Podcasts about Lloyd Alexander

This week, Scott was joined by his Lawfare colleagues Molly Reynolds and Quinta Jurecic to work through the week's big national security news stories, including:“Kyiv Calm and Tarry On.” This past Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the White House for what turned into a disastrous meeting, in which President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance baited him into a heated public argument over Russia's invasion of his country. In its aftermath, Trump refused to sign the minerals deal Zelensky was there to finalize and has now cut off U.S. assistance to Ukraine—though, at the time of recording, reports were emerging that the minerals deal was now back on track. And while European allies have stepped up their support for Ukraine, Trump's Republican allies have united in support of him and increasingly called for Zelenskyy's resignation. What contributed to this explosive about-face in U.S. policy towards Ukraine? And what does it tell us about the Trump administration's decision-making?“Betting Against the House.” House Majority Leader Mike Johnson scored what many are framing as a big win last week when he—with help from President Trump and ally Elon Musk—was able to unite his fractious caucus's narrow majority to pass their preferred budget. But there are concerns that aspects of the budget—and the broader agenda Trump is pressuring his party to unite behind—will likely undermine Republicans' prospects of holding the House in 2026 midterm elections. What is the state of governance in Congress at the moment? And what does it mean for the Trump administration's aggressive agenda.“Prime Directive.” Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos once again intervened in the newspaper's opinions section last week, when he indicated that the paper no longer had a responsibility to reflect diverse views and would instead focus on issues of “personal liberties and free markets” that he thought were important for America—a mandate that led opinions editor David Shipley to resign. Is Bezos's move an effort to dodge the ire of President Trump and his supporters? Or is something else in play? And what impact will it have on the paper's future as an institution?For object lessons, Quinta endorsed the New York Times Magazine's lengthy art-imitates-life-imitates-art portrait of the Murdoch family and their odd relationship with the show Succession. Scott shared his discovery of a beautiful (and free!) online graphic novel of one of his favorite books, Lloyd Alexander's “The Book of Three,” that's made it much more accessible for his young son, and asked for listeners to recommend other good graphic novel translations of classic fantasy and sci-fi suitable for a younger audience. And Molly celebrated the best season of the year: Girl Scout cookie season!To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Use promo code RATIONALSECURITY at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan:https://incogni.com/rationalsecuritySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Scott was joined by his Lawfare colleagues Molly Reynolds and Quinta Jurecic to work through the week's big national security news stories, including:“Kyiv Calm and Tarry On.” This past Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the White House for what turned into a disastrous meeting, in which President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance baited him into a heated public argument over Russia's invasion of his country. In its aftermath, Trump refused to sign the minerals deal Zelensky was there to finalize and has now cut off U.S. assistance to Ukraine—though, at the time of recording, reports were emerging that the minerals deal was now back on track. And while European allies have stepped up their support for Ukraine, Trump's Republican allies have united in support of him and increasingly called for Zelenskyy's resignation. What contributed to this explosive about-face in U.S. policy towards Ukraine? And what does it tell us about the Trump administration's decision-making?“Betting Against the House.” House Majority Leader Mike Johnson scored what many are framing as a big win last week when he—with help from President Trump and ally Elon Musk—was able to unite his fractious caucus's narrow majority to pass their preferred budget. But there are concerns that aspects of the budget—and the broader agenda Trump is pressuring his party to unite behind—will likely undermine Republicans' prospects of holding the House in 2026 midterm elections. What is the state of governance in Congress at the moment? And what does it mean for the Trump administration's aggressive agenda.“Prime Directive.” Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos once again intervened in the newspaper's opinions section last week, when he indicated that the paper no longer had a responsibility to reflect diverse views and would instead focus on issues of “personal liberties and free markets” that he thought were important for America—a mandate that led opinions editor David Shipley to resign. Is Bezos's move an effort to dodge the ire of President Trump and his supporters? Or is something else in play? And what impact will it have on the paper's future as an institution?For object lessons, Quinta endorsed the New York Times Magazine's lengthy art-imitates-life-imitates-art portrait of the Murdoch family and their odd relationship with the show Succession. Scott shared his discovery of a beautiful (and free!) online graphic novel of one of his favorite books, Lloyd Alexander's “The Book of Three,” that's made it much more accessible for his young son, and asked for listeners to recommend other good graphic novel translations of classic fantasy and sci-fi suitable for a younger audience. And Molly celebrated the best season of the year: Girl Scout cookie season!To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Use promo code RATIONALSECURITY at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan:https://incogni.com/rationalsecurity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time it's another Zoomed Out, Author Deep Dive episode on Lloyd Alexander. Joining me for this discussion is Jared Crossley, creator of the Lloyd Alexander documentary on YouTube. This episode includes an unedited transcript which will be updated at a later time. Segments and time codes: (03:00) – Intro to Lloyd Alexander (08:00) – … Continue reading "Zoomed Out: Lloyd Alexander, with Jared Crossley"

This is the 23rd episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts. And just like that, it's the end of the season! We're going out on a story that actually shows us what happens when someone has a problem and wonders "What would Snufkin do?" Sniff is inconsolable over the loss of his favourite toy, a small dog called Cedric, with bejewelled eyes (?!). Even Moominmamma can't help him, so he wanders down to Snufkin's camp and gets told a story. It's a very classic story-shape about belongings not making you happy, but you know what we say? There's nothing wrong with playing the hits well! This story is a real two-hander between Snufkin and Sniff. It really wouldn't be the same without Sniff's many, pertinent, exasperating interruptions. We have a go at filling some plot holes, like: when did Sniff get back from wherever it was he went? Who gave him the toy dog, and why did this put jewels in its eyes? Next season we'll be reading the Moomin comics, so dig out your copies if you want to read along! Our Spirits of the Moomins this week are The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander and Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit by Julius Lester. Dave has sneaked three (three!) Spirits of the Podgoblin's hat in this season finale to keep you going until we get back: Cane and Rinse, Girl Mode and Rainbow Road.

Happy Halloween, spooky kids! In this seventh anniversary episode, Ren Wednesday, Adam Whybray and special guest Mattie Dogrose chat about a 1980s Disney horror curio that lost the studio a hell of a lot of money: The Black Cauldron! We discuss moderate peril, oracular pigs and the films liberal approach to Welsh language and culture, and Adam and Ren once again alight on a unamious texture. Enjoy! The transcript is a bit delayed on this one, apologies! We will get it up as soon as possible, at: https://stillscared.podigee.io/66-black-cauldron

Welcome back to another episode of the Video Store Podcast, where we're in full Halloween mode! We're taking a walk down memory lane this week in the comforting archives of Disney. Well, perhaps comforting isn't the right word for these films. There was an era of Disney where they seemed to relish making more edgy and spooky films. These films are perfect for dipping your toe in the water of the horror genre, or if you're looking for something off-the-beaten-path for your Halloween viewing. We've selected four of these Spooky Disney films for the staff picks wall this week to help make your Halloween fun and pleasantly chilling. First up is the 1949 Disney animated short film The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. This gorgeously animated short film, based on the short story of the same name by Washington Irving, is an essential part of Halloween viewing. Told and sung by Bing Crosby, it is a great film best enjoyed with the whole family. For something a little different this Halloween season, check out Disney's undersung 1985 classic, The Black Cauldron. While not necessarily considered a horror movie, The Black Cauldron, does have horror elements, and in the original cut, was deemed so scary that it nearly got an R-rating! Based on Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain, The Black Cauldron is another great example of spooky Disney, and also one that's accessible for the whole family. From the era where Disney tried to inject a little bit of family-friendly horror into their catalog, comes 1980's The Watcher in the Woods. The Watcher in the Woods has a wonderful cast, including Bette Davis and David McCallum. The film is elevated by its cast, creepy score, as well as a wonderful, ethereal mystery. Based on the book by Florence Engel Randall, The Watcher in the Woods makes horror accessible for teens and young adults. Finally, we have 1983's Something Wicked This Way Comes, based on the book of the same name by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury is a master of horror and sci-fi, and Something Wicked This Way Comes is a wonderful example of his mastery. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Jason Robards, Pam Grier, and Diane Ladd, among others, Something Wicked This Way Comes is a wonderful film for the month of October. Get caught up in the mystery and suspense of Something Wicked This Way Comes with your teens and young adults. Thanks for joining us today at the Video Store Podcast for these lesser-known films from the Disney vault. Grab some candy on the way out, and come back next week for more film and television recommendations from the Video Store Podcast. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.videostorepodcast.com

Olá camaradas! Neste episódio Matheus Gansohr bate um papo com Vitória e Bruno Mares pra falar de um jogo de RPG OSR que se inspira em autores como Ursula K. LeGuin, Susan Cooper e Lloyd Alexander. Beyond the Wall está em financiamento coletivo trazido pela TRIA editora ( @triaeditora ) no qual as relações de personagens e a comunidade fazem emergir tanto a construção da ficha quanto background e desafios iniciais que farão o jogo caminhar, mas o que tem o tio Paulo a ver com isso? Quem é tio Paulo!? Descubram neste episódio! Slava. Financiamento Beyond the Wall: https://www.catarse.me/btw Apoie a Lenindragons: apoia.se/lenindragonsrpg ou chave pix: lenindragons@gmail.com

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.

Westmark has it all - political intrigue, long cons, a dashing leader of the revolution, and two months in a garret writing other people's letters. We discuss Lloyd Alexander's fast-paced opening to the Westmark trilogy and why it feels like classic fantasy in spite of its lack of true fantasy elements. Join us in breaking down Theo's soft boy protagonist appeal, the power of an irrepressible urchin, and the bad monarchies of life and literature. Count Las Bombas is offering you an elixir, drink it all up!Thanks to all the listeners who have requested Westmark!MUSIC - Pippin the Hunchback and Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Join Charles and Joe on the latest episode of Wise_N_Nerdy, where they are accompanied by the amazing Mike Woodard. The trio kicks off the episode with a trip down memory lane as they answer the standard question of the week: "What's your favorite childhood book?" Joe fondly reminisces about "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander, a tale his brother once read to him. Mike shares his love for "A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeleine L'Engle, while Charles delves into the imaginative world of "Einstein's Dreams" by Alan Lightman. As the dice roll to determine the next segment, the podcast transitions seamlessly into "What are you Nerding out about?" Joe dives into the Gauntlet series, Charles explores "Squid Game: The Challenge," and Mike takes a stroll down memory lane with nostalgic shows from the 70s. The dice decide it's time for the "How do I...?" segment, and Mike takes center stage to share insights into his illustrious career in radio. Following this, the trio engages in the "What do you think about...?" segment, where Charles had intended to discuss gatekeeping vs inclusion but ends up ranting about a company manufacturing Marvel cups. The fates, it seems, have a sense of humor as a bad dad joke makes its appearance, prompting Charles to express his dislike for funny bad dad jokes. The episode concludes on a heartwarming note with the "Daddy tell me a story" segment, where Joe shares his experiences as a moderator on /r/LeagueOfLegends. And there you have it - a delightful journey through childhood books, nerdy interests, career insights, and a touch of humor. As always, Wise_N_Nerdy leaves you with their signature tag line: "Wise_N_Nerdy: Where Fatherhood Meets Fandom." Tune in for a blend of wisdom, nostalgia, and all things nerdy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wise-n-nerdy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wise-n-nerdy/support

In fourth grade Callie read The Indian in the Cupboard. The idea of a boy's toy coming alive in a magic cupboard grabbed a hold of her imagination and never let go. The addiction only increased as she read Roald Dahl, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle, and the Redwall series. In sixth grade her teacher took away Jane Eyre because it was distracting Callie from her work. In all her reading, one question has always fascinated her. Why do some stories with great ideas fall flat? For the past decade, Callie has honed her skills by studying the craft of writing and defining the elements that make a story work. She can read any story, any rocky first draft, and provide the first aid it needs to make your manuscript resonate in the minds of your readers. Callie is also a mother of four. She is a singer and theater buff, she has spent a lot of time on the stage and behind the curtain as a music director and costumer. She loves good stories told on television and is a big fan of many. She's also the founder of The Manuscript Dr and is presenting an RMFW Workshop on Oct. 20. It's called Capturing the Illusive Voice. More: https://themanuscriptdr.com/ Intro Music by Moby Gratis: https://mobygratis.com/ Outro Music by Dan-o-Songs: https://danosongs.com/

A podcast where we share sixty seconds of inspiration to help you create a kinder, gentler world faster than the speed of heartbreak. We believe that kindness needs to be the number one cherished idea in the world today. So, we created a show that adds one sweet droplet of goodness into the ocean of your life - every day.  #onekindmoment #kindness #kindnessquotes #kind Yesterday by John Hobart - Music Design by Jason Inc. https://brucewaynemclellan.com/    

Gene fondly recalls his childhood in the lands of Prydain while Willow absolutely beefs her Gurgi impression. Once again these two can't agree on anything other than sounding tired! Another epic installment in the YEAR OF SWORD AND SORCERY. 

It's a trip they're unlikely to forget anytime soon. Taranaki farmers, Rebecca and Lloyd Alexander, were part of a dozen-strong team who spent three weeks touring across the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.

Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain, book two

I've been reading Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain to my youngest boys. While they're at sleepaway camp, I'm making and sending recordings. Enjoy!

Becky Annison joins us to discuss Lloyd Alexander's "The Book of Three", the Dungeons and Dragons movie, dwarven guides, Welsh myth, characters with firm personality hooks, spaghetti westerns, the Black Cauldron, clear linear mission paths, giving each character their moment, changing the stakes of successes, horror mechanics, destroying books or cards for art, and much more!

In which we talk about Lloyd Alexander's The Book of Three, the first in The Chronicles of Prydain. It's a great book and a great conversation that gets pretty far afield. We'll be back later in May to talk about Mistborn: The Final Empire, which $1 patrons will get a week early as usual. Then, schedules permitting, in June we will have episodes on the next book in Mistborn and Prydain: The Well of Ascension and The Black Cauldron respectively. That Black Cauldron episode will be exclusive to our $5 patrons, so be sure to subscribe to hear that! You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of her work on norablake.online You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! Music in this episode was "Skye Cuillin" courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/incompetech) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In this episode, we talk about Book 2 of Brandon's secret projects, The Frugal Wizard's Guide to Surviving Medieval England. We found it to be a real mixed bag, but despite having a lot of objections are more or less warm on it. What a ringing endorsement that is haha. We will be back with one more April (hopefully) episode about The Book of Three, the first book Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain. After that we are penciled in for a May (hopefully) episode where we will talk about all of The Final Empire! We are going to transition out of chapter by chapter reads of these books and into covering them as a whole. I am looking forward to capping that off and moving onward to the rest of the Cosmere, as well as the other Secret Project books and other fantasy series! You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/incompetech) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jared, Oriana and Ned talk about Jared's choice of topic: worldbuilding. Tolkien is so heavily identified with the concept of worldbuilding that a map of Middle-earth represents the topic on Wikipedia, and his impact in both fantasy and beyond regarding how a world that is not this actual globe we live on is perceived and presented has continuing afterechoes that don't look to disappear anytime soon. At the same time, what exactly worldbuilding IS is a hardly an agreed upon formal standard anywhere, and the amount of work that's been put into developing a story setting in any number of media, not just that of fantasy novels much less novels in general, is vast, varied and takes many particular forms. Meanwhile, Tolkien's own approach as to what worldbuilding is comes out of his own particular personal and philosophical conclusions, and doesn't always take the form of what a more stereotypical approach to the subject might be in the current day. What makes the idea of Middle-earth so compelling to readers entranced by his works, and what drives them to learn more about it or to elaborate on it in their own right? What other creators, in fiction and beyond it, successfully approach similar levels of immersion, and are there particular points of commonality to be found there? Are there particular points in Tolkien's stylistic approach that signal notable strengths in creating the sense of Middle-earth as an actual place, and how much of that might lie in a difference between received perception and the reality of the work? And how much does Jared's own forthcoming fantasy novel drive this discussion? (A lot – and we're going to be talking about that novel a lot over time, don't you worry – but also listen for initial news about our live episode in Portland in April!)SHOW NOTES.Jared's doodle – makes you wonder what else is going on in this world shown here…More about the HarperCollins Union contract. Well done, we say again.The Lord of the Rings musical is coming back! We're still scratching our heads a bit. (Listen in to our 2020 episode about it.)The Watermill. It does seem like a nice theatre…Variety's report on the Embracer/Warner Bros. Discovery deal and the prospect of more movies. A little more about Mike de Luca from 2011. Still confused about the overall rights issues when it comes to Tolkien in the first place? A handy Gizmodo explainer.The announcement of Jared's novel! Due for release next year, and we'll get you a preorder link when there is one.More on that whole Doug Liman/Bourne Identity thing. Ah, Hollywood power politics…Worldbuilding! Yup, Middle-earth, right there.Terry Pratchett, rest in peace. One of the greats.Sub-creation, how Tolkien thought of his own creative impulse ultimately deriving from his own belief in God as the ultimate creator.Our episode on “A Secret Vice,” Tolkien's lecture about creating languages.NaNoWriMo! It's a thing, believe us.Our death episode! (Very early days for the podcast and the format's a bit different but we were still figuring it out!)The Chekhov's gun principle.Oriana's Star Wars comments specifically refer to Solo. Ioreth! There should have been more of her but we're glad we have her.The ‘whispering to date' Twitter meme origin. (Forgot what Chappie is? So did everyone else.)Ted Bundy – and yes we hope he's not part of your narrative either.Our Rings of Power Season 1 episode. That did feel good to do.N. K. Jemisin and the Broken Earth trilogy – check it out. As well as: Frank Herbert and Dune! Ursula K Le Guin and Earthsea! Lloyd Alexander and Prydain! Steven Erikson and Malazan Book of the Fallen! The Dark Crystal, still awesome.“As you know, Bob…”The cats of Queen Berúthiel and Carn Dûm.Our food in Middle-earth episode.Enjoy talk about Roman sewers. And Amsterdam's canals.M. R. James, so awesome.Support By-The-Bywater on Patreon, and thank you if you do!

Hello and welcome to the Fantasy Rewind Podcast. We discuss fantasy news, shows, books, and all things nerdy. This week Dylan and Mike are breaking down The Black Cauldron, the movie from 1985 based on Lloyd Alexander's book series: The Chronicles of Prydain. We discuss some of the major plot points, connections to the book and overall impressions.    Let us know your thoughts or perspectives on our socials: twitter- @fantasyrewind. Instagram- @fantasyrewindpod and fantasyrewindpod@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing comments and reactions from you!  

Enchanted poet-donkeys assemble: we're covering The Arkadians, by Lloyd Alexander! You'll love this meta retelling of various Greek mythologies and epics as told through the adventures of Lucien, Joy-in-the-Dance, Fronto, and the approximately 500 other goofy characters they encounter along the way. As the self-proclaimed Emo Fantasy crowd, we love Lloyd Alexander very much and it was a delight to reread his Greek Romp Experiment. Plus: if you're a fan of the 1994 CD-ROM game Wrath of the Gods, then boy do we have a treat for you. Join us!EPISODE MEDIAThe Arkadians on the Lloyd Alexander WikiThe best computer game of all time, Wrath of the GodsMUSIC - Pippin the Hunchback and Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Today's meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Lloyd Alexander, with music by Mark Himley.

Episode 2 The Black Cauldron (1985) (feat. Taylor Zaccario of Obscure Obsessions)   Today we tackle one of Disney's biggest flops, an epic Welsh Fantasy called The Black Cauldron (1985) based on the first two books of Lloyd Alexander's the “Chronicles of Prydain” series. We discuss the charm and lack thereof of some of the characters in an adventure that pulls from several iconic mythological tropes and involves an iconic pig, Maleficent's ex and a virbo that gets totally wrecked.    Check out Taylor Zaccario on Obscure Obsessions (@obscurepodcast and obscureobessionsblog.blogspot.com ====================================   Watch Us on YouTube!    Follow Our Adventures on Social Media:   @notmyfantasypod Instagram TikTok   Research & Writing by Cullen Callaghan.  This episode was edited by Cullen Callaghan.   Cover Art by William Callaghan

Let's go to Prydain. Grab a copy of Mulch, the new horror novella from Alex Mac. Join the conversation on the Atoz forum. Support the network and gain access to over fifty bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Want more science fiction in your life? Check out The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Love Neil Gaiman? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast. Lovecraft? Poe? Check out Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Trekker? Join us on Lower Decks: A Star Trek Podcast. Want to know more about the Middle Ages? Subscribe to Agnus: The Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine Podcast.

Disney sends Assistant Pig Keeper Jeffrey Katzenberg back to the Well with the task of adapting beloved fantasy novels into an animated film, what could possibly go wrong? Chuck Wendig joins Maggie & Red to talk Lloyd Alexander's The Book of Three (1964) and The Black Cauldron (1965) as well as the film that almost killed Disney, 1985's Animated Feature, The Black Cauldron. Chuck Wendig (terribleminds.com, @ChuckWendig on twitter) is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Star Wars: Aftermath, as well as the Miriam Black thrillers, the Atlanta Burns books, Zer0es/Invasive, Wanderers, as well as his most recent books Dust & Grim and Book of Accidents. Wayward, the sequel to Wanderers is scheduled for publication November 15th. Buy Maggie's newest book, Love in the Library !!! If you like us, you'll also enjoy: Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast

In the second part of our two-part look at the troubled Disney feature 'The Black Cauldron', Daniel is joined by arts critic Richard Watts to discuss the film's relationship with its source material, 'The Chronicles of Prydain' by Lloyd Alexander, and why the film is a fascinating failure. For extensive show notes and rare images, visit https://www.inkandpaint.com.au/episode-28-the-black-cauldron-part-2 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ink-and-paint/message

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #337: Welcome My Brother, Jeremy, as We Talk About The Black Cauldron (1985) https://archive.org/download/podcast-337/Podcast%20337.mp3 This week, my brother, Jeremy, rejoins the show to talk about the 1985 Disney film, The Black Cauldron.  The film is loosely based on the first two books in the Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander,…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #337: Welcome My Brother, Jeremy, as We Talk About The Black Cauldron (1985)

Craig, Ryan, and Kyle wrap up their coverage of Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain Chronicles with a discussion of the fifth and final book, The High King. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Check out the archives at https://www.thelegendarium.com/ Join the Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/FnCSsxx Twitter: https://twitter.com/LegendariumPod

Craig, Ryan, and Kyle wrap up their coverage of Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles with a discussion of the fifth and final book, The High King.   Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Check out the archives at https://www.thelegendarium.com/ Join the Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/FnCSsxx Twitter: https://twitter.com/LegendariumPod 

Craig, Ryan, and Kyle reconvene to discuss the fourth book in Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles. This is Craig's favorite book in the series, but how does it do for Ryan and Kyle? (Spoiler alert: very well.) This is the book in the series that's probably the most meaningful, and the most interesting to read from an adult perspective.   Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Check out the archives at https://www.thelegendarium.com/ Join the Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/FnCSsxx Twitter: https://twitter.com/LegendariumPod 

Craig, Ryan, and Kyle reconvene to discuss the fourth book in Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain Chronicles. This is Craig’s favorite book in the series, but how does it do for Ryan and Kyle? (Spoiler alert: very well.) This is the book in the series that’s probably the most meaningful, and the most interesting to read from […]

Malédiction ! Pour l'inauguration de cette saison 3 de Ciné-Crash, gros plan sur LE dessin animé maudit des studios Disney, celui avec lequel la vénérable maison toucha le fond, en 1985, après de longues années sur la pente douce du déclin. Adaptation d'une saga de fantasy intitulée Les Chroniques de Prydain, écrite dans les années 1960 par l'auteur américain Lloyd Alexander, Taram et le chaudron magique vit sa gestation débuter en 1971. Toujours pas vraiment remis de la mort de Walt Disney en 1966, ses successeurs misaient alors sur The Black Cauldron (titre du futur film en version originale) pour redorer le blason de la compagnie, un peu terni au fil de la décennie. Mais tout au long des années 1970, et même lorsque Taram entrera enfin en production, en 1980, les plaies de toutes sortes s'abattront sur ce long métrage maudit : problèmes chroniques d'écriture, casse-tête technique, révolution de palais et, surtout, luttes fratricides entre diverses générations d'animateurs au sein du groupe…Inhabituellement sombre pour un Disney, fortement influencé par la mode d'une dark fantasy sévissant à Hollywood au début des années 1980, Taram et le chaudron magique fut remonté en toute hâte par le tout nouveau présent du département cinéma, Jeffrey Katzenberg, afin de le rendre le plus familial possible… Raté : trop effrayant pour les enfants, le résultat final, par ailleurs desservi par des personnages trop mal creusés, n'est alors pas non plus assez mature pour les adultes. Taram et son chaudron de malheur s'effondrent au box-office de juillet 1985, battus même par les Bisounours…. et une ressortie de E.T. ! Quarante-six ans après la sortie du film, bénéfice-t-il enfin d'une réhabilitation ? Ciné-Crash revient sur les tenants et aboutissants de cette catastrophe industrielle. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

In this episode, Phil and Janelle talk about Nintendo eShop games, Disneyworld, Lloyd Alexander, envelope art, Signs, Wandavision, Halloween, M Night Shyamalan, Quicksilver, and more.

Craig, Ryan, and Kyle continue their reading of Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain with the third installment: The Castle of Llyr. What we thought was that we were getting Princess Eilonwy’s book; what we got, though, wasn’t really that. So was it still satisfying? Is there still any meat on the bones of this series? […]

Craig, Ryan, and Kyle continue their reading of Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain with the third installment: The Castle of Llyr. What we thought was that we were getting Princess Eilonwy's book; what we got, though, wasn't really that. So was it still satisfying? Is there still any meat on the bones of this series?   Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Check out the archives at https://www.thelegendarium.com/ Join the Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/FnCSsxx Twitter: https://twitter.com/LegendariumPod 

Join Ben, Sam, and our newest host, Ryan, as we continue our journey into the Disney Vault! Follow along as we discuss not only the good and the bad but how the movie stacks up against those that came before it. The Black Cauldron is a 1985 American animated dark fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. The 25th Disney animated feature film is loosely based on the first two books in The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, a series of five novels that are based on Welsh mythology. If you haven't heard of it, don't be to upset, Disney buried it for over 12 years... maybe with good reason. Join our social networks as we start to ramp up our social footprint! Instagram Twitter TikTok Check out more from our hosts: Ben - The Cooperators Sam - Digital Sous Ryan - Polemiscist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/opening-the-vault/message

Mara and Josh take another trip down memory lane, recounting their top ten childhood creeps and chills that were more fun than traumatizing. Come join the fun, and let us know what gave you shivers as a kid! Also discussed: Looney Tunes, Lloyd Alexander, WandaVision, Morticia Addams, prohibition, and the Hayes Code. Next month we will be discussing our top ten childhood spoops, which is like last October's episode except focusing on the fun scares and not the traumatizing ones! After that, we will be checking out Redwall by Brian Jacques. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Craig, Ryan, and Kyle sit down to discuss The Black Cauldron, the second installment in Lloyd Alexander’s classic young-readers fantasy series. This book was a Newbery award honoree, and it’s easy to see why. The guys will delve into what makes this one so good, especially compared to the previous book in the series. Support […]

Craig, Ryan, and Kyle sit down to discuss The Black Cauldron, the second installment in Lloyd Alexander's classic young-readers fantasy series. This book was a Newbery award honoree, and it's easy to see why. The guys will delve into what makes this one so good, especially compared to the previous book in the series. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Check out the archives at https://www.thelegendarium.com/ Join the Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/FnCSsxx Twitter: https://twitter.com/LegendariumPod 

The Black Cauldron is said to be the movie that nearly destroyed Disney Animation. Based on the second book in the YA series The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander and released in 1985, audiences weren't prepared for an animation from Disney that was both very dark in tone and had no characters spontaneously breaking out in song. To add injury to insult, it was beat out by the Care Bear Movie released at the same time.  But there have been devoted fans who did enjoy the movie when it was first released through the love of Alexander's books and over the years the movie has developed a cult following and people have developed an appreciation for the movie that it didn't get upon first release. In this episode Bret, Jamie, Andrew and special guest Sydney Goddard-Herholz discuss their memories of the Black Cauldron. The reasons why it didn't strike a chord with an audience in 1985 and what makes the movie really unique and enjoyable in the pantheon of classic Disney animations. We have all worked jobs that have been less than enjoyable. Whether it have been dealing with rude customers or managers and assistant managers who seem to go out of their way to create a toxic work environment. In this episode, our own Andrew Shanely tells us about some of his own “hotel nightmares” working as a manager for a popular chain of hotels. We can't say which. All we can say is welcome and come enjoy the episode with us.

Craig, Kyle, and Ryan discuss The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander. This is an absolute classic of kids’ fantasy, and they’re here to see if it holds up as adults. Answer? Definitely. There’s fun to be had here for readers of just about any age, and we’ll be having fun for four more books […]

Craig, Kyle, and Ryan discuss The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander. This is an absolute classic of kids' fantasy, and they're here to see if it holds up as adults. Answer? Definitely. There's fun to be had here for readers of just about any age, and we'll be having fun for four more books in this series. So stick around!   Visit TheLegendarium.com to hear past episodes Join the Discord community Support the show on Patreon

In This Episode The Book Evangelists discuss A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin and The Book of Three: The Chronicles of Prydain, Book 1 by Lloyd Alexander. Morning Chatter We discuss book monogamy, DNF (did not finish), and also mention many of the books we have each read since we last chatted about books here. Lissa's reads: The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! By Alex Gino Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers Marian's reads: The Rivers of London series by Ben Aaranovich Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots The Library of the Dead by TL Huchu The Anthropocene Review by John Green Children of Ash and Elm A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin Ged, the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, was called Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth. Hungry for power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance. The Book of Three: The Chronicles of Prydain #1 by Lloyd Alexander Taran wanted to be a hero, and looking after a pig wasn't exactly heroic, even though Hen Wen was an oracular pig. But the day that Hen Wen vanished, Taran was led into an enchanting and perilous world. With his band of followers, he confronted the Horned King and his terrible Cauldron-Born. These were the forces of evil, and only Hen Wen knew the secret of keeping the kingdom of Prydain safe from them. But who would find her first? Discussion Both of these are classic books, the first in series, and bildugsromans. Which did you prefer? Do you think they are similar in form? Favorite characters? Least favorite character? Did you use audio or paper? Is it different to read fantasy as a kid versus only discovering it as an adult? How? Do you think stories like this transcend the kid/ya/adult labels? Why or why not? Did you get impatient with either book? Why? Coming Up Next episode: Marian and Lissa are joining and/or starting a new book discussion group which is reading The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells. And also discussing the book here. Because discussing books with friends is AMAZING. Pssst! Want to See Something Cool? Marian's first book A Little Touch of Magic is now available! There are fairies. Someone has a tail. Must be a fairytale. Buy it wherever books are sold, especially for the middle grade fantasy readers in your life. Our Show Notes include mentions and recommendations, all linked for your convenience. What else would you like to see here? Music Credit: The music used during transitions in our podcast is adapted from: Jazzy Sax, Guitar, and Organ at the club by Admiral Bob (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/admiralbob77/58382 Ft: geoffpeters

Join Brittney and Joshua for a deep dive into the history of the word nostalgia and rekindle old feels for some beloved childhood books.Brittney's Picks:Dealing with Dragons by Patricia WredeWait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing HahnJoshua's Picks:Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz, ill. by Stephen GammellThe Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander     Some articles I referenced in researching our history with nostalgia:All in the Mind podcast with Sana Qadar and guest Dr. Krystine BatchoWhen Nostalgia Was a Disease from the Atlantic article by Julie Beck How Nostalgia Works from How Stuff Works by Julia Layton Any word nerd worth their salt knows to get their etymology from etymonline Podcast Website: https://swordsstarships.buzzsprout.comInstagram: Brittney and Joshua (@swordsnstarships) • Instagram photos and videosEmail: Starships@coosbaylibrary.orgOur Library's Facebook Page: Coos Bay Public Library | FacebookCoos Bay Public Library's Instagram: CoosBayLibrary (@coosbaylibrary) • Instagram photos and videos

In This Episode The Book Evangelists discuss The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey and a new Masterclass N. K. Jemisin Teaches Fantasy and Science Fiction Writing. Morning Chatter • We are not yet discussing Ursula LeGuin's A Wizard of Earthsea and The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander. But we will. • Lissa is enjoying Delicious in Dungeon manga with her kid. • Marian is enjoying Hannah Swensen cozy mystery audiobooks by Joanna Fluke with her kid. • Marian is reading the graphic novels for Comic Book Club from Roxanne Coble. Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our reach. Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for—and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why. Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything. Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations—and the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe. From goodreads.com Discussion James S. A. Corey is the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Frank. The story started as an RPG. Worldbuilding in The Expanse series is excellent. The audiobook versions are excellent. Because we are at very different parts in the series, the discussion attempts to be completely spoiler-free! Will we watch the television series? Will we keep reading the series? Will the things we hope will happen for the characters come to fruition? Other readers who we talk to about science fiction books like and recommend this series - being in a community of readers is pretty awesome. Here are two options for what I think will happen. Option A and Option B. Marian You know how there are all the other letters of the alphabet, C through Z. I feel like that is a spoiler way free to tell you that you are really going to like reading this book to see what happens. Lissa N. K. Jemisin Teaches Fantasy and Science Fiction Writing is an amazing Masterclass and also N. K. Jemisin is an amazing writer. We are slightly more eloquent or at least more verbose when we discuss it on the podcast. Coming Up Next episode: Marian and Lissa will really, truly, probably, read and discuss two fantasy books written for youth, which Marian read in her youth and Lissa has not read. Yet. • A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin • The Book of Three The Chronicles of Prydain, Book 1 by Lloyd Alexander Pssst! Want to See Something Cool? Marian's first book A Little Touch of Magic is now available! There are fairies. Someone has a tail. Must be a fairytale. Buy it wherever books are sold, especially for the middle grade fantasy readers in your life. Music Credit: The music used during transitions in our podcast is adapted from: Jazzy Sax, Guitar, and Organ at the club by Admiral Bob (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/admiralbob77/58382 Ft: geoffpeters

Do you really need an MFA? No, but you do need a framework for making progress. DIY MFA is a book and community created by author, speaker, and entrepreneur Gabriela Pereira. We chat about the key pillars—write with focus, read with purpose, and build your community—and tackle topics like self-doubt, guilt, and how to survive conferences as an introvert. Gabriela Pereira is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur who wants to challenge the status quo of higher education. As the founder and instigator of DIYMFA.com, her mission is to empower writers, artists and other creatives to take an entrepreneurial approach to their education and professional growth. Gabriela earned her MFA in writing from The New School and speaks at college campuses and national conferences. She is also the host of DIY MFA Radio, a popular podcast where she interviews bestselling authors and book industry professionals and author of the book DIY MFA: Write with Focus, Read with Purpose, Build Your Community. Connect: Read: DIY MFA Listen: DIY MFA Podcast Instagram Twitter Pinterest Facebook EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS Why necessity inspired Gabriela to start DIY MFA How to use an “Angst Jar” to help overcome with The difference between reading for pleasure and reading for purpose How to build a writing community (and why you should) The 10% rule for creating achievable writing goals Why you need a personalized reading plan (and how to create one) How to survive conferences and events as an introvert Why she plans tomorrow today LINKABLE MENTIONS Books mentioned on the show: The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, Travels With Charlie, On the Road, The Alter Ego Effect by Todd Herman The 10% rule, inspired by Guy Kawasaki and James Scott Bell The psychological phenomenon of Parkinson's Law North Carolina Writers' Network

Ben and Nick discuss Lloyd Alexander's series, The Chronicles of Prydain.

Ralph and Tim discuss Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain, a more manageable Middle Earth, the power of recurring characters and emotional growth. Show Notes The Chronicles of Prydain (The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron, The Castle of Lyr, Taran Wanderer, The High King) by Lloyd Alexander Tim Harford and Ralph Lovegrove Synopsis 1:30 Themes 9:30 The…Read more Episode 306: The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander

This week, we're thrilled to have Faith Erin Hicks on the show! Faith is an Eisner Award-winning author and illustrator whose newest book, The Nameless City, is out now from First Second Books. In this episode, we chat about The Nameless City (the first book in a planned trilogy), finding a niche for your own creativity, the reality of working in the comics industry, and our mutual love for Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain series.