Podcasts
A Good Story is Hard to Find
A Catholic podcast about popular books and movies. A podcast where Julie Davis and I discuss books and movies we love as well as themes of belief, faith, and the “one reality” below the surface.
The Shelf Wear Podcast
A podcast I ran for about a year on this site where I invited friends to participate in book and story discussions. I enjoyed every episode! Click the graphic above to get to the episodes.And occasionally I’m a guest on:
The SFFaudio Podcast
The Reading Envy Podcast-
“The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises toward ever wider horizons!”
— St. Pope John Paul IIThe cartoon icon of Saint Pope John Paul II was created by Micah at Thy Geekdom Come.
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Single Sitting 1: Jeffty is Five by Harlan Ellison
In this first episode of the Single Sitting series on the podcast, Marc and I discuss Harlan Ellison’s great story “Jeffty is Five”. Download or listen via this link: |Single Sitting #1: Jeffty is Five| YouTube: |Link|
Book 1: Somebody Owes Me Money by Donald E. Westlake
In this episode of the Shelf Wear podcast, I’m joined by my good friend Jesse Willis of The SFFaudio Podcast and the Reading, Short and Deep podcast. We discuss Donald Westlake’s novel Somebody Owes Me Money and talk about many … Continue reading
Sandkings by George R. R. Martin (Notes)
George R. R. Martin wrote some excellent science fiction stories back in the late 70’s and early 80’s. “Sandkings” is one of the most popular of those. It won the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Locus Award for Best Novelette. … Continue reading
Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber (Notes)
This book has four stories in it: “Induction” (1957) – a one-page story, and the first. “The Snow Women” (1970) – about an 18 year-old Conan-esque Fafhrd, who lives in the wild and cold north but longs for civilization “The … Continue reading
“A Walk in the Sun” by Geoffrey A. Landis, from Infinivox
Written long before Andy Weir’s The Martian, “A Walk in the Sun” by Geoffrey A. Landis gives us a science fiction survival story a bit closer to home. Trish Mulligan is the last one alive on the moon after crash … Continue reading
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“‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” by Harlan Ellison
One of my most treasured books is my The Top of the Volcano hardcover, a complete (at the time of publication, 2014) collection of Harlan Ellison’s award-winning stories published by Subterranean Press. It’s a beautiful book and the content… well … Continue reading
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That is no good place
A few miles from here a frost-stiffened wood waits and keeps watch above a mere; the overhanging bank is a maze of tree-roots mirrored in its surface. At night there, something uncanny happens: the water burns. And the mere bottom … Continue reading
The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees by E. Lily Yu
I re-read “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu yesterday. Find it here, at Clarkesworld. What a wonderful story that is. It brings “Animal Farm” by George Orwell to mind for obvious reasons – anthropomorphic animals … Continue reading
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The Guns of August
The opening paragraph of The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman: So gorgeous was the spectacle on the May morning of 1910 when nine kings rode in the funeral of Edward VII of England that the crowd, waiting in hushed and … Continue reading
From Decision Points by George W. Bush
I re-read some of this book (published in 2010) this weekend, and am reminded of the perspective of President Bush during the time following 9/11. He describes being given the badge of someone who died when the towers fell, and … Continue reading
Happy Catholic by Julie Davis, An Appreciation
This is not so much a review of my friend Julie’s book, but an appreciation, for her book is exactly my kind of thing, and appreciate it I do. As I re-embraced Catholicism years ago, there were stumbling blocks. One … Continue reading
Charles van Doren and Science Fiction
Julie and I talked about the movie Quiz Show in our last Good Story podcast, and I brought up how Charles van Doren was connected to Thomas Merton and Mortimer Adler. What I did not know was that Charles van … Continue reading