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Dive into the world of fantasy with us as we explore the most beloved and enduring tropes that have stood the test of time! From magical quests to mythical creatures, we're counting down the most iconic fantasy elements that have captured our hearts and imaginations. Whether you're a fan of high fantasy, urban fantasy, or anything in between, this video is for anyone who loves getting lost in a good fantasy story. So grab your sword, dust off your spellbook, and let's embark on this fantastical journey together! #FantasyForTheAges #readingrecommendations #fantasy #FantasyTropes #scifi #Tropes #SFF #booktube #booktuber Want to purchase books mentioned in this episode? A Song of Ice and Fire: https://t.ly/9PR7I The Acts of Caine: https://t.ly/0ruTb The Broken Empire: https://t.ly/X6z15 The Chronicles of Narnia: https://t.ly/AbE34 The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: https://t.ly/T73MN Dragonlance: https://t.ly/oC7GW Dune: https://t.ly/4_w_k The Empire Trilogy: https://t.ly/N7Y-f The Fionavar Tapestry: https://t.ly/dpIeG First Law Trilogy: https://t.ly/cPurj The Gentleman Bastard: https://t.ly/hKrsh The Lord of the Rings: https://t.ly/1eEP9 The Magician's Trilogy: https://t.ly/AjMs1 Malazan Book of the Fallen: https://t.ly/6JLnp Mistborn: https://t.ly/FrzV6 The Poppy War: https://t.ly/Rb9vX The Riftwar Saga: https://t.ly/RROn7 Riyria Revelations: https://t.ly/vxpEz Warbreaker: https://t.ly/Hvt9l The Wheel of Time: https://t.ly/vmGYt The Witcher: https://t.ly/kfC0J The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: https://t.ly/_O7J5 Ways to connect with us: Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FantasyForTheAges Follow Jim/Father on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13848336-jim-scriven Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/jMWyVJ6qKk Follow us on "X": @Fantasy4theAges Follow us on Blue Sky: @fantasy4theages.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: fantasy_for_the_ages Follow us on Mastodon: @FantasyForTheAges@nerdculture.de Email us: FantasyForTheAges@gmail.com Check out our merch: https://www.newcreationsbyjen.com/collections/fantasyfortheages Jim's Microphone: Blue Yeti https://tinyurl.com/3shpvhb4 ———————————————————————————— Music and video elements licensed under Envato Elements: https://elements.envato.com/

Join the challenge and dive into the world of complex science fiction and fantasy books! In this episode, Jim highlights 10 of the most intricate and thought-provoking SFF novels that will put your reading skills to the test. From dense world-building to convoluted plots, these books are not for the faint of heart. But if you're up for the challenge, get ready to have your mind blown by some of the most imaginative and intellectually stimulating stories in the SFF genre. So, do you dare to read these 10 complex SFF books? #FantasyForTheAges #readingrecommendations #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #Top10 #SFF #TBR #epicfantasy #booktube #booktuber Want to purchase books mentioned in this episode? Book of the New Sun: https://t.ly/cDK91 Broken Earth: https://t.ly/X6z15 The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: https://t.ly/qf7WL The Dark Tower: https://t.ly/0yCfx Dune: https://t.ly/4_w_k Elantris: https://t.ly/1l0VR Foundation: https://t.ly/ZwxbW Hyperion Cantos: https://t.ly/qhM-b Malazan Book of the Fallen: https://t.ly/6JLnp The Stormlight Archive: https://t.ly/x2NkJ The Wheel of Time: https://t.ly/vmGYt Ways to connect with us: Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FantasyForTheAges Follow Jim/Father on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13848336-jim-scriven Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/jMWyVJ6qKk Follow us on "X": @Fantasy4theAges Follow us on Blue Sky: @fantasy4theages.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: fantasy_for_the_ages Follow us on Mastodon: @FantasyForTheAges@nerdculture.de Email us: FantasyForTheAges@gmail.com Check out our merch: https://www.newcreationsbyjen.com/collections/fantasyfortheages Jim's Microphone: Blue Yeti https://tinyurl.com/3shpvhb4 ———————————————————————————— Music and video elements licensed under Envato Elements: https://elements.envato.com/

Dive into the enchanting world of fantasy literature with our latest episode, "Ranking the Best Fantasy Series with 4+ Books - 2024"! Join Jim as he explores epic sagas that have captured the hearts of readers around the globe. From intricate world-building to unforgettable characters, he'll rank the top fantasy series that have four or more books, showcasing why they stand out in the genre. In this episode, you'll discover: - Jim's top picks for the best long-running fantasy series - Insights into each series' unique elements and storytelling style - What makes these series a must-read for fantasy enthusiasts Whether you're a seasoned fantasy fan or just starting your journey, this ranking will help you find your next great read. Happy reading! #FantasyBooks #BookRankings #2024ReadingList #EpicFantasy #BookTube #BookTuber Want to purchase books mentioned in this video? The Acts of Caine: https://t.ly/XCCY5 The Chronicles of Amber: https://t.ly/3TMaE The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: https://t.ly/a3_2K The Dark Tower: https://t.ly/0yCfx Dragonlance: https://t.ly/oC7GW The Dragonriders of Pern: https://t.ly/DFIt6 The Dresden Files: https://t.ly/mZKXm Dune: https://t.ly/KeR9h First Law: https://t.ly/cPurj Guardians of the Flame: https://t.ly/qBYtQ Harry Potter: https://t.ly/m9nPV The Lord of the Rings: https://t.ly/1eEP9 Malazan Book of the Fallen: https://t.ly/6JLnp Mistborn: https://t.ly/FrzV6 Realm of the Elderlings: https://t.ly/Jvhui Riftwar Cycle: https://t.ly/rry2V Riyria Chronicles: https://t.ly/sSjF3 Riyria Revelations: https://t.ly/vxpEz A Song of Ice and Fire: https://t.ly/5QYQX Shannara: https://t.ly/X6Mvm Stormlight Archive: https://t.ly/x2NkJ Sword of Truth: https://t.ly/QNsL7 The Wheel of Time: https://t.ly/vmGYt Xanth: https://t.ly/eO4w7 Ways to connect with us: Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FantasyForTheAges Follow Jim/Father on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13848336-jim-scriven Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/jMWyVJ6qKk Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fantasy4theAges Follow us on Instagram: fantasy_for_the_ages Follow us on Mastodon: @FantasyForTheAges@nerdculture.de Email us: FantasyForTheAges@gmail.com Check out our merch: https://www.newcreationsbyjen.com/collections/fantasyfortheages Jim's Microphone: Blue Yeti https://tinyurl.com/3shpvhb4 Jim's Camera: Razer Kito Pro https://tinyurl.com/c873tc2n ———————————————————————————— Music and video elements licensed under Envato Elements: https://elements.envato.com/

Tesco Clubcard Creator and Founder of The Female Lead Edwina Dunn is a globally renowned Big Data pioneer.  In this episode of Show Me the Way, the author of When She's in the Room talks about using data science to unlock the spending power of women and believes knowing women better will release billions of pounds of new income. We discuss her data-driven, not-for-profit, The Female Lead which encourages girls to increase their self confidence and self belief through inspiring role models.  Edwina says in business, (and life),  two is better than one and believes the greatest gift you can give a child is imagination. Her recommendation for Emmeline's bookshelf is an inspiring and creative choice. Edwina Dunn is a pioneering and successful leader in the data industry, known for delivering transformative business change. She co-founded Dunnhumby, which revolutionized the retail and consumer goods industry by pioneering Tesco Clubcard and other global loyalty programs. Her vision and work transformed the way retailers used customer data to drive their businesses, providing insights that had previously been unimaginable. The success of Dunnhumby has been replicated worldwide, becoming the industry standard for customer insights. Its strategic importance was underlined when it was acquired by Tesco in 2011. Edwina has served on a number of government boards including HMRC (NED), The Geospatial Commission (Commissioner) and The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (Chair). She also invested in a new generation of data and predictive algorithms when she became Chair of Starcount. Her pioneering work has earned her numerous accolades, including an OBE for her services to data and business in 2019, honorary doctorates from a number of universities. Today, Edwina is at the helm of The Female Lead which is an active community of 8 million women, underpinned by an educational foundation, and focused on celebrating the achievements and diversity of women who shape our world. Using data to understand the challenges women face, Edwina works with businesses and the government to create new, mutually beneficial models and policies for the workplace. Books for Emmeline recommendation: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant https://amzn.eu/d/bLPJb4k Edwina Dunn's  Book: When She's in the Room https://lnk.to/WSITREdwinaDunn Resources: The Fulfilment Finder Engage with The Female Lead: LinkedIn - thefemalelead Instagram @the_female_lead Tik Tok - @thefemalelead  

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.

In this conversation, we discuss burnout, self-care, boundaries, Adderall, and tattoos as totems.IG neurodivergent louLou

It's only forever, not long at all as we talk about our adolescent crushes, Obscurio, Court of Fae and Flowers, Kingdom Builder, Board Game Arena Tournaments, DeadCon, Poker Face, LVO, Meepleville, Gauntlet, the fish that released its owners credit card to the world, damned critics, Peace and DnD, the DRACO Spacecraft, the Arachnophobia reboot, and Red Light/Green Light featuring: Last Known Position, The Moon Represents My Heart, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, and Tomb Raider. So hold out for a hero, hold out for GeekShock!

Following a nutty, seedy, fruity rabbit hole, the Law Offices of Quibble, Squabble & Bicker investigate how nuts are fruits and how fruits are vegetables in order to give appropriate legal advice to their client, That's Nuts Ya Fruit! They also address racists for refugees, the Mud People, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, a thing for lepers, U.S. Supreme Court, the Forest Service, all chipmunky, Buck Rogers, Sylvester Stallone, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, pig's blood cake, Cyclotrons R Us, rub your armpit hair, Big Roo, The Birds, Pinko Petix and the crows took over. Buy our merch here: https://my-store-11556994.creator-spring.com/ To access special content go to www.patreon.com/qsblaw and for other episodes, go to www.qsblaw.org. We are also internettable on: Instagram - @lawofficesofquibble; Twitter- @qsblaw; TikTok - @qsblaw; Uhive - https://www.uhive.com/web/shares/z/QTTCLFU; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quiblle.bicker.3; Tumblr- quibblesquabblebicker; Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/user/QuibbleSquabble or watch us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/LawOfficesofQuibbleSquabbleBicker --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/qsb/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/qsb/support

In den 80er Jahren haben einige sehr interessante Werke der Fantasy ihren Ursprung. Stephen King begann sein gewaltiges Epos "Der dunkle Turm", Stephen R. Donaldson legte seinen "Thomas Covenant" vor. Und es gab noch andere, die heute zur Grundlage dieses Genres zählen, alles in allem aber war es ein Tasten im Dunkeln. Die meisten Autoren zeigten sich von Tolkien inspiriert, der wie ein Magnet alle Ideen an sich zu reißen schien. Deutsche Autoren waren ohnehin nicht auf dieser Landkarte verzeichnet. Einer von ihnen machte aber gleich in seiner Anfangsphase dann doch von sich reden: Wolfgang Hohlbein. Und scheinbar brauchte der Mann keine Anlaufzeit, denn mit dem ersten Buch seiner Enwor-Saga brach er nicht nur mit der Tradition Tolkiens, sondern demonstrierte auch gleich jene ungeheure Fabulierlust, die ihm nicht nur Lob einbrachte. Folge direkt herunterladen

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

Array Cast - January 22, 2022 Show NotesMany thanks to Adám Brudzewsky and Bob Therriault for collecting these links.0:01:35 APL logo Voting https://aplwiki.com/wiki/APL_logo 0:02:20 Conor's Voting Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxu4nWh1214 0:02:47 Vector Dojo https://community.kx.com/t5/KX-Technology/User-Feedback-Request-The-Vector-Dojo/td-p/116450:07:09 Q Basic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QBasic 0:10:47 Scheme Manual https://www.gnu.org/software/mit-scheme/documentation/stable/mit-scheme-user.pdf Chez Scheme https://www.scheme.com/ 0:14:27 Indiana University C.S. Department https://cs.indiana.edu/ 0:15:00 Kent Dybvig Dissertation http://www.cs.unc.edu/xcms/wpfiles/dissertations/dybvig.pdf 0:15:26 Schneider, Fred B. On concurrent programming. 1997. Springer-Veriag: New York. ISBN 0-387-94942-9 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4612-1830-2 0:16:20 Game of Life Scholes https://apl.wiki/John_Scholes'_Conway's_Game_of_Life 0:17:00 APLX https://apl.wiki/APLX 0:20:00 K https://k.miraheze.org0:21:37 Arthur Whitney https://apl.wiki/Arthur_Whitney0:22:06 J incunabulum https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/Incunabulum0:22:57 Arthur Whitney Comparing APL and Lisp - https://kparc.com/lisp.txt 0:27:50 Bullet Journalling https://bulletjournal.com/pages/learn0:30:00 Chinese Language Forms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_classifiers0:36:15 Notation as a Tool of Thought https://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~jzhu/csc326/readings/iverson.pdf 0:39:33 PL Wonks Co Dfns Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NR3sz4D4zc 0:44:21 Reversible Computing Roshan P. James https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0sGAm4sAAAAJ&hl=en 0:47:45 Devoxx - Refactor your language knowledge portfolio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zajUPJI19ZQ 0:49:50 SQL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL0:50:50 Functional Conf 2018 Live Coding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsj_7tFtODk&t=1158s 0:51:43 Aaron Hsu Resource Page https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Aaron_Hsu 0:53:00 A Data Parallel Compiler Hosted on the GPU https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/24749 0:54:00 Patterns and Anti-patterns Dyalog https://dyalog.tv/Dyalog17/?v=9xCJ3BCIudI 0:54:17 Patterns and Anti-patterns Functional Conf 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Mt0GYHU9A1:01:40 TryAPL https://tryapl.org/1:02:40 Spenserian Script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencerian_script1:06:24 Englebart Group Cognition https://dougengelbart.org/content/view/194/ 1:11:30 Chronicles of Thomas Covenant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant 1:12:52 ADSP podcast #56 Leetcode in BQN https://adspthepodcast.com/2021/12/17/Episode-56.html 1:17:50 A Programming Language - Iverson https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APL.htm 1:18:00 Aaron's Website - https://www.sacrideo.us/

In this introductory episode, Jeff and Bryan reminisce over how they met and how each discovered The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. They reveal some of their fandoms and mention some other works by other authors they feel are worth reading. Then, finally, they talk about the name of the podcast, what it means to them, and what they hope to accomplish with this podcast.Here is a list of the books we felt were worth reading and mentioned in this episode...Neal Stephenson “Cryptonomicon” (1999) & “Seveneves” (2015)Stephen R Donaldson “Lord Foul's Bane” The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (1977)Piers Athony “A Spell for Chameleon” Xanth, Book 1 (1977)Daniel Quinn “Ishmael” (1992)Robert A. Heinlein “Stranger in a Strange Land” (1961)Mary Doria Russell “The Sparrow” (1996)Paul Theroux “Millroy the Magician” (1993)Barbara Kingsolver “Prodigal Summer” (2000)Clifford Simak “Shakespeare's Planet” (1976) & “The Werewolf Principle” (1967)Come back the first Thursday of next month for Episode 02...Oh, It'll Hurt, Buddy!Primary Phase vs The LP - Part 1This has been a Froods for Thought production.

In this episode of Coffee Talk, we're chatting with Tyler Olfers, a Construction Materials Department Manager for ECS based in Austin, Texas. In addition to his work at ECS, he's a very talented musician and he produced the music for the Coffee Talk podcast! Tyler shares how his music experience helps him in his role at ECS, and how his work at ECS has inspired his songwriting. If anything, you've gotta listen to this episode for Tyler's recommendations for the best barbecue in Austin! Resources mentioned: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series by Stephen R. Donaldson Listen to “Industry Sandwich” by Tyler Olfers on Spotify Follow Tyler on Spotify to stay tuned for his upcoming music releases! Some of Tyler's key takeaways on how his passion for music connects to his role at ECS: A great mentor can open so many doors for you in your career. One of Tyler's earliest mentors helped him get his first “real” job and eventually connected him to ECS. Music, math, and engineering are closely connected. Recognizing and creating rhythms and patterns is mathematical in nature, and with some creativity those rhythms turn into a full blown song! It's important to make time outside of work for your hobbies and passions. Having that creative outlet is wonderful for overall work/life balance and fulfillment outside of work. Coffee Talk: From the Ground Up is an ECS Podcast created to build intentional connections with our employees. From company news to career stories, this podcast is educational, entertaining and encouraging with practical advice you can apply directly to your life. Have a topic idea, question or comment? Contact ecsmarketing@ecslimited.com. Music was composed, performed and produced at Insomnia Recording Studios in Cedar Park, Texas by Adam Donovan and ECS team member Tyler Olfers. This episode was produced by Novice Studios. Connect with ECS: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Website ECS Lessons Learned

Les chroniques de Thomas Covenant est ce que j'appelle un roman Tolkien-like mais qui est bien loin du modèle d'origine. Je ne jette pas l'opprobre sur l'auteur car moi aussi j'aimerai, peut-être, dans un futur lointain écrire une grande épopée mais il faut bien l'avouer : l'histoire n'est pas extraordinaire et même barbante. Le protagoniste est oisif et passif. Et en plus c'est un gros *** : non mais faire ça à une jeune fille de 16 ans… Cependant, et ça s'est un vrai bonus pour ce livre, nous apprenons plus de choses sur la lèpre et il faut bien l'avouer que le Fief est un endroit qui a l'air d'être merveilleux. Dommage que l'auteur a voulu trop en jeter dans ce premier tome – au détriment de l'évolution de Thomas Covenant – car j'aurai pu adorer lire ses livres. Vous pouvez me retrouver sur : https://youtube.com/channel/UCMaHCNYJK7-VmgHKxGSTdHg

Real talk: APOPHENIA. Alexis and Lottie discuss subliminal pattern-seeking from its coinage by a Nazi psychologist to its use by modern indie game developers to cover up the fact we don't have any budget. Wait! We meant to make clever, co-operative immersive experiences. All via werewives, apophanies and Zhou Enlai.Games / books mentioned in this episode, for your gaming / reading pleasure:- Cultist Simulator, by us- Foucault's Pendulum, by Umberto Eco- Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon - Ulysses, by James Joyce- A Dark Room, by Doublespeak Games- The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, by Steven Donaldson- Return of the Obra Dinn, by Lucas Pope - Against Worldbuilding, by Alexis KennedyFollow us on Twitter and sign up to the mailing list to make sure you don't miss the next episode! ♥Support the show (http://bit.ly/2JCKVEH)

Hurinfan, Ashaman, JasnahAsABoy, and BefuddledPanda chat with special guest, Steven Erikson, author of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Erikson teases a new secret project, shares some book recommendations, and much more. Contains spoilers for Gardens of the Moon and Deadhouse Gates. Thank you to The Legendarium Podcast for supporting our little pod. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Books mentioned by Erikson: Gate of Fire by Steven Pressfield The Mask of Apollo by Mary Renault Culture Series by Iain M. Banks (Consider Phlebas, Use of Weapons) Jerusalem Fire by Rebecca Meluch The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson (The Second Chronicle) The 1632 Series by Eric Flint A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers Flashman Novels by George McDonald Fraser The Pyrates by George McDonald Fraser Consider joining us on Reddit and Discord; https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/ https://discord.gg/FNcpuuA Twitter: @GreenTeamPod

I listened to MakeWorkWork (MWW 22: Kinda Wild But Also Fun) for the first time today and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a talk show by by Hrefna Helgadóttir (Habbi) & Hailley Griffis. They chatted about books in this episode and I was inspired to jump in with some recommendations. So, here goes. Firstly, the podcast I mentioned is The Incomparable. Here's a book episode mentioned one my my book recommendations: 33 Percent RuleThe Calculating StarsNovel by Mary Robinette KowalFifth Business(The Deptford Trilogy #1)by Robertson Davies,The Golem and the Djinniby Helene WeckerJonathan Strange and Mr NorrellSusanna ClarkLord Foul’s BaneFirst Chronicles of Thomas Covenantby Stephen DonaldsonA Prayer for Owen MeanyJohn IrvingGrapes of Wrathby John Steinbeck–I'm a fledgling channel, a startup in the parlance of or times, and am struggling with making a living with my content and as a social media startup. It would mean the world to me if you would consider supporting me. If you find my content valuable in any way, please consider supporting me with $1 a month on Patreon. You may of course donate more than that, but a dollar a month will go a long way to helping me to keep going. Click this link to find out how to help me that way. Another option is to consider using affiliate links when you purchase from Amazon. If you use one of those links to visit Amazon, anything you buy during that visit will trigger a small commission for me that would help me out. I'd really appreciate your consideration. You can also see what gear I'm using to make my content if that sort of thing interests you. I know I enjoy looking at what other creators are using! Here is my gear.Thank you. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

For episode 23, Elizabeth and Ben are joined by teacher, opera singer and Dungeon Master Myf Coghill on a trip to Ankh-Morpork's opera house in 1994's Discworld novel of witches, phantoms and experimental cookery: Maskerade! Nanny Ogg finds herself in a coven with Granny Weatherwax and...no-one. She decides young Agnes Nitt - last seen dabbling in the craft while wearing black lace and calling herself "Perdita" - is just the person to fill the position - but Agnes has run off to Ankh-Morpork to join the opera, where all is not well. A mysterious "Opera Ghost" watches over every performance, and while he used to be seen as a good luck charm, he's become demanding, dangerous and possibly deranged. "Perdita" has gotten herself mixed up in it all, thanks to her friendship with the ingenue Christine. Can she find out the identity of the Opera Ghost before the bodies start stacking up - and before Granny and Nanny stick their noses in and do it for her? Pratchett delves into a world hitherto unknown to him and takes Granny and Nanny to the big city for their penultimate book, heavily influenced by The Phantom of the Opera, and about much more earthly matters than their previous adventures. We learn a lot about opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber and the world of publishing, and delve into Pratchett's treatment of Agnes, a beloved character whose unflattering portrayal was the subject of many questions and comments. Did Maskerade bring out the opera fan in you? Do you think Agnes deserved better? And despite being a bit of a downer, is this one of the best Discworld books we've discussed so far? Use the hashtag #Pratchat23 on social media to join the conversation and let us know what you think! We're staying in Ankh-Morpork for Feet of Clay in October before heading back in time to explore the origins of Granny Weatherwax in November with Equal Rites. Plus our subscriber-only bonus podcast, Ook Club, has launched! You can subscribe for as little as $2 a month to check it out. You'll find all the details on our Support Us page. Show Notes and Errata: You can find Myfanwy Coghill on Twitter at @_merlenoir_.The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant is a series of ten fantasy novels written by American author Stephen R. Donaldson between 1977 and 2013. Covenant is an author from our world who loses two fingers before being diagnosed with leprosy, shortly before his wife divorces him. When he is knocked unconscious he is transported to "the Land", a fantasy world where he is a hero of prophecy in the conflict against the evil Lord Foul, though Thomas thinks that the Land is a delusion. The series has had a mixed critical response. If you're going to look into them, please note our content warning: the first book contains an act of rape and this is referred to many times throughout the first trilogy. The English sit-com Keeping Up Appearances was a farce created by Roy Clarke (of Open All Hours and Last of the Summer Wine fame) which ran on BBC One from 1990 to 1995. It starred Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth Bucket, a woman who aspires to move among the upper class, and is desperately ashamed of her lower class family. A running gag is that she tries to have everyone pronounce her family name "bouquet", despite the fact that her middle class husband Richard - played by Clive Swift - has always pronounced it "bucket".Avengers: Endgame (2019) was the final film in the Avengers series, part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It brought together characters from the previous twenty-one Marvel films in a massive crossover, and became the highest-grossing film of all time.Deadpool and its sequel Deadpool 2 are films from 20th Century Fox about the titular superhero character, a mutant mercenary with rapid healing powers. While technically part of the X-Men film franchise, the films are made on a lower budget and Deadpool - who often breaks the fourth wall in the comics and is aware he is in a movie - comments on the lack of cameos from mo...

We all like to like books, but this week Lit & Liquor turned everything on its ear by finding three "anti-heroes" and seeing if we thought the title was appropriate (spoiler alert: it was).The first is a series of three short stories from "Night Winds" about Karl Edward Wagner's Kane, paired with a Blood Orange and Bourbon cocktail (second spoiler: the 'blood' part is very appropriate). Second, paired with the new-at-the-time-of-recording-but-not-anymore-but-still-good Angry Orchard Rosè, is "The Elric Saga" by Michael Moorcock. Last but perhaps not least (spoiler alert: totally the least) was "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever; Lord Foul's Bane" . perhaps the only redeemable quality of this book is that it birthed our story of dear Dildo Baggins, but that's just our opinion.

Que vous soyez plutôt mer, plutôt montagne, plutôt destination lointaine ou à côté de chez vous, ou même que vous ne preniez pas de vacances du tout cet été, notre fine équipe vous a concocté une petite sélection thématique selon vos envies... bon, et les nôtres, bien entendu ! Il était donc question pour ce nouveau numéro de discuter de lectures estivales... Ci-dessous, une liste (non-exhaustive) des références mentionnées en cours de podcast, pas toujours 100% fantasy. Par ailleurs, les illustrations sonores de cet épisode sont tirées de mouvements de l'album "Seven" de Thomas Bergersen. Un énorme merci en particulier à Thom notre monteur pour sa très précieuse contribution. Quoiqu'il en soit, bonne écoute et n'hésitez pas à venir sur le forum nous dire ce que vous pensez de ce nouveau numéro. Lectures légères et rapides pour ceux qui ne veulent pas se prendre la tête Alcatraz, de Brandon Sanderson. Le Paris des Merveilles, de Pierre Pevel. De capes et de Crocs, de Ayroles et Masbou. Le Fabuleux Maurice et ses rongeurs savants, de Terry Pratchett. Boucle d'or et les sept ours nains, d’Emile Bravo. Histoires se déroulant dans le grand froid pour ceux qui aiment les contrastes Early Riser, de Jasper Fforde. Le club de l’ours polaire, d’Alex Bell. L’ours et le rossignol, de Katherine Arden. A la croisée des Mondes de Philip Pullman. L’hiverrier, de Terry Pratchett. Histoires se déroulant en mer pour ceux qui ne les aiment pas Les Scarifiés, de China Mieville. Les Aventuriers de la mer, de Robin Hobb. Des horizons rouge sang, de Scott Lynch Les Aventures de Beauchesne, capitaine de flibustiers, Alain-René Lesage. Lectures complexes pour ceux qui profitent de cette période unique dans l'année où ils ont le temps de se concentrer Le Livre des Martyrs, de Steven Erikson Rois du Monde, de Jean-Philippe Jaworski. Sénéchal, de Grégory Da Rosa. Les furtifs, d'Alain Damasio. Ayesha d’Ange. Circé, de Madeline Miller. Lovecraft Country, de Matt Ruff. Lectures fleuves pour ceux qui passent en mode boulimie de lecture La Roue du Temps, de Robert Jordan et Brandon Sanderson. La Saga de la Passe-Miroir, de Christelle Dabos. Les Princes d’Ambre, de Roger Zelazny. Thomas Covenant, de Stephen R. Donaldson. Lecture de poche pour ceux qui voyagent Célestopol, d'Emmanuel Chastellière. Tous les Guy Gabriel Kay selon votre destination. Le Sentier des Astres, de Stefan Platteau. Lectures courtes/nouvelles pour ceux qui veulent une histoire complète en attendant l'avion Instantané, de Brandon Sanderson. Les recueils de Mélanie Fazi. Pour les lecteurs VO, il y a vraiment de quoi faire côté anglo-saxon, de nombreuses nouvelles sont disponibles en ligne gratuitement. C’est un genre que j’affectionne. Je pense à des auteurs comme Neil Gaiman, Ken Liu, Sofia Samatar, N.K. Jemisin, Nnedi Okorafor, GRR Martin et ses Dreamsongs pour ceux qui sont en deuil de la fin de la série (ou pas), et plus récemment, Leigh Bardugo avec Le Chant des Ronces. VOUS LISEZ/REGARDEZ QUOI EN CE MOMENT ? Cthulhu Metal. The Affair of the Mysterious Letter, d’Alexis Hall. Sauvage, de Jamey Bradbury. Chernobyl, série sur HBO.

Today’s guest is Stephen R. Donaldson, author of the new fantasy book The War Within (The Great God’s War Book Two), and the author of the Thomas Covenant series. Stephen R. Donaldson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Chronicles of […]

Neil Gaiman wrote, "If literature is the world, then fantasy and horror are twin cities, divided by a river of black water." Flame Tree Publishing underwrites this claim with their recent publication, The Astounding Illustrated History of Fantasy and Horror. The book is a veritable gazetteer of these two cities in the heartland of the imaginal world. Writer and scholar Matt Cardin, founding editor of the marvellous Teeming Brain (www.teemingbrain.com), wrote a chapter for the book focusing on the books and films of the Sixties and Seventies. In this episode, he joins JF and Phil to discuss the kinship of horror and fantasy, the modern ghettoization of mythopoeic art, the prophetic reach of speculative fiction, and the "cauldron of cultural transformation" that was the Sixties and Seventies. Header Image by Moralist, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_Candles.jpg) REFERENCES The Astounding Illustrated History of Fantasy and Horror (https://www.flametreepublishing.com/The-Astounding-Illustrated-History-of-Fantasy-&-Horror-ISBN-9781786648037.html) Matt Cardin's website (http://www.mattcardin.com) The Teeming Brain (http://www.teemingbrain.com) American literary critic S. T. Joshi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._T._Joshi) British writer and scholar Roger Luckhurst (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Luckhurst) Neil Gaiman, introduction to The Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft: Dreams of Terror and Death (https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Cycle-H-P-Lovecraft/dp/0345384210) The concept of "folk psychology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_psychology)" H. P. Lovecraft, "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx) H. P. Lovecraft, "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/tgsk.aspx) James Curcio, Masks: Bowie and the Artists of Artifice (http://www.jamescurcio.com/post/182128171068/masks-bowie-and-artists-of-artifice-modern) (forthcoming) American author Thomas Ligotti (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ligotti) British author Arthur Machen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Machen) Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein) Ian McEwen, Enduring Love (https://www.amazon.com/Enduring-Love-Novel-Ian-McEwan/dp/0385494149) Weird Studies, Episode 36: On Hyperstition (https://www.weirdstudies.com/36) J. R. R. Tolkien, [The Silmarillion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheSilmarillion)_ Terry Brooks, [The Sword of Shannara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheSwordofShannara)_ Stephen R. Donaldson, [The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheChroniclesofThomasCovenant) [Night of the Living Dead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NightoftheLivingDead) (George A. Romero, 1968) The Lord of the Rings animated film (Ralph Bakshi, 1978) Lloyd Alexander, [The Chronicles of Prydain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheChroniclesofPrydain)_ Madeleine L'Engle, [A Wrinkle in Time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWrinkleinTime)_ The Call of Cthulhu Role-Playing Game (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu_(role-playing_game)) (Chaosium) Ray Bradbury, [Something Wicked This Way Comes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SomethingWickedThisWayComes) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman, 1978) William Irwin Thompson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Irwin_Thompson), At the Edge of History Interview (https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/george-clayton-johnson) with Twilight Zone luminary George Clayton Johnson [The Wicker Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheWickerMan) (Robin Hardy, 1973) [The Omen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheOmen)_ (Richard Donner, 1976) Stephen King, [Salem's Lot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Salem%27sLot)_ Special Guest: Matt Cardin.

Mark Jeffrey is the co-founder & CEO of Guardium and Guardian Circle, products tackling an extremely critical industry that most of us take for granted…emergency response.  He's also a 5-time entrepreneur with multiple exits, eight time author, and worked closely with some of the biggest names in tech including Jason Calacanis and Travis Kalanick. In this episode, we talk about the access and evolution of emergency response services, the Guardium token sale, and how Guardium's framework will help save the lives of the 4 billion unbanked people worldwide with no 9-1-1. Learn more about Mark, Guardium, and Guardian Circle! Follow Mark (@markjeffrey) on Twitter. Mark's favorite book: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever Band that Mark would travel 500 miles to see: Pink Floyd _____ This episode of the Ventureforth podcast is sponsored by: TroopMarket - Hire a Great Freelancer with Crypto WorkCoin - The Cryptocurrency for Freelance Work TroopMarket is a platform for hiring a great freelancer with WorkCoin, the cryptocurrency for freelance work.  WorkCoin is unique in that it provides escrow protection, independent arbitration, and most importantly, fast transactions so that sellers can get paid immediately, and avoid the slow mining and high transaction fees of paying for services with Ether or Bitcoin. WorkCoin’s presale starts on March 1st, but you can buy and sell freelancing services on TroopMarket using WorkCoin today.  For more information on the token sale, go to www.workcoin.net.  You can also go to www.troopmarket.com and earn $10 in WorkCoin just for listing a service. _____ Executive producer & host: Joe Mahavuthivanij Edited by: Joe Mahavuthivanij Theme music by: Music for Makers Logo design: Debra Lin  

Bembem allihopa och välkomna till ett nytt avsnitt av LÄS HÅRT! Återigen slår Johan och Magnus alla rekord och levererar en podcast i världsklass. Ämnet är romanen SUPERMAN: MIRACLE MONDAY, skriven av Elliot S Maggin. Den publicerades som någon sorts spinn off till filmen SUPERMAN II, men i verkligheten är den... något annat. Något... märkligare. Som ni kan ana blir det en massa snack om Stålmannen, i alla olika former. Magnus har även en rant om hästfantasy. Nästa gång läser vi lite portal fantasy, nämligen Foz Meadows "An Accident of Stars". Häng med! Andra saker som nämns Johannes Klenell, "Det fria ordet" * Bokmässan * Benjamin Percy, "The dark net" * Don Winslow, "The Force" + "The Cartell" + "Savages" * Tad William, "The dragonbone chair" + "Stone of farewell" + "To Green Angel Tower" + "The Witchwood Crown" + "The burning man" (i Robert Silverbergs "Legends, vol 1") * George RR Martin, "A game of thrones" * "Lost" * Stephen King, "Det" * Justin Cronin * Harry Potter * "Westworld" * "The Expanse" * "Stålmannen II" * Bud Collyer, "Superman"-radioserien * "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" * Elliot S. Maggin, "Kingdom Come" * Ray Bradbury * Noam Chomsky * "Star Wars"-romaner * Malmgrens kiosk på Hönö * Marv Wolfman mfl, "Crisis on Infinite Earths" * Jim Shooter mfl, "Secret Wars" * CS Lewis, "Narnia"-böckerna * Stephen R Donaldson, "Thomas Covenant"-böckerna * Edgar Rice Burroughs "John Carter"-böckern * Guy Gavriel Kay, "The Fionavar Tapestry" * Brian Keene, "The Lost Level" * Dave Duncan, "The Reluctant Swordsman"  

Mit Tommy Krappweis, ist nach Holger Kreymeier bereits der zweite Grimme-Preis-Träger in unserem nerdigen Podcast zu Gast. Der Erfinder von "Bernd, das Brot", Musiker, Keinhänder, Komiker, Autor, Produzent und Regisseur der Fantasy-Reihe "Mara und der Feuerbringer" entführt die Nerdizisten Michael und Chris auf einen 90 minütigen Ritt ins wilde Nerdistan. Mit einem Nerdfaktor von 15, sprengt der bekennende A-Papst (was das ist erfahrt Ihr im Podcast) mal eben die Skala und lässt uns an unseren kümmerlichen 5 und 7 Punkten verzweifeln. Dieser Podcast ist investigativ Was in dieser Folge alles herauskommt ist wirklich bemerkenswert. So musste Chris schon früh lernen, dass eine abweichende Meinung vom Mainstream beim Thema "Der kleine Prinz" nicht gut für den Notendurchschnitt ist. Wollt Ihr außerdem noch wissen, welches Wort der klägliche Rest von Michaels Schulbildung ist? Laser /ˈlɛɪzər/, /ˈleːzər/, /ˈlaːzər/ (Akronym für engl. light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation „Licht-Verstärkung durch stimulierte Emission von Strahlung“). Da ist sogar Tommy schwer beeindruckt, ist aber ansonsten der Meinung, dass .... Rauchen und Saufen nicht unbedingt ein Qualitätsmerkmal sein muss! Nerdizist Chris, schämt sich nun irgendwie für den Liter Altbier, den er während der Aufnahme geso...trunken hat. Aber ist es denn ein Wunder, wenn eines seiner Role Models Meister Eder war? Ja, es ist die bestechende Mischung aus Monaco Franze, Terence Hill und Meister Eder, welchen diesen Nerdizisten so unwiderstehlich macht... öh, ok wir schweifen ab. Neben Rosen auf Planeten ("Es ist eine blöde Kackbratzen Blume auf einem Scheißplaneten"), gibt es noch zwei, drei andere Kleinigkeiten ("nichts wildes, nur ein kleiner Twist") mit denen wir Herrn Krappweis aus der Reserve locken konnten. - Oder ist er einfach auf uns losgangen? In jedem Fall habt Ihr nach dem Hören dieser Folge die ultimative Abwehrmaßnahme in der Hand. Sollte Tommy K. aus M also mal im Berserkermodus sein und auf Produzentenjagd gehen, verkleidet Euch einfach mit den billigsten Wikingerkostüm, tragt eine Ausgabe vom Kleinen Prinzen unterm Arm und ruft laut "SCHEMTRÄLS". Das sollte ihn vertrieben! Dieser Nerdtalk macht betroffen Bei Monaco Franze gab es noch Einigkeit, bei den Backpfeifen für die Kinder im Vorderhaus nicht mehr, aber alles in allem in Meister schon eine realistische Figur. Seid ihr nun maximalst verwirrt? Dann solltet Ihr euren Nerdfaktor vielleicht noch einmal kritisch hinterfragen, denn dieser Podcast verlangt Euch alles ab. Damit Azubi-Nerds den Spaß an dieser Folge nicht verlieren und problemlos diesem wilden Ritt durch die Popkultur folgen können, haben wir die wichtigsten Filme, Szenen und Video für euch verlinkt. Die Betonung liegt auf wichtig, daher sind Fußnoten der Nerdkultur wie z.B. Babylon 5 hier nicht aufgelistet. Trotzdem hat irgendwer eine Frage dazu ins Script geschmuggelt... Wir bedanken herzlich bei Tommy für seine Zeit und wir hoffen ihn bald auf Conventions oder zu einem weiteren Cast zu treffen. Eure liebe Nerds wünschen wir nun viel Spaß beim Hören, freuen uns über ein Abo (wie das geht erfahrt Ihr hier), Eure Kommentare, Share, Likes, Emojis, Posts, User-Engagement, Weiterempfehlungen und was Euch sonst noch so einfällt. Eure Nerdizisten Filme, Szenen, Videos, welche in dieser Folge erwähnt werden: Dunning Kruger Blues Harry met Sally 2 More intensity - Lost in Translation Der Tod vs Meister Eder Götter, Gags und Fantasy - Making Of Mara 4 Fäuste beim Fressen Monaco Franze - Herr der Sieben Meere (Koan Fasching) Deep Space Nine Trailer Marx Brothers - Duck Soup Buster Keaton - The General Links: Neil Gaiman Wiki Trailer "der kleine Prinz" (2015) Dunning Kruger Effekt Schemmträäls mal nachgerechnet Das Vorzelt zur Hölle Steigbügel Wiki Die Chroniken von Thomas Covenant dem Zweifler Wiki

Award winners Brett Battles, Scott "Mr. T." Brick and Nicole Evelina join us to talk about their latest books and Duke Sims from hit band Shinobi Ninja joins us to talk a bit about his band and throws some book picks our way. Host: Paul Alves Guests:  Brett Battles, Scott Brick, Nicole Evelina, Duke Sims from Shinobi Ninja Visit us at http://www.BookGuys.ca Try Audible for free and get a free book at http://www.audibletrial.com/bookguys Help support our show and become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/bookguys __ Here is a list of some of the things discussed during this episode: Visit Bret Battles at http://www.brettbattles.comVisit Scott Brick at http://www.scottbrick.netVisit Nicole Evelina at http://www.nicoleevelina.com Jonathan Quinn series by Bret Battles (and narrated by Scott Brick) Madame Presidentess by Nicole Evelina The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson (and narrated by Scott Brick) can be found at: https://brickbybrickaudiobooks.myshopify.com/collections/all The Fireman by Joe Hill The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll Bogart by AM Sperber http://www.abebooks.com/9780297812753/Bogart-Sperber-M-0297812750/plp In A Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware https://savidgereads.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/in-a-dark-dark-wood-ruth-ware/ Never Too Late by Robyn Carr http://www.harlequin.com/storeitem.html;jsessionid=A3D0F4B0E842D0CE7F08DC2B31644621?iid=64988&cid= A Cultural History of Superman by Larry Tye (Read by Scott Brick) It's Superman! by Tom De Haven (Read by Scott Brick) Rock Hood video by Shinobi Ninja https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co43u14IfpM Slow Mourning video by Shinobi Ninja https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UNt1uZALGA Published On August 21st, 2016. Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/815ef0ba-3a4f-4794-b200-3ead2c4bc9a1

Fulkultur-gänget dissekerar tv-serien, snuddar lite lätt vid böckerna som startade det hela och bjussar även på flera tips om annan dark fantasy.   Länklista   Game of Thrones (tv-serie, 2011 – ) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947 A Song of Ice and Fire (bok-serie, George R.R. Martin, 1996 – ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire Station Agent (film, 2003) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340377 Deadwood (tv-serie, 2004 – 2006) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348914 Lost (tv-serie, 2004 – 2010) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411008 Game of Thrones: Red Wedding Reactions Compilation https://youtu.be/78juOpTM3tE George R. R. Martin Watches "Red Wedding" Reaction Videos https://youtu.be/azr99OfKLxk Sean Bean Death Reel https://youtu.be/4sGR1-Wgo1M Storm of Spoilers (podcast) http://fightinginthewarroom.com/category/storm-of-spoilers/ A Cast of Kings (Podcast) http://www.slashfilm.com/category/features/slashfilmcast/a-cast-of-kings/ Rome (tv-serie, 2005 – 2007) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384766 Malazan Book of the Fallen (bokserie, Steven Erikson, 1999-2011)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen   Dark Souls (tv-spel, 2011) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Souls Bloodborne (tv-spel, 2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodborne The Witcher (bokserie, Andrzej Sapkowski, 1992-1999)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher Wheel of Time (bok-serie, Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, 1990 – 2013)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (bok-serie, Stephen Donaldson, 1977 – 2013) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant Bröderna Lejonhjärta (bok, Astrid Lindgren, 1973) https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bröderna_Lejonhjärta Dragon Age: Inquisition (tv-spel, 2014) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age:_Inquisition

**Head to tedsrecords.com for the show notes** ----- The third episode of the Ted's Records podcast, New Music Monthly, featuring the best & the brightest from the Australian new music scene. This episode includes tracks from Buddy Holiday, Thomas Covenant, Phantastic Ferniture, Julia Why? and two tracks from this episode's featured artist Connor Brooker.

Braag further explores Update-17, compares and contrasts the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant and gambles on Chicken Hockey…Crack an Ale!

In our first episode we talk about books - when we started reading, our favorites, and other things about how, when, and what we read. You can contact us on Twitter: Davina is @developmentnerd Daryl is @barbariangeek or you can use the contact form on our website at facet.fm. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Dragonlance Darksword Trilogy Pippi Longstocking The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Rise of the Warrior Cop by Radley Balko The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (audiobook) The Hero’s Journey by Joseph Campbell Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin Lost Battlestar Galactica Lost in Space V.C. Andrews Favorites The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien The Arabian Nights The Odyssey by Homer Dune by Frank Herbert The Color of Purple by Alice Walker Ruby Fruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown Firestarter by Stephen King Lives of the Mayfair Witches series by Anne Rice The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher Gentleman Bastard by Scott Lynch The city I can’t remember is, of course, Venice Discworld by Terry Pratchett The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins A Universe from Nothing by Lawrence Krauss A Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine The Martian by Andy Weir Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins Divergent series by Veronica Roth The Host by Stephanie Meyer Your Book is Why Daddy Drinks podcast The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever series by Stephen R. Donaldson Incomparable Book Club Episodes Nebula Award Hugo Award Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris True Blood TV Show Librarything Goodreads Calibre The Send Off Daryl: Evolution 2nd Edition board game by NorthStar Games Davina: The Legend of Korra Series and Game

The StoryMen welcome JR.'s favorite author of all time, Stephen R. Donaldson. Steve is the author of the best-selling fantasy series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, as well as several more series. We discuss the religious power of stories, what...