Three Hoarsemen

Your Intrepid Heroes, Paul Weimer and Fred Kiesche, discuss ReaderCon, Gene Wolfe, blogging and podcasts.

With a hat tip to our mentor of erudite tomes, John Stevens and to Jeff Patterson (who, sadly, had to miss the conversation due to that silly “work” thing).

Boston Beans!

Fred Kiesche with Paul Weimer

Paul Weimer

Paul Weimer’s Photography

Paul Weimer at Tor Dot Com

Paul Weimer at Barnes & Noble

Paul Weimer at Skiffy and Fanty

Paul Weimer at Nerds of a Feather

SFF Audio

Fred Kiesche

ReaderCon

The Fifth Head of Cerberus (Gene Wolfe)

The Fifth Head of Cerberus Coverage (Fabio Fernandes)

Marcel Proust: In Search of Lost Time

Richard Auffrey: The Passionate Foodie

The Tipsy Sensei Series

Works by Richard Auffrey

Your Intrepid Heroes, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche, discuss books. So many books!

With a hat tip to our mentor of erudite tomes, John Stevens.

Books!

Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson

Links from Jeff Patterson

Chuck Wendig: Wanderers—A Novel

Book Nook, Decatur GA

McKay’s Books, Chattanooga TN

Remembering Johnson’s Bookstore, Springfield MA

Ada Hoffmann: The Outside

Lisa Yaszek (editor): The Future is Female

The Future is Female website

Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files

Ardath Mayhar (entry in SF Encyclopedia)

Somtow Sucharitkul / S. P. Somtow: Fire from the Wine Dark Sea

Alan Moore: Jerusalem

Ann & Jeff Vandermeer (editors): The Big Book of Classic Fantasy

Links from Fred Kiesche

Last Laugh: ‘Mad’ Magazine Will Soon Disappear From Newstands

Fabio Fernandes: Gene Wolfe Re-Read Introduction

Fabio Fernandes: The Fifth Head of Cerberus

Fabio Fernandes: Peace

The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast

Alzabo Soup

The Urth Mailing List

Gene Wolfe: The Fifth Head of Cerberus

Gene Wolfe: Peace (note: despite there being a note on the cover about an essay by Neil Gaiman, and despite Tor assuring me they would correct the eBook, the only place to find said essay is in the paper edition!)

Isaac Asimov: An Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule

Andre Norton: Time Traders 01 (The Time Traders and Galactic Derelict)

William Gibson: Pattern Recognition

(The Incomparable coverage of Pattern Recognition)

Glen Cook: The Black Company Port of Shadows Shadows Linger

Gene Wolfe: The Shadow of the Torturer (part of Shadow and Claw, an omnibus and The Complete Book of the New Sun, an omnibus). Storeys from the Old Hotel

George Alec Effinger: When Gravity Fails

John McPhee: Basin and Range (part of The Annals of the Former World**)

Clifford D. Simak: New Folks’ Home

In this episode of The Three Hoarsemen, your Intrepid Heroes, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche, swelter under bubbles of heated air of dubious quality and discuss…comics! The sad thing is at least one of them actually remembers when comics cost a dime. How old are these guys, anyway?

With a hat tip to our mentor of comics trivia, John Stevens.

Hey Kids! Comics!

Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche

Notes from Jeff Patterson

Vertigo Comics: An Obituary

Doom Patrol (DC Universe)

Swamp Thing (DC Universe)

Alan Moore: Supreme in the Kirby-verse

Conan vs. Wolverine

Savage Avengers (trailer)

[Red Sonja and Vampirella meet Betty and Veronica](http://)

Second link to above.

Third link to above.

Notes from Fred Kiesche

Good Omens (The Miniseries)

Christian Group Petitions Netflix to Cancel “Good Omens”

Tor Dot Com: 10 Details You May Miss in “Good Omens” if You Haven’t Read the Book

Good Omens (the book)

Good Omens (the series))

Abbott (Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivela)

Alien 3 (William Gibson and Johnnie Christmas)

Archangel (William Gibson, Bruce Guice and Tom Palmer)

Avengers Masterworks 01: Avengers 001-010 (Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Don Heck)

Books of Magic (Kat Howard, Tom Fowler, Jordan Boyd)

Captain Marvel (2012-2013) (Kelly Sue Deconnick & Co.)

Cover (Brian Michael Bendis and David Mack)

The Dreaming (Simon Spurrier, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes, Abigail Larson, Quinton Winter)

Fantastic Four Masterworks 01: FF 001-010 (Jack Kirby and Stan Lee)

FreakAngels Warren Ellis & Paul Duffield)

Giant Days (John Allison, Julian Kaye and Max Sarin)

Global Frequency (Warren Ellis and Divers Hands)

House of Whispers (Nalo Hopkinson and Dan Watters)

Injection (Warren Ellis and Divers Hands)

The Life of Captain Marvel (Margaret Stohl, Carlos Pacheco, Marguerite Sauvage)

Lucifer (Mike Carey and Peter Gross)

The Mighty Captain Marvel: Alien Nation (Margaret Stohl and Ramon Rosanas)

Miles Morales—Spider-Man (Saladin Ahmed & Company)

Magnificent Ms. Marvel (Saladin Ahmed and Minkyu Jung)

Pearl (Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos)

Scarlet (Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev)

Schlock Mercenary (Howard Tayler)

Supreme Blue Rose (Warren Ellis and Tula Lotay)

Trees (Warren Ellis and Jason Howard)

The Wild Storm (Warren Ellis and Jon Davis-Hunt)

Going Postal (mini-series)

Going Postal (book) and Moist von Lipwig branch of the Discworld series.

Blackadder

And we are back (so soon?, the plaintive cries arise) with a look at the ultimate science fiction film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, as a result of Fred’s multi-volume dive into various behind the scenes looks at the film, as well as a biography of Sir Arthur C. Clarke and some side jaunts into interests inspired by Clarke.

Along the way we also delve into comedy and the horror of a remake of the classic. It’s the Ultimate Log of the Ultimate Trip.

We're right on time, celebrating 50 years of 2001, a year late.

Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson

Source Code:

2001: A Space Odyssey (the movie)

2001: A Space Odyssey (the novel)

Behind the Scenes:

Jerome Agel (editor): The Making of Kubrick’s 2001

Michael Benson: Space Odyssey—Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece

Piers Bizony: The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey**

Piers Bizony: 2001—Filming the Future

Arthur C. Clarke: The Lost Worlds of 2001

Christopher Frayling: The 2001 File—Harry Lange and the Design of a Landmark Science Fiction Film

Dan Richter: Moonwatcher’s Memoir—A Diary of 2001: A Space Odyssey

Alex North: 2001: A Space Odyssey—The Legendary Lost Score

David G. Stork (editor): HAL’s Legacy—2001’s Computer as Dream and Reality

Various: 2001: A Space Odyssey (full score)

Sir Arthur C. Clarke:

Neil McAleer: Arthur C. Clarke—Odyssey of a Visionary

Arthur C. Clarke: 2010: Odyssey Two (the excellent sequel)

Arthur C. Clarke: 2061: Odyssey Three (a minor, but solid entry)

Arthur C. Clarke: 3001: The Final Odyssey (a journey too far)

Arthur C. Clarke: The Fountains of Paradise (space elevators)

Arthur C. Clarke: The Songs of Distant Earth (Clarke’s favorite novel)

Arthur C. Clarke: Imperial Earth (pentominoes)

Arthur C. Clarke: The Ghost from Grand Banks (fractals)

On the Fringe:

Bernal Alpha: Afterwords and Acknowledgments

Bernal Alpha: Sir Arthur C. Clarke

Bernal Alpha: Meccano Dancing

Benoit B. Mandlebrot: The Fractal Geometry of Nature

Solomon W. Golomb: Polyominoes

Solomon W. Golomb: Polyominoes—Puzzles, Patterns, Problems and Packings

Jon Millington: Pentominoes

Pentomino Set 01

Pentomino Set 02

Pentomino Set 03

Pentomino Set 04

Beyond the Fringe:

Monolith “Action Figure”

2001 Recut

2009: Jupiter And Beyond (The Authorized Version)

Hollywood Remakes 2001: A Space Odyssey

The Crazy Legacy of Jack Kirby’s Forgotten 2001: A Space Odyssey

Turner Classic Movies: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Afterthoughts

Bernal Alpha (Fred Kiesche)

Bad Day Studio (Jeff Patterson)

Who are these guys again? Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson, that’s who!

Roll credits…after too long a break…

At the start of the long hot summer of 2019...

Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson

And we’re back! Did you miss us? Feels like we were just here with you all!

Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche (sadly, John Stevens could not make it) continue their conversation with Paul Weimer and Patrick Hester. Culture is consumed. Much culture. Much consumption. Hang on to your wallets and your eyeballs.

Part two of a two-part epic duology! Because we don't have enough energy for a trilogy!

Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Patrick Hester and Paul Weimer

Culture Consumed

Help John Stevens by buying books at Curious Turtle Books!

Patrick Hester

Robert Jordan: The Wheel of Time (series)

Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris: Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences (series)

James S. A. Corey: Persepolis Rising (Expanse Series)

Benedict Jacka: Fated (Alex Verus Series)

Tom Merrit: Pilot X

Peter Clines: The Fold

Arthur C. Clarke: Rendezvous with Rama

Craig Johnson: The Cold New Dish (A Walt Longmire story)

Kevin Hearne: Scourged and The Squirrel on the Train (Oberon’s Meaty Mysteries)

Jim Butcher: Storm Front (The Dresden Files 01) and Fool Moon (The Dresden Files 02)

Lost in Space (Netflix )

Altered Carbon Netflix)

Battlestar Galactica (Amazon Prime)

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Netflix)

Wild, Wild Country (Netflix )

Paul Weimer

Travelers)

Electric Dreams)

Altered Carbon)

Black Panther)

Spider-Man: Homecoming

C. L. Polk: Witchmark (preview) (full book available for pre-order)

Tim Lebbon: Alien—Out of the Shadows

Ilana C. Meyer: Fire Dance

Robert L. Forward: Dragon’s Egg

Kay Kenyon: Serpent in the Heather (A Dark Talents Book 02)

Joseph Brassey: Dragon Road (The Drifting Lands)

R. F. Kuang: The Poppy War

Michael Underwood, Marie Brennan and Cassandra Khaw: Arrivals (Born to the Blade, Season 1, Episode 1)

Jeff Patterson

Gerald Kersh

Cecelia Holland

M. John Harrison: You Should Come With Me

Russell Blackford: Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination

Jonathan Strahan: Infinity Wars

Counterpart

Krypton

The Terror

The City & the City

Fred Kiesche

2018: The Year in Books (14)

Clifford D. Simak: The Goblin Reservation

John Varley: The Persistence of Vision

Roger Zelazny: Roadmarks

Warren Ellis & Company: Global Frequency—The Deluxe Edition

2018: The Year in Shorts (75)

2018: The Year in Graphics (7)

Wayward

Dr. Strange (2015+)

Star Wars

The Expanse (TV)

TV series) vs. book series)

Collateral

Killing Eve

Doc Martin

Thor: Ragnarork

Dr. Strange

We’ll be back!

Two out of three Hoarses ain’t so bad! Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche struggle to find something to talk about without the help of the absent John Stevens and turn to returning guests Patrick Hester and Paul Weimer to catch up on their doings and to discuss in Part Two…Culture Consumed!

Part one of a two-part epic duology! Because we don't have enough energy for a trilogy!

Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Paul Weimer and Patrick Hester

Notes! We have Notes!

Patrick Hester:

The Functional Nerds Podcast

Samantha Kane

Heroic Fantasy

High Fantasy

Urban Fantasy

Low Fantasy

Sword & Sorcery

Secondary World

Paul Weimer:

Paul’s 2017 Fan Fund Report

Mike Martinez interviews Paul about DUFF

Mary Robinette Kowal: Paul Weimer Talks Fan Fund

Buy a Print! Buy a Book! Help fund DUFF!

DUFF

Paul’s photographs

Paul’s Flickr

SFF Audio Podcast

Skiffy and Fanty Podcast

Help support John Stevens! Shop at Curious Turtle Books!

Jeff Patterson, John Stevens and Fred Kiesche are joined by returning no returning Hoarse thanks to a life well-examined. Plague! Famine! Pestilence! None of these kept us from the microphone for our final episode of 2017. Sit back, close your eyes and keep your hands on your wallet.

Content warning: We’re old and we’re cranky. It shows this month.

We're Baaaaaccckkkk!!!

Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson

Culture Consumed! It’s all Culture Consumed! We consumed all the culture so you won’t have to!

Jeff Patterson

Red Dwarf XII

Rick & Morty

The Orville

Future Man

The Inhumans

The Gifted

Dark

Godless

Singularity

John Stevens

The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish eBook or paper.

Injustice by Tom Taylor (writer) & various artists.

Mountain Home: The Wilderness Poetry of Ancient China edited by David Hinton (a good introduction).

Fred Kiesche

2017: The Year in Books (43)

Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke

The Looking Glass War by John Le Carrre

Flatlander (also contains The Patchwork Girl) by Larry Niven

Neutron Star by Larry Niven

The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross

The Apocalypse Codex (Charles Stross)

Doorways in the Sand (Roger Zelazny)

2017: The Year in Shorts (161)

2017: The Year in Comics (171)

Black Bolt by Saladin Ahmed & Christian Ward

Doctor Aphra by Kieron Gillen and Co.

Injection by Warren Ellis & Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire

The Wild Storm by Warren Ellis & Jon Davis-Hunt & Steve Buccellato

The Black Monday Murders by Jonathan Hickman and Tomm Coker

The Fuse by Antony Johnston & Sharie Chankhamma & Justin Greenwood

The Coldest Winter/The Coldest City by Antony Johnston with Steven Perkins and Sam Hart

Codename Baboushka by Antony Johnston and Sharie Chankhamma

Hellboy by Mike Mignola

The Courtyard, Neonomicon, Providence by Alan Moore & Jacen Burrows

Current Projects

The Harvard Five-Foot Shelf of Books (free eBooks here))

Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series (additional links here, here, here and here.

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Season One

Jeff Patterson, John Stevens and Fred Kiesche are joined by returning Hoarse Stina Leicht to discuss Blackthrone, martial arts, Hurricane Harvey, women writers and selling a series and more!

Author Stina Leicht returns!

Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Stina Leicht

Stina Leicht’s blog (I particularly recommend Feminist Monday entries!)

Cold Iron (The Malorum Gates 01)

Blackthorne (The Malorum Gates 02)

Of Blood and Honey (The Fey and the Fallen 01)

And Blue Skies from Pain (The Fey and the Fallen 02)

Previous appearance on The Three Hoarsemen (Episode 24)

Culture Consumed!

Stina Leicht

Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi.

The Culture Series by Ian M. Banks.

Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks.

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks.

Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks.

The Miles Vorkosigan Series by Lois McMaster Bujold.

Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold.

Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold.

Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold.

The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold.

The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold.

Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold.

Elementary)

Binti Home by Nnedi Okorafor.

The Handmaids Tale

The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Robert Hack.

Black Magick by Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott.

Lazarus by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark.

Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka and Liam Sharp.

A Crack in Creation by Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg.

John Stevens

The August Sleepwalker by Bei Dao.

The Trial of Adolf Hitler by David King.

The Ultimates by Al Ewing (writer) and Kenneth Rocafort (artist).

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The House on Haunted Hill

The Gamers: Dorkness Rising/Hands of Fate

Green Room

Jeff Patterson

Mammoth Book of the Mummy by Paula Guran (editor).

Atlanta Noir by Tavari Jones (editor).

Defenders

Comrade Detective

Gary Numan My Name is Ruin

Fred Kiesche

Raft (Found in the omnibus Xeelee) by Stephen Baxter.

The Black Company by Glen Cook.

Old Tin Sorrows by Glen Cook.

The Year in Books: 26

The Year in Shorts: 92

The Year in Graphics: 118

Current Reads:

The Looking Glass War by John LeCarre.

Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker.

Sin du Jour: The First Course by Matt Wallace.

Metamagical Themas by Douglas Hofstadter.

True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Vernor Vinge.

Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian.

Demon Princes by Jack Vance.

Dread Brass Shadows by Glen Cook.

Dead Things by Stephen Blackmoore.

Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson.

An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson.

In Search of Silence by Samuel R. Delany.

The Death of King Arthur by Thomas Malory.

The Landmark Thucydides by Thucydides and Robert Strassler (editor).

A Small Town in Germany by John LeCarre.

Swords Against Death by Fritz Leiber.

The Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock.

The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar.

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.

Come along with Jeff Patterson, John Stevens and Fred Kiesche as they they discuss fantasy, writing, all things Marvel in general and all things Black Bolt in particular with Saladin Ahmed!

Talking Black Bolt and More with Saladin Ahmed

Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Saladin Ahmed

Saladin Ahmed’s Patreon

Throne of the Crescent Moon

Engraved on the Eye

Black Bolt 01

Black Bolt 02

Clay and Smokeless Fire, Episode 476 of Podcastle

Culture Consumed:

Saladin Ahmed:

The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan

Jeff Patterson:

Khushwant Singh’s Best Indian Short Stories Volume 1 by Khushwant Singh

John Stevens:

The Poetry of Han-Shan: A Complete, Annotated Translation of Cold Mountain; translated by David Henricks

The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss

Fred Kiesche:

Twin Peaks, Season Two, Episode 14 (Lonely Souls))

Fire Talk with Me at the Electric Shadow Network

Sparkwood and 21 Podcast: A Twin Peaks Recap at the No Ship Network

Twin Peaks Rewatch at the Idle Thumbs Network

Twin Peaks Unwrapped Podcast

2017: The Year in Books (22)

2017: The Year in Shorts (90)

2017: The Year in Graphics (118)