Things We Read Instead

Hello Readers.

Here's Chris' take on The Crimson Petal and The White and what he read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at [email protected], follow us on Instagram.

Here’s a list of the books mentioned in the podcast.

The Crimson Petal and The White by Michel Faber

Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

Come back in two weeks when Vic will give you her recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Chris' recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of The Terror, along with the traditional ding dong of the traditional trivial argument. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. and get in touch via email at [email protected],

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.

The Terror by Dan Simmons

Who Goes There? by John W Cambell

Polar Horror by

Franklin by Andrew Lambert

Ice Ghosts by Paul Watson

Endurance by Alfred Lansing

Lady Franklin’s Revenge by Ken McGoogan

The Terror

Thing From Another World

Horror Express

The Faculty

The Abominable Snowman

Ice Warriors

The Seeds of Doom

Alien v Predator

Shackleton 

National Maritime Museum

We will see you soon for our next episode and you can find out what Chris thought about next months read and what he read as well as or instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Vic's take on The Terror and what she read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at [email protected], follow us on Instagram.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.

The Terror by Dan Simmons

Hell House by Richard Matheson

Down Cemetery Road by Mick Herron

Bloodlust and Bonnets by Emily McGovern

She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor

Come back in two weeks when Chris will give you his recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Vic's recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of Rivers of London, along with the traditional ding dong of the traditional trivial argument. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. and get in touch via email at [email protected],

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronvitch

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

London Falling by Paul Cornell

The Devil You Know by Mike Carey

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

Every Dead Thing by John Connolly

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Magnus Archives / Magnus Protocol

Lovecraft Investigations 

Doctor Who Season 4 (2018)

A Discovery of Witches (2018)

Grimm (2011)

Penny Dreadful (2014)

Hot Fuzz 2007

Men in Black 1997

Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)

We will see you soon for our next episode and you can find out what Vic thought about next months read and what she read as well as or instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Chris' take on Rivers of London and what he read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in two weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at [email protected], follow us on Instagram.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronvitch

The First Day on The Somme by Martin Middlebrooke

Tommy by Richard Holmes

Who Goes There? by John W Campbell

Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronvitch

Come back in two weeks when Vic will give you her recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.

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Hello Readers. We had a good old ding dong on this one so we’ve decided to split this episode in two. This will be the format from now on so you get time to read alone, send us your praise or arguments and you get two episodes a month. We’ll be here the second and fourth Monday of each month. Thanks for your support. 

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Content Warning - This book was first published in 1885. Although it was written as an adventure story it is of its time and includes colonial attitudes and racist slurs. We will be discussing this in detail but we will obviously not be repeating any of the offensive language. Tread carefully.

Thanks for listening. Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.

King Solomon's Mines by Rider Haggard

Flashman by George Macdonald Fraser, 1969

The Tartan Turban by John Keay, 2017

The First Respectable Spy, Jock Haswell, 1969

Wellington's Spies, Mary Mcgrigor, 2005

Zulu, Saul David, 2005

Leiningen Versus the Ants, Carl Stephenson, 1938

Men, Women, and Chainsaws, Carol J. Clover, 1992

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984

The Mummy, 1999

King Kong, 1933

Mountains of the Moon, 1990

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 2003

Ripping Yarns, 1976-9

Next months read

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Hello Readers. As you’ll hear, we had a good old ding dong on this one so we’ve decided to split this episode in two. You’ll hear Chris’ recommendations for what you could have read or watched instead in two weeks. This will be the format from now on so you get time to read alone, send us your praise or arguments and you get two episodes a month. We’ll be here the second and fourth Monday of each month. Thanks for your support. 

Like, subscribe, email at [email protected], follow us on Instagram.

Content Warning - This book was first published in 1885. Although it was written as an adventure story it is of its time and includes colonial attitudes and racist slurs. We will be discussing this in detail but we will obviously not be repeating any of the offensive language. Tread carefully.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.

King Solomon's Mines by Rider Haggard

The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell

Laidlaw by William McIlvanney

The Plantagenets by Dan Jones

Abroad in Japan by Chris Broad

The Lighthouse Witches by C J Cooke

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Thanks for listening. A list of the books, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast will be added shortly.

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Thanks for listening. Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.

Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier 

Zulu by Saul David

Ghost of the British Museum by Noah Angell

The Tank Museum

Saltblood by Francesca De Tores

Grace O’Malley by Anne Chambers

The Wager by David Grann

Pirate Women by Laura Sook Duncombe

On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers

Life Amount The Pirates by David Cordingly

Captain Blood (1935)

Our Flag Means Death (2022)

Frenchman’s Creek (1944)

The Princess Bride (1987)

Muppet Treasure Island (1996)

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)

Jill Bearup YouTube

Black Sails (2014)

Next months read

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Thanks for listening. Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in both parts of the podcast.

Content Warning - this episode deals with a non-fiction book dealing with the second world war. From the outset there will be graphic descriptions of injury, warfare and discussions of suicide. Tread carefully!

Crucible of Hell by Saul David

Everywhere by Billy Bragg

1916 by Sabaton

With The Old Breed by E B Sledge

The Pacific (2010)

Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch

If We Were Villains by M L Rio

Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris

The Sin Eater by Megan Campisi

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