Thumbing Through Yesterday

Frank Herbert's Dune has been called the most important novel in science fiction. A winner of both the Hugo and Nebula awards, and a favorite of both Tom and Tony's, join us to see if it lives up to the hype.
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H.P. Lovecraft is both the father of cosmic horror and the creator of the Cthulhu mythos. Since he didn't write novels, join us as we explore a collection of his short stories, culminating in the iconic Call of Cthulhu.
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In Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman set out to write a book that would do for adults what the books he had loved when he was younger had done for him as a kid. A favorite of Tony's, and a first-read for Tom, Neverwhere threads the line between dark fantasy and action/adventure, with a liberal sprinkling of dry wit.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell is a classic dystopian allegory, paralleling 1984 in showing Orwell's disdain for communism. Why does this book appeal so to Tom? Join us and find out!
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You probably know Dave Barry as a Pulitzer prize winning humorour columnist. Did you know he is also a novelist? Tony's pick this time is Big Trouble, a fun-filled crime story that shows Barry at his comedic best.
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Tom's return to yesterday is Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward. Tony characterizes this book as the epitome of hard sci-fi, and loved getting to revisit it. Join us as we explore life on a neutron star!
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Robert B. Parker is a favorite author of Tony's, and he's chosen Appaloosa, the first Western of a series featuring Virgil COle and Everett HItch. There's plenty of drama, action, terse conversations, and a surprising amount of humor in these pages! Tom was delighted, so much so that he quickly consumed the next three books in the series.
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A Fine and Pleasant Misery by Patrick McManus is a favorite from Tom's youth. Together with his best friends at the time, Tom lived many of the adventures that McManus so comedically recounts. Meet such memorable characters as old man and professional idler Rancid Crabtree; visit Grogan's military surplus store, where items with genuine jungle rot and bullet holes cost extra; learn the difference between a crick and a creek, and the proper techniques for fishing in each; and above all, get insights on how to proceed when a mean-tempered cow stands between you and the best fishing spots.
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Glory Road is one of Tony's all-time favorite books, and his Robert Heinlein selection for our 2nd year. This is an atypical Heinlein in that, in Tony's words, it is "a deconstruction of a fantasy adventure."
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This Day All Gods Die is the conclusion to Stephen R. Donaldson's Gap Cycle, and what a conclusion it is! This is a novel-length climax that's an edge-of-your-seat experience from the first to the last page!
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