: 2020 film 1933 film Alien Voices novel Hollow Man0 min
- I Like the Flying Fat Man (Dune, 2021 film)This time we follow up on Episode #50 by giving our instant reaction to the new 2021 film Dune.0 min
- Nosebleeds for Everyone! (“Button, Button” and The Box)Taking another work of short fiction, this time the guys discuss Richard Matheson’s short story “Button, Button,” adapted to a 1986 Twilight Zone episode of the same name, and also adapted to the 2009 movie The Box. Rankings! Colin/James/Seth: short story Twilight Zone movie Notes & Links: Funny or Die comedy short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7rzIwrEqpw CBS Radio Mystery Theater adaptation … Continue reading Nosebleeds for Everyone! (“Button, Button” and The Box) →46 min
- Drinking the Cadre Cola (The Running Man)Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast This time, the guys pick up a listener suggestion, from longtime listener Malc Foy, The Running Man, by Stephen King. Rankings! Colin: Movie/Book James: Book/Movie Seth: Movie/Book Note: We’ve been having some trouble with our digital recorder. I tried to mitigate the static/distortion we got in a few places, but if you hear it, … Continue reading Drinking the Cadre Cola (The Running Man) →53 min
About Take Me To Your Reader
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The Pavement Pounders discuss adapted science fiction, generally well-known films derived from written works. They read the book, watch the movie, watch remakes, reboots, re-adaptations, and give it…
all a good mulling over.