Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Jack Vance’s “Lyonesse: Suldrun’s Garden”, incorrect uses of words or advanced neologisms, having less reading time in our adult liv…| Appendix N Book Club
Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss L. Sprague de Camp’s “The Fallible Fiend”, futtering spouses, the maps in front of fantasy novels, fleshed-out characters, missile weapons…| Appendix N Book Club
Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Gretchen Felker-Martin’s “Manhunt”, visceral horror-thrillers, section transitions, interchangeable characters, physical descriptions of c…| Appendix N Book Club
Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Katherine Kurtz’s “Deryni Rising”, sarcophagi, achieving literary liftoff, the Brandon-to-Demos scale, fantasy worlds with real-life histo…| Appendix N Book Club
Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss James Enge’s “Blood of Ambrose”, obscure words from classic languages, Scooby Doo episodes, slowing down for character development, The Bo…| Appendix N Book Club
Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss H. Rider Haggard’s “She”, the smell of the flame, Haggard’s other works, “the things dudes won’t do for a hottie”,…| Appendix N Book Club
Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Charles R. Saunders’s “The Quest for Cush”, the Swahili glossary, the shame of the King County Library system, fiction as gaming supplements, inversions of traditional sword and sorcery, Burroughs’s Mythic Africa, the Mary Sue problem, Greeks in Egypt, a dungeon under quicksand, responsible and dilligent city guards, … Continue reading "Charles R. Saunders’s “The Quest for Cush” with our Patron Book Club"| Appendix N Book Club
Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Edgar Rice Burroughs’s “The Gods of Mars”, John Carter in a blond wig, repetitiveness in Edgar Rice Burroughs’s works, French words, female characters’ screen time, the Tree of Life, fainting characters, early examples of megadungeons, helpful ghosts, constantly escalating tension and perils, authors inspired by Edgar Rice … Continue reading "Edgar Rice Burroughs’s “The Gods of Mars” with our Patron Book Club"| Appendix N Book Club
Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Dan Simmons’s “Hyperion”, listening to audio books at work, Vaults of Vaarn, prescient fiction, choosing whether or not to continue on with fiction series, the Dying Earth, ambiguous endings, failed attempts at humor, the author’s current politics, chase scenes, Shadowdark, roasting bestsellers, reading books outside of our … Continue reading "Dan Simmons’s “Hyperion” with our Patron Book Club"| Appendix N Book Club
This episode is dedicated to Rick Byrne. Please consider sending a gift to support Leukemia research at UCSF: UCSF Foundation, PO Box 45339, San Francisco, CA 94145 or make a gift online at makeagi…| Appendix N Book Club