Podcasts about strange new things

What exactly is the Bible? If we misunderstand what the Bible is, we'll turn in into something it's not. John Mark makes the case that the Bible is a library of writings that are both divine and human, that together tell a unified story which leads us to Jesus.Key Scripture Passages: John 5v39-40This podcast and its episodes are paid for by The Circle, our community of monthly givers. Special thanks for this episode goes to: Natalie from Sierra Madre, California; Michelle from Nashville, Tennessee; Ethan from Columbus, Ohio; Jenna from Choteau, Montana; and Nate from Pittsboro, Indiana. Thank you all so much!If you'd like to pay it forward and contribute toward future resources, you can learn more at practicingtheway.org/give.

Blake and Jamison dish on their most recent book club book Michel Faber's The Book of Strange New Things and how it triggered Blake's memory of LOST. Then we talk about what we are drinking in order to prepare to talk about what some people eat...namely other people. That's right, we take on the cult classic Cannibal Holocaust as the first entry in our October series on proto-found footage films. In this episode, we talk about this film's reputation, how it started a subgenre craze, and simply whether it has anything valuable to say. Then we talk about the likelihood of watching Eli Roth's Green Inferno having now seen the original inspiration. It's a fun romp and we hope you enjoy it! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flybyfilms/message

Today I've got my first "three-peat" guest, Marion Hill. Just like in our two previous conversations, Marion introduced me to a book that I wouldn't have picked up on my own, that I sort of dreaded reading, and that I wound up loving and thinking about nonstop after I finished!   Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram   Guest: Marion Hill Website/Instagram   Join the Best Book Ever Newsletter HERE!   Subscribe for FREE to receive weekly emails with complete show notes, photos of our guests, and updates on what Julie is reading on her own time.   Support the podcast for just $5/month and you'll receive the weekly newsletter AND a monthly themed curated book list.   Become a Founder for $100 and you'll receive the weekly newsletter, the monthly curated book list, AND a personal thank you on the podcast AND a Best Book Ever T-Shirt in your favorite color and style. Discussed in this episode:   The Book of Strange new Things by Michel Faber The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende Eva Luna: A Novel by Isabel Allende   Marion's previous picks on the podcast Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint, which we talked about on Episode 008 Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, which we talked about on Episode 083   The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Gilead by Marilyn Robinson Downward to the Earth by Robert Silverberg The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas The Sportswriter: Bascombe Trilogy 1 by Richard Ford Independence Day: Bascombe Trilogy 2 by Richard Ford The Lay of the Land: Bascombe Trilogy 3 by Richard Ford Let Me Be Frank with You: A Frank Bascombe Book by Richard Ford Be Mine: A Frank Bascombe Novel by Richard Ford The Kammbia Series by Marion Hill Marion's 25 by Marion Hill Marion's 25 Volume II by Marion Hill   (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links. If you shop using my affiliate link on Bookshop, a portion of your purchase will go to me, at no extra expense to you. Thank you for supporting indie bookstores and for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!)

Let's talk about Jesus in space and aliens whose faces look like fetuses. That's right, it's time for Rich and Ryan to get into some literary science fiction.

Show notes: Let's do some book matchmaking today, shall we? In the same way that restaurants will recommend a particular wine to go with your dinner, we'll be recommending books that pair well together. Just think of us as your gourmet book connoisseurs!    Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: Books We Both Love, Monthly Overflow Books, Bookish Conundrums, and The New Books in Our Lives plus a private community for RTL Book Nerds only, you're going to love being a part of our Patreon. Not only that, but you're helping to support our show by saying I LOVE WHAT YOU DO.    Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned.   Bookish Goodies: [4:28] Mia - The Read Aloud Revival Podcast hosted by Sarah Mackenzie [6:33] Sarah - Bookish tattoos   Book Pairings: [8:25] Mia - Dracula by Bram Stoker, The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, Dracul by Dacre Stoker [11:09] Sarah - The Idea of You by Robinne Lee, Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman [13:18] Mia - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, Becoming Odyssa by Jennifer Pharr Davis, Wild by Cheryl Strayed [16:08] Sarah - Verity by Colleen Hoover, The Push by Ashley Audrain [18:10] Mia - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber [19:55] Sarah - One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London, If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy, The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun [22:08] Mia - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert, Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hilderbrand [24:15] Sarah - Olympus Texas by Stacey Swann, We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange [25:36] Mia - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams [27:45] Sarah - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry, Every Summer After by Carley Fortune   Follow us on Instagram: @readingthroughlifepod Follow Sarah: @thekindredvoice Follow Mia: @miasutton55   * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.

Episode 7 (Books I wish I hadn't read) The Duff by Kody KeplingerFinding Audrey by Sophie KinsellaThe Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica KnollFlower of Darkness by Tatiana de Rosnay The Book of Strange New Things by Michael FaberFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

Back again this week to talk about some Mavrick! Plus The Boys is finally back, Obi Wan and Strange New Things roll on and creator Phillip Maira joins us to discuss his comic The Purple Eyes Anthology. Links for Phillip's content -Kickstarter Link: PurpleEyesComic.com -Website: https://phillipmaira.com/ -Store: https://phillipmaira.com/shop/ -Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhillipMaira -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phillipmaira/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gcspodcast/message

Joined tonight by the Slice of Film crew, we cover Top Gun in anticipation for the upcoming sequel. Continued coverage of Strange New Things and Halo goes nuts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gcspodcast/message

Picard and Guinan get Interviewed, Kore finds freedom, Rios discovers there are four cakes, the FBI guy has been touched by a Vulcan, Seven and Raffi go analog, And when a babe in a tattered red dress shows up, you have to wonder, am I dreaming or is this a nightmare? -Brought to you by Section 31- 00:00 Episode 120 00:30 There Are Four Cakes!!!! 00:57 Heather Likes Cake 02:00 Infinite Diversity in Infinite Flavors 02:30 NO KIDS!!! 02:50 NO ADULTS!? 03:45 Patreon Guests on the show? 04:00 Favorite Cake 06:30 Holodeck Humor 06:50 How you doin'? 09:00 Comments HR would comment about 09:40 Thanks Patreons! https://patreon.com/starfleetunderground 10:00 Doing Multiple Tribbles at Once 10:45 Birthdays 11:44 News: HoloPortation https://nypost.com/2022/04/18/a-doctor-holoported-onto-the-international-space-station-like-star-trek/ 12:15 Cleaning Filters 14:30 2 Pac in space? 14:59 Paley Center Strange New Worlds Takeover https://blog.trekcore.com/2022/04/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-exhibit-paley-center-nyc/ 15:43 The Con Crud Strikes Back! 16:16 Wil Wheaton is a TIMELORD! https://trekmovie.com/2022/04/22/wil-wheaton-has-post-nemesis-wesley-headcanon-and-a-detailed-star-trek-lower-decks-pitch/ 18:30 Orbital's Doctor Who https://youtu.be/-H_o6ncUz3g 14:40 Khan Mini Series Script? https://trekmovie.com/2022/04/20/nicholas-meyer-says-ceti-alpha-v-star-trek-mini-series-about-khan-is-still-just-sitting-there/ 20:00 Jason Momoa. 20:30 Strange New Things...? 21:00 Strange New Worlds first 5 episode synopsis https://trekcentral.net/strange-new-worlds-episode-titles-details-revealed/ 23:30 Star Trek: Picard S2E8 - "Mercy" 24:04 Teaser - "A 2-Minute Finish" 24:50 A Poor-Man's Mulder vs. Guinan 25:50 Is that camera unplugged? 27:00 Do it in the dark 28:00 Can you hear me? 29:00 Super-Off The Books 29:49 Act I - "Jurati - The Angel of Mercy" 32:10 She likes the heavy metal, man 32:50 "Somebody threw away a perfectly good white boy" - Men At Work 33:30 She literally ghosted him. Permanently 33:50 Now I'm gonna be late for work 34:40 She Darth Vader'd her 35:15 The Ripped-Up Dress 36:20 Imperfect Metals 37:56 The Video Game with Q in it is Star Trek: Borg 38:20 Freedom 39:00 Remembering Assimilation 40:30 Tasting Assimilation 41:45 Act II - "You want this cake? I want it!" https://youtu.be/5PJddmfesaA 44:25 Q Is Dying? 45:00 I'm trying to Vaporize you right now! 45:40 Being on the Threshold of the Unknowable 46:20 Death: The Final Frontier 47:00 Sounds like getting anal...old 47:47 Humans are all trapped in the past 49:45 Rios's Statement 50:40 Rios's Kissing Moment 51:00 Poly Amorous 51:45 10 Years in the Future 53:00 Temporal Police? They quit 53:25 Act III - "Guardians of the Galaxy" 55:00 I Am From The Future 56:30 That's how they fingered me 58:58 Young Blood 59:59 Horror Movie Guinan 1:01:00 Exchange of Truth 1:01:30 Touched by Vulcans 1:02:00 Freedom!!! 1:03:00 Adam Soong: Incel 1:04:15 Kore Bounces 1:05:20 New York Subways 1:07:00 Jurati vs Soong 1:08:00 Allison Pill is amazing 1:08:25 It's the batteries 1:09:07 Act IV - "Fork In The Road" 1:10:50 Mercenary Assimilation 1:11:20 What's in the Box? 1:14:12 This is only gonna sting for a moment 1:14:30 My Nanoprobes Bring All the Boys to the Yard Thanks for listening! Now on Patreon! https://patreon.com/starfleetunderground Email: thecollective@starfleetunderground.com Website: starfleetunderground.com Twitter: twitter.com/StarfleetUnderG Instagram: instagram.com/starfleetunderground Facebook: facebook.com/starfleetunderground YouTube: www.youtube.com/Qtsy16 #StarTrek #StarTrekPicard Explicit

Pull out your telescopes and search for some UFOs because in this Favored or Forsaken episode we're talking about aliens. Join Knox, Jamie, and Erin as they discuss how the discovery of life on other planets would impact their faith. Along the way, they'll explore whether or not aliens are currently among us appropriating human culture and if Jamie is part of NASA's long con to cover up extraterrestrials. All this and more awaits you in our most intergalactic episode yet! MENTIONSReference Article: How Would Humans Respond to the Discovery of Aliens?Space Tracker: Where is the Webb Telescope?Listen: Faith Adjacent: ExtraterrestrialsVatican Astronomer? Learn more about the Vatican Observatory Read: Religion and Rocketry by C.S. Lewis Adult Space Camp: Learn More HereGallup Poll: Do Americans Believe in UFOs?Learn: The Great FilterSNL Close Encounter: Part 1 | Part 2Join us for The Faith Adjacent Book Club on January 25 | Buy Art and Faith by Makoto Fujimura FAVORED OF THE MONTHKnox - Book: The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber | Movie: Don't Look Up on NetflixJamie and Erin - Book: Sacred Questions: A Transformative Journey Through the Bible by Kellye Fabian Erin - Book: The Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellBIBLE BINGE SEMINARYOur Patreon supporters can access our Mini Favored or Forsaken episodes, Sacred Cinema companion devotionals, weekly discussion board posts, Faith Adjacent Book Club, and more! Become a partner.THE POPCASTCheck out our other podcast: The Popcast with Knox and Jamie. It's a weekly show about pop culture where we educate on the things that entertain, but don't matter. Here is our suggested Popcast starter playlist.Subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter: thebiblebinge.com/newsletterShop our Amazon Link: amazon.com/shop/thepopcastFollow The Bible Binge on Socials: Instagram | Twitter | FacebookSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Show notes: Guess who's back? Back again? RTL's back, tell a friend. Sarah and Mia are here to welcome you into the new year. But before we can fully celebrate 2022, let's take one final look back at 2021 and talk about what we read in December. In true RTL fashion, we've got books for everyone in this episode. You know how we roll. So buckle up and get your TBRs ready. AGAIN.   Click here to join us on Patreon to get extra bookish goodies like bonus episodes, end of year rating guides, book club, and more! Related Links: Books mentioned*: 72 Hours by William Casey Moreton The Grace Year by Kim Liggett The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber The Christmas Candle by Max Lucado The Best Worst Christmas by Kate Forster The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson [available February 1st, 2022] The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan   * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.

Big Story: We discuss the biggest news of the week. The brand new Covid variant—Omicron—that was detected in South Africa.Food for thought: We're going to attempt to understand what the hell the Metaverse is and why everyone is jumping on this bandwagon.Quartz on AR/ VR / XR: (https://qz.com/2089665/everything-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-metaverse/)What are we Roasting: French furore over a nonbinary pronounWhat are we Toasting:Lessons in scamming by Lucian FreudCough syrups from the good old daysCheck out more athttps://splainer.in/Find us on social media:Instagram | Twitter | FacebookYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/featured

Show notes: We read a LOT of books in September. Sarah and Mia read 13 and 11 books, respectively. What can we say? We're book nerds and proud of it. In this episode, we share what we're currently reading, what we read in September, and a few books we're excited to read in October. If you've got any room left on your TBR (who are we kidding, there's always room!), add some of these titles that pique your interest. All books, all the time.  Related links: Books mentioned*: Sarah's books: The Husbands by Chandler Baker The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey The Leftovers by Cassandra Parkin The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles Yearbook by Seth Rogen Roar by Cecilia Ahern Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy I'd Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller The Redshirt by Corey Sobel The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman [currently reading] Mia's books: Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder [currently reading] A Promised Land by Barack Obama Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai Take What You Can Carry by Gian Sardar Legacy by Nora Roberts Roar by Cecelia Ahern In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers by Don Brown This Very Tree by Sean Rubin 30,000 Stitches by Amanda Davis The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links.   Click here to join The Fireside, our private community, to talk about all things life and books.  It's just $5 a month and we know you're going to love it.

One of Scotland’s most gifted and unpredictable writers, Michel Faber has always defied categorisation. His previous novels including Under the Skin, The Crimson Petal and the White and The Book of Strange New Things have been described as ‘unbelievably clever,’ ‘wildly entertaining’ and ‘impossible to put down.’ Now he returns with D, his most shape-shifting book yet. Like The Wizard of Oz, Faber’s novel is a political adventure that will be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Its heroine is brave, resourceful Dhikilo who lives in a faded English seaside town. When the letter ‘d’ suddenly disappears from the alphabet and only Dhikilo notices it’s gone, she embarks on a journey to the land of Liminus to get the ‘d’ back. Reminiscent of Charles Dickens and of Lewis Carroll, Michel Faber’s fable is a delightful sideways look at the evils of our times. He joins us to discuss Dhikilo’s wild odyssey with literary critic Stuart Kelly in this event recorded for the 2020 Book Festival.

Following recent high-profile Christians leaving various denominations, local churches, or Christianity completely, we explore the topic of leaving the church to decide if it is favored or forsaken. Is this recent phenomenon the equivalent of a Covid divorce? Or has this unrest been a slow simmer that has just now reached its boiling point? Join Knox, Jamie, and Erin as they explore what makes someone leave either a church or the Church and find out if there’s more going on to “leaving the church” than just ghosting a building. MENTIONSJemar Tisby: Pass the Mic Episode | How to Fight Racism | InstagramBeth Moore: “I am no longer a Southern Baptist” | Twitter | ResourcesAudrey Ausad: Instagram Post | Favored of the Month | Music Read: The New York Times: Why Black Worshipers Are Leaving White Evangelical ChurchesLearn: Seven Facts about Southern Baptists from Pew ResearchRead: All Things Reconsidered by KnoxLearn: What is Anglicanism?Barna Research: Gen Z and Millenials in Church | What’s on the Minds of America’s Pastors? | Behind the Steep Decline in Church Attendance Among Women | U.S. Adults See Evangelicals Through a Political Lens | Church Dropout RatesBible Bonus Points: ekklēsiaInstagram: #LeaveLoudQuestionable Worship Songs: Mighty to Save | Jesus Never FailsListen: Faith Adjacent: Extraterrestrials FAVORED OF THE MONTHKnox - Book: The Book of Strange New Things by Michael FaberJamie - Bible Study: Now That Faith Has Come by Beth Moore and Melissa MooreErin - Anglican Starter Kit: The Anglican Way by Thomas McKenzie, Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail by Robert Webber and Lester Ruth, and The Eternal Current by Aaron NiequistBIBLE BINGE SEMINARYOur Patreon supporters can get full access to ad-free Bible Binge Classic episodes, Bible Scholar QTNAs, monthly Sacred Cinema episodes, Faith Adjacent book club, and more! Become a partner.SHOW SPONSORSCru: For only $21 a month, you can provide three people with Bibles each and every month. When you sign up to provide 3 Bibles a month for $21, as a thank you, we will provide meals to five hungry families through our humanitarian aid ministry. Go to give.cru.org/TheBibleBinge to help today.Faithful Counseling: Faithful Counseling wants you to start living a happier life TODAY. Visit FaithfulCounseling.com/biblebinge to join the over 500,000 people taking charge of their mental health with the help of an experienced professional and get 10% off. Red Mountain Associates: For financial guidance based around your faith and values, and to help make your life better, visit Thrivent.com or call Financial Consultant Tom Noon at (205) 822-9590.THE POPCASTCheck out our other podcast: The Popcast with Knox and Jamie.It's a weekly show about pop culture where we educate on the things that entertain, but don't matter. Here is our suggested Popcast starter playlist.THE BIBLE BINGE BULLETINSign up for our brand new edition of The Bible Binge Bulletin, a monthly newsletter featuring exclusive content curated by your trusted Bible Binge team. Sign up here!Follow The Bible Binge on Socials: Instagram| Twitter| Facebook

This week Tayla is joined by Melanie from the Central Library and library director Ed Garcia to chat about all things science fiction. They discuss their favorite sci-fi books and other media, as well as dive into the reasons they love the genre. During The Last Chapter, they discuss the question that has been long debated among sci-fi fans: Star Wars or Star Trek? If you like what you're hearing, please rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice. If you’d like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde El Norte by Carrie Gibson Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliot Chaze Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye Neuromancer by William Gibson First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Old Man’s War by John Scalzi Redshirts by John Scalzi A Case of Conscience by James Blish Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card Feed by M. T. Anderson AV Mass Effect (games) Avatar (2009) Space: 1999 (1975-1977) Thundarr the Barbarian (1980-1981) Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020- ) The Expanse (2015- ) Doctor Who (2005- ) Broadchurch (2013-2017) Pluto TV Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009) Star Trek: Picard (2020- )

In this episode we discuss Season 2 of Stranger Things. Enjoy

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." zei George Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Geschiedenis wordt geschreven door de overwinnaars. Het zoeken naar een historische waarheid is bijna onmogelijk, zeker als de waarheid het heden ook al wordt ondermijnd door alternatieve feiten en nepnieuws. Deze aflevering van de Herwaarns podcast gaat over de verbanden tussen historiografie, de wetenschap over geschiedschrijving, en fictie. Is alle geschiedenis het vertellen van verhalen? Is het dan nog waar? Is het dan nog wetenschap? Te gast is Renske, classica werkende aan een promotie-onderzoek over religie in het Romeinse Rijk, net als in aflevering 7 over religieus fundamentalisme. Herwaarns 09 - Historiografie en Fictie Ook te beluisteren op Spotify en YouTube. Merels object: Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall. Renskes object: Max Brooks - World War Z. (ook kort even de film genoemd: Marc Forster - World War Z. 2013) Wessels object: Russell Hoban - Riddley Walker. Andere verwijzingen: - Rage Against the Machine - Testify. - Suspension of disbelief (zie bijvoorbeeld Wikipedia) - E. H. Carr - What Is History. (Voorbeeld over de Rubicon). - Roman Empire. (2016-nu) - Leopold von Ranke: "wie es eigentlich gewesen" - The Crown. (2016-nu) Het citaat kwam uit aflevering 1 van seizoen 3. - Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale. - George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four. - Michel Faber - The Book of Strange New Things. - Arrival (2016). Directie Denis Villeneuve, scenario Eric Heisserer.

Memories and nostalgia are a mainstay of fiction. Jenn Martin and Jennifer Wong talk about their favourite nostalgic moments and what happens when nostalgia looks not only backwards, but forwards. Then Jenn and Jenn discuss the book started their friendship, The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg. Authors and books mentioned in this episode Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Through the Children’s Gate by Adam Gopnik The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger Tam Lin by Pamela Dean Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg High Fidelity by Nick Hornby Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth by E.L. Konigsburg About the B’nai Bagels by E.L. Konigsburg A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. Konigsburg The Second Mrs Giaconda by E.L. Konigsburg The Dragon in the Ghetto Caper by E.L. Konigsburg The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg The Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber Reading suggestions for Lauren from Sydney Lauren loved: The Nancys by R. W. R. McDonald Jenn’s suggestions: Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Music by Blue Dot Sessions. New episode every Saturday. Join us on Facebook to chat more about books and to get your own reading suggestions from Jenn: facebook.com/friendsatlibrary

We talk a lot about brand new books on the show, but we thought it might be time to talk about some of our favorites from the "backlist." They're not new, but they're not "classics" yet, either. In any case, we think you should read them. You can find all of these books for sale in our online store. Chris and Annie recommend: + The Secret History by Donna Tartt + Everybody Rise by Stephanie Clifford + Loving Frank by Nancy Horan + The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco + Gilead by Marilynne Robinson + The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber + The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein + Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal + Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer + A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan + The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker + The Afterlives by Thomas Pierce + The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman + How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe by Charles Yu + A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara + The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl + Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like a tour through market with Annie, consider supporting us on Patreon here. 

In this episode we discuss Season 2 of Stranger Things. Enjoy

A short episode to tide you over this week! We discuss Arther C. Clarke's The Star (pdf), comparing and constrating it to The Sparrow. Full spoilers for both the story (it's only 4 pages, you should read it!) and The Sparrow. This is a relatively clean episode that's mostly about how and why people lose their faith and whether science fiction generally does a good job at handling this question. --- In addition, we realized that our links to related works aren't showing up in all podcatchers. Here are the links from the last episode, if you're looking for more recommendations that (we think) are better than The Sparrow - Monolingual Fieldwork by Daniel Everett (a linguist learns Hmong)- Do Elephants Have Souls? by Caitrin Keiper for the New Atlantis- Alien intelligence: the extraordinary minds of octopuses and other cephalopods by Elle Hunt- The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber- 1491 and 1493 by Charles Mann --- As always, we'd love to hear from you! Tweet us at @spectologypod, submit the episode at r/printSF, or email us at spectologypod@gmail.com with your thoughts about the book. Many thanks to Dubby J and Noah Bradley for doing our music and art.

Now that everyone's had time to read it, it's time to talk about The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell in detail. Did we like the book? Were the characters compelling? Did the end work for us? Was it an effective alegorical exploration of the Columbian contact with the Americas? And why are the answers to all these questions "no"? This book featured a lot of graphic imagery, so be aware we have in-depth discussions of rape, torture, and isolation in this episode.  If you'd like to skip the discussion of the plot and jump right to our deeper discussion of the themes, then jump from about 15:05 to 52:40. We wanted folks who haven't read the book recently, or don't intend to read it, to be able to understand the plot and enjoy the rest of the episode, but not everyone will want a recounting of the novel they just read. During the course of the novel we mentioned a few articles, videos, and books, including: Monolingual Fieldwork by Daniel Everett (a linguist learns Hmong) Do Elephants Have Souls? by Caitrin Keiper for the New Atlantis Alien intelligence: the extraordinary minds of octopuses and other cephalopods by Elle Hunt The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber 1491 and 1493 by Charles Mann Next week we'll be discussing Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Star" (pdf) in the context of The Sparrow to compare and contrast them.  As always, we'd love to hear from you! Tweet us at @spectologypod, submit the episode at r/printSF, or email us at spectologypod@gmail.com with your thoughts about the book. Many thanks to Dubby J and Noah Bradley for doing our music and art.

We're excited to announce that in May, we're reading The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell! In this spoiler free, pre-read episode, Adrian and Matt discuss religion in science fiction. How do different books handle religion in the future? Does science fiction have an antagonistic relationship with religion? What are some of our favorite works of SF that feature religion? There's a diversion into Adrian's fundamentalist upbringing and his path to agnosticism. And what does a prog rock album based on future Jesuits sound like? Some of the books we talk about this episode are: The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights by Ryu Mitsuse Dark Eden by Chris Beckett Underground Railroud by Colson Whitehead Contact by Carl Sagan Broken Spears by Miguel Leon-Portilla And make sure to check out The Sparrow album by the prog rock band Metaphor for your reading soundtrack. As always, we'd love to hear from you! Tweet us at @spectologypod, submit the episode at r/printSF, or email us at spectologypod@gmail.com with your thoughts about the book. Many thanks to Dubby J and Noah Bradley for doing our music and art.

It's time to forge ahead into the wild unknown. Are you ready to earn 20% off a Bookshelf purchase? Follow along with Chris and Annie as they explain the terms of this year's Bookshelf Reading Challenge! Also, do we sound different? Mentioned this week: + Heating and Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly + The End We Start From by Megan Hunter + Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck + Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park + Encyclopedia Brown by Daniel J. Sobol + The All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor + The Familiar Enemy by Ardis Butterfield + Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen + Dead Wake by Erik Larsen + Tale of Two Americas by various + A Colony in a Nation by Chris Hayes + The Evangelicals by Frances FitzGerald + Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser + Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly + Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow + The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman + The Oracle Year by Charles Soule + Arrival by Ted Chiang + How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe by Charles Yu + The Book of Strange New Things by Michael Faber + Dark Matter by Blake Crouch + Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis + The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien + A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle + Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer + Ready Player One by Ernest Cline + Black Panther by various + The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood + Big Little Lies by Lianne Moriarty + Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng + Far from the Tree by Robin Benway + Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi + The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas + Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell + When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon + Difficult Women by Roxane Gay + Hunger by Roxane Gay + Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche + Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi + The Mothers by Brit Bennett + The Color of Water by James McBride + My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante + Tangerine by Christine Mangan + The Hospital by Ahmed Bouanani + You, Me, Everything by Catherine Isaac + Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery + Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery + The Dry by Jane Harper + Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter + To Dance with the White Dog by Terry Kay + Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray + Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt + Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson + An American Marriage by  + Reunion by Hannah Pittard + Sean of the South by Sean Dietrich + Portrait of the Alcoholic by Kaveh Akbar + Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar + French Milk by Lucy Knisley + Displacement by Lucy Knisley + Last Things by Marissa Moss + Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart + Blankets by Craig Thompson + Fun Home by Alison Bechdel + Nimona by Noelle Stevenson + Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson + Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson This episode is sponsored by the Thomasville Entertainment Foundation. Learn more at their website. We talked about poetry with Will Fargason and Ruth Baumann in Episode 114. Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like What Annie Didn't Finish, consider supporting us on Patreon here. 

In breaking news this week, CD Projekt Red has purchased a new game development studio, Strange New Things, in Wrocław, Poland, to work on Cyberpunk 2077. Also: Long-anticipated pirate sandbox game Sea of Thieves finally releases; the Internet has won the Battlefront 2 battle; Paragon is dead, but its Unreal Engine assets are available for free to the public. EXCITING CYBERPUNK 2077 STUFF ► https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBV81U7BXltVLiT_edqOAhs2Kturywc3R Augmented Reality is a video game news, gaming fan & nerd info podcast. Each week, we take a critical and humorous look at the latest in gaming news, technology and nerdy pop culture stuff. See our full video library (game guides, comedy, reviews & more) on YouTube! Theme music: Hellcat (NCS Release - https://youtu.be/JSY6vBPunpY) by Desmeon (http://www.youtube.com/iamdesmeon)

Jesus Lover One! We review and discuss "The Book of Strange New Things" by Michel Faber.

Words. Since you were knee-high to a grasshopper, you've been bombarded by them. Flash cards, spelling bees, Facebook comments from people who haven't learned how to use gifs yet...they're everywhere. Sometimes we take them for granted, and sometimes we think words are a dying breed, to be replaced by their new overlords, the image. What have Timothy and Nick to SAY about that? (With words, I might add.) Guess you'll have to find out. Then in the second half, we discuss a strange book called the Book of Strange New Things, and Timothy comments on some rumblings in Muppetdom. It's episode 79! Listen in! Show Notes via GIPHY

We're hungry, so let's plan out a menu. This week, Chris and Annie have prepared a few "book flights" for you, and these are the tasting notes. We're also calling them "mini-syllabi" because books talk to each other, and it's the coolest thing. Also, a dyed-in-the-wool Slytherin. Annie's "Fear and Trembling" syllabus: + Final Girls by Riley Sager + Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka + Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng + Scream  Chris's "A Space Odyssey" syllabus: + The Martian by Andy Weir + The Wanderers by Meg Howrey + The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber + Gravity Annie's "Not Another Teen Movie" syllabus: + Dumplin' by Julie Murphy + You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein + Dare Me by Megan Abbott + The DUFF Chris's "Kubelko Bondy" syllabus: + The End We Start From by Megan Hunter + The First Bad Man by Miranda July + Spider-Woman by Dennis Hopeless  + The Babadook Annie's "Slightly Romantic" syllabus:+ Extraordinary Adventures by Daniel Wallace + This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance by Jonathan Evison + The Rosie Project by Graeme Simison + Dan in Real Life Chris's [bonus] "Cruise Ship" syllabus: + "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" by David Foster Wallace + "My Honeymoon, or A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again Either" by Tina Fey + "Our Perfect Summer" by David Sedaris Chris's "The Earth is Alive" syllabus: + Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard + Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry + The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien + An Inconvenient Truth OR Mad Max: Fury Road OR Waterworld Annie's "Campus Tour" syllabus: + Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld + Shadow of the Lions by Christopher Swann + The Secret History by Donna Tartt + Dead Poets Society OR Liberal Arts Chris's "Apollo and Dionysus" syllabus: + The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietszche + The Secret History by Donna Tartt + Brave New World by Aldous Huxley + Black Swan Annie's "Family Dysfunction" syllabus: + The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney + Commonwealth by Ann Patchett + Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny + The Family Stone  Learn more about Bookshelf Bucks on our store website. 

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Michel Faber has written eight books, including the highly acclaimed The Book of Strange New Things, The Crimson Petal and the White, The Fahrenheit Twins and the Whitbread-shortlisted novel Under the Skin. The Apple, based on characters in The Crimson Petal and the White, was published in 2006. He has also written two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps and The Courage Consort, and has won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn, Ian St James and Macallan. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he lives in the Scottish Highlands.

The acclaimed author of Under the Skin and The Book of Strange New Things reads from a collection of deeply moving poems entitled Undying in this event recorded live at the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival. In tender, bittersweet verse, Michel Faber grieves for his wife Eva who died in 2014 after a six year battle with cancer. His fearless poems present brutally honest meditations on Eva’s death – and how it feels to say a long, heartbroken, impotent goodbye. Chaired by Richard Holloway

Simon and Sam talk about all the things Pokemon Go can teach us about life, why you should  beware of weird unlabelled food products, and the virtues of deliberately exposing yourself to things that are bad for you.Plus! Hear our friend Jono Hall reading out a bit of his short story, first published on our Medium collection, Drippy Fun Times. Send us your stories too!Things we talk about on this episode:How it's weird when old Apartheid generals give you PokeballsThe Dresden Files - an RPG that makes real life more fantasticalThe Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris - which, fuckit, we still think is kinda smartThe Lean Startup by Eric ReisRuss Fujioka's fun article about Pokemon and MillenialsThe 2014 April Fool's Day video from Google that gave us a sneak peak of Pokemon Go without us realisingThe Code: Numbers, Shapes and Predictions - a documentaryI'm a Strange Loop by Douglas HofstadterGabriel Weinberg's excellent list of Mental ModelsThe strange subreddit, "Insightful Squirrel Men"The NSFW subreddit, "Library Girls"Minitel, France's version of the Internet before the Internet was a thingThe Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber BUT DON'T READ ANY BLURBS JUST READ THE BOOKMoney From Nothing by Deborah James

Synopsis: It’s our season 2 finale and to celebrate, we’ve got TWO – count ’em, TWO! – special guests. From the Erasable podcast, we welcome Andy Welfle and Johnny Gamber to the show to discuss Mark Kurlansky’s book, Paper: Paging Through History. We discuss whether technology changes society, digital vs. analog, the role of handwriting in today’s society, how paper has been used to spread information and incite dissent, and the future of paper in an increasingly digital world. Links to all books discussed in this episode (where possible) will go to Watchung Booksellers, a wonderful local independent bookstore in my home state of New Jersey. This episode of COVERED is sponsored by: Nacht Sound Engineering: Streamline the process of delivering high-quality shows to your audience and focus on what you love. Feedpress: Blog and podcast analytics starting at $4 a month, podcast hosting starting at just $8 a month. Use promo code COVERED to get 10% off your first year. Duration: 53:55:00 Present: Harry C. Marks, Andy Welfle, Johnny Gamber Episode Links Episode S2E14: COVERED Book Club #2 – PAPER by Mark Kurlansky, feat. Andy Welfle and Johnny Gamber (mp3) Contact your hosts for show feedback Show your support and donate to our podcast The Book Paper: Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky The Guests Erasable podcast Andy Welfle on Twitter Andy’s website Johnny Gamber on Twitter Books and Materials Discussed Erasable Episode 41: Hitting the Marks (Not Literally) Field Notes “Byline” Reporter’s Notebook Palomino Blackwing 602 Write Notepads & Co. Reporter’s Pad Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki Books on the Nightstand Podcast Rules for a Knight by Ethan Hawke The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon Washington by Ron Chernow Quiet: The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg Revolutionary Summer by Joseph Ellis So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo COVERED Book Club #1 with special guest Ann Kingman Follow your host and the show on Twitter @HCMarks @COVERED_fm @HologramRadio for more podcasts to listen to! Subscribe to Covered! Get Covered on iTunes, or via RSS. Newsletter! Subscribe to AFTERWORD: A COVERED Newsletter for info on upcoming episodes, book recommendations, and links of interest for readers and writers! Support the show! Become a patron! Please take a moment to rate our show in iTunes, even if it’s just a star rating. It really does make a difference in helping us reach a wider audience. Download: Episode S2E14: COVERED Book Club #2 – PAPER by Mark Kurlansky, feat. Andy Welfle and Johnny Gamber

Auckland Writers Festival 2016 The transcendent, unclassifiable novel The Book of Strange New Things is award-winning Michel Faber’s eighth, and his declared last. A pastor is sent to a far-off planet. His job description? "Minister (Christian) to indigenous population". It’s a dystopian tale of love and faith that reviewers have observed is intent on making us kinder. Don’t miss this profound writer on what it is to be human. Faber talks with Paula Morris.

In the third, and penultimate, part of the David Mitchell and Michel Faber double-header, we start off by talking immortality and the status of fiction in the 21st century.----more---- 'I am something of an optimist,' Mitchell says before quoting the Rizzle Kicks' 'Skip to the Good Bit'. 'I like to think that starvation sharpens the appetite', he continues, arguing that the demands of the novel might seem more attractive the faster culture moves. 'The novel's imminent death, that bell has been rung so many times...'  From there, Faber talked final lines, starting with The Book of Strange New Things:    Mitchell asked about naming chapter titles after the final lines of each chapter 'I think we are both concerned with the depth of the thing and layers, but we are both concerned with surface readability' Faber Faber vs 'serious literary writers' 'I think one way that serious literary writers have increasingly let down their readers and driven them into the arms of comfort fiction is by being insufficiently mindful of a reader's needs to fun and thrills' Faber Faber vs Joyce, Woolf and Modernism: 'If you weren't smart enough to get it, you were the Molochs or whatever...' Faber on John Carey's The Intellectuals and the Masses 'I think in old money we are talking about elitism and snobbery, self-promotion over those beneath you' David Mitchell Faber and Mitchell on science fiction (The Dispossessed, The Left Hand of Darkness, Isaac Asimov) v 'high-brow' fiction  reading as young people vs adults, Stephen King, pet cemeteries, Last Rites and Resurrections genre, cliché and fresh forms 'One thing that makes me uneasy is when reviewers talk about the stunning originality of our ideas' Faber 'Where have you come from, matey!' Mitchell Faber v VS Naipaul 'It's alarming if serious literature remains closed off to the potentials of narratives in recent times' Faber how they deal with being called incomparable, original etc 'I am happier than being called shite and a waste of space' Mitchell Ken Kesey, Mr Bean, and reading reviews...  'Reviews are not relevant to the work...' Faber    

I interviewed the novelists David Mitchell and Michel Faber for the Sunday Independent. Mitchell had not long since published The Bone Clocks, and Faber The Book of Strange New Things. ----more----They were old friends, something that was apparent from the moment I met them both at Durrants Hotel in central London. Before the interview proper, Faber asked to speak with Mitchell privately. They had not seen each other since Faber's partner Eva died only a few months before.  Faber would talk about his grief and the effect it was already having on his writing - he was writing poetry rather than prose, and indeed saw fiction, to which Eva was central, as a thing of his past. 'The Book of Strange New Things is my last novel, and we both knew that.' You can hear Mitchell's tender, but firm response in part one of this lengthy conversation. The subjects under discussion also included Mitchell's re-mix and match approach to writing, their differing views to the contemporary world and readers, posterity and poetry. We began by talking music - Miles Davis, playing Bartok, Late Junction, and listening to Krautrock while writing The Crimson Petal and The White.  I hope you enjoy. Part Two will be posted soon.  

Synopsis: Andria Williams, the author of the recently released The Longest Night, joins Harry to discuss the only nuclear reactor meltdown in the United States that resulted in immediate fatalities, building a writing career as a military spouse, novels vs. short stories, and pursuing one’s dreams while remaining an attentive parent. This episode of COVERED is sponsored by: Nacht Sound Engineering: Streamline the process of delivering high-quality shows to your audience and focus on what you love. Feedpress: Blog and podcast analytics starting at $4 a month, podcast hosting starting at just $8 a month. Use promo code COVERED to get 10% off your first year. Duration: 51:53:00 Present: Harry C. Marks, Andria Williams Episode Links Episode S2E6: Andria Williams (mp3) Contact your hosts for show feedback Show your support and donate to our podcast The Guest Website Andria on Twitter Military Spouse Book Review Her Book The Longest Night by Andria Williams Books Discussed Atomic America by Todd Tucker Young Blood by Matt Gallagher Kaboom by Matt Gallagher Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber Fallen Land by Taylor Brown Mesilla by Robert James Russell Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print to Pixel by Lawrence Block Follow your host and the show on Twitter @HCMarks @COVERED_fm @HologramRadio for more podcasts to listen to! Subscribe to Covered! Get Covered on iTunes, or via RSS. Support the show! Become a patron! Please take a moment to rate our show in iTunes, even if it’s just a star rating. It really does make a difference in helping us reach a wider audience. Download: Episode S2E6: Andria Williams

From the series It Is Written as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy. What is the Bible? A lot’s at stake here. If we misunderstand what the Bible is, we’ll turn in into something it’s not. We’ll use and abuse it for our own ends. In this teaching, we make the case that the Bible is a library of writings that are both divine and human, that together tell a unified story which leads us to Jesus.

What is the Bible? A lot’s at stake here. If we misunderstand what the Bible is, we’ll turn in into something it’s not. We’ll use and abuse it for our own ends. In this teaching, we make the case that the Bible is a library of writings that are both divine and human, that together tell a unified story which leads us to Jesus.

This week... Mind Grapes: Very librarian. Much books. Wow. Literacy. Both Sam and Alli were feeling very bookish, so we share our thoughts on The Family Trade by Charles Stross, Redshirts by John Scalzi, The Book of Strange New Things by Michael Faber, and The Farm by Tom Rob Smith. We also talk about how we probably will go see The Martian, even though Matt Damon has been talking out of his butt lately. However, we also discuss some frustration with the idea that ALL BOOKS ARE NOW BECOMING MOVIES. Watch us turn into cranky old women before your very eyes! Class Z(ed): We've both been lucky (mostly) to be attending some recent professional development workshops meant to help us out with our teaching. Alli discusses the Instructional Skills Workshop, a 3-day whirlwind meant to hone teaching skills, learn new techniques, and test out new ideas. Sam has been partnering with the UBC Learning Exchange to get some tips and tricks about teaching adult communities. Bonus: hear a rant about a not so great workshop about intercultural communication.

Sermon by Rev. John Elford, senior pastor, University United Methodist Church, Austin, Texas.

In this episode of Everything Justin and Keith change up the format of the show and move to a weekly timeframe. In the watching section Justin talks about HBO's true crime mini-series "The Jinx," and Netflix's new comedy from Tina Fey "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt." Keith discusses the amazing sound design of "On Cinema at The Cinema," and the underappreciated BBC series "Peaky Blinders." Justin and Keith then share their anxieties about the potentinal of the books they're reading ending poorly. Keith is reading "The Book of Strange New Things," while Justin is reading "The Southern Reach Trilogy." The two move on to talk about what they've been playing where Keith talks about "Darkest Dungeon." Justin prompts Keith for an answer as to why he or anybody plays video games, and quietly questions every decision he's ever made, then shares his latest raid experience from "Destiny." They finish the segment by discussing the podcasts "Everything is Stories" and "The Ethicists," and Keith discusses his newfound and unabashed love for The Purity Ring's new album. The show ends with a brief discussion of last episodes recommendation of "The Lawnmower Man," by Stephen King, and Justin recommends the 1975 movie, "The Noah."

I avsnitt 158 önskar Obiter Dictum god jul och diskuterar boken The Book of Strange New Things av Michel Faber. Det blir terraforming, religion och genrebrott.

This month finds the Book Talk panel reading and discussing The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber. Faber's first book in fourteen years is a tale of adventure, faith and the ties that might hold two people together when they are worlds apart.Peter Leigh is a husband, a Christian, and now a missionary. As The Book of Strange New Things opens, he is set to embark on a journey that will be the biggest test of his faith yet. From the moment he says goodbye to his wife, Bea, and boards his flight, he begins a quest that will challenge his religious beliefs, his love and his understanding of the limits of the human body.Sasha de Buyl is joined by Writer Development Coordinator for Scottish Book Trust, Claire Marchant-Collier, and Marketing Manager of Glasgow Film (and former host of Book Talk), Paul Gallagher.Despite creating a strong character whose faith plays a major part in the story, and regularly referencing the Bible (the hardback edition of the book even looks like a copy), Faber is himself an atheist. Do the author's personal beliefs cause him to stereotype his characters or their faith?Peter and his wife describe their feelings for each other and their predicaments through a series of letters - is it a realistic portrayal of a long-distance relationship?Colonialism and the motives of a new alien race are also central to the novel, with Faber developing a new language that Peter, and the book's readers, are introduced to. How successful was Faber in bringing this new culture to life?Book Talk is produced by Colin Fraser of Culture Laser Productions.

Bookrageous Episode 72; Summer Reading Intro Music; Pacific Theme by Broken Social Scene What We're Reading Jenn [1:15] Slash: Romance Without Boundaries [4:30] What We See When We Read, Peter Mendelsund [6:30] Glory O'Brien's History of Future, A.S. King, October 14 2014 [7:35] Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray Josh [9:00] Soil: A Novel, Jamie Kornegay, March 10 2015 [10:35] Morte, Robert Repino, January 20 2015 [13:50] Age of Ultron; X-Men: Battle of the Atom Rebecca [14:30] Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal, G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona, October 28 2014 [17:15] Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud [19:30] An Untamed State, Roxane Gay [19:35] The Book of Strange New Things, Michel Faber, October 28 2014 [22:45] The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell [24:35] Broken Monsters, Lauren Beukes, September 16 2014 [28:05] Almost Famous Women, Megan Mayhew Bergman, January 6 2015 (Birds of a Lesser Paradise) Paul [29:40] The Fever, Megan Abbott [30:40] Bravo, Greg Rucka (Alpha) [32:15] Seconds, Bryan Lee O'Malley [34:50] Guardians of the Galaxy: Rocket Raccoon and Groot Steal the Galaxy!, Dan Abnett Preeti [36:15] Private Eye, Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin [38:30] Afterlife with Archie, Issue 6 [43:05] Hawkeye, Matt Fraction [45:30] Love is the Drug, Alaya Dawn Johnson, September 30 2014 [48:30] The Magician's Land, Lev Grossman --- Intermission; 4 Pow by the Beastie Boys --- Summer Reads (The Good, the Bad, and the Fluffy) [52:48] Vanity Fair; Red or Dead [55:20] The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt; The Vacationers, Emma Straub; Landline, Rainbow Rowell; The Fever, Megan Abbott [56:00] Where'd You Go, Bernadette? Maria Semple [56:50] A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway [58:50] Democracy in America, Alexis De Tocqueville [59:00] Great Expectations, Charles Dickens [1:01:10] Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury [1:01:40] All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque [1:02:15] The Red Pony, John Steinbeck [1:02:50] The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien [1:04:15] China Wakes, Nicholas Kristof, Sheryl Wudunn [1:05:50] Boy's Life, actually by Robert McCammon [1:06:30] The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi [1:07:45] The Stranger; Heart of Darkness [1:09:00] S.E. Hinton and Supernatural [1:15:15] Skippy Dies; The Interestings [1:15:30] This One Summer, Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki [1:16:30] Seating Arrangements, Maggie Shipstead [1:18:00] The Thief, Megan Whalen Turner [1:20:25] Joyland, Stephen King [1:21:25] The Inimitable Jeeves, P.G. Wodehouse   --- Outro Music; Pacific Theme by Broken Social Scene --- Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323. Come to the BOOKRAGEOUS BASH at BEA on May 28th in New York City Find Us Online: Jenn, Josh, Paul, Preeti, Rebecca Order Josh's book! Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

What We're Reading Rebecca [1:20] Euphoria, Lily King [2:30] State of Wonder, Ann Patchett [4:25] Glory O'Brien's History of the Future, A.S. King (October 14 2014) [7:05] Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Preeti [7:55] Adam, Ariel Schrag [10:10] Afterworlds, Scott Westerfeld (September 23 2014) [13:10] The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet, Bernie Su, Kate Rorick Rebecca [16:10] Lumberjanes, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, Brooke Allen Jenn [18:40] Orange is the New Black, Piper Kerman [21:05] 2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas, Marie-Helene Bertino (August 5 2014) [23:35] Dead Man's Walk, Larry McMurtry [25:45] On Immunity, Eula Biss (September 30 2014) --- Intermission; Limbo Jimbo by James Brown --- BEA and BookCon [28:00] What We See When We Read, Peter Mendelsund (August 5 2014) [30:00] Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel (September 9 2014) [30:25] Maplecroft: The Borden Dispatches, Cherie Priest (September 2 2014) [31:10] Reunion, Hannah Pittard (October 7 2014) [33:00] Belzhar, Meg Wolitzer (September 30 2014) [34:30] The Book of Strange New Things, Michel Faber (October 28 2014) [35:00] The Marshmallow Test, Walter Mischel (September 23 2014) [36:50] Clariel, Garth Nix (October 1 2014) [41:00] The Seventh Tower #1: The Fall, Garth Nix [46:30] The Bone Clocks, David Mitchell (September 2 2014); An Oral History of the David Mitchell Signing at Book Expo America, Book Riot [1:07:00] Jenn met: David Peace and David Mitchell [1:07:50] Rebecca met: Tiphanie Yanique and Erin Morgenstern [1:08:50] Preeti met: David Peace and Garth Nix --- Outro Music; Skeleton Key (Youngblood Brass Band Remix) by Dessa --- Find Us Online: Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323. Come to the BOOKRAGEOUS BASH at BEA on May 28th in New York City Find Us Online: Jenn, Preeti, Rebecca Order Josh's book! Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.