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Get ready to blast off into the cosmos and explore the realms of fantasy with this epic countdown of the most iconic 80s sci-fi and fantasy novels! From classic space operas to magical quests, we're diving into the decade that brought us some of the most beloved and influential works of science fiction and fantasy literature. Join us as we explore the novels that shaped the genre and continue to inspire new generations of readers and writers. Whether you're a fan of Asimov, Le Guin, or Tolkien, this episode is for you! So grab your favorite retro snack, settle in, and get ready to geek out over the most epic 80s sci-fi and fantasy novels!#FantasyForTheAges #ReadingRecommendations #Classics #ClassicLiterature #HugoAwards #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #SSF #BestBooks #Top3 #Top10 #booktube #booktuberWant to purchase books/media mentioned in this episode?The Anubis Gates: https://t.ly/o__KtThe Armageddon Rag: https://t.ly/f7GzBBattlefield Earth: https://t.ly/t0Vd3The BFG: https://t.ly/sPiJGThe Black Company: https://t.ly/QMwqBBlood Music: https://t.ly/SuT_aThe Boat of a Million Years: https://t.ly/UzkI1The Claw of the Conciliator: https://t.ly/vXt14Count Zero: https://t.ly/_SqcfCyteen: https://t.ly/V_UzDDownbelow Station: https://t.ly/RSQDdThe Dragon Waiting: https://t.ly/nR55QDragondrums: https://t.ly/q25QTDragons of Autumn Twilight: https://t.ly/Fky3GDragonsdawn: https://t.ly/CG3TTDragonsong: https://t.ly/qpqsBEnder's Game: https://t.ly/Z62MeEon: https://t.ly/D9i79Falling Free: https://t.ly/Jt1soThe Forge of God: https://t.ly/piwjpFoundation's Edge: https://t.ly/PoYXGThe Handmaid's Tale: https://t.ly/ylLsZHyperion: https://t.ly/UlIAMMagician: https://t.ly/1cjYJThe Mists of Avalon: https://t.ly/3e3l3Moreta, Dragonlady of Pern: https://t.ly/Xbwd3Neuromancer: https://t.ly/lN79INo Enemy But Time: https://t.ly/UYO5fThe Player of Games: https://t.ly/IXkD4The Postman: https://t.ly/orEv_Red Prophet: https://t.ly/APTM_Replay: https://t.ly/yD5IKThe Robots of Dawn: https://t.ly/AKCV_rSeventh Son: https://t.ly/pOVzXThe Shadow of the Torturer: https://t.ly/NGHa4Shards of Honor: https://t.ly/BFI7MThe Snow Queen: https://t.ly/FqI7oSpeaker for the Dead: https://t.ly/ljH7AStartide Rising: https://t.ly/ZJ_BTStrange Toys: https://t.ly/W48jDThe Sword of the Lictor: https://t.ly/o9OhaTea with the Black Dragon: https://t.ly/7buptTimescape: https://t.ly/wGiQmTitan: https://t.ly/j7L04The Uplift War: https://t.ly/lUOdLWhen Gravity Fails: https://t.ly/DwsyqWays to connect with us:Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FantasyForTheAges Follow Jim/Father on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13848336-jim-scriven Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/jMWyVJ6qKk Follow us on "X": @Fantasy4theAges Follow us on Blue Sky: @fantasy4theages.bsky.socialFollow us on Instagram: fantasy_for_the_ages Follow us on Mastodon: @FantasyForTheAges@nerdculture.de Email us: FantasyForTheAges@gmail.com Check out our merch: https://www.newcreationsbyjen.com/collections/fantasyfortheagesJim's Microphone: Blue Yeti https://tinyurl.com/3shpvhb4 ————————————————————————————Music and video elements licensed under Envato Elements:https://elements.envato.com/

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Some books impact our lives differently than others, shifting our perspectives or changing our preferences. Some hit us at just the perfect moment in our lives to serve as a new foundation for the direction we head after. In this episode, Jim shares the 10 most impactful fiction novels along his life journey, sharing why these made such a difference, why they remain so special to him. Hopefully, you'll connect with what these books have meant to him, and it will remind you of your own story. #FantasyForTheAges #readingrecommendations #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #Top10 #SFF #BestBooks #booktube #booktuber Want to purchase books mentioned in this episode? The Blade Itself: https://t.ly/LSDn2 The Chronicles of Narnia: https://t.ly/AbE34 Dragons of Autumn Twilight: https://t.ly/Fky3G The Eye of the World: https://t.ly/V-eqm Gardens of the Moon: https://t.ly/_OQsu Jaws: https://t.ly/x6cCR The Last Battle: https://t.ly/oZbl9 The Stand: https://t.ly/UG_4m Stranger in a Strange Land: https://t.ly/gXvOp Where the Red Fern Grows: https://t.ly/dC_ME The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: https://t.ly/_O7J5 Ways to connect with us: Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FantasyForTheAges Follow Jim/Father on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13848336-jim-scriven Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/jMWyVJ6qKk Follow us on "X": @Fantasy4theAges Follow us on Blue Sky: @fantasy4theages.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: fantasy_for_the_ages Follow us on Mastodon: @FantasyForTheAges@nerdculture.de Email us: FantasyForTheAges@gmail.com Check out our merch: https://www.newcreationsbyjen.com/collections/fantasyfortheages Jim's Microphone: Blue Yeti https://tinyurl.com/3shpvhb4 ———————————————————————————— Music and video elements licensed under Envato Elements: https://elements.envato.com/

Dive into the enchanting world of fantasy literature with our latest episode covering the best fantasy of each decade, now up to the '80's! Join Jim as he explores the most iconic and beloved fantasy novels from the 1980s that shaped a generation of readers and inspired countless imaginations. From epic quests to magical realms, discover timeless classics that still resonate today. In this episode, Jim will highlight key titles, their authors, and the unique elements that made them stand out during this vibrant decade. Whether you're a lifelong fan or new to the genre, you'll find something to spark your interest and nostalgia. Get ready to reminisce about the stories that transported you to other worlds and discover some hidden gems that you may have missed. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more literary adventures! #FantasyBooks #1980sLiterature #BookRecommendations #Nostalgia #FantasyReaders #LiteraryBlast #80sLiterature #BookRecommendations #EpicFantasy #FantasyNovels #Top10Fantasy #Top10List #LiteraryHistory #LiteraryJourney #ReadingList #booktube #booktuber Want to purchase books mentioned in this episode? The Black Company: https://t.ly/rV_Vn The Dragonbone Chair: https://t.ly/Mk4kI Dragons of Autumn Twilight: https://t.ly/Fky3G The Gunslinger: https://t.ly/U7LP2 Magic Kingdom for Sale/Sold!: https://t.ly/0z1Q8 Magician: https://t.ly/1cjYJ The Mist: https://t.ly/qkUhJ Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern: https://t.ly/Xbwd3 The Sleeping Dragon: https://t.ly/7xOLJ The Wishsong of Shannara: https://t.ly/03kx1 Ways to connect with us: Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FantasyForTheAges Follow Jim/Father on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13848336-jim-scriven Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/jMWyVJ6qKk Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fantasy4theAges Follow us on Instagram: fantasy_for_the_ages Follow us on Mastodon: @FantasyForTheAges@nerdculture.de Email us: FantasyForTheAges@gmail.com Check out our merch: https://www.newcreationsbyjen.com/collections/fantasyfortheages Jim's Microphone: Blue Yeti https://tinyurl.com/3shpvhb4 Jim's Camera: Razer Kito Pro https://tinyurl.com/c873tc2n ---------------------------- Music and video elements licensed under Envato Elements: https://elements.envato.com/

Jim's taken the time to rank his top 100 fantasy books he's read over the years. Here's 81-100 of the list. What gems will you discover? Want to purchase books/media mentioned in this video? Academ's Fury: https://www.amazon.com/Academs-Fury-Jim-Butcher/dp/0441013406 Antrax: https://www.amazon.com/Antrax-Voyage-Jerle-Shannara-Brooks/dp/0345397673 Cursor's Fury: https://www.amazon.com/Cursors-Fury-Codex-Alera-Book/dp/0441015476 A Clash of Kings: https://www.amazon.com/Clash-Kings-Song-Fire-Book/dp/0553579908 A Dance with Dragons: https://www.amazon.com/Dance-Dragons-Song-Fire-Book-ebook/dp/B003YL4LYI The Dolphins of Pern: https://www.amazon.com/Dolphins-Pern-Dragonriders/dp/0345368959 Dragons of Autumn Twilight: https://www.amazon.com/Dragons-Autumn-Twilight-Dragonlance-Chronicles/dp/0786915749 The Elfstones of Shannara: https://www.amazon.com/Elfstones-Shannara-Terry-Brooks/dp/B009NNJOVQ The Fellowship of the Ring: https://www.amazon.com/Fellowship-Ring-Being-First-Rings/dp/0547928211 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: https://www.amazon.com /Harry-Potter-Goblet-Fire-Rowling/dp/0439139600 Interview with the Vampire: https://www.amazon.com/Interview-Vampire-Anne-Rice/dp/0345337662 Lord Foul's Bane: https://www.amazon.com/Fouls-Chronicles-Thomas-Covenant-Unbeliever/dp/0345348656 The Masterharper of Pern: https://www.amazon.com/Masterharper-Pern-Dragonriders/dp/0345424603 Needful Things: https://www.amazon.com/Needful-Things-Stephen-King-ebook/dp/B018ER7JZ4/ Prince of Thorns: https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Thorns-Broken-Empire-Lawrence/dp/1937007685 The Sleeping Dragon: https://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Dragon-Book-Guardians-Flame-ebook/dp/B01GSENGRU The Source of Magic: https://www.amazon.com/Source-Magic-Piers-Anthony/dp/B000NXPBEE Turn Coat: https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Coat-Dresden-Files-Book/dp/0451462815 The Two Towers: https://www.amazon.com/Two-Towers-Being-Second-Rings/dp/0547928203 Wizard's First Rule: https://www.amazon.com/Wizards-First-Rule-Terry-Goodkind-ebook/dp/B08KH4G4R8/ Ways to connect with us: Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FantasyForTheAges Follow Jim/Father on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13848336-jim-scriven Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/jMWyVJ6qKk Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fantasy4theAges Follow us on Instagram: fantasy_for_the_ages Follow us on Mastodon: @FantasyForTheAges@nerdculture.de Email us: FantasyForTheAges@gmail.com Check out our merch: https://www.newcreationsbyjen.com/collections/fantasyfortheages Jim's Microphone: Blue Yeti https://tinyurl.com/3shpvhb4 Jim's Camera: Razer Kito Pro https://tinyurl.com/c873tc2n ———————————————————————————— Music and video elements licensed under Envato Elements: https://elements.envato.com/ #FantasyForTheAges #readingrecommendations #fantasy #bestfantasy #Top100 #SFF #booktube #booktuber #top100fantasy Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4f0U6Xmwb9G-4yy9faUuwA/join

In this week's episode, we take a look at seven popular movies about writing & writers and take a look at what they got wrong. This coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of DRAGONSKULL: CURSE OF THE ORCS (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills) at my Payhip store: SPRINGORCS The coupon code is valid through May 20th, 2024. So if you need a new audiobook for spring, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello everyone. Welcome to Episode 198 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is April 26th, 2024 and today we were talking about seven of the most inaccurate movies about writers. Before we do that, we will have writing updates, Coupon of the Week, and a Question of the Week. So let's start with Coupon of the Week. First up, let's do Coupon of the Week. This coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Dragonskull: Curse of the Orc (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills) at my Payhip store. That coupon code is SPRINGORCS and that's SPRINGORCS. As always, that coupon code will be in the show notes. This coupon code is valid through May 20th, 2024. So if you need a new audiobook for spring, we have got you covered. Now an update on my current writing projects and audiobook projects. I'm currently on Chapter 16 of Cloak of Titans. I'm not sure how many chapters it's going to end up being. My number keeps changing, but I think right now it's 25. I am over halfway through the book and I'm hoping to be past the 70,000 word point by the end of the day, if all goes well. I'm hoping to still have that out before the end of May. I am also 5,000 words into Half-Orc Paladin, which should come out this summer. After Cloak of Titans is out, my next main project will be Shield of Darkness, which I know many people have been asking about, so hopefully it will not be too much longer until I start on Shield of Darkness. In audiobook news, Hollis McCarthy is almost done recording Ghost in the Veils, and we should hopefully have that available to listen to sometime in May. Brad Wills is currently recording the anthology Tales of the Shield Knight, which will contain over 15 of the Shield Knight short stories that I wrote for the Sevenfold Sword and Dragontiarna series, and that should also hopefully be out sometimes toward the end of May or possibly June. So that is where I'm at with my current writing and audiobook projects. 00:01:58 Question of the Week/Update on Starfield from Previous Question of the Week Next up is Question of the Week, which is designed to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics. This week's question: what is the first fantasy novel you remember reading? After all, if you're hanging around the website of Jonathan Moeller, Pulp Writer, there's a non-zero chance that you enjoy fantasy books. So it seems like a reasonable question, and it was indeed a reasonable question because we got a lot of responses. Our first response is from Justin, who says: believe it or not, the first fantasy novel I read was The Hobbit. My older sisters had pooled their money to buy the paper version of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. I saw them reading it, and since my sisters were for once not being nasty to each other and reading together, it had to be good. After they finished The Hobbit, I asked to borrow it. It was allowed to read it as long as I didn't leave the room and wash my hands first. I was eight. Our next response is from Mary, who says: I remember my first reading of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. It was by no stretch of the imagination my first fantasy novel. Our next comment is from Stuart, who says: Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings. When I was younger/preteens, I loved adventure books like Hardy Boys and The Three Investigators. I didn't really read much in the coming years, until one day it was raining outside and being bored, I made a nuisance of myself when my older brother was trying to watch TV. He finally snapped, told me to shut up, threw Pawn of Prophecy at me, and told me to read that. The rest, as they say, is history. I went from adding Eddings to Feist and Gemmel and then on to Jordan, etcetera. I will always have a soft spot for David Eddings books, though. So it seems the common themes here will be a sibling rivalry inspiring love of fantasy literature. Our next response is from Grace, who says: does the Magic Treehouse series count? If not, Chronicles of Narnia. Leanne says Dragonriders of Pern. Boy, did I want a dragon! Melinda says Piers Anthony's Night Mare. I was in 6th grade and my friend gave it to me for my birthday. Cheryl says: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. From then on, it was full steam ahead, Feist, Eddings, Tolkien, Irvine, and now most of the fantasy/sci-fi authors that are currently publishing on Kindle. David says: probably The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Kevin says: many, many moons ago it was the Earthsea trilogy by Ursula Le Guin. Then I wandered into TV and films in the sci-fi genre for a number of years, forsaking the written word. My imagination was recaptured more recently, about a decade ago, a decade ago, when a friend lent me a copy of Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind. Alan says: I've been through most of these mentioned so far though the years but my first introduction to once he was Edgar Rice Burroughs, like Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, Pellucidar, etcetera. Then on to Tolkien. Randy says: for me it was The Hobbit.  Went on a family vacation with my uncle and his family. I was introduced to The Hobbit. My uncle will read just about every night to my cousins, and as we're all sharing the same room, my sister and I began hearing the story. We got home. I asked my dad if I could read his copy. 50 some odd years later, I'm still devouring as many books as I can. Mike says: I am not sure which one it was, but I believe it was either The Hobbit or The Sword of Shannara. Diana says: The Gunslinger. I said what I said. Venus says: A Wrinkle in Time or Dragonsong. I know that the Pern books are actually science fiction, but I don't recall any of the science stuff that first time I read it. It was the first Pern book I read. The first epic fantasy I recall reading was Dragons of Autumn Twilight. Gary says: I couldn't give you a title or author, but I definitely remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books in the fantasy genre as a young reader. Tom said: Not 100% sure, but this is my best guess. It would be The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Ah, the Chronicles of Narnia. What a series. Juana says: I read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Catriona says: The Hobbit after listening to the BBC Radio play adaptation in the ‘70s. Pippa says: Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. I've reread them lots too and I've never tired of them. Perry says: Do the Iliad, Odyssey, and Beowulf count? For modern fantasy, would be a toss-up between The Hobbit and The Belgariad. Joy says: the Thomas Covenant series. My boyfriend at the time was into sci-fi and fantasy novels, so I borrowed it and was hooked. A different Glenn says: either Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey or the Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip. I love them both in the same summer while visiting my dad and cannot remember which one came first, but I got hooked on fantasy fiction that summer. Mandy says: The first time I remember reading the left an impression was the Dragonlance Legends series. My favorite fantasy series is Discworld. Gary (a different Gary) says: First one I remember is the Elfstones of Shannara. Also, the Dragonriders of Pern and Crystal Singer series. John says: Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. I was nine years old. It created a lifelong love of fantasy for me. Darla says: A Wrinkle in Time, The Faraway Lurs, and The Runaway Robot were some of the books I read as a kid. Later it was Lord of the Rings and The Dragonriders of Pern and I continue reading to this day. Andy says first ever was the Deverry series by Katherine Kerr. It was a very intense read for 14 year old on an 8 hour drive on a family trip. Sue says David Eddings- all his series, and Anne McCaffrey, Dragonrider series. Brock says Lord of the Rings. Susan says: probably Lord of the Rings, but it's over 50 years ago. I can't really remember. Edward says The Legend of Huma by Richard A. Knaak. Michael says. Now there's a question! Probably The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or one of the other Narnia books, all of which are obviously epic. And finally, Judy says the White Mountains by John Christopher or anything by Dr. Seuss. So I think we can see it's safe to say that if you have a small children between the ages of eight and 10 and you want to get them into fantasy literature, the best places to start would be either The Hobbit, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, or perhaps the Dragonriders of Pern. For myself, the very first fantasy novel I ever read was Magician Master by Raymond E. Feist. What got me into that book was The Betrayal at Krondor computer game, which of course was a classic. After I finished the game, I did some reading. Remember this was way before the Internet, so you couldn't find out anything you wanted whenever you wanted and I was astonished to realize that Krondor was in fact based off an actual novel series. So I got Magician Master and started reading it. Fun fact, years later I realized that Magician Master was in fact the sequel to Magician Apprentice and went back to read the first book. So that was this week's Question of the Week. You may remember that last week's Question of the Week was what new Xbox game I should try. Many people had excellent suggestions. I think I'm going to go with Starfield from all the suggestions last week. The reason for this is that Starfield reminds me a great deal of Wing Commander Privateer from the ‘90s. If you remember, the Wing Commander series of PC games, they're basically Top Gun but in space. Privateer took the basic flight gameplay mechanic but changed it so you're an independent privateer captain and you had to make your way through the Gemini sector as a mercenary, a merchant, a pirate, a bounty hunter, or some combination of them. You had to buy your own equipment and weapons and find a way to turn a profit in your jobs, since you had to pay for everything. If you played the main plots, you got involved in conspiracy involving a lost alien relic, but you don't have to do any main plot at all. You just fly around the galaxy making credits, fighting pirates, and trading. Starfield basically feels like someone took Wing Commander Privateer, and then added on a Skyrim-esque role-playing experience for when your character is on the ground. I know it got middling reviews, but I'm enjoying the game so far. Perhaps because, at least to my eye, it feels like a massively updated version of Wing Commander Privateer. 00:09:43 Main Topic: Seven of the Most Inaccurate Movies About Writers Now we're 10 minutes into the show and still haven't gotten to our main topic, so I think it's time we should finally do that, which is Seven of the Most Inaccurate Movies About Writers. I decided to do this because I noticed that whenever a novelist or a writer of fiction turns up in a movie, the depiction of it tends to be grossly inaccurate. That's hardly unique to writers. The joke among the military officers, former military officers, and law enforcement officers is that whenever the military or law enforcement turns up on TV, you can have a good drinking game by counting all the inaccuracies and things that they get wrong. So why should writing be any different? I think the difference might be that writing is kind of a more aspirational career, where it's the sort of career that people tend to daydream about, like going off and becoming a writer and so they tend to get a lot of things wrong about that. So with the help of my transcriptionist, we pulled together a list of seven of the most inaccurate movies about writing. There's actually a couple of Hallmark movies on here, and this isn't to bash on Hallmark movies. I think Hallmark movies tend to be about the fantasy of romance in the way that a show like Law and Order is about the fantasy of law enforcement and criminal justice, or a movie like John Wick is about the fantasy of violence or a game like SimCity is about the fantasy of managing a large city. The reality is of none of these things are nothing like the way they're portrayed in fiction, but instead, Law and Order is about the fantasy of what we would like the criminal justice system to be like and John Wick is kind of like, you know, a revenge fantasy of what we imagine we would do if someone actually shot our dog. So with that in mind, let's look at seven of the most inaccurate movies we found about writing. The first one is called Winter Love Story from Hallmark in 2019. It kind of deserves the 22% it got in the Rotten Tomatometer. The plot is a debut writer who wrote a memoir is appearing on a book tour of a famous fantasy author in order to boost her sales. They travel around visiting charming bed and breakfasts with plenty of time to talk about their feelings. The fantasy writer has a dog that he really loves a lot. The movie really revolves more around the dog more than the books. Now, why is this a bad movie about writing? For one thing, it has an unrealistic view of book tours, namely that a debut writer who is writing a memoir (which is a notoriously hard to sell genre) would be given such a lavish book tour paired with an author outside her genre. Cross-genre of sales promotions here in the real world tend not to work terribly well, because someone who wants to buy an 800 page fantasy novel about dragons is probably not going to be super interested in picking up a new writer's memoir are about her failed dating life. The movie also has an unrealistic view of book marketing and the involvement level and commitment of traditional publishing staff. If traditional publishing marketing staff is marketing 50 plus other writers, they're not going to follow your whimsical book tour and give tons of advice and coaching along the way. Book tours really don't sell very many books in general, to the point where Brandon Sanderson, who is probably the top selling fantasy author in the world right now, stopped doing book tours in 2020 when COVID came along (because you know, everyone had to stop doing book tours). But after all the various restrictions lifted, he found that he really wasn't interested in resuming it because of the physical drain of traveling and it turned out it had no impact on sales whatsoever. Finally, the movie touts the very false belief that the skill of giving heartfelt, heavily autobiographical speeches is the essential skill in marketing your work. Honestly, if you want to sell books, you would have better luck learning how to use Amazon ads or Facebook ads effectively, but I expect that would not make for a very good Hallmark movie. The second movie we're going to talk about is Lost City from 2022, which I actually saw shortly after it came out because it turned up on streaming (I think it was on Prime). I thought it was actually pretty funny, but it was not terribly accurate about the business of writing. The plot is that a romance author is struggling to finish her book. While she's on tour with her famous cover model, she gets kidnapped and the cover model must turn into an action hero and rescue her. The plot very heavily borrows from the 1980s movie Romancing the Stone, which is also about a writer. The scenery in the movie is fantastic and Daniel Radcliffe plays the villain, this insane billionaire who kidnapped Sandra Bullock's character to help find lost treasure and their reactions were pretty funny. It's not a great movie about writing. Even the romance and romantasy (which is a combination of romance and fantasy) authors topping the best seller list right now (as of April 2024) do not have press tours that are more like a fan convention with a budget for sparkly jumpsuits and lighting effects, etcetera. Cover models do not get a lot (or even any) of promotion, attention, or respect from publishers. The cover model is given top billing on the tour along with the author, which just doesn't happen. One side note, what is probably realistic is the publisher trying to discourage tangents in full academic jargon by the author on her history related research interests. You will often find if you're reading a book that involved a lot of research on the part of the author, that the author is going to put that research into the book (whether the reader likes it or not). Our third movie is called Alex and Emma, which came out in 2003. The plot of this movie is that an author with writer's block has debts to a loan shark he must pay in 30 days or else the loan shark is going to get nasty. He hires a stenographer to help him church out a book and since it's a romantic comedy, you can probably guess what happens next. This movie was apparently very loosely inspired by the story of Dostoyevsky writing The Gambler/meeting his wife but is also apparently heavily inspired by the movie Paris When it Sizzles. Even with multiple sources of inspiration, it still received terrible reviews for an incoherent, unsatisfying plot. And why is this a bad movie about writing? For one thing, it treats writing a book draft in 30 days as a near impossible feat. Not to toot my own horn, so to speak, but I'm going to write the rough draft of Cloak of Titans in under 30 days. If all goes well, it will be well over 100,000 words. There's also once again the cliche that writing already must be autobiographical and reflect what's currently happening in your life in order to be good. If that were true, all my books would be about the adventures of a middle-aged IT guy, which would be kind of boring compared to epic fantasy novels. And another thing that's unrealistic is that the struggling writer gets a $125,000 advance from the publisher, but the publisher won't help him replace a computer when it gets destroyed by a loan shark's posse. Computers were, of course, quite a bit more expensive in 2003 than they are now, but still they cost a lot less than $125,000. So that part definitely didn't make sense. Our 4th movie is Not Another Happy Ending, which came out in 2013. A writer becomes successful but has writer's block when she's happy. Her publisher has to figure out how to make her unhappy so she can write again but falls in love with her in the process. And why is this a bad movie about writing? If following around most the successful writers in order to inspire them was the actual job of publishers, a few certain well known fantasy series might have at least one more book by now than they actually do. So we'll just move on from there. The fifth one is a movie that gets made fun of a lot and rather deservedly so: Eat, Pray, Love, which came out in 2010. The plot of this, obviously, is that a reader gets divorced and goes on a journey to Italy, India, and Bali in order to “find herself” and gain writing inspiration. Why is this a bad movie about writing? So many reasons! First, there's a sort of a cliche in poor taste that writers can't be great unless they leave their spouses, that their marriage is preventing someone from devoting themselves to great writing. Although the one thing you say for Eat, Pray, Love is that it's a gender flip as opposed to the way these things usually are in movies where it's the male writer who is being held back by his wife. The reality is that people with stable home lives are more likely to be productive than people without them, and this is true across all fields of endeavor, and not just writing. Another bad cliche is the idea that you need to bankroll a year of travel to luxury destinations in order to find inspiration to write isn't realistic or accurate, and in truth very, very, very, very, very few writers can actually afford this luxury. This type of thinking leads people to believe they need to go on expensive retreats in order to be a “real writer”, when in reality many famous writers rarely traveled. Examples: Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, I think J.R.R. Tolkien spent most of his post-war life entirely in England, etcetera. For myself, I do most of my writing either on my couch or while sitting in a $40 office chair I bought off Amazon Basics. That is definitely a cliche that you do not need to travel in order to write. In fact, travel can get in the way of getting writing done, which was one of the Brandon Sanderson's stated reasons for why he doesn't go on book tours too often anymore. Our 6th movie is As Good as It Gets, which came out in 1997. The premise of this movie is that a crabby, ill-behaved writer with some mental health challenges has a series of unexpected interactions that inspire him to become a better person. And why is this an inaccurate move about writing? First, there's a cliche that writers need to use a typewriter because a computer isn't as artistic or special. I know there are writers who insist on writing things longhand and or insist on using the typewriter and they have their reasons, but it's my belief that that is in fact very inefficient, and you should probably write on whatever method is most efficient or easy for you. And if you are writing for publication and profit, that means writing on a computer. If you don't like to type, you can dictate. There's also the idea I don't like that the idea that the reading public/critics will forgive terrible behavior or prejudice because of how brilliant you are. This is a fallacy you see across many professions where a brilliant doctor, a brilliant scientist, a brilliant politician, a brilliant writer, or whatever feels they have a license to act like a total jerk because they're so good at what they do. In reality, that often causes a lot of problems and ends up destroying the person's career. So that is a bad cliche, and one that if you're listening to this, I urge you not to put into practice in your daily life. Our seventh and final movie is another Hallmark one called A Novel Romance, which came out in 2015. In this story, a male romance writer who uses a pen name meets a female book reviewer who is unaware of his true identity even as they grow closer. Will pressure from his publisher to reveal his true identity hurt their budding romance? What did this movie get wrong about writing? First, there's the idea that pen names are somehow deceptive or shocking, especially in the romance genre where it's very common for a single writer to have multiple pen names. A professional book critic would consider it a very strong possibility that someone is writing under a pen name, which makes you wonder how competent the book critic is as a book critic. Publishers do not send limos to the airport for writers traveling to their personal vacation homes. If a writer is rich enough to have a limo and a personal vacation home, the writer is probably paying for it him or herself. The publisher is not. Most writing is not done on a legal pad while staring out onto the water next to your very expensive boat. Your agent, even a very nice agent (if such a thing exists) will not fly across the country multiple times in order to give you romantic advice. And finally, an author's pen name reveal would not be front page tabloid news. So those are just some of the things that movie got wrong about writing. So there those are 7 movies that are very inaccurate about what being a writer is like, and the point of that was not to pick on those movies (with the possible exception of Eat, Pray, Love, which deserves to be picked on) but to point out that the way they referenced what being a writer was like was often quite inaccurate, even if the movies themselves may or may not have been enjoyable for their intended audience. So that's it for this week. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found it useful and a word of thanks to my transcriptionist help me to pull this list together because she's definitely seen more Hallmark movies than I have. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

Join DLSaga and players with this fourth of five actual play sessions of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dragonlance Official Game Adventure DL1 Dragons of Despair by Tracy Hickman. This is the first adventure set in Dragonlance, and the first of four adventures that makes up the first Dragonlance Chronicles novel Dragons of Autumn Twilight.

Join the 2024 Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Annual Watch Party celebrating the direct to video film release. Originally released by Paramount Pictures on January 15, 2008. The film was scored by Karl Preusser. We will be commenting on its production and story with you, the audience.

It is the first region we are introduced to in Dragons of Autumn Twilight. Let's learn more about Abanasinia.

Buy Dragonlance: Autumn Twilight Buy Tasslehoff's Pouches of Everything Revised Buy Dragonlance: Shadow of the Black Rose Chat with us on Facebook Follow us on “Twitter” The post #144 – “Dragonlance: Autumn Twilight, the Nexus's New Book!” appeared first on The Dragonlance Canticle.

Jon M Wilson and Layne Join Jon back on Krynn, to cover chapters 7-9 of Dragons of Autumn Twilight. Listen in, as Jon gripes about and praises different parts of Weis and Hickman's ongoing new Dragonlance series, the trio comes up with ideas for what Jon would call a goth band, were he to be in one, and then be not-perplexed by the mystery this part of the book deals with, and see if you can figure out who the traitor is. (You won't be perplexed)

Of all the seasons, fall is the one that comes with the most mixed emotions: relief at the return of moderate temperatures, pleasure at nature's autumn color show, and a feeling of melancholy at the darkening of the light. Technical interventions like Daylight Saving Time can't hide the fact that the amount of daylight is decreasing. In the northern hemisphere, we're counting down to the Winter Solstice—the shortest day of the year, around December 21st. For ambient musicians, fall offers a darker palette, more somber harmonies, and a call to explore deeper feelings. On this transmission of HEARTS of SPACE, we descend into the dimming light of fall, on a program called AUTUMN TWILIGHT. Music is by TOM EATON, BOB HOLROYD, SUBDREAM, DEEPSPACE, STEVE ROACH, and RUSSEL WALDER. [ view playlist ] [ view Flickr image gallery ] [ play 30 second MP3 promo ]

We've reached the end of Dragons of Autumn Twilight! And the Companions have nearly reached the end of this tale! The Companions encounter Flamestrike, Tanis holds her off while they move the children out into the courtyard. Ember and Verminaard show up, ruining the escape. Fizban dies. Chaos reigns. Ember meets Flamestrike, Verminaard meets the Companions, neither of them is better off for the encounter. The traitor is revealed and almost just as quickly killed. The Companions and the prisoners escape. Riverwind and Goldmoon are wed.

The people have spoken! Your hosts let their patron subscribers choose the book for this episode, which means they're diving into the Dungeons & Dragons world of Krynn with a discussion of “Dragons of Autumn Twilight” by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. To be honest, they're not too impressed by the blandly unlikeable characters in this first Dragonlance novel, but they both agree that they would continue reading the series, maybe. They throw around some comparisons to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and also fix the love triangle situation.Find us on discord: https://discord.gg/dpNHTWVu6b or support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fictionfanspodThanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

While Tanis and the majority of the Companions conspire with the slaves of Pax Tharkas Tas and Fizban explore its secrets. Taz learns, and then forgets, the truth of Dragonlances. Laurana converts one high seeker to the old faith with a parable. Tas and Fizban learn who the traitor is. Tanis wishes he knew, as everyone who could possibly be the traitor is suddenly not where they are supposed to be! Despite everything the plan to free the slaves moves forward. Tas and Fizban save Sestun only to reveal themselves to Verminaard and Ember. The three flee with the dragon in pursuit. The dragon is wrecking the fort as he pursues them. That giant chain is broken,that ancient cog starts moving. Fizban, Tas, and Sestun fall into darkness...

After the harrowing encounter with the giant slug the Companions are forced to take the path through the tombs of Kith Kanan's royal guards. Goldmoon's holy powers ensure they don't have to fight a horde of zombies. Flint and Tasselhoff find secret doors. The Companions find an evil Drow spirit that splits the party. Your hosts have a discussion of whether there are or are not Drow in Dragonlance. Tas and Fizban “meet” Verminaard and his dragon, Ember. There is little love lost between the two. We learn of the Queen of Darkness' plans within plans. We get an update on Fewmaster Toade and Sestun, it isn't great for either of them. The rest of the Companions work out their “plan” for freeing the enslaved families held in Pax Tharkas. The spy connects with his masters.  

Content Warning - Discussions about sex and the many cultural rules around it.  Tika receives a royal gift, and the Companions leave Qualinost bound for Pax Tharkas. On their way they find an old battle site, amongst the corpses of goblins and humans they find a survivor, Eben, he joins them. Draconians appear, Tika creates a new form of combat in the aftermath of the fight she kisses Caramon. They resume their journey. Suspicions grow. They reach the outskirts of Pax Tharkas. Head towards the secret entrance. More suspicions. Eben recommends a frontal assault on the fortress. The party is followed. They enter the secret passage. Goldmoon and Caramon have “The Talk.” They search for hidden doors only to find a giant slug. The follower is revealed. Tanis receives a royal gift. The Companions have to take another path. It can be a little confusing when we're talking about the Sla-Mori and which paths they took when and where the giant slug came from, etc. I thought this map from the Dragonlance Atlas would help. The Companions camped at the first intersection after the Secret Entrance. Raistlin felt the evil come from the western tunnel. The door that the slug came out of is opposite (west) of Kith-Kanan's throne. 

We learn all about the history between Tanis & Laurana, how it lead to Tanis fleeing his home, and going out into the world. The plans of the Qualinesti Elves are revealed and we learn the role the Companions must play to enure the Elves' future. In order for the Elves to escape successfully, the Companions will have to sneak into Pax Tharkas and free the enslaved humans there, drawing the attention of Verminaard and a draconian army away from the fleeing elves.  The Companions have the time honored D&D argument over splitting up the party, ultimately deciding, against Tanis' wishes, to stay together. Doubts grow about Gilthanas, who will lead them on their journey to Pax Tharkas. Tanis tells Laurana she must grow up and find a reason to live and fight for.

In this episode Jonathon and Shivam follow the Companions as Fewmaster Toede leads them towards Pax Tharkas. Tas makes a new friend, Toede's servant, Sestun the gully dwarf. We learn from Fizban that dragonlances and Huma were real. The slave caravan is ambushed by an Elvish party, all the prisoners are freed. We meet Gilthanas' brother and see again the tension that exist between the races of Krynn. Companions are lead to elvish city of Qualinost where they meet the the leader of the Elves and Tanis' surrogate father. We also learn that the elves are leaving their home. The Elves are shocked by the return of the Gods and finally we meet one of Tanis' loves, Laurana.  Quite the action packed chapters!

The first and possibly last Dragonlance adaptation! Using somewhat outdated animation technology was either a stylistic or budget related choice, but a fantastic voice cast brings this story to life!

Jon, Jon, Layne, and Clinton cover chapters three through six in book two of Dragons of Autumn Twilight

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of rape. Discussion begins at the 58 minute mark.  In this episode we return to Solace and see how the invasion of the Dragon Queen's army has destroyed the town and its people. The Companions return to the Inn of the Last Home only to find it occupied by murderers, hobgoblins, and draconians. Tanis receives an icy reception from an old friend, and the party is captured. Goldmoon practices her sacred healing arts to the astonishment of others, and we meet an old, though familiar mage, who is clearly more than he appears.   

Background Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage, Yoga, Studying and Therapy …… Hi everyone, this is Jim Butler and welcome to the Deep Energy Podcasts - 1263 and 1264 - Autumn Twilight - Parts 1 and 2 ……. I have a brand new podcast. ‘Slow Piano for Sleep' A semi-weekly podcast of my own solo ambient piano pieces. Available wherever you listen to podcasts and at the link below https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slow-piano-for-sleep/id1626828397 https://open.spotify.com/show/5BD3upRDysHNAKctGODPKT?si=18ca97b89ccb4d39 ……….. If you would like to find out more about me and my music, head on over to www.jimbutlermusic.com or you can e-mail me at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com. On the website you will find links to all of my social media including FB, FB fan page, IG and Twitter and any live appearances I am making in the Keene, NH area. ……. My YouTube page has all of the podcasts if you like listening that way, plus various other videos. https://www.youtube.com/user/JimButlerMusic ……… I now have a merchandise store with a collection of mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, hoodie's and a ton more… you can find it at www.deepenergy.threadless.com ……… This podcast is ad supported, if you would like to listen to the podcast without ads or speaking, please go to my Bandcamp page and most of the podcasts are there. If you would like a podcast and you don't see it, just send me an e-mail and I will get it uploaded ASAP. www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com ……. Please share, subscribe, rate and review (helps more people find the podcast) through however you listen to the podcast including: Spreaker, Stitcher, Apple Podcast App, Castbox, Pandora, Spotify, Soundcloud, Luminary, iHeart Radio, Radio.com, Deezer, YouTube, Alexa and Siri and many other podcast providers. ……. Thank you for listening. Until the next time, please be kind to one another, peace, bye… …….. Original Image: by me via Dream app (not sponsored) …………………. ambient, music, iheartradio, spreaker, newhampshire, massage, meditation, newage, soundscape, reiki, instrumental, spiritual, healing music therapy, sleep, yoga

Background Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage, Yoga, Studying and Therapy …… Hi everyone, this is Jim Butler and welcome to the Deep Energy Podcasts - 1263 and 1264 - Autumn Twilight - Parts 1 and 2 ……. I have a brand new podcast. ‘Slow Piano for Sleep' A semi-weekly podcast of my own solo ambient piano pieces. Available wherever you listen to podcasts and at the link below https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slow-piano-for-sleep/id1626828397 https://open.spotify.com/show/5BD3upRDysHNAKctGODPKT?si=18ca97b89ccb4d39 ……….. If you would like to find out more about me and my music, head on over to www.jimbutlermusic.com or you can e-mail me at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com. On the website you will find links to all of my social media including FB, FB fan page, IG and Twitter and any live appearances I am making in the Keene, NH area. ……. My YouTube page has all of the podcasts if you like listening that way, plus various other videos. https://www.youtube.com/user/JimButlerMusic ……… I now have a merchandise store with a collection of mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, hoodie's and a ton more… you can find it at www.deepenergy.threadless.com ……… This podcast is ad supported, if you would like to listen to the podcast without ads or speaking, please go to my Bandcamp page and most of the podcasts are there. If you would like a podcast and you don't see it, just send me an e-mail and I will get it uploaded ASAP. www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com ……. Please share, subscribe, rate and review (helps more people find the podcast) through however you listen to the podcast including: Spreaker, Stitcher, Apple Podcast App, Castbox, Pandora, Spotify, Soundcloud, Luminary, iHeart Radio, Radio.com, Deezer, YouTube, Alexa and Siri and many other podcast providers. ……. Thank you for listening. Until the next time, please be kind to one another, peace, bye… …….. Original Image: by me via Dream app (not sponsored) …………………. ambient, music, iheartradio, spreaker, newhampshire, massage, meditation, newage, soundscape, reiki, instrumental, spiritual, healing music therapy, sleep, yoga

Background Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage, Yoga, Studying and Therapy …… Hi everyone, this is Jim Butler and welcome to the Deep Energy Podcasts - 1263 and 1264 - Autumn Twilight - Parts 1 and 2 ……. I have a brand new podcast. ‘Slow Piano for Sleep' A semi-weekly podcast of my own solo ambient piano pieces. Available wherever you listen to podcasts and at the link below https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slow-piano-for-sleep/id1626828397 https://open.spotify.com/show/5BD3upRDysHNAKctGODPKT?si=18ca97b89ccb4d39 ……….. If you would like to find out more about me and my music, head on over to www.jimbutlermusic.com or you can e-mail me at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com. On the website you will find links to all of my social media including FB, FB fan page, IG and Twitter and any live appearances I am making in the Keene, NH area. ……. My YouTube page has all of the podcasts if you like listening that way, plus various other videos. https://www.youtube.com/user/JimButlerMusic ……… I now have a merchandise store with a collection of mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, hoodie's and a ton more… you can find it at www.deepenergy.threadless.com ……… This podcast is ad supported, if you would like to listen to the podcast without ads or speaking, please go to my Bandcamp page and most of the podcasts are there. If you would like a podcast and you don't see it, just send me an e-mail and I will get it uploaded ASAP. www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com ……. Please share, subscribe, rate and review (helps more people find the podcast) through however you listen to the podcast including: Spreaker, Stitcher, Apple Podcast App, Castbox, Pandora, Spotify, Soundcloud, Luminary, iHeart Radio, Radio.com, Deezer, YouTube, Alexa and Siri and many other podcast providers. ……. Thank you for listening. Until the next time, please be kind to one another, peace, bye… …….. Original Image: by me via Dream app (not sponsored)

Background Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage, Yoga, Studying and Therapy …… Hi everyone, this is Jim Butler and welcome to the Deep Energy Podcasts - 1263 and 1264 - Autumn Twilight - Parts 1 and 2 ……. I have a brand new podcast. ‘Slow Piano for Sleep' A semi-weekly podcast of my own solo ambient piano pieces. Available wherever you listen to podcasts and at the link below https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slow-piano-for-sleep/id1626828397 https://open.spotify.com/show/5BD3upRDysHNAKctGODPKT?si=18ca97b89ccb4d39 ……….. If you would like to find out more about me and my music, head on over to www.jimbutlermusic.com or you can e-mail me at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com. On the website you will find links to all of my social media including FB, FB fan page, IG and Twitter and any live appearances I am making in the Keene, NH area. ……. My YouTube page has all of the podcasts if you like listening that way, plus various other videos. https://www.youtube.com/user/JimButlerMusic ……… I now have a merchandise store with a collection of mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, hoodie's and a ton more… you can find it at www.deepenergy.threadless.com ……… This podcast is ad supported, if you would like to listen to the podcast without ads or speaking, please go to my Bandcamp page and most of the podcasts are there. If you would like a podcast and you don't see it, just send me an e-mail and I will get it uploaded ASAP. www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com ……. Please share, subscribe, rate and review (helps more people find the podcast) through however you listen to the podcast including: Spreaker, Stitcher, Apple Podcast App, Castbox, Pandora, Spotify, Soundcloud, Luminary, iHeart Radio, Radio.com, Deezer, YouTube, Alexa and Siri and many other podcast providers. ……. Thank you for listening. Until the next time, please be kind to one another, peace, bye… …….. Original Image: by me via Dream app (not sponsored)

Angus continues our celebration of Appendix N Month with Dragonlance Issue #4 and the exciting conclusion to this 4 issue story arc entitled My Honor is My Life! Dragonlance was a comic book produced by DC Comics under license from TSR. It featured new characters and stories in the world of Krynn, with appearances by some of the original characters from the Dragonlance books. The stories take place prior to the events of Dragons of Autumn Twilight. There were 34 issues published by DC from August 1988 – September 1991.  Comic Book Character of The Month - Sturm Brightblade  https://www.amazon.com/Dragonlance-Classics-Vol-Dan-Mishkin-ebook/dp/B0108WA3DI/ Graphic Novel of The Month - H.P. Lovecraft's Worlds: The Lurking Fear and Other Tales Vol. 1  https://www.amazon.com/H-P-Lovecrafts-Worlds-Lurking-Other-ebook/dp/B09HQLT6MN/ Leave a message at kirbyskidspodcast@gmail.com Join the Community Discussions https://mewe.com/join/kirbyskids Please join us down on the Comics Reading Trail in 2023 https://www.kirbyskids.com/2022/11/holiday-special-kirbys-kids-giving.html For detailed show notes and past episodes please visit www.kirbyskids.com

In this episode, Jonathon and Shivam follow the Companions as they escape Xak Tsaroth, witness a miracle, see Raistlin's good side, and finish Book One of Dragons of Autumn Twilight. We discuss the D&D Dragonlance Modules a bit wondering how economical and good they still are. We then try to ease into Book 2 but it doesn't let us, preferring to start with a devastating boom!

The Companions make their plans to sneak into and steal from the Dragon's hoard. Their plans go horribly wrong. With disastrous consequences for the Companions, and the buried city of Xak Tsaroth. The Compansions disasterous retreat with what perhaps is the people of Krynn's only hope in their possession! We think... Shivam and Jonathon have a long conversation about canon,what exactly it is, and what purpose does it serve? 

Join the 2023 Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Annual Watch Party celebrating the direct to video film release. Originally released by Paramount Pictures on January 15, 2008. The film was scored by Karl Preusser. We will be commenting on its production and story with you, the audience.

Join me as I unbox Barrel Aged Coffees of Autumn Twilight coffee beans & Smugglers Chronicles 2022 mug from Smugglers Coffee. These are released annually, and the mug design is the 2022 edition.

The Companions find another way down into the ruined city of Xak Tsorath with the help of their new friend Bupu. Oh, really she's only Raistlin's friend. This way is a little more complicated and a lot dirtier. They finally find themselves in the ruined city, somehow folded over on itself tucked into a giant underground cave. A discussion of strategy. Spying on a dragon. Finally, they meet with the leader of the Gully Dwarves, Highbulp Phudge the First and discuss how best to get the disks they seek without letting the dragon know. The Highbulp has other plans. 

Deep Dive is back as Layne, Clinton, and the two Jons cover Chapters one and two of Book Two of Dragons of Autumn Twilight.

Show Topics 1. KOTB News website update: Richard's DM notes Brutal Tuesday recaps asking for other GMs to send in recaps D100 Tables 2. Ti'tains From December 1, 2022 until February 28, 2023 get 10% off with promo code: KOTB2023 www.etsy.com/shop/InfinitionsTabletop?coupon=KOTB2023 2. KOTB Library Jesse: Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weiss Tracy Hickman Richard: Oceans Slayers Racing by Alex Knowles 3. Termonology N: Nerf 4. Creature Feature N: Night Walker Podcast Warning and Intro/Outro Credit: Thank You Pepper the Vixen https://twitter.com/PepperTheVixen https://www.twitch.tv/pepperthevixen Background Music: The music is composed and permission granted to us to use in our streams by Adrian von Ziegler. Be sure to check out the links below to hear more and to help support his great work. Adrian von Ziegler's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSeJA6az0GrNM4_-pl3HQSQ Adrian's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AdrianvonZiegler Knights of the Braille: www.knightsofthebraille.com KOTB Patron(even $1 helps): https://www.patreon.com/knightsofthebraille Contact us: Richard's info Email: knightsofthebraille@gmail.com Twitter: @brailleknights Jesse's Info: jesseb83@comcast.net Thanks to Chris Cook for voicing the Outrob

A group of friends try to stop a religious order called The Seekers as well as the Dragon Highlords from taking over the continent of Ansalon. Guest Host: DM Tim from https://www.knightsandnerds.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bsbargainbin Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/bsbargainbin/shop

Shivam is excited to talk a bit about the new Dragonlance book that came out this year, and his role in its writing. In these chapters Goldmoon meets a Goddess. The Companions witness a miracle. They descend into Xak Tsorath to claim the platinum disks for Mishakal. We meet Gully Dwarves and we have a lot to say about them. Rasitlin makes friends with the gully dwarves. The companions find a way down into the ruins of the city, but there is a complication. 

The party is imprisoned by the Draconians. The weird creatures celebrate their retrieval of the blue crystal staff. Tanis worries over the Companions, Tasselhoff and Flint missing, Raistlinpoisoned. Tasselhoff plans a rescue. Hijinks ensue.  The Companions escape only to encounter true terror, a black dragon. Tragedy awaits one of them. 

Tanis chooses for the group. They will accept the task given to them by the Forestmaster. The Companions wonder at what exactly it is they must hunt down. The Forestmaster whisks them across the continent on pegasuses.  Goldmoon and Riverwind experience serious trauma. Their acceptance of the blue crystal staff continues to have a high cost. The Companions hurry to meet the deadline set by the Forestmaster entering a dismal swamp. Before they can find the ruins of Xak Tsorath they're ambushed and defeated by Draconians 

The Companions journey through Darken Wood. Wherein they find a place more alive than tales would have lead them to believe. Once night falls they meet some of the "less alive" denizens of the Wood.  The Companions are lead to the Master of Darken Wood and are provided much needed context and direction. Oh, and an impossible task...

The Summer of Dragonlance continues as Layne, Jon, and Jon discuss chapters 13-16 of Dragons of Autumn Twilight! With discussions of the logistics of hauling around a giant wicker dragon, unintential dark humor while describing a scene where a character gets bathed in acid, and complex relations between people and gods reduced to the poem "Footprints", there's a lot going on in this one. (This podcast does feature adults using adult language. You have been warned.) Catch Jon M Wilson at jonreadscomics.com   Layne is found at thebatmanuniverse.net

The Companions learn more about the strange party of black robed 'clerics' they encountered. Goldmoon tries to gain new information about the blue crystal staff. A new race is introduced to Krynn, creating problems for the Companions. The party flees, again.  Sturm remembers and maybe goes a little crazy. The Companions benefit (?) from his mental turmoil. They follow his madness (?) into Darken Woods. 

On you are in for something different. On the show we have a visit from Alfred Hitchcock and have one of his classic stories. By the magic of the recording medium we have him on the show.  Also, we have two listener stories about ghosts that live in a closet. If that sounds strange, wait till you hear the stories. They are amazing. So, press that play button and hear the magic. Featured Story -  Mr and Mrs Smith Our featured story is quite the departure for us. We have an Alfred Hitchcock classic story that explores the deepest depths between a married couple. The suspense in this one is palpable and unrelenting..kind of. The story is titled Mr and Mrs Smith and was originally a 1941 movie produced and directed by Hitchcock. What we will hear is The Screen Directors Playhouse adaptation of the movie. It stars Robert Montgomery and first aired on January 30, 1941. Other Stories Include - Murder In A Tomb, Dragons of Autumn Twilight, That's My Dad, A Shadow In The Closet, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith Ron's Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Social Links:Contact Links:

Summer side project continues as Jon, Jon, and Clinton take on chapters 9-12 of Dragons of Autumn Twilight! This episode has everything! Really bad puns by one Jon and Clinton threatening to drive the other Jon out of his mind? Yep! Misuse of the word "Thee" in the text coming close to finishing the job? Oh yes! Jon literally moved to tears while reading a passage aloud? You know it! This plus pedantic discussions of AD&D vision rules, undead, spells, and Greek and Roman linguistics. I told you it has everything! Sent comments to marriedwcomics@gmail.com Jon M Wilson:  @jonreadscomics Clinton Robison: @CoffeeComicsBlg Jon Schaefer Hames: @MWC_Podcast    

The whole gang is here! The two Jons, Clinton, and Layne cover Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Chapters 5-8, as well as an exerpt from the AD&D Module, Dragons of Mystery. The companions survive near drowning and flying arrows only to fall headfirst into combat with creatures from beyond their experience. Will the quest be over before it begins? Sent feedback to marriedwcomics@gmail.com or on Twitter @MWC_Podcast 

The Summer of Dragonlance continues, as my friends join me for a discussion of one of my lifelong favorites, The Dragonlance Chronicles! Layne and Clinton join me for a discussion of chapters 1 and 2 and a readthrough/discussion of 3 of Dragons of Autumn Twilight!  Check out Clinton's stuff: http://coffeeandcomicspodcast.blogspot.com/ Check out Layne and her firends' stuff! https://thebatmanuniverse.net/   Buy this book! https://www.amazon.com/Dragons-Autumn-Twilight-Chronicles-Dragonlance-ebook/dp/B004G606K8/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=dragons+of+autumn+twilight&qid=1656979671&sr=8-1  

Things are really picking up in Dragons of Autumn Twilight. The Party is complete, all the Companions have been introduced, and the adventure is underway! The Party escapes from the Inn of the Last Home, flees Solace, and finds its way on the road to Haven with a divine staff that hasn't been seen since the time of the Cataclysm. Along the way we meet a new threat, not just to the Companions but to all of Krynn

Shivam and Jonathon continue their dive into the first Dragonlance novel, Dragons of Autumn Twilight. We are introduced to the Inn of the Last Home and more of the Companions! The twins: Caramon and Raistlin, the knight Sturm, and a pair of Plainspeople who have come to Solace.  And they are all unceremoniously dumped into an adventure!

This week is all about dragons.  The KPL Podcast interviews Kelly Barnhill about her latest adult novel, "When Women Were Dragons." The recommendations segments continues the trend when hosts Shannon and Jigisha mention some of their favorite dragon books.  This episode contains the KPL summer reading secret word.Recommendations1. When I'm Gone Look For Me In The East by Quan Barry2. Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly3. Queer Ducks (and other animals): the natural world of animal sexuality by Eliot Schrefer4. Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis5. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik6. Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria

Jonathon and Shivam dive in to the first Dragonlance novel, Dragons of Autumn Twilight, covering the Prologue and the first couple of chapters. Listeners are introduced to the world of Krynn, parts of its history and we begin to meet the protagonists of this tale!

Tonight's title is Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman Tonight's guest is Wendy Wagner. http://winniewoohoo.com https://twitter.com/wnwagner https://journalstone.com/bookstore/the-deer-kings/ https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-secret-skin Our theme music is Kwartet Japonski II (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maciej_onowski/Kwartet_Japonski_I__II/PMLP226115-Japan-Quartet_2) by Maciej Żołnowski. Your hosts: Ben Blattberg http://twitter.com/InCatastrophe Vin LaBate http://twitter.com/MrReciprocity http://thechimera.space http://MrReciprocity.itch.io Dragons of Autumn Twilight cover https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/0/07b497f0-7a04-4567-997d-7bbc13fad013/GKNwxJRl.jpg Dragons of Autumn Twilight page https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/0/07b497f0-7a04-4567-997d-7bbc13fad013/SvoY_XW7.jpg Special Guest: Wendy Wagner.