Emily has big news, which will be broadcast across the country! Will Tsundoku Book Club survive this shake up? Will Leif ever learn to trust again? Leif and Emily discuss school, being forced to read, and ask each other: How many books is too many?
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We are back, with some other podcast recommendations. But first, donate what you can!
Hoodrat to Headwrap: a Decolonized Podcast by Ericka Hart and Ebony Donnley
Hella Black by Blake Simons and Delency Parham
The Red Nation Podcast by Nick Estes and The Red Nation
Citations Needed by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson
Ear Hustle by Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods, and many more inside San Quentin State Prison
Leif and Emily talk about Hyper Light Drifter, created by Heart Machine and Abylight S.L.
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One month is better than three, right? No apologies though, it's time for us to rip into grammar and punctuation and other super interesting things. Leif and Emily discuss English degrees, snobs, and early 2000's internet humor.
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Emily returns with her second book of the quarantine! It turns out, enjoying a book makes it far easier to read. Who knew? Emily discusses "great books", gender, race, and global warming.
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Leif and Emily return for 2021, with a new episode, and some new cats! For the first episode of the new year, Leif is talking about rogue-likes, and how much he loves them. Emily joins him for discussions of video game difficulty, progression, and Supergiant Games.
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Leif is back with another video game to complain about! This time, it's all about the Dark Knight, and his best friend the Arkham Knight. Leif and Emily talk about video games, comic books, and horny game developers. This episode will really make you feel like you played Batman.
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Emily has surpassed the average lore nerd and delved into the grandaddy of all fantasy bibles: The Silmarillion. Join Leif in learning what is up with Aragorn's bloodline, what is a Silmaril, and Middle Earth Colonialism.
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Leif begins the laborious process of finally reading through his Christmas gifts through the years. He starts with Stories of Your Life and Others, a collection of short stories by Ted Chiang, and gifted to him by none other than Emily! Join us as we talk about short stories, the grandaddies of science fiction, and adapting stories.
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Leif returns with another belated Christmas reading, this time with Shirow Masamune's Ghost in the Shell. Leif and Emily discuss the manga, its various adaptations, and cyberpunk vs cyberfascism. Emily forgets Scarlet Johansson's name, and Leif also forgets the word for sweatshop.
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It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Emily is no longer with the podcast. She'll still drop in from time to time, but the fact of the matter is she didn't have what it took to put out a bi-monthly podcast. So, to step in and fill the void, Tim Everson has deigned to join us. This week, Leif read The Collected Works of Lovecraft, and comes to a shocking realization. We discuss racism, Cthulhu, racism, quitting books, and racism.
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Some corrections and links. The "Lovecraft Award" I referred to is actually the World Fantasy award. Nnedi Okorafor's blog post about it can be found here.
When I said Okorafor had written Akata Death Witch, I had gotten two of her books mixed up: Akata Witch, and Who Fears Death. Who Fears Death has been in development for about four years with HBO.