Podcasts about David Eddings

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 54:14

Stephen Aryan is a fantasy author from the North East of England. Growing up, he read fantasy books by authors including Tolkien, CS Lewis, Ursula Le Guin, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, Terry Brooks, David Eddings, before moving on to authors that include David Gemmell, Tad Williams, James Barclay, Stephen King, Robert Jordan, and Robin Hobb. In 2013, after over a decade of rejections, Stephen submitted his latest novel to a literary agent. Battlemage, his debut novel, was published in 2015, and was the first of a trilogy called the Age of Darkness. Since then, he has gone on to publish several fantasy series. Stephen is a lapsed gamer and a wannabe forest ranger, who likes spending time outside in the woods. When he's not extolling the virtues of Babylon 5, he can be found drinking real ale and reading comics. He lives in the West Midlands with his partner and two cats.

Building New Worlds With Familiar Fantasy Tropes With Christopher Paolini | SCC 163

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 61:52

Christopher was homeschooled by his parents. As a child, he often wrote short stories and poems, made frequent trips to the library, and read widely. Some of his favorite books were Bruce Coville's Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, Frank Herbert's Dune, and Raymond E. Feist's Magician (now available in volumes one and two), as well as books by Anne McCaffrey, Jane Yolen, Brian Jacques, E.R. Eddison, David Eddings, and Ursula K. Le Guin. The idea of Eragon began as the daydreams of a teen. Christopher's love for the magic of stories led him to craft a novel that he would enjoy reading. The project began as a hobby, a personal challenge; he never intended it to be published. Before he began writing Eragon, he plotted out the entire adventure. He found that doing some of the same things as his characters allowed him to better understand their world, as well as to think of descriptions that otherwise would not have occured to him. To this end he forged his own knives and swords, made chain mail, spun wool, camped in the Beartooth Mountains, made his own bow, built survival shelters, learned to track game, fletched arrows, felled trees, hiked, and camped. In short, the books embody a great deal of his experience of living in Montana. His work also combined elements gathered from research and from his imagination. He read a huge amount of folklore while growing up, ranging from the Brothers Grimm to Beowulf, Nordic sagas, and the Aeneid, along with contemporary fantasy and science fiction. In addition, he learned about weaponry, food, clothing, and customs from the Middle Ages, which is roughly the era he envisioned Eragon living in. Armed with that information, he daydreamed the scenes with his characters. Then he took pen to paper and tried to recreate those images with words. Christopher was fifteen when he wrote the first draft of Eragon. He took a second year to revise the book, and then gave it to his parents to read. The family decided to self-publish the book and spent a third year preparing the manuscript for publication: copyediting, proofreading, designing a cover, typesetting the manuscript, and creating marketing materials. During this time Christopher drew the map for Eragon, as well as the dragon eye for the book cover (which now appears inside the Knopf hardcover edition). The manuscript was sent to press and the first books arrived in November 2001. The Paolini family spent the next year promoting the book at libraries, bookstores, and schools in 2002 and early 2003.

Episode 200: Celebrating The 200th Episode

The Pulp Writer Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 18:34

In this week's episode, I celebrate the 200th episode of The Pulp Writer Show by asking readers which book of mine they read first. The episode also has a preview of the audiobook of GHOST IN THE VEILS as narrated by Hollis McCarthy. To commemorate the occasion this coupon code will get you 25% off EVERY SINGLE ITEM at my Payhip store: 200THEPISODE That's right, the coupon code will get you 25% off every single ebook or audiobook on my Payhip store, and it's good through May 20th, 2024. So if you're looking for something to read or listen to, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT Audio file Episode200.mp3 Transcript 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 200 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is May the 10th, 2024 and today we are celebrating the 200th episode of this podcast by taking a look back at how people have found my books. We'll also close out the show with a preview of the upcoming Ghost in the Veils audiobook. First up, let's do Coupon of the Week. To celebrate the 200th episode of this podcast, we're going to have a special coupon code that will get you 25% off every single item at my Payhip store. That coupon code is 200THEPISODE, which is spelled 200THEPISODE and the coupon code and the link to my Payhip will be included in the show notes for this episode. That's right, the coupon code will give you 25% off every single ebook or audiobook on my Payhip store and is good through May 20th, 2024. So if you're looking for something to read or listen to, we have got you covered. Now let's have an update on current writing projects. The rough draft of Cloak of Titans is done, and I am about 2/3 of the way through the first editing pass. If all goes well, I am hoping to have that out before the end of May. I've also written a short story called Blood Walk and newsletter subscribers will get a free ebook copy of that short story when Cloak of Titans comes out. So this is an excellent time to sign up for my new release newsletter. You'll get 3 free epic fantasy novels when you do. Once Cloak of Titans is published, my next main project will be Shield of Darkness, which will hopefully come out towards the end of June or the start of July. I am also about 11,000 words into Half-Orc Paladin, the third Rivah book, and I will make that my main project after Shield of Darkness is done, so that book will probably come out before the end of this summer, if all goes well. 00:01:57 Main Topic/Question of the Week And our Question of the Week is also this week's main topic. It's a question that I can't answer myself, but I asked because I wanted to talk about it for this episode of the podcast, and the question is, which book of mine did you first read, and how did you come across it (since Cloak of Titans will be, I believe, my 152nd novel)? I expected a wide range of responses and we got them. Our first response is from Roman who says: first one was Demonsouled. I looked for free books when I downloaded the Kindle app for my new iPad and have read everything you've written since. I guess your plan of giving away the first book for free worked on me. That is why I give those books away for free. Our next response is from Dave, who says: I found Child of the Ghosts on BookBub. The title was intriguing. It was also free. I now have an extensive Jonathan Moeller collection on my Kindle Library. Our next response comes from Joachim, who says: Ghost Omnibus One and Ghost Exile Omnibus One were $0.99, so I purchased both. I continued with Ghost Exile, backfilling the Ghost stories later. You would not be able to answer your own question obviously, but would you be able to answer us the following question: what was the first fantasy book you published? That would been Demonsouled back in 2005, when it was traditionally published and later I got the rights back and self-published it for the first time in 2011 and then later made it free. Our next response is from Mark, who says: I found Child of the Ghosts on Kindle. Sam says Frostborn: The Gray Knight. I was looking for a new fantasy series to read after I finished the Codex Alera. Came across it while scrolling through Amazon and thought, huh, why not? Little did I know all these years later I would have an addiction to your novels. Well, there are worse problems to have. I agree very much. Our next response is from Tarun who says: read Child of the Ghosts first on the Kindle web app. Todd says: Child of the Ghosts. Caina is a great Ghost nightfighter. Mary says: Frostborn. I forget why. That seems entirely appropriate, because I wrote Frostborn 11 years ago now. Yes, eleven years ago now, because I wrote it in 2003, so I can barely remember writing it at this point, let alone how someone might come across it. Our next response is from Justin: Demonsouled. Free book offer. Steve says: Iron Hand. If I remember right, it came up as a suggestion on the Kindle app. Sara says: Frostborn. It was $0.99 and then after I finished that series, Child of the Ghosts on a 99 cent deal. Thuvia says: Thief Trap-finished it on September 14th, 2016. I don't recall how I found it, but maybe BookBub? I know the book covers amused me since they're nothing like how Nadia dresses. I have since changed the Cloak Games and Cloak Mage covers, but the original covers definitely did not reflect how Nadia dresses in the series. Our next response is from William, who says: Iron Hand, which I discovered through William King's blog when you posted your blog post on how to write and publish an ebook at no cost using free software. I remember that blog post. That got a lot of traction, especially because I've written an entire book, Silent Order: Eclipse Hand, in order to prove that point. Our next response is from Kermit, who says: the Ghost Omnibus. I was researching the next fantasy author I wanted to read because David Eddings had died. I came across your Ghosts series and decided to try it. Ann-Marie says: Child of the Ghosts. The title caught me. It was part of Kindle's recommendations for things I should try next. I was also getting off of a mystery genre binge so I wanted something different to dive into. I love Caina. She's so cool. Whoops, forgot to add Goodreads says I read it back in July 2017. Kevin says: the first books of yours were The Frostborn Omnibus One on the 21st of April 2017. I came across it on Amazon search while looking for stuff to read in the car whilst waiting for my son to come out of school. It was £0.99, so throw away money really and worth look. Since then I have, amongst others, read a further 103 books of yours to date. So it seems that making Frostborn Omnibus One $0.99 turned out to be a really good idea. Our next response is from Lee, who says: Frostborn the Gray Knight was the first ebook I picked up to read. I started because of the book description. Since then I have read almost every book you have published. Perry says: Demonsouled with the original public domain cover art (the best of the covers, in my opinion) searching for books to add to my Kobo. And I stumbled across Smashwords. I searched for free fantasy books, and your books were near the top of the results. This was just shortly after you started self-publishing. I originally grabbed a whole slew of your books there. I have since purchased and continue to buy your ebooks through Kobo. I get points for being a VIP plus a free book every year from a select list. All your short stories I buy on Kobo as well. Audiobooks I get through your Payhip store. Ah, that takes me way back because way back. In 2011 when I started self-publishing, I couldn't afford cover art of any kind, so what I had to do was look for classic artwork scenes that were in the public domain since you can reuse public domain art freely. You do in fact see a lot of traditionally published books that have old like Renaissance or Baroque paintings, for the cover. That was the original covers Demonsouled and Child of the Ghosts, public domain artwork from the 19th century. Our next response is from Lauren, who says: Child of the Ghosts on Smashwords, but I read primarily through Kindle these days. Nadia is my favorite, but I hope to use the Ghost and/or Demonsouled settings one day in our group's tabletop RPGs. Our next response is from Jesse, who says: Frostborn Omnibus One. I was sitting in an IHOP and I had just finished the last ebook in my queue. Google Books suggested it. It was a dollar for three and half books, so I figured why not? Still had half a plate of food to go. I have subsequently bought and read pretty much everything of yours is readily available and actively tracking all the series. Good stuff. I'm glad that worked out because that is one of the better stories I've ever heard of what happens in an IHOP. Our next comment is from Becca, who says: Demonsouled, when it first came out on Kindle. I can remember waiting eagerly for each book in the series. Still one of my favorites. Thank you for all the writing! Rhion says: Demonsouled. I just finished a bunch of Quantrell and Peloquin books and it popped up under suggested reading on KU. Since then, I've read quite literally your entire fiction bibliography, which is just ridiculous. Our next comment comes from Jonathan (a different Jonathan than me) and he says: first book I actually read was the Frostborn Omnibus, the first three books plus The First Quest all bundled into one. I got them on Google Play because I got a gift card for Christmas and I think the omnibus was on sale. So I couldn't resist getting four whole books for cheap, which of course led into the rest of the series and to Sevenfold Sword and to Mallison and to Dragontiarna. Mandy says: I read the Frostborn prequel and found it on the freebie list on Amazon at the time. I read everything released in that universe, as well as the Demonsouled series and am now working my way through the Ghosts series. Our next comment is from Randy, who says: Child of the Ghosts was my first. I was desperately searching for new authors and it was one of about a dozen free novels I picked up several years ago. Caina's story was so good I finished in one sitting. After I devoured what was available at the time for the Ghost books, I moved on to Frostborn. Then I found you also wrote science fiction. I've read all the different series to date and I haven't been found wanting yet. Well, not true. I'm always wanting the next book. That's why I'm working hard on the next book. Our next comment is from Martin who says: I started with the Gray Knight. I instantly loved it and the rest of the series, at least what was published at the time. When I ran out of them, I looked you up and read the Demonsouled books. After that, moved on to Caina and only recently I moved on to Nadia. I also find they have a lot of readability. Our next comment is from Lauren, who says: Child of the Ghosts, after the third book in the series was out. Found it when searching for a new read on Amazon. Was hooked from there. Marta says: I'm sure it was a Bookbub deal. I think it was the Frostborn Omnibus. Jacob says: The Gray Knight. Came across it after looking for a new series to read after I caught up on the Half-Orc series by David Dalglish. Barbara says: Demonsouled or Child of the Ghosts. It's been so long. I'm not sure which was first. Having been the one to write those books so long ago, I totally understand where she's coming from. Our next response is from Cheryl, who says: the first Ridmark Arban book. Can't remember the name, may have been The Gray Knight? That is entirely correct. It was, in fact Frostborn: The Gray Knight. Our next response is from JKM who says: the first Ghost book and I cannot remember where I came across it. John says Demonsouled on Kindle. Amazon suggested to me way, way back. I picked up a used printed copy I discovered at my local fantasy and science fiction store, Dark Carnival. Shortly afterwards gave it to my son, who enjoyed it as well. That is a deep cut, because Demonsouled was originally published in 2005 in hardback and very quickly went out of print. So I'm impressed that John managed to find one of those copies still floating out there in the used book market. Cathy says: Frostborn Omnibus One. I saw the $0.99 price and thought if I don't like it, I'm only out a dollar. Once I finished it, I started looking for other books by you and have read almost every series you've written. Michael says. I think it was Ghost in the Flames. It was early 2010s (2013 maybe?), and I just discovered the joy of self-published fantasy authors on the Kindle store. As soon as I read it, I was hooked. Bonnie says: Frostborn omnibus. It was cheap, looked interesting, so I gave it a try. Then Tower of Endless Worlds- totally hooked and now I have all the books! Michiel says: Demonsouled. It was free, so I gave it a go and started collecting everything you wrote since then. Jason says: I honestly can't remember. I think it might have been the first Caina omnibus with an Audible audiobook that I played in my car while driving to work. Then the second and I ran out of audiobooks, so I had to start reading them myself. Phillipe says: The very first Caina book, been hooked since. Susan says: Demonsouled. I was searching for something to read, and it sounded good. I have now read everything and am patiently waiting for more. Melinda says Child of the Ghosts. It was free and I was broke and bored. That is why I give away the free books: to entertain people who are broke and bored. Our next comment is from Juliana, who says: the first Ghosts book. Judy says: Child of the Ghosts. I was on Google Play and was recommended. Tom says: The Frostborn Omnibus One, on sale on Amazon. The rest is history. Justin says: The Gray Knight was a suggestion based on what I read on Apple Library. Ashley (who I believe is in fact engaged to Justin) says: My first book was also The Gray Knight and Justin was the reason I started reading this series. So thanks for the recommendations, Justin! James says: Demonsouled on Kindle way back when. It was free and a good name. I mean how Demonsouled isn't a band name yet, I have no idea. The rest, as they say, is many, many series later. I fully understand. Our next comment is from Juana who says: Frostborn: The Gray Knight. It was in a BookBub offering. Shandy says: I was in a book hangover and saw your Frostborn series on sale on Google Play Books. Omnibus got me and like 100 plus books later, safe to say I'm a fan. Beverly says: Demonsouled. It's been so long. I don't know what led me to get it. Most likely just window shopping for next read and I thought it'd be something I would enjoy. Andrew says Frostborn series. Suggested by Kindle. I've read most of what you've written since. Just can't get into Demonsouled, so don't know why. I've got those books. Just doesn't click. Christopher says: Demonsouled. I got the first book free on my Nook, like I found most of my favorite authors. I also read another one of the first book free ones at the same time, but I didn't like it. I don't remember something about a tower and magic. Then I read the Frostborn series. You were far enough into it that by the time I started I was playing catch up as you released books. I may have had to wait a week or two for the last book to come out. Then I started Cloak Games. That is still in my top three favorite series of all time. Probably top two with Spinward Fringe by Randolph Lalonde. I have read pretty much everything you've written by now. David says: Thief Trap. Found via Facebook ad. Venus says: Thief Trap. Found it doing a search for free urban fantasy on my Nook. So those are some of the first books of mine that people have read and the ways in which they found them. I think we can safely say that giving away the first book in your series for free turned out to be a very good idea. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who has read any of my books as, as you probably guessed, have been doing this for a long time. Demonsouled was first published in April 2011 (for self-published, rather); it was initially published in hardback way back in May 2005. So I clearly have been doing this for a long time and I am very grateful to everyone who has read a book or listened to an audiobook or come along for the ride. I'm also very grateful to everyone who has listened to this podcast over 200 episodes. And here's to more interesting episodes in the future. So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes with transcripts (transcripts are available from Episode 140 onwards) on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe. Stay healthy and see you all next week. And now let's close out the show with a preview of the audio book of Ghost in the Veils, as excellently read by Hollis McCarthy: Caina gazed at the wrapped bundle in the back of the wagon. Thankfully, no blood had leaked from it. Though perhaps she shouldn't have worried. Only a few people in Malarae would have recognized the dark green liquid as blood. The wagon itself was nothing remarkable. A bit old and worn, though none of the planks had rotted and the wheels were in mostly good shape. A pair of placid draft horses pulled the vehicle, the animals well-accustomed to the noises and smells of the Imperial capital. The only thing unusual was the bundle resting in the back.It was almost the precise size and shape of the corpse of a grown man. To be fair, it was a corpse. Just not of a grown man. Or a grown woman. Or indeed anything human. Caina didn't know what it was, but she intended to find out. “Will there be anything else, Countess?” said her seneschal, a Saddaic man named Talzain. He wore the formal black clothes of a Nighmarian servant. Combined with his wan complexion, the outfit always made him look a bit corpselike. “No, thank you,” said Caina. “I should be back in time for dinner with Lord Kylon and Lady Kalliope.” “Yes,” said Talzain. He cleared his throat. “That ought to be…interesting.” “You have a gift for understatement,” said Caina. Kylon and Kalliope had their own errands in the city. When Kalliope had fled New Kyre with her children ahead of the Cult of Rhadamathar, she had taken some money and baggage with them, but she had been forced to leave it behind at the Wrecked Warship near the ocean harbor of Malarae. Fortunately, the innkeeper had kept all of Kalliope's baggage on hand. Partly because Anastasios was an honest man and partly because he feared the vengeance of Kalliope's father. Lysikas Stormblade had a formidable reputation, even among the Kyracians living in Malarae. So Kalliope had gone with some of Caina's servants to retrieve her baggage and buy such things as Nikarion and Zoe might need. Kylon himself was keeping watch over the twins. Caina suggested that he take them riding to see the city, and he agreed. The children, in awe of the father they had never known they had, had made no protest. Ardakh, Sethroza, and the other Cultists were still out there, but if they tried to attack the children in Kylon's presence, they would regret it bitterly.

Episode 198: Seven Inaccurate Movies About Writing

The Pulp Writer Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 23:32

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.

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Mörkt men coolt – William Gibsons NEUROMANCER

Bookwandering with Anna James

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023 53:24

När Magnus och Johan har fullt upp kliver minionerna fram för att fylla tomrummet i etern. Böcker och annat som nämts Neuromancer - William Gibson Arkiv för upphittade anteckningar - Sanna Lund He Who Fights With Monsters - Shirtaloon Broken Earth - N.K. Jemesin Monk and robot-serien (A Psalm for the Wild-Built och A Prayer for the Crown-Shy) - Becky Chambers Riyria Revelations - Michael J. Sullivans Doktor Glas - Hjalmar Söderberg Burning Chrome - William Gibson Johnny Mnemonic - William Gibson film Alien 3 - oanvänt manus Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K. Dick Tron - film Blade Runner - film Cyberpunk 2077 - spel The Matrix - film Idoru - William Gibson Star Trek The Next Generation - tv-serie Mass Effect - spel Glamorama - Bret Easton Ellis Zoolander - film A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. Martin Flykten från New York - film Walkaway - Cory Doctorow Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson Alterd Carbon - Richard K. Morgan CY_BORG - Rollspel av Stockholm Kartell Cyber M/77 - Rollspel av Wilhelm Games New Rose - film The Peripheral - tv-serie Ghost in the Shell - mangan och animen Akira - mangan och animen Länkar Läslöss, en skräck en sci-fi och en sak till: https://www.lasloss.se/ Läs hårt David Eddings : https://lashart.podbean.com/e/barnmisshandlaren-david-eddings/ Blogposten på Piruett: https://piruett.se/2009/01/16/de-11-mest-gubbiga-rollspelsomslagen/ Läs hårt, champange på rummet: https://lashart.podbean.com/e/ah-champagne/ Obiter Dictum 348: https://www.odpod.se/index.php/2023/12/avsnitt-348-o-captain-my-captain/ Trailern till Furiosa: https://youtu.be/XJMuhwVlca4 Stepping Razor - Peter Tosh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZpnH4CD8Js

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Pawn of Prophecy with Jay McGuiness

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 43:40

In episode ten, Jay McGuiness joins me to talk about Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings. Jay is a member of boyband The Wanted and previous winner of Strictly Come Dancing but also the author of Blood Flowers, his debut YA novel, which is out in February and available to pre-order now. Jay's choice was David Eddings' 1982 fantasy book Pawn of Prophecy, the first book in the Belgariad series. We chatted about what makes a book YA, how fantasy can be used to explore almost any idea or issue and the similarities and differences between the publishing and music industry. You can find Blood Flowers, Pages & Co, and Pawn of Prophecy at my Bookshop page: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookwandering-the-podcast-s2This is the last episode of series two but Bookwandering will be back in the New Year for series three. The podcast is produced by Adam Collier with artwork by Hester Kitchen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Learning ~ David Eddings

Little Box of Quotes

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2023 0:17

Would you like to receive a daily, random quote by email from my Little Box of Quotes? https://constantine.name/lboq A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms. I kept them on the first version of my web site, where they were displayed randomly. But as time went on, I realized I wanted them where I would see them. Eventually I copied the fledgeling collection onto 3×5 cards and put them in a small box. As I find new ones, I add cards. Today, there are more than 1,000 quotes and the collection continues to grow. Hello, I'm Craig Constantine

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A Wrinkle in Time with C Pam Zhang

Bookwandering with Anna James

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 43:57

In episode nine, C Pam Zhang joins me to talk about American classic A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Pam is the author of Booker Prize-longlisted How Much of These Hills is Gold and this year's Land of Milk and Honey, one of my favourite books of the year. Pam's pick was A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle's beloved 1962 award-winning novel which kicked off the Time Quintet. We chatted about world hopping and climate change, the religious elements of the book and its refusal to sit neatly in a genre. You can find Pam's books, Pages & Co, and A Wrinkle in Time at my Bookshop page: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookwandering-the-podcast-s2Next week's episode features Jay McGuiness on Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings. The podcast is produced by Adam Collier with artwork by Hester Kitchen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ep 475 - Tangents of Twilight

WoT Spoilers Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 98:20

As is our custom, we take an episode to zoom out and recap our lives since the beginning of podcasting through this book. We are joined by Rob of Wheel Weekly News and They Might Be Darkfriends podcast, talking about WoTCon, season two of the TV show, and a bunch of other tangents.Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund Wheel Weekly News latest edition: https://www.thegreatblight.com/post/wwn-5-11-heroes-of-old-return They Might Be Darkfriends podcast: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/d6vms-2a02b1/They-Might-Be-Darkfriends---Revealing-the-Mysteries-and-Stories-Behind-the-Wheel-of-Time-Fandom-Podcast The "Crystal" aka Diamond Throne by David Eddings https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/616678.The_Diamond_Throne Social media & affiliate links can be found on our LinkTree https://linktr.ee/wotspoilers Check out other FARM podcastsHot Nuance Book Club: https://www.hotnuancebookclub.com That B*tch Is Always Late: https://www.spreaker.com/show/tbial Podcast artwork: Leah DavisTheme music: Thread of Clouds - Blue Dot Sessions A Fox And Raven Media productionThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5493125/advertisement

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The Current State Of Fantasy With Stephen Aryan | SCC 87

Author Stories - Author Interviews, Writing Advice, Book Reviews

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 50:15

Stephen Aryan was born in Iran in 1977 and raised in Whitley Bay, on the north east coast of the UK. He has been reading fantasy since a very young age. It started with books by David Eddings, Tolkien, C.S Lewis, Terry Brooks, Ursula le Guin, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman and later David Gemmell, who had a huge influence on his work. After graduating university in 1999 he started working in marketing. Around this time he also started submitting his first fantasy novel to agents. In 2013, he submitted his latest novel, Battlemage, to Juliet Mushens. It took Stephen a long time and many struggles to get this far. You can read the full story on a two part blog he wrote called How I Found an Agent Part 1, and How I Found an Agent Part 2. In 2014, Battlemage, was snatched up by Orbit books and subsequently published in 2015. It went on to be published in France, Germany and Russia and was a finalist for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for best debut fantasy novel. Battlemage went on to win the inaugural Hellfest Inferno Award in France after a public vote. The sequels, Bloodmage, and Chaosmage were both published in 2016, completing the Age of Darkness trilogy. In 2017 he published Mageborn, the first in a new trilogy, the Age of Dread, with Orbit books. This followed on from his first trilogy, with the return of fan-favourite characters and many new faces. The sequels, Magefall and Magebane were published in 2018 and 2019 respectively, wrapping up his second trilogy. In 2018 he also published Of Gods and Men with Orbit, a digital and audio novella which served as a prequel to Battlemage. In 2020 Stephen was picked up for a new duology by Angry Robot Books. The story is set in a brand new world. The first novel, The Coward, was published in June 2021 and it received a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly. The sequel, The Warrior, was published in August 2022. In 2022, Angry Robot signed The Judas Blossom, the first instalment in a Persian inspired fantasy trilogy, from Stephen. The first book will be published on 11th July 2023. The Judas Blossom has been described as an “imaginative and sprawling reimagining of the Mongol Empire's invasion of Persia” following the lives of four characters at the centre of the war. It is an examination of Persian culture, family and war in a stunning, immersive world. Stephen lives in the West Midlands with his partner and two cats. When he's not writing novels or podcasting, he can be found drinking real ale, reading books or watching TV. Stephen is represented by Juliet Mushens of the Mushens Entertainment agency. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://twitter.com/SteveAryan

The Current State Of Fantasy With Stephen Aryan | SCC 87

Author Stories - Author Interviews, Writing Advice, Book Reviews

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 50:15

The Judas Blossom: Book I of The Nightingale and the Falcon Stephen Aryan was born in Iran in 1977 and raised in Whitley Bay, on the north east coast of the UK. He has been reading fantasy since a very young age. It started with books by David Eddings, Tolkien, C.S Lewis, Terry Brooks, Ursula le Guin, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman and later David Gemmell, who had a huge influence on his work. After graduating university in 1999 he started working in marketing. Around this time he also started submitting his first fantasy novel to agents. In 2013, he submitted his latest novel, Battlemage, to Juliet Mushens. It took Stephen a long time and many struggles to get this far. You can read the full story on a two part blog he wrote called How I Found an Agent Part 1, and How I Found an Agent Part 2. In 2014, Battlemage, was snatched up by Orbit books and subsequently published in 2015. It went on to be published in France, Germany and Russia and was a finalist for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for best debut fantasy novel. Battlemage went on to win the inaugural Hellfest Inferno Award in France after a public vote. The sequels, Bloodmage, and Chaosmage were both published in 2016, completing the Age of Darkness trilogy. In 2017 he published Mageborn, the first in a new trilogy, the Age of Dread, with Orbit books. This followed on from his first trilogy, with the return of fan-favourite characters and many new faces. The sequels, Magefall and Magebane were published in 2018 and 2019 respectively, wrapping up his second trilogy. In 2018 he also published Of Gods and Men with Orbit, a digital and audio novella which served as a prequel to Battlemage. In 2020 Stephen was picked up for a new duology by Angry Robot Books. The story is set in a brand new world. The first novel, The Coward, was published in June 2021 and it received a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly. The sequel, The Warrior, was published in August 2022. In 2022, Angry Robot signed The Judas Blossom, the first instalment in a Persian inspired fantasy trilogy, from Stephen. The first book will be published on 11th July 2023. The Judas Blossom has been described as an “imaginative and sprawling reimagining of the Mongol Empire's invasion of Persia” following the lives of four characters at the centre of the war. It is an examination of Persian culture, family and war in a stunning, immersive world. Stephen lives in the West Midlands with his partner and two cats. When he's not writing novels or podcasting, he can be found drinking real ale, reading books or watching TV. Stephen is represented by Juliet Mushens of the Mushens Entertainment agency. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://twitter.com/SteveAryan When you click a link on our site, it might just be a magical portal (aka an affiliate link). We're passionate about only sharing the treasures we truly believe in. Every purchase made from our links not only supports Dabble but also the marvelous authors and creators we showcase, at no additional cost to you.

Writing And Publishing Sci Fi Thrillers And Fantasy With Christopher Paolini | SCC 82

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 51:32

Christopher Paolini drops by the Story Craft Cafe again to talk about his new releases this year, a sci fi thriller follow up called Fractal Noise, as well as his return this fall to the world of Eragon. Christopher was homeschooled by his parents. As a child, he often wrote short stories and poems, made frequent trips to the library, and read widely. Some of his favorite books were Bruce Coville's Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, Frank Herbert's Dune, and Raymond E. Feist's Magician (now available in volumes one and two), as well as books by Anne McCaffrey, Jane Yolen, Brian Jacques, E.R. Eddison, David Eddings, and Ursula K. Le Guin. The idea of Eragon began as the daydreams of a teen. Christopher's love for the magic of stories led him to craft a novel that he would enjoy reading. The project began as a hobby, a personal challenge; he never intended it to be published. Before he began writing Eragon, he plotted out the entire adventure. He found that doing some of the same things as his characters allowed him to better understand their world, as well as to think of descriptions that otherwise would not have occured to him. To this end he forged his own knives and swords, made chain mail, spun wool, camped in the Beartooth Mountains, made his own bow, built survival shelters, learned to track game, fletched arrows, felled trees, hiked, and camped. In short, the books embody a great deal of his experience of living in Montana. His work also combined elements gathered from research and from his imagination. He read a huge amount of folklore while growing up, ranging from the Brothers Grimm to Beowulf, Nordic sagas, and the Aeneid, along with contemporary fantasy and science fiction. In addition, he learned about weaponry, food, clothing, and customs from the Middle Ages, which is roughly the era he envisioned Eragon living in. Armed with that information, he daydreamed the scenes with his characters. Then he took pen to paper and tried to recreate those images with words. Christopher was fifteen when he wrote the first draft of Eragon. He took a second year to revise the book, and then gave it to his parents to read. The family decided to self-publish the book and spent a third year preparing the manuscript for publication: copyediting, proofreading, designing a cover, typesetting the manuscript, and creating marketing materials. During this time Christopher drew the map for Eragon, as well as the dragon eye for the book cover (which now appears inside the Knopf hardcover edition). The manuscript was sent to press and the first books arrived in November 2001. The Paolini family spent the next year promoting the book at libraries, bookstores, and schools in 2002 and early 2003. In summer 2002, author Carl Hiaasen, whose stepson had read a copy of the self-published book while on vacation in Montana, brought Eragon to the attention of his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf Books For Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books. Michelle Frey, executive editor at Knopf, contacted Christopher and his family to ask if they might be interested in having Knopf publish Eragon. The answer was yes, and after another round of editing, Knopf published Eragon in August 2003. The book immediately became a New York Times Best Seller. https://youtube.com/live/qzyaqkPntK0

Writing And Publishing Sci Fi Thrillers And Fantasy With Christopher Paolini | SCC 82

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Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 51:32

Christopher Paolini drops by the Story Craft Cafe again to talk about his new releases this year, a sci fi thriller follow up called Fractal Noise, as well as his return this fall to the world of Eragon. Christopher was homeschooled by his parents. As a child, he often wrote short stories and poems, made frequent trips to the library, and read widely. Some of his favorite books were Bruce Coville's Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, Frank Herbert's Dune, and Raymond E. Feist's Magician (now available in volumes one and two), as well as books by Anne McCaffrey, Jane Yolen, Brian Jacques, E.R. Eddison, David Eddings, and Ursula K. Le Guin. The idea of Eragon began as the daydreams of a teen. Christopher's love for the magic of stories led him to craft a novel that he would enjoy reading. The project began as a hobby, a personal challenge; he never intended it to be published. Before he began writing Eragon, he plotted out the entire adventure. He found that doing some of the same things as his characters allowed him to better understand their world, as well as to think of descriptions that otherwise would not have occured to him. To this end he forged his own knives and swords, made chain mail, spun wool, camped in the Beartooth Mountains, made his own bow, built survival shelters, learned to track game, fletched arrows, felled trees, hiked, and camped. In short, the books embody a great deal of his experience of living in Montana. His work also combined elements gathered from research and from his imagination. He read a huge amount of folklore while growing up, ranging from the Brothers Grimm to Beowulf, Nordic sagas, and the Aeneid, along with contemporary fantasy and science fiction. In addition, he learned about weaponry, food, clothing, and customs from the Middle Ages, which is roughly the era he envisioned Eragon living in. Armed with that information, he daydreamed the scenes with his characters. Then he took pen to paper and tried to recreate those images with words. Christopher was fifteen when he wrote the first draft of Eragon. He took a second year to revise the book, and then gave it to his parents to read. The family decided to self-publish the book and spent a third year preparing the manuscript for publication: copyediting, proofreading, designing a cover, typesetting the manuscript, and creating marketing materials. During this time Christopher drew the map for Eragon, as well as the dragon eye for the book cover (which now appears inside the Knopf hardcover edition). The manuscript was sent to press and the first books arrived in November 2001. The Paolini family spent the next year promoting the book at libraries, bookstores, and schools in 2002 and early 2003. In summer 2002, author Carl Hiaasen, whose stepson had read a copy of the self-published book while on vacation in Montana, brought Eragon to the attention of his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf Books For Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books. Michelle Frey, executive editor at Knopf, contacted Christopher and his family to ask if they might be interested in having Knopf publish Eragon. The answer was yes, and after another round of editing, Knopf published Eragon in August 2003. The book immediately became a New York Times Best Seller. https://youtube.com/live/qzyaqkPntK0

40 - Forse faremo incazzare qualcuno - "Il segno del profezia" e "La regina della magia" di David Eddings

Bla Bla Fantasy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023 52:16

In questa puntata andremo a parlare de "Il segno della profezia" e "La regina della magia", primi due libri di cinque della saga de "I Belgariad", classico del fantasy recentemente riproposto da Mondadori in una edizione completa Link Amazon: https://www.amazon.it/Belgariad-saga-completa-David-Eddings/dp/8804745983/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=37GCFNENERUJU&keywords=belgariad&qid=1672425654&sprefix=belgariad%2Caps%2C344&sr=8-1 Pagina Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bla.blafantasy/ Pagina Facebook https://www.facebook.com/blablafantasy/ Anchor: https://anchor.fm/blablafantasy Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2oXisQ7r8paJvvuYBrHt3N?si=AfUzdqcoRVaAO6D5Q9HKKw Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/search/bla%20bla%20fantasy Un ringraziamento a Riccardo per la traccia musicale in sottofondo https://campsite.bio/spinaaqm https://www.fiverr.com/riccardos17?source=gig_cards&referrer_gig_slug=do-an-amazing-and-chill-lo-fi-soundtrack-for-your-video&ref_ctx_id=6ed784fb0bae92f95938a321774d6e9d --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blablafantasy/message

A Complex Kind of Magic

Book Bistro

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 77:11

This week, Meka, Brooke, Kristin, and Shannon discuss fantasy novels featuring complex magical systems. Titles mentioned include: David Eddings, Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad #1) Kelley Skovron, Hope and Red (Empire of Storms #1) Dhonielle Clayton, The Belles (The Belles #1) Rena Barron, Kingdom of Souls (Kingdom of Souls #1) Ilona Andrews, On the Edge (The Edge #1) Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1) Isabel Ibanez, Woven In Moonlight (Woven In Moonlight #1) Saara El-Arifi, The Final Strife (The Final Strife #1) Andrew Seiple, Stuff and Nonsense (Threadbare #1) Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart #1) Michael Anderle, Witch of the Federation (Witch of the Federation #1) Jennifer Estep, Touch of Frost (Mythos Academy #1) You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: http://anchor.fm/book-bistro

Random Encounter: Interview with Allen Morris, Fantasy Artist

Teachers in the Dungeon

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 45:20

Allen Morris has created art for a number of fantasy novels by the likes of David Eddings and Stephen R. Donaldson. Tom and Dan discuss his creative process, the challenges and joys of creating original fantasy art, and of course, what role Dungeons & Dragons plays in his work and his life. Be sure to take a look at his art here: Allen Morris Art. You won't be disappointed, but you may end up spending more than you intended! As always, connect with us on social media: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on Twitter, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com. Remember to leave reviews and rate the show as you listen--it helps us out a lot. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Michael R. Schultheiss Firebird Winner Author Interview

Speak Up Talk Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 21:38

Michael R. Schultheiss is a lifelong daydreamer. He has been escaping into other worlds since he was a boy. His early influences include Tolkien, Terry Brooks, and David Eddings on the fantasy side of things, and Ray Bradbury and H.G. Wells for science fiction. Over time, he graduated to George R. R. Martin, Brandon...

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DGC Ep 311: MegaMan 2 & X (part one)

Dev Game Club

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 83:05

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we start a new series on MegaMan 2/X, looking at them as different platformers from the time. We set it in context a bit. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Three enemies Issues covered: Dog Game Club, playing a couple games instead of one, fighting mens for their weapons, playing second iterations, bringing in past favorites, setting the game in its time, mascot games, structure and wanting to choose your order of attack, using the boss for its weapons, technical limitations and difficulty, learning a level, generosity with powerups, run-based play, grinding for drops, some things that feel unfair the first time you fight them, getting the gist, having wall stages, annual release schedule, Mega Man 10 or X, tic-tac-toe enemy board, dabbling in some enemies, not knowing what order to progress, using passwords, possible orders of enemies, damage types and using the right tools for the job, Tim shades Billy Mitchell, deriving stuff from Mega Man, wanting to run, spawning enemies rhythmically rather than placement, how the platforming feels, being more methodical, character design for collision in this and Mario, good characterization with fewer states, swapping, not designing for you controller, having to be able to go to any level first, where you can get to powerups, homework: watch out for cool level design moments, books about the inside, keeping the good stuff, keeping current through peer recommendations, finding a friend group, listening to podcasts, not feeling like you have to keep up, finding threads through games, following journalists, first person football, losing perspective, the ways games are impacted by other media, butt explosion T-shirt, reactions in games, why games hit when, a return to Anor Londo. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Bark Souls, Soul Rover, Mark Garcia, Shibaenmue, Resident Beagle, Castlevania, SNES, PlayStation, Pokemon, GameBoy, Metroid (series), Zelda (series), Capcom, System Shock 2, Wasteland, Electronic Arts, Fallout, Dragon Quest 3, Enix, RC Pro/Am, Rare, Bionic Commando, Ultima V, Nintendo, Tecmo, Ninja Gaiden, Final Fantasy II, Pool of Radiance, Baldur's Gate, Chrono Trigger, Populous, Super Mario Land, Prince of Persia, Broderbund, SimCity, Castlevania III, Konami, Contra 2, Sierra, King's Quest, Space Quest, Manhunter, Colonel's Bequest, Keiji Inafune, Resident Evil (series), Monster Hunter, Dark Souls, Tetris, Guacamelee, Sonic (series), The Brady Bunch, Johnny Grattan, Crash Bandicoot, Ultima Underworld, Donkey Kong, King of Kong, Ratchet & Clank, Shonen Jump, Astro Boy, Sega Genesis, Tomb Raider, Spelunky, Super Meat Boy, Blood Sweat Pixels, mysterydip, Junction Point, Jason Schreier, Press Reset, Ray Chase, Bioshock Infinite, John Webb, Prey, Bioshock, Triple Click, Waypoint Radio, DLC, Kirk Hamilton, Maddie Myers, Hollow Knight, Kingdom Hearts, Dishonored, Austin Walker, Ben "from Iowa" Zaugg, ESPN NFL 2k5, Trespasser, Coleco, Mattel, Morrowind, The Honorable T. H. Isismyre Alname, Robin Hobb, David Eddings, Velvet Underground, Bloodborne, Demons's Souls, Drew Scanlon, Jeremiah Johnson, Giant Bombcast, Aaron Evers. Next time: Finish MegaMan 2! Notes: The King of Kong person Brett was thinking of was Billy Mitchell Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @timlongojr and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

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Au Coin du Feu #53 - La Belgariade, Le Pion Blanc des Présages (tome 1) de David Eddings

ChristopheShow

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022 8:41

La Belgariade est un livre de fantasy jeunesse où on suit les aventures du jeune Garion possédant un destin pour le moins fabuleux. ----------------------------------------- 0:00 – Introduction 0:23 – Résumé de l'histoire 1:58 – Le « Silmarion » de la Belgariade 3:07 – Critique sur la mythologie du livre et de sa place dans l'histoire (5:33 – Thomas Covenant) 5:39 – La relation entre Tante Pol et Garion : le vrai problème de ce livre 7:31 – Ce que j'attends d'un livre de fantasy 8:12 – Réflexion sur les livres de fantasy 10:55 – Retour sur le pion blanc des présages et le public visé 12:05 – Conclusion ----------------------------------------- Vous pouvez me reprouver sur : https://youtube.com/channel/UCMaHCNYJK7-VmgHKxGSTdHg https://www.instagram.com/voyageur_de_l_imaginaire/?hl=fr https://www.facebook.com/Voyage-Aux-Pays-de-lImaginaire-101128535769419

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239 - April 24, 2022 - Trial of Thieves, Blind Gambit, David Eddings

Jon Cronshaw's Author Diary

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2022 6:36

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Show #96 Vampire Gideon's Vorpal Balls

Because F**k You That's Why Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 53:52

We are back from a nice Thanksgiving weekend and decided to have a chill show. This week Aaron, Augie, and Stevie discuss a wide variety of topics.Topics include: Patreon options, The Professional, A long Vampire Book Title, The Hobbit, David Eddings, @Defiant_Monkey, and Rock Band.We also listen to Voicemails and all around goof off.Promos @Infectious_Pod @MarriedwTV @CardassiansPodFounding Members of @OddPodsMediaShow Music by @KeroseneLetter Our Merch Store https://www.teepublic.com/user/bfytw-podcasthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyJG-PDn6su32Et_eSiC6RQwww.BFYTWpodcast.com

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Johan Egerkrans Warhammer

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 77:04

LÄS HÅRT gästas av Warhammer-konnässören Johan Egerkrans! En man känd för sina böcker, sina fantasyillustrationer, sitt fasta handslag, sin podd Mytologier, och sina fräcka ankor! Och säkert mycket annat. Vilken kille, va? I den här podden pratar Egerkrans med Johan Wanloo och Magnus Dahl om skräckiga Warhammer Fantasy-romanen ”Drachenfels”, skriven av Kim Newman writing as Jack Yeovil. I nästa avsnitt Till nästa gång läser vi Nils Bejerots seriekritiska debattbok ”Barn – Serier – Samhälle” från 1954. Gud bevare oss alla. Annat som nämns Johan Wanloo ”Domedagsvikingen”, Frank Frazetta, rollspelet "Gemini", Tim Burton, Marilyn Manson, Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit, Nickleback, REO Speedwagon, Egerkrans instagram, Johan Kimrin, Johan Egerkrans ”Nordiska gudar” + ”Nordiska väsen” + ”Odöda” + ”Drakar”, Beowulf, Homeros ”Iliaden”, ”Kamratposten”, Johan Wanloo ”Den flygande kaninen bygger en robot” + ”Den flygande kaninen och rymdkompisarna” + ”Vilse i varuhuset”, Mort Walker, Mort Weisinger, ”Rädda Joppe - död eller levande”, David Eddings, Wanloos twitter, Magnus twitter, ”Game of Thrones”, Sabaton, avsnittet om Mercedes Lackeys ”Born to Run”, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer 40 000, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Ian Miller, Adrian Smith, Games Workshop, ”Doctor Who”, Johnny Bode-sällskapet, ”Blake's 7”, Shadowrun, Blade, Terry Pratchett, ”2000 AD”, Pat Mills, Johnny Bode, Stanley Kubrick, Zack Snyder, Joss Whedon, Dan Abnett ”Eisenhorn”, Dan Abnett & Andy Lenning ”Guardians of the Galaxy”, Fredric Wertham ”Seduction of the Innocent”, Horst Schröder

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DGC Ep 252: Baldur's Gate (part five)

Dev Game Club

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 92:35

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we conclude our series on Baldur's Gate. We talk takeaways and then clean up a very full mailbag. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Issues covered: the long-term quest of the franchise, Baals everywhere, converting from D&D, not every rule translating well, limiting the story to a generic "Gorion's Ward," having different expectations for their other games, a full campaign, feeling like a bad adventurer, mechanical map support, fog of war, stories about the side content, the story picking up from the flooding of a mine, tactical hybrid combat, the wide variety of character choice, companion quests, addition of voice, closing off branches, RPG elements, holistic design and RPGs, the use of archetypes, the spectrum of being a role-playing game, companion pairs, richness for companions, leaning into the save system, the puzzle nature of the combats, the ideal in level design vs core mechanics, the influence of level design on mechanics, comfort with tools, making the mistake of stopping a story having an impact on me, greater maturity expected of players, missing out on an opportunity for executing a plan, having a wider field of options for play, not worrying about what happens to your game after you've left it, Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Diablo, Dungeons & Dragons, SSI, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Jade Empire, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Neverwinter Nights, Black Isle, The Witcher 3, Fallout, Temple of Elemental Evil, Larian Studios, Icewind Dale, Planescape: Torment, Beamdog, Dragon Lance, The Belgariad, David Eddings, Divinity: Original Sin, Dan Hunter, Descent 3, Dark Souls, UbiSoft, Assassin's Creed, Arkham (series), Bette Davis, Dragon's Dogma, Final Fantasy, Warren Linam-Church, Greg, Logan, Borderlands, Uncharted, Jedi Starfighter, GTA 3, Keith "mysterydip" Wagner, Firewatch, BioShock, The Walking Dead, Artimage, Wizards of the Coast, Ashton Herrmann, Republic Commando, Trent Oster, Soul Reaver, Populous: The Beginning, Hitman 3, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: TBD Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @timlongojr and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Nessuna giornata in cui si è imparato qualcosa è andata persa - #FrasiDiValore

Venditore Efficace

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 9:27

Amo tantissimo questa frase di David Eddings; per me è una delle migliori #FrasiDiValore. “Nessuna giornata in cui si è imparato qualcosa è andata persa” Ci sono molti modi di imparare ma solo alcuni realmente portano a risultati sostanziali. Entra anche tu nella Sales Business School la mia scuola di vendita:

David Eddings did 9/11

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 65:27

Den älskade (?) fantasyförfattaren David Eddings inledde sin karriär med en samtidsskildring: ”High Hunt” från 1973. Den har Johan Wanloo och Magnus Dahl läst. I nästa LÄS HÅRT... För första gången någonsin ska LÄS HÅRT läsa en serie! Tom Sciolis ”American Barbarian”. Annat som nämns Bianca Meyer, Alan Dean Foster, Star Wars, Star Trek, Disney, George Lucas, Åsa-Nisse, The Mandalorian, Hedengrens bokhandel, Marvel, DC, Nightwing, Firestorm, Batman, Superman, Linda Skugge, Swedish Zombie, Frida Windelhed ”Rött universum”, Lars Noréns dagböcker, Erik Odeldahl & Fredrik Stennek ”Köttmarknad”, Alan Moore ”Swamp Thing” + ”League of extraordinary gentlemen” + ”Watchmen” + ”From Hell”, Morgan Baden ”The dark deception”, ”Star Trek: The motion picture”, ”Star Trek: Discovery”, Joe Abercrombie ”The trouble with peace”, Noelle Stevenson ”Lumberjanes”, EON, P Djélì Clark ”The haunting of tram car 13” + ”Ring Shout”, Johan Wanloo ”Kapten Klara”, ”Revenge of the nerds”, Curtis Armstrong, Göteborgs-Posten, David Eddings ”Sagan om Belgarion” + ”Polgara the Sorceress”, David Morrell ”First blood”, ”Deer Hunter”, ”Deliverance”, JRR Tolkien ”Sagan om ringen”, John Scalzi, Lee Child, Jack Kirby

Scooby Dude

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 51:25

Josephine Rubys ”Daphne and Velma: The Vanishing Girl” är en Scooby Doo-roman för unga vuxna som Johan Wanloo och Magnus Dahl läst. Och pratar om i det här avsnittet. Johan har även - äntligen - förstått vad folk pratar om kultursidorna, och Magnus har hackat sin hjärna. I nästa LÄS HÅRT... Vi går tillbaka till rötterna. Före Belgarion (men efter barnmisshandeln) skrev David Eddings en thriller, ”High Hunt”. Den kommer Johan och Magnus prata om i nästa avsnitt, som kommer månadsskiftet november/december. Annat som nämns Göteborgs filmfestival, James Woods, Videodrome, Nick Carter, Lisa Förare ”Varken”, Noelle Stevenson ”She-Ra och prinsessrebellerna” + ”Nimona” + ”The Fire Never Goes Out” + ”Lumberjanes”, Revenge of the Nerds, Curtis Armstrong ”Revenge of the Nerd: Or the singular adventures of the man who would be Booger”, Ernest Goes to Camp, Polisskolan, Joe Abercrombie ”The trouble with peace”, Tade Thompson ”Rosewater”, Anna Davour, Lee Child, John Gardner, Peter Bergting & Anders Fager ”Kråkorna”, Peter Bergting ”Skräck” + ”Drakar”, Klas Östergren ”Renegater” + ”Gentlemen”, Lydia Sandgren ”Samlade verk”, Stephen King, Dean R Koontz, NK Jemesin ”How long til black future month?”, Ray Bradbury, HP Lovecraft, Robert Jordan ”The Great Hunt”, Vampire the Masquerade 2nd Edition, Scooby Doo, Godzilla, Barry Mann ”Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)”, Lill Lindfors ”Igenkottaskinn”, Hanna-Barbera, View-Master, Freddy Prince Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, ”Scooby Doo: Monstren är lösa”, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo, Riverdale, Terry Pratchett, Smalville, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Ep 01: Pawn of Prophecy

What If Dragons?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 58:56

In this introductory episode, Lance and Lee take on the book that made them fantasy readers: Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings. What's it like to hang out with an angsty 14-year-old boy for an entire series? Turns out, it's better than it sounds!

Literary Elixirs - Comfort Reads

Literary Elixirs

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 10:27

It's an interesting time to be in Melbourne right now, for me the current vibe is quite different from the first lockdown. Then there was an almost frenetic energy about needing to isolate. Now, at least what I am feeling, is a bit more of a malaise, you know? That general feeling of discomfort, unease and it's also a little bit heavy, like there's a weighted blanket on you and staying in bed is just the best you can do right now. And that's okay if so. I really struggle to read books in times like these. Where I would normally read a few books a week, right now I'm lucky to get through one. And trying to read a new book, even one I am super interested in, is quite tough. There are days I manage it, and there are days when I reach for my comfort reads. So today I wanted to share these with you, these favourite comforting, gentle and sometimes not so gentle reads and perhaps they can help you get some reading in too. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer is a favourite which I paired with a delicious La Sirene wild ale - the Praline - in episode 2. In episode 9 whilst chatting with the lovely Australian speculative fiction writer Samantha Marshall I recommended The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and paired it with a delicious warming coconut turmeric latte. I spoke about I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith in episode 12 with the lovely librarian and youth advocate Adele Walsh and paired a wholesome chicken soup or chamomile tea with it for a warm and relaxing reading experience. To Ride Pegasus (#1 in the Talents Saga) by Anne McCaffrey is the first in a series which I love to re-read all 8 books of when times are a little bit more difficult. Futuristic yet Old Fashioned I paired this with a warming Cocoa Old-Fashioned cocktail. The Elenium and The Tamuli series by David Eddings. Knights on quests, Gods and magic, handsome men and strong women. Read with an Imperial IPA for a hearty, warming time! American Hippo by Sarah Gailey. 1890s Louisiana, with hippos. Feral hippos. Hippo ranchers and outlaw hippo wranglers. Queer misfits on a quest. Paired with a Tequila Honeysuckle for a lip-smacking lime and alcohol hit. The Babysitters Club on Netflix - fresh take on a classic, light and lovely, diverse and fun! Made me want a spider (ice cream soda) for the first time in years!

Pawn of Prophecy (Tome Book Club)

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 57:43

In this episode Tracy, Eric, and Jeff sit down with Ismael Alvarez and Louis Brenton to discuss Pawn of Prophecy (book one of The Belgariad) by David Eddings. Links: Louis Brenton on Twitter Ismael Alvarez on Twitter Ismael Alvarez at Fat Goblin Games Tracy on Twitter Tracy on the Web Eric on Twitter Jeff on Twitter Thetomeshow.com Patreon.com/thetomeshow

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Pawn of Prophecy (Tome Book Club)

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 57:43

In this episode Tracy, Eric, and Jeff sit down with Ismael Alvarez and Louis Brenton to discuss Pawn of Prophecy (book one of The Belgariad) by David Eddings. Links: Louis Brenton on Twitter Ismael Alvarez on Twitter Ismael Alvarez at Fat Goblin Games Tracy on Twitter Tracy on the Web Eric on Twitter Jeff on Twitter Thetomeshow.com Patreon.com/thetomeshow

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Pawn of Prophecy (Tome Book Club)

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 57:43

In this episode Tracy, Eric, and Jeff sit down with Ismael Alvarez and Louis Brenton to discuss Pawn of Prophecy (book one of The Belgariad) by David Eddings. Links: Louis Brenton on Twitter Ismael Alvarez on Twitter Ismael Alvarez at Fat Goblin Games Tracy on Twitter Tracy on the Web Eric on Twitter Jeff on Twitter Thetomeshow.com Patreon.com/thetomeshow

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Pawn of Prophecy (Tome Book Club)

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Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 57:43

In this episode Tracy, Eric, and Jeff sit down with Ismael Alvarez and Louis Brenton to discuss Pawn of Prophecy (book one of The Belgariad) by David Eddings. Links: Louis Brenton on Twitter Ismael Alvarez on Twitter Ismael Alvarez at Fat Goblin Games Tracy on Twitter Tracy on the Web Eric on Twitter Jeff on Twitter Thetomeshow.com Patreon.com/thetomeshow

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Mini Episode - Isolation Recommendations

Book Who's Talking

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2020 28:13

Hey Bookworms! Are you finding yourself with a little extra time at home right now? Some time you might like to fill with READING perhaps? We've put together some recommendations for things to read while you're on your own - things to distract you, things to excite you, and things to make you laugh. Give it a listen, then come and chat to us on Facebook or Twitter and tell us what you'd recommend - @bookwhostalking. And here's the full list of books we talked about, in case you missed the details: Josie The Martian by Andy Weir, Nimona by Noelle Stevenson, Anything by Jane Austen Fiona A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, The Belgariad Series by David Eddings, The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, Zealot: A Book about Cults by Jo Thornely Ben The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson, Captain America Volume 5 by Ed Brubaker Laura Me by Elton John, Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman, The Beach by Alex Garland

QUACKCAST 471 - Fantasy

The QuackCast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 83:16

Today we're having a chat about fantasy fiction! Mainly books and the fantasy writing that inspired us and that we love! Faves like Tolkien, Fritz Leiber and Piers Anthony! Just to define, we're talking swords, elves, armour, dragons etc, in a “medieval” context, generally European. As a subset there's native, Arabian, Asian, Mayan etc, also high fantasy, low fantasy, sword and sorcery, historical fantasy and even mythology…. And then techno fantasy, contemporary fantasy, steampunk, fantasy cyberpunk and so on… but we mainly stick to the mainstream stuff and only just touch on the weird little variations for now. Fantasy is an old genre and a lot went into creating it: Fairy tales, folklore, mythology, legends, and history. In the modern day the main influences for modern fantasy were writers like Tolkien with his high fantasy, Robert E Howard with his sword and sorcery, Fritz Leiber, Ursula K Leguin, Andre Norton. It was the massive popularity of Tolkien though in the 1960s and 70s that really created the market for fantasy and that is what really made the genre. As a result most fantasy from then was a copy of that style: small parties made of odd members including elves , dwarfs, wizards, knights, barbarians, and halflings or original equivalents of all of those things, guided by prophecies, fighting orcs or orc-like things, and ultimately facing a “dark lord” character. Things have since broadened out and diversified again. We have many different kinds of fantasy styles now, but it's good to have a look at where it came from! Some authors we mention: Tolkien, Terry Books, Robert Jordan, Tantz Aerine, Robert E Howard, Lovecraft, August Derlith, ER Eddison, David Eddings, Raymon E Fiest, Anne McCaffery, Ursula K Leguin, Robert Aspirin, Mary Stewart and more :D This week Gunwallace has given us the theme to GALAXY ONE - Side scroller action adventure space platform game! This is pure 16 bit videogame nostalgia. Grab your extra life and beat the hard level and the mid-boss before gaining his powers and facing up against the final boss! You can practically hear the pixels forming, coalescing and mutating. Topics and shownotes VIDEO exclusive! Become a subscriber on the $5 level and up to see our weekly Patreon video and get our advertising perks! - https://www.patreon.com/DrunkDuck Even at $1 you get your name with a link on the front page and a mention in the weekend newsposts! Links DD on Discord! - https://discordapp.com/invite/7NpJ8GS Moderated by Boundbun - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/BoundBun/ Featured comic: My Magic Grandpa - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2020/mar/15/featured-comic-my-magic-grandpa/ Featured music: GALAXY ONE - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/GALAXY_ONE/, by KPM1578, rated E. Special thanks to: Gunwallace - http://www.virtuallycomics.com Tantz Aerine - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Tantz_Aerine/ Ozoneocean - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean Banes - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/

Episode 36 – Systemic Magic

Writers Drinking Coffee

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 31:25

When you're world building for a story or novel, you need to figure out how magic works. The coffee shop writers chat about how to build something coherent, something that makes sense, and the pondering of magic that doesn't get in the way of a story. Or how magic can become a story. And how red coffee is the best coffee. … Continue...Episode 36 – Systemic Magic

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Dissecting Dragons: Episode 207: Nervous Timid Goth Boys vs Manic Pixie Dream Girls - How a Single Trope can Shift Narrative Preference

Dissecting Dragons

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 72:52

Episode 207: Nervous Timid Goth Boys vs Manic Pixie Dream Girls - How a Single Trope can Shift Narrative Preference Different tropes are designed to appeal to different readers and viewers, and, as the dragons have said on many occasions, there is nothing inherently wrong with tropes. Why not give your audience more of what it wants? However there are tropes that are packaged in such a way as to close the narrative of a story to perspectives other than the default, and do so under the guise of providing a strong female lead or co-lead. These tropes can be damaging and need some re-engineering. This week, Jules and Madeleine take a look at one of the most infamous character tropes - the Manic Pixie Dream Girl - and it's possible antithesis - the Nervous Timid Goth Boy. On the slab this episode - Scott Pilgrim, Weird Science, The Belgariad by David Eddings and many more. Title Music: Ecstasy by Smiling Cynic

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Barnmisshandlaren David Eddings

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2019 36:32

Säsongspremiär! Johan och Magnus undrar hur det kommer sig att fantasyförfattare är så dåliga föräldrar (och speciellt det faktum att David och Leigh Eddings dömdes för barnmisshandel), och varför det är så svårt att få tag på en gammal hederlig pocket i dessa dagar. Nästa avsnitt: Kaj Linna I höst återupptar LÄS HÅRT! den fina traditionen att läsa en gemensam bok, som varken Magnus eller Johan tidigare läst, och sen diskutera den. Till nästa avsnitt, som kommer i slutet av september, läser vi Kaj Linnas – ja han som satt i finkan i ett drygt decennium för ett brott han inte begått – nyutkomna roman Gäststjärnan. Läs den du med! Annat som nämns Incestanklagelserna mot Marion Zimmer Bradley, JRR Tolkien "Sagan om ringen", John Byrne, Tom Clancy, Martina Montelius "Ibland är man lessen, ibland är man glad", Lee Childs "Past Tense" + "Make Me" (Jack Reacher), Andreas Roman "Drakväktare", rollspelet "Eon", "Drakar och demoner", Leffe Grimwalkers nativeroman, Voi, David och Leigh Eddings "Polgara the Sorceress", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", Jim Butcher "The Dresden Files", Paperbacks from Hell, Elizabeth Engstrom "When Darkness Loves Us", Stephen King, Richie Narvaez "Hipster Death Rattle"

Greetings From 17: A Warm Blanket Of A Game

Greetings From

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2019 96:34

Stay awhile and listen to the Greetings From podcast. Listen to Rebecca Fay, Olivia Quinn and Tyler Smith talk about what they are playing, what is new in the world of video games. Summary The Greetings From crew has got that Summertime Sadness, so we decided to revisit the games that are like a warm blanket on our soul. We also took some time to talk about our favorite runs from SGDQ 2019 and shame some folks who deserved it. Works Discussed Punch-Out!! (2009) developed by Nintendo Super Mario Sunshine developed by Nintendo Pokémon Crystal developed by Nintendo Minecraft developed by Mojang Grand Poo World 2 developed by DKBarbarian The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind developed by Bethesda Game Studios Final Fantasy IX developed by Square Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! Developed by Insomniac Night in the Woods developed by Infinite Fall Dishonored developed by Arkane Studios World of Warcraft developed by Blizzard Entertainment Hohokum developed by Honeyslug, in collaboration with Richard Hogg, and Sony Santa Monica Fallout: New Vegas developed by Obsidian Entertainment Fez developed by Polytron Corporation Salutations Olivia: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D developed by Grizzo Rebecca: Murdered: Soul Suspect developed by Airtight Games Tyler: Portal 2 developed by Valve Corporation Links “The New “Borderlands 2” DLC Throws More Shade at David Eddings,” by Gavin Sheehan, Bleeding Cool: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/06/24/the-new-borderlands-2-dlc-throws-more-shade-at-david-eddings/ “Dr Disrespect’s suspension is a big moderation moment for Twitch,” by Julia Alexander, The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/20/18684404/dr-disrespect-suspension-ban-twitch-bathroom-youtube “EA calls its loot boxes ‘surprise mechanics,’ says they’re used ethically,” by Ana Diaz, Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/21/18691760/ea-vp-loot-boxes-surprise-mechanics-ethical-enjoyable “Mordhau Developers Address Controversy, Saying They Won't Add Gender Or Race Filters,” by Cecilia D'Anastasio, Kotaku: https://kotaku.com/mordhau-developers-address-controversy-saying-they-won-1836079063 “Blindfolded Punch-Out!! (Wii) by zallard1 in 1:10:21 SGDQ2019,” by Games Done Quick, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUpT7fHi1lA “Super Mario Sunshine by Jcool114 and Kwaniza in 1:20:48 SGDQ2019” by Games Done Quick, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxqMhwx9n1s “Pokemon Crystal by Keizaron in 3:31:15 SGDQ2019,” by Games Done Quick, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PupgZtt_KEw “Minecraft by illumina1337 in 1:00:12 SGDQ2019,” by Games Done Quick, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9IrE1-F-SM “Grand Poo World 2 by MitchFlowerPower in 1:07:36 SGDQ2019,” by Games Done Quick, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY0HnqnYMO8 Corrections The race at SGDQ 2019 was between Jcool114 and Kwaniza, not PangaeaPanga versus SniperKing. We apologize for this error. Questions? Comments? Email us at GreetingsFromCast@gmail.com Call us at +1-FIRM-GAMERS (+1-347-642-6377) Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/greetingsfrompc Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/greetingsfromcast/ Tumblr at https://blog.greetingsfrom.zone/ Discord at https://discord.gg/fn8hVeh YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs2Q7mpzlKYY24IY5i_8r2A Or individually at: Olivia: https://twitter.com/Livjq Rebecca: https://twitter.com/Rebeccafay Tyler: https://twitter.com/Worldjumpin Visit us at http://www.greetingsfrom.zone/ for more episodes or to subscribe Our intro and outro music is an edited version of “Deep Fried Space Food” by SubstituteSandwiches under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode) Download the song at: https://soundcloud.com/substitute_sandwiches/deep-fried-space-food

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De tre musketörerna & Weirdo

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 53:12

LÄS HÅRT har ett motto: Vad som än händer – podden ska ut! Därför är det här avsnittet lite extra punk. Hur då? Lyssna och find out. Magnus har slukat Alexandre Dumas ”De tre musketörerna” men Johan har bara läst halva ”Blood at Sundown” av Peter Brandvold. Annat som nämns Kristin Cashore "Graceling" + "Fire", Mats Strandberg och Sara Bergmark Elfgren "Eld", Locus Magazine, Brian McClellan "The Powder Mage"-trilogin, Donna Tartt, Johan Wanloo "Enklare fysiska övningar" + "Kapten Klara och den mystiska diamanten", Grant Morrison "Seven Soldiers of Victory" + "The Filth", Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis "Punisher" + "Preacher", Brian Michael Bendis, Robert Crumb, David Eddings, Nina Hemmingsson, Tad Williams Med det här avsnittet tar vi sommarlov. Ses i höst!

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SVP002 - Don't You Virtually Pat My Head

ScrubVerse Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 184:45

We take on the behemoth of a Video Game Console Tier List, New Updates for the Sega Genesis Mini, Chris misses out on Slayer tickets, and much, much more.Follow us on Twitter: ScrubVerse | Chris | Corey aka "Tornado Jones"Subscribe to us on YouTube and Twitch! - Live Podcast on TwitchChris's TwitchTornadoJones TwitchYoutubeOpening: "Stream Gardens" by HelyntClosing Track: "Game Over" by HelyntCreative Commons License: GameChops.comJoin the DiscordKatana Zero Giveaway!Sources:Sega Genesis Mini announces 10 more games.David Eddings v. Randy PitchfordEpic Games buys out Outer WildsSony and Microsoft comes togetherSuper Mario Maker 2Baldur's Gate - Descent into AvernusRiot Responds to Walkout

Episode 101 - ProJared Sucks Podcast

Downtime Podcast - Gaming & the Like

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 100:26

This week, Jeremy is joined by his drift compatible brother, Jordan! Jeremy finally completed Mario Kart 8 with all the gold kart parts and is still talking about Mount & Blade; Jordan's been playing a lot of looter shooters from The Division 2, Anthem and replaying all the Borderlands games in preparation for Borderlands 3. Sonic the Hedgehog Trailer, Riot Games' employee walkout, David Edding's Claptrap fiasco and ProJared are included in this week's gaming news. Jeremy talks more about the Sonic trailer and why James Marsden keeps taking these roles while touching more on the sexual harassment issues Riot Games' employees are dealing with as well as the Randy Pitchford vs David Eddings twitter feud. They end with a heavy discussion on YouTube fame and the downfall of ProJared. This week's Cube Corner discusses Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. Find us on our Twitter, Official Website, and community Discord. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts if you enjoy our podcast and subscribe on our platform!

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GOH Ep. 223 - Plagiarize This

GeekOut Heroes

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 84:30

This week we talk about Bethesda pulling Elsweyr content for plagiarism, David Eddings sets the story straight on why he's no longer playing CL4P-TP, EA still hasn't learned a thing, another studio gets called out for ludicrous crunch time practices, and much more. Close: "You Gotta Go" by Chase the Sun

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Super Mega Crash Bros. Turbo 83 - Exploring the Boyfriend Dungeon with Victoria Tran

Pencil & Paper Podcast Network

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 94:48

This week, Laceya sits down with Victoria Tran, community manager of Kitfox Games, to discuss their upcoming title Boyfriend Dungeon. But as always we take a deep dive into the past week's news like the walkout protests at Riot Games, a U.S. bill proposal against loot boxes, the throwdown between former Claptrap voice actor David Eddings and Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, and much more! Join the Kitfox Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/kitfoxgames Follow Kitfox on Twitter: @KitfoxGames Like and follow Kitfox on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kitfoxgames/ Featured music from the Boyfriend Dungeon composed by Marskye and performed by Madeleine McQueen. Twitter: @SuperMegaCrash Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/supermegacrashbrosturbo Email: SuperMegaCrash@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pencilandpaperproductions Podbean Patron: https://pencilandpaperproductions.podbean.com Transition music composed by Yasuaki Fujita and Harumi Fujita / performed by Krzysztof Slowikowski Support Krzysztof Slowikowski on Bandcamp: https://krzysztofslowikowski.bandcamp.com/ Theme music composed by Setsuo Yamamoto/ arranged and performed by FamilyJules7x Subscribe to Family Jules: https://www.youtube.com/c/FamilyJules7x

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Claptrap vs. Gearbox – 09/05/2019 – Mesa do Fliper

GameFM » Mesa do Fliper

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2019 123:41

Após toda a polêmica de microtransações em Borderlands 3, David Eddings, dublador de Claptrap, decidiu botar a boca no trombone e contar um pouco das tretas sérias que rolaram por baixo dos panos com a Gearbox, principalmente envolvendo Randy Pitchford, seu CEO, incluindo trabalhar de graça, abuso psicológico e até mesmo agressões físicas! Confira tudo sobre o assunto na nossa Treta da Semana! Além disso, tivemos as principais notícias da semana como senador querendo banir Loot Boxes nos EUA, Bathesda sendo acusada de plágio em Elder Scrolls, EA falando que jogo single player não é mais o futuro, Linux no Nintendo Switch rodando Dolphin (GameCube e Wii), Xbox e Dreamcast e muito mais. Confira essas e outras notícias no Mesa do Fliper! O post Claptrap vs. Gearbox – 09/05/2019 – Mesa do Fliper apareceu primeiro em GameFM » Mesa do Fliper.

Technical Alpha 105 - Walk This Way

Technical Alpha

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2019 173:41

This week Riot employees walk out in protest of forced arbitration and sexist culture, Claptrap's original voice actor, David Eddings accuses Randy Pitchford of assault, PUBG is now Game for Peace in China, Sonic Movie producers backpedal, and more!

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Episode 128: Game Dev is a Mess

Byte Me

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2019

Riot and Gearbox are having what sounds like massive internal issues, with Gearbox fighting accusations of harassment and an employee walkout and Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford arguing on Twitter with Claptrap voice David Eddings.In better news, EA Access is finally coming to the PlayStation, Microsoft is trying to cut down on harassment on Xbox and the upcoming Master Chief Collection will have cross progression between the Xbox and PC (and maybe cross play!)QuestionsVinny: With the excitement of End Game, along with it surpassing Titanic in Box Office Sales, what Marvel Superhero would you like to have their own single player narrative based game? Would it have an original story or based off movies/comics? Up to you guys if you wanna spoil End Game...TurnDwn4Wut: How would you make the multiplayer experience even betterJoeColeslaw: If you could have any [occupation] Simulator game...What would it beEddieSpaghetti: This or That:Oreos vs AdamDylan vs Soft Serve Ice CreamOptimistPrime: What is your favorite flavor of Doritos?Mansocks: What is your favorite Star Wars movie?Cheap/Free GamesPlaystation Plus Games for May8-Bit Armies (PS4)Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4)Brawlout (PS4)Dangerous Golf (PS4)Lego Ninjago Movie Video Game (PS4)Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom (PS3)Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Ultimate Edition (PS3)Miko Gakkout Monogatari: Kaede Episode (PS4)Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter (PS4)Tales of Zestiria (PS4 Upgrade)May Humble Bundle Monthlyhttps://www.humblebundle.com/monthly Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Battle EditionNew Star Wars Games in Origin Accesshttps://www.pcgamer.com/ea-adds-12-star-wars-games-to-origin-access-including-original-battlefront-2/

Riot Games Walk Out - Kinda Funny Games Daily 05.07.19

Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 58:49

Get started for $5 at http://forhims.com/gamesdaily Get $30 off 23andMe’s Health + Ancestry Kit at http://23andme.com/games Get $30 off 23andMe’s Health + Ancestry Kit at http://23andme.com/games Tim and Greg talk about the Riot Games walk out, which you should totally read about here: https://kotaku.com/over-150-riot-employees-walk-out-to-protest-forced-arbi-1834566198. (Thumbnail photo credit: Nathan Grayson over at Kotaku.) Time Stamps - 00:04:26 - Housekeeping KF Town Hall after KF/AF tomorrow! The Roper Report - 00:06:24 - Riot Walkout 00:16:31 - “I want to help rally and make sure I support devs, but how do I get others to help too and most importantly how do I do it correctly?” - Dapper Stephen 00:24:03 - David Eddings vs. Randy Pitchford 00:28:15 - “The recent articles concerning Randy Pitchford have made me wonder what professionalism is like in the newer industries” - Kristina 00:39:41 - EA Access Comes to PS4 00:41:26 - “With EA access being brought to PlayStation is this a softening of Sony's walled garden approach to their console?” - tommyboy 00:43:29 - Out today 00:43:55 - Hims 00:45:26 - 23&Me 00:46:27 - Out today Reader mail - 00:52:37 - “Do you think shows akin to the PC gaming show and Devolver Digital show will have more impact on the stories that come out of E3?” - Cam McCulloch-Keeble 00:55:51 - Squad Up: Krajookee - Happy Birthday to SnowBikeMike!! - twitch.tv/snowbikemike 00:56:52 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Fran

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Scrapisode When a Book Recommends a Person

In the Telling

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 4:22

Scrapisodes are segments that are too good to be left on the cutting room floor. Megan Smyth was interviewed for Episode 2 - Peas in a Pod. Her full interview can be found on Patreon. Learn more at lizzylizzyliz.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/LizChristensen)

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Avsnitt #17: Fantasyspecial, Del 2 - Munnen Full av Het Besvikelse

Stora Satan

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2019 78:01

Detta avsnitt är en "soft sequel" till avsnitt #16, för precis som där dissikerar vi i show'n'tellen sönder en David Eddings-bok, denna gång den första boken om den psykopatiske pedofilriddaren Spjuthök, Eddings' försök på att skriva mer "dark and gritty" fantasy. Innan denna makabra upplevelse dock (presenterad av Olle), hinner vi bla. gå igenom några alster från en galen & anonym nazistisk erotica-författare som Charlie lyckades luska fram på Twitter. Vi snackar även om Stockholm och New York, våra hjärtans huvudstäder, samt hur ballt och kul det är när Joel Kinnaman och Will Ferrell får snacka om kaviar och romregistret hela tiden på alla talk shows.

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The Diamond Throne, Dauntless, and Balance

Turning Pages

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2019 12:05

In this episode of Turning Pages. I discuss three more books I recommend you read. The first is a High Fantasy by David Eddings. The second is a science fiction book by Jack Campbell. The final one is an urban fantasy by M. R. Forbes. Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/turning_pages)

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The Fascinating World of Science Fiction Yoon Ha Lee - Revenant Gun – An Overview of the Many Elements that Make Up the Intriguing Worlds That Science Fiction Novels Inhabit

Finding Genius Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2018 22:35

Noted science fiction writer, Yoon Ha Lee, author of Revenant Gun and other works, delivers an interesting analysis of the science fiction world in which he thrives. Yoon Ha received a B.A. in mathematics from Cornell University as well as an M.A. in math education from Stanford University. His work in fiction has appeared in publications such as The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction; the popular online sci-fi magazine, Tor.com; and Clarkesworld Magazine, as well as many anthologies. Yoon Ha was inspired to become a writer by his very passionate 3rd grade teacher who challenged students to be creative. Learning about the craft of writing at such an early age pushed Yoon Ha to try his hand at it, and by the end of middle school he had completed his first novel. And while Yoon Ha recounts that this first effort was not very good, he continued to work at his craft and wrote several more through his high school years. Yoon Ha discusses his work and the technical merits of writing that he sought to improve as he was cutting his teeth in those early years as a burgeoning young writer. From improving his prose to world building, Yoon Ha sought to enhance his work in every way possible. He details how characterization is an important aspect of novel writing, as readers like to relate to the characters personally, through the characters' eyes. And he explains that while world building is important, perhaps the building of characters is the most important task of writing novels. Yoon Ha discusses his first successful novel, Ninefox Gambit, and the reasons he feels the novel worked, and why it was commercially successful. Yoon Ha describes the unusual world that he built in that novel and the physics elements, as well as the cat and mouse dynamic, all of which he felt contributed to the popular interest in the book. The sci-fi author outlines his road to commercial success in the publishing world and he acknowledges that the many years he spent improving his craft helped get him there. As he built a significant following for his creative short stories through the years, his publisher sought to take his work to the obvious next level—marketable books. Yoon Ha speaks about his own personal reading lists and how the reading and study of a broad range of disparate topics helps to expand his own mind and ultimately expand his creativity. From military to math, Yoon Ha found that literally any subject matter could help to broaden his mind as a reader, which of course helped to improve his craft. He talks about some notable authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, Lloyd Alexander, David Eddings and others, and recounts how their work impacted him as a young reader, and how his experience growing up as a Korean-American affected his perception and connection to some works. And as the work he was devouring as a young reader was largely from a western perspective, Yoon Ha thought to bring an East Asian influence to the sci-fi genre. As the publishing field expands, Yoon Ha states that diversity is increasing, which allows more types of stories to be told, which in turn allows a larger audience to see themselves represented. The popular author describes some of the relative differences he sees between Korean culture and classically typical American culture, and the symbolic elements of both. Wrapping up, Yoon Ha provides an overview of the elements of his latest work, the novel, Revenant Gun. And he talks about his website (yoonhalee.com) and the many samples that interested readers can browse there for free.

060: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1

Beauty and the Bitch

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2018 50:03

This week Beauty and the Bitch are taking on Part 1 of our Harry Potter finale (of the original series...we'll find more HP to talk about!). It's bittersweet that we made it all this way; a year-and-a-half into our podcast and our beloved Potter-talk is ACTUALLY wrapping up. We have so many emotions about the first time we read this book (Mic has only read it once because he doesn't like for things to end). We've got all the feelings, all the hype, and some movie chatter (some good, some BAD). TBH, we were not into Part 1 of the film. So sorry (not sorry). Thank you for following our journey with Harry (AND HERMIONE!); please enjoy jokes, banter and information about one of our favorite things in existence (and check out part 2 next week!). PLUGS: Mic thinks you should read "The Belgariad" series by David Eddings to scratch that fantasy/coming of age itch. This amazing series is a fantasy classic. If you love Harry Potter, then you'll probably love this too! Also, if you are in need of help or assistance or want to know what resources are available in your community (food needs, rent assistance, homelessness, etc.), please call 2-1-1. THIS IS A GREAT RESOURCE AND YOU CAN CALL ANYWHERE IN THE US!

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Lunch, Golden Girls, and Books. #AudioMo

Life as it happens.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2018 11:03

I talk about the David Eddings book The Diamond Throne. I also talk about how fun it was for Bob to come over and have lunch. A friend is going to come visit, so that is talked about as well as one of my stupid insecurities. #AudioMo

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Gus Has a Diva Moment - #477

Rooster Teeth Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2018 92:22

Join Gus Sorola, Gavin Free, David Eddings, and Burnie Burns as they discuss retro gaming, celebrity deaths, an intern coming clean, and more on this week's RT Podcast!

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Pulling Rooster Teeth with David Eddings

The Mediajuice Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2017 50:08

This week Jeremy and Jeremiah chat with David Eddings of Rooster Teeth. Formerly of Gearbox Software, and the voice of the beloved Claptrap from the Borderlands Franchise. As always your favorite segments are back as the guys discuss some work Mediajuice is doing for Texas Tech and Jeremy's trip to Dreamhack in Denver. And you can also be a part of the show by writing mediajuicepodcast@gmail.com Produced by Jeremiah Isley http://mediajuicestudios.com http://youtube.com/mediajuice http://facebook.com/mediajuicestudios http://twitter.com/mediajuicetwitt http://instagram.com/mediajuicestudios https://linkedin.com/company/mediajuice-studios-llc. http://unlockedtvshow.com/ http://facebook.com/unlockedtvshow http://twitter.com/unlockedtvshow http://instagram.com/unlockedtvshow http://videogamesthemovie.com http://facebook.com/videogamesthemovie http://twitter.com/videogamesmovie https://instagram.com/videogamesmoviedoc https://linkedin.com/in/jeremymediajuice https://instagram.com/jeremysnead https://facebook.com/jeremysnead https://twitter.com/Jeremy_Snead

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DRS Episode 445 - David Eddings' "The Diamond Throne"

Dead Robots' Society

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2017 48:56

Terry and Paul review David Eddings' "The Diamond Throne"

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Tomograf – Z Zakurzonej Szpitalnej Biblioteki #4 - David Eddings

TomografFM

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2017 56:02

Witajcie w kolejnej pogadance o książkach w naszym “odprysku” głównego podcastu Tomograf. W ZZSB ;) rozmawiamy o książkach, które kochaliśmy w czasach dzieciństwa. tym razem padło na DAVIDA EDDINGSA i jego BELGARIADĘ (i po pozostałe cykle). Mamy też gościa! Od razu na samym początku muszę powiedzieć wprost – jestem zagorzałym fanem książek fantasy, które wyszły spod pióra DAVIDA EDDINGSA i jego małżonki. Do BELGARIADY i MALLOREONU mam BARDZO osobisty stosunek, o czym mówię uczciwie w poniższym nagraniu. Niestety kolega Randall dopiero zaczął swoją przygodę z powieściami D.E. Ja… znam te książki niemalże na pamięć. Czytałem je wielokrotnie. Wspomniałem na początku o gościu. W progi naszej zakurzonej biblioteki zawitał kolega Michał Sobieszek z podcastów Psychocast i Po Seansie który też jest fanem Davida Eddingsa. No może nie tak wielkim jak ja, ale jednak ;) Tak więc zapraszamy do przesłuchania czwartego odcinka, a także gorąco polecamy poprzedni odcinek w którym wspominaliśmy przygody Tomka Wilmowskiego.

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Tomograf – Z Zakurzonej Szpitalnej Biblioteki #4 - David Eddings

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2017 56:03

Witajcie w kolejnej pogadance o książkach w naszym “odprysku” głównego podcastu Tomograf. W ZZSB ;) rozmawiamy o książkach, które kochaliśmy w czasach dzieciństwa. tym razem padło na DAVIDA EDDINGSA i jego BELGARIADĘ (i po pozostałe cykle). Mamy też gościa!Od razu na samym początku muszę powiedzieć wprost – jestem zagorzałym fanem książek fantasy, które wyszły spod pióra DAVIDA EDDINGSA i jego małżonki. Do BELGARIADY i MALLOREONU mam BARDZO osobisty stosunek, o czym mówię uczciwie w poniższym nagraniu. Niestety kolega Randall dopiero zaczął swoją przygodę z powieściami D.E. Ja… znam te książki niemalże na pamięć. Czytałem je wielokrotnie. Wspomniałem na początku o gościu. W progi naszej zakurzonej biblioteki zawitał kolega Michał Sobieszek z podcastów Psychocast i Po Seansie który też jest fanem Davida Eddingsa. No może nie tak wielkim jak ja, ale jednak ;)Tak więc zapraszamy do przesłuchania czwartego odcinka, a także gorąco polecamy poprzedni odcinek w którym wspominaliśmy przygody Tomka Wilmowskiego.

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David Eddings on Roleplaying Claptrap

Dragon Talk - An Official Dungeons & Dragons Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2016 53:21

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28 David Eddings

Flannel Cakes

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2016 56:38

David Eddings from Gearbox Software and the voice of Claptrap from the Borderlands video game franchise is on the show! Plus, hear Jack and Maverick talk about the new Flannel Cakes HQ, plus an exciting announcement about GenCon!

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210 FS Finding Leads at Conferences with Matt Krause

Devchat.tv Master Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2016 54:08

01:38 - Matt Krause Introduction Twitter Blog They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 02:56 - The Mindset Change/Attitude Adjustment and The 3 Most Common Misconceptions C-Level Executives The Elevator Speech Follow-up Collateral 08:50 - Impressing and Connecting with the Right People (Positioning) LinkedIn “Stalking is only bad if it’s unwanted.” Podcast Movement Toastmasters 18:53 - How do you write a speech? Talking to the wall (Rubber Ducking) Boy Meets Girl HGOMM (Hero, Goal, Obstacle, Mentor, Moral) 30:15 - Audience Participation 37:13 - Speechwriting No-Nos Do not read off of your script 40:58 - Topic Selection Problem => Resolution Philip Morgan: What Jerry Springer can teach you about positioning Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories Check out Matt’s site specifically for The Freelancers’ Show listeners! Picks Lead Generation Trust Velocity (Philip) Inbox Zero (Reuven) Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time by Rory Vaden (Chuck) The Malloreon Series by David Eddings (Chuck) Get help from the panel! (Chuck) Newbie Remote Conf (Chuck) Get A Coder Job (Chuck) All Remote Conferences (Chuck) Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories (Matt)

210 FS Finding Leads at Conferences with Matt Krause

The Freelancers' Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2016 54:08

01:38 - Matt Krause Introduction Twitter Blog They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 02:56 - The Mindset Change/Attitude Adjustment and The 3 Most Common Misconceptions C-Level Executives The Elevator Speech Follow-up Collateral 08:50 - Impressing and Connecting with the Right People (Positioning) LinkedIn “Stalking is only bad if it’s unwanted.” Podcast Movement Toastmasters 18:53 - How do you write a speech? Talking to the wall (Rubber Ducking) Boy Meets Girl HGOMM (Hero, Goal, Obstacle, Mentor, Moral) 30:15 - Audience Participation 37:13 - Speechwriting No-Nos Do not read off of your script 40:58 - Topic Selection Problem => Resolution Philip Morgan: What Jerry Springer can teach you about positioning Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories Check out Matt’s site specifically for The Freelancers’ Show listeners! Picks Lead Generation Trust Velocity (Philip) Inbox Zero (Reuven) Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time by Rory Vaden (Chuck) The Malloreon Series by David Eddings (Chuck) Get help from the panel! (Chuck) Newbie Remote Conf (Chuck) Get A Coder Job (Chuck) All Remote Conferences (Chuck) Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories (Matt)

Pernilla Ericson, SPÅREN VI LÄMNAR EFTER OSS

All Ruby Podcasts by Devchat.tv

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2016 46:31

Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant Ja, kära vänner, LÄS HÅRT-duon Johan och Magnus är tillbaka för att ta sig an sin farligaste utmaning någonsin: Pernilla Ericsons deckaredeckare "Spåren vi lämnar efter oss". Kommer Magnus podda sönder sitt bröllop? Vad är egentligen en feministisk deckare? Varför hatar Johan tv-serier? Vad är grejen med alla mystiska miljonärer? Finns det någon ord för motsatsen till "underhållningsvåld"? LÄS HÅRT skyggar inte för de svåra frågorna – så häng med! Nu tar vi sommarlov och återkommer i månadsskiftet augusti/september. Berätta gärna vad du läser i sommar – tagga #LÄSHÅRT på Twitter och Insta, eller följ oss bara på Facebook! Andra saker som nämns G.I. Joe/Action Force ● Nic Pizzolatto, "Galveston" ● "True detective" ● Jaguarserien ● "Buck Rogers" ● Arthur C. Clarke, "Möte med Rama" ● Obiter dictum ● "Breaking bad" ● "Buffy the vampire slayer" ● "Fringe" ● Sylvain Neuvel, "Sleeping giants" ● Andy Weir, "The Martian" ● Max Brooks, "World War Z" ● Gerry Conway mfl, "The Tomb of Dracula" ● Stan Lee mfl, "Spider-Man" ● Victor Gischler mfl, "X-Men: Curse of the Mutants" ● Henning Mankell ● Stieg Larsson, "Män som hatar kvinnor" ● Guy Gavriel Kay, "Children of Earth and Sky" ● Todd Lockwood, "The Summer Dragon" ● Mats Strandberg, "Färjan" ● Ian McDonald ● Stephen King, "Finders keepers" + "The Dark Tower"-serien ● David Eddings, "Sagan om Belgarion" ● JRR Tolkien, "Sagan om ringen"

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263 RR Programmer Education and Skill Development with Tom Stuart

Ruby Rogues

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2016 63:48

Check out Ruby Remote Conf! 02:39 - Tom Stuart Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Ruby Rogues Episode #120: Book Club: Understanding Computation with Tom Stuart Understanding Computation by Tom Stuart 03:17 - “Computer Scientist”; Computer Science 04:17 - Static Typing, Type Systems Tom Stuart: Consider Static Typing @ RubyConf Australia 2015 Matz's Opening Keynote at RubyConf 2014 The Halting Problem 18:44 - The Direction, Adoption Curve, and Use of Ruby 33:36 - Multicore Growth and Concurrency => What programming language should I learn? Moore’s Law Picks Halting State by Charles Stross (Sam) The Belgariad by David Eddings (Chuck) Fully Alive: Discovering What Matters Most by Timothy Shriver (Chuck) The 8000th Busy Beaver number eludes ZF set theory: new paper by Adam Yedidia and me (Tom) Martin Kleppmann: Staying in Sync: from Transactions to Streams (Tom)

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263 RR Programmer Education and Skill Development with Tom Stuart

Devchat.tv Master Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2016 63:48

Check out Ruby Remote Conf! 02:39 - Tom Stuart Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Ruby Rogues Episode #120: Book Club: Understanding Computation with Tom Stuart Understanding Computation by Tom Stuart 03:17 - “Computer Scientist”; Computer Science 04:17 - Static Typing, Type Systems Tom Stuart: Consider Static Typing @ RubyConf Australia 2015 Matz's Opening Keynote at RubyConf 2014 The Halting Problem 18:44 - The Direction, Adoption Curve, and Use of Ruby 33:36 - Multicore Growth and Concurrency => What programming language should I learn? Moore’s Law Picks Halting State by Charles Stross (Sam) The Belgariad by David Eddings (Chuck) Fully Alive: Discovering What Matters Most by Timothy Shriver (Chuck) The 8000th Busy Beaver number eludes ZF set theory: new paper by Adam Yedidia and me (Tom) Martin Kleppmann: Staying in Sync: from Transactions to Streams (Tom)

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263 RR Programmer Education and Skill Development with Tom Stuart

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2016 63:48

Check out Ruby Remote Conf! 02:39 - Tom Stuart Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Ruby Rogues Episode #120: Book Club: Understanding Computation with Tom Stuart Understanding Computation by Tom Stuart 03:17 - “Computer Scientist”; Computer Science 04:17 - Static Typing, Type Systems Tom Stuart: Consider Static Typing @ RubyConf Australia 2015 Matz's Opening Keynote at RubyConf 2014 The Halting Problem 18:44 - The Direction, Adoption Curve, and Use of Ruby 33:36 - Multicore Growth and Concurrency => What programming language should I learn? Moore’s Law Picks Halting State by Charles Stross (Sam) The Belgariad by David Eddings (Chuck) Fully Alive: Discovering What Matters Most by Timothy Shriver (Chuck) The 8000th Busy Beaver number eludes ZF set theory: new paper by Adam Yedidia and me (Tom) Martin Kleppmann: Staying in Sync: from Transactions to Streams (Tom)

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Episode 92: Books for Worldbuilders to read

Worldbuilder's Anvil

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2015 65:26

Today's Topic - Books for Worldbuilder's to read The Rivan Codex Question from João E. Nascimento on Facebook. If we follow David Eddings advice and not read fantasy, What books should we read? Types of books I read Books that better help me understand out world Dictionary of Symbols (Norton Paperback) Writing Systems: A Linguistic Introduction The Language Construction Kit Red Man's Religion: Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of Mexico The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Penguin Classics) Gilgamesh: A New English Version Marcus Aurelius: A Life Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted Patterns in Prehistory: Humankind's First Three Million Years Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth Art History Architecture Roleplaying Games Aztec Art The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek) How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

#66. The Belgariad - Pawn of Prophecy

The Legendarium

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2015 51:07

Ryan assigns the Legendarium panel to read David Eddings' Belgariad series. This is one of the early(ish) fantasy series that helped set the tone for many of the so-called tropes that have been seen since. But this beautifully written tale does them so well, you'll hardly notice as you start with Garion on his adventure with Belgarath and Polgara.

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Episode 12.1: Mark & Roy

Drink Spin Run: The RPG Talkshow Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2015

Twelve feet long and highly mobile. Our Guests+Mark Donkers+Roy SnyderShow Notes after the JumpShow NotesDrinkFarm Hand French-Style Farmhouse Ale, Brewery Vivant, Grand Rapids, MI500 BC Double IPA, Humboldt Brewing Co.Drew & Steve's Imperial Mutt Brown Ale, Stone Brewing Co, Escondido, CAThe Cherry Business, Cherry Mead - Mark made it Necromangocon, B. Nektar, Ferndale, MIZombie Killer, B. Nektar, Ferndale, MIDwarf Invasion, B. Nektar, Ferndale, MISinister Vertigo Imperial Stout, Oddside Ale, Grand Haven, MISpinA Year Of No Light, "Nord"Faith No More, "Angel Dust" Mr. Bungle, "Disco Volante"FantomasWitchcraftBlood CeremonyCreedence Clearwater Revival (Do I have to provide links for this stuff? Is this not day one material?)The Books ReadFrederic Brown short storiesMorrow Project 4eDavid Eddings, The BelgariadGlen Cook, the White RoseRunMore from the Donk about Morrow ProjectAdventures in the East MarkDungeon Crawl Classics RPGCastles & Crusades RPGThe Drink Spin Run Monthly Mini Non-Competition! Join Donn & Adam every month as we paint a different mini together! We'll share our work along with those submitted by you gorgeous listeners! This month's mini is Reaper's Toghra the Destroyer, Gnoll WarlordBuy it here! (aff)Thanks for joining us for this episode of Drink Spin Run. We'd love to read your comments on the show, suggestions, where exactly we can stick what and other thinly-veiled threats. Send us your thoughts at dsr@kickassistan.net. Once again, thanks for listening, you gorgeous listeners.

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Bibliophiles Anonymous #69 - Wait, what did she say?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2014 66:01

In this episode of Bibliophiles Anonymous, Denise and Jess discuss the interview that J.K. Rowling gave regarding her changed views of the Ron/Hermione relationship in the Harry Potter series. This is a fandom that takes its relationships very seriously, and this interview sent it rocking with some people cheering her attitude and some shaking their heads in disbelief. Was it all a lie!?! We also continue the discussion into other authors who have made comments, or out right changes, to their already established stories. Our beloved J.R.R. Tolkien completely rewrote a key chapter in The Hobbit so that he could make it fit better into The Lord of the Rings plot line. David Eddings used prequels, Belgareth the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress to clean up (or add to) inconsistencies within the Belgariad series. George R.R. Martin, while working on the Game of Thrones television show, took a barely existent detail from the Song of Ice and Fire series and blew it wide open. What do you think of when authors make changes to already established stories and canon, either in other works, other mediums, or just in outside interviews? Do you think they should share whatever is in their heads? Or should they leave their stories as is? Links: The J.K. Rowling interview, linked through Hypable.com Pro-Ron article from Tor.com A breakdown of the Renly/Loras relationship clues on Angelfire A discussion of Tolkien's rewrite of The Hobbit from The One Ring.net List of inconsistencies addressed in David Eddings' Belgareth the Sorcerer Please let us know what you think. You can email us at bibliophiles.podcast@gmail.com, find us on Facebook and on Twitter, or leave comments on our official website, www.bibliophiles-anonymous.com. Thanks for listening! Please rate, review and subscribe!

Bibliophiles Anonymous #59 - Love to the Secondary Characters

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2013 69:26

In this episode of Bibliophiles Anonymous, Denise and Jess talk about their favorite secondary characters of their favorite series. Yes, we have way too many to name, but we gave it a go. Books mentioned: the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, the Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli series by David Eddings, and many, many, many others. This was a tough topic to narrow down, and we know that we missed a whole bunch of awesome characters. If there are any that you would like to mention, please let us know in comments. You can also email us at bibliophiles.podcast@gmail.com, find us on Twitter (@BibAnonPodcast) or on Facebook. As always, thank you so much for listening! Please rate, review and subscribe!

Bibliophiles Anonymous #32 - All Fired Up

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2013 60:55

In this episode of Bibliophiles Anonymous, Denise and Jess get a little silly while trying to decide which five books they would save if trying to escape a burning building. For the sake of the argument, a series counts as one very big book. Denise would take the Belgariad by David Eddings, the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, Paper Towns by John Green, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, and Without You by Anthony Rapp. She would also try to hide her Riverside Shakespeare collection in her back pocket. Jess would also take the Belgariad and the Harry Potter books, but she would add to that Mercedes Lackey's books set in Velgarth, the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, and her original copies of The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien. She might also try to sneak out Chloe Neill's Chicagoland Vampires books. What books can you not live without? Email us at bibliophiles.podcast@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter @BibAnonPodcast. Or leave us a comment at www.bibliophiles-anonymous.com. Join us in May for another book club discussion: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. Discussion forums will be open May 15th at www.maltavern.com. Thanks for listening! Please rate, review, and subscribe!

Bibliophiles Anonymous #27 - Party in the Kitchens!