Episode 70 - Potato Pudding and Space Catalogs
Added 2020-03-06 18:05:52 +0000 UTCAlas, today we finish Moon People by Dale M. Courtney. We've laughed, we've cried, we've eaten cheddar bay biscuits at Red Lobster and then gotten busy as hell afterwards. But there's only one way to bring this saga to a close: run the thing into a ditch and hitchhike away from it when it's still smoldering!
Yes, anyone who was hoping for a satisfying end to the saga will have to move on to book 2 because this one just kinda ends. But before it does, we get what is probably the worst space battle ever written, first contact with aliens who go on to compliment our eggplant Parmesan and then show us their space museum, and a remarkably chill version of the president of the United States. All this excitement will make us for get that our main character kinda just stands around for the final third of the book.
All this plus an examination of the ebook's final "About the Author" section, a visit to the Dark Web 2.0, and Dumb Sentences and listener emails!
Comments
The smoked tarkey from Hackery Firms is possibly the funniest line of the podcast. Genuine lol.
superrad
2020-03-16 16:52:39 +0000 UTCThis book did lack the genuineness of 64 Squares and Trucking Through Time. I know there's a better word, but I can't think of it. Humble? As Mike said, it's like this author is posing.
Emily Brown
2020-03-15 15:57:08 +0000 UTCSquee, they read my letter! Only I forgot to say I was a Patreon supporter. Oh well, next time!
Gina Dalfonzo
2020-03-15 14:31:53 +0000 UTCI have actually finished MP2 and 3 and wrote in strongly recommending them, though not perhaps immediately. They are each gems in their own way. All the DMC tropes are present and accounted for, but each book has new and different elements that are amazing and hilarious. As I read, I kept thinking how much I wanted to hear M&C's reactions. I do think separating them with other material will make them more enjoyable.
David C
2020-03-12 03:56:55 +0000 UTCThey're called "Combiners", Connor, and they're magnificent! https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Combiner ;-)
andrew
2020-03-10 15:01:08 +0000 UTC*grumbling*
372 Pages We'll Never Get Back
2020-03-10 14:13:27 +0000 UTCSeriously though, this was a fantastic episode! The bit about “designing Earth” was hilarious... Does anyone else think that maybe they should continue with the series? I mean, I’m guessing the other two books are equally as short... and unlike other books with sequels, I’d assume they would not be unbearably painful (Bob Honey, Shadow Moon) or just carbon copies of the original (the Titus Uno series)... there seems like there is still a lot of comedic material to mine, and let’s face it, it’s hard to find books that fit the mission of this podcast so well. What does everyone think?
Taylor Conner
2020-03-10 00:22:33 +0000 UTC“Did Conor just say Eisenhower reported back to President Wilson? Hmm, I wonder if Mike noticed... It went by pretty fast, he probably didn’t catch it... Besides, Mike would never stop the show in its tracks to embarrass his friend... Conor’s still talking, there’s no way Mike will bring it up now...” 😉
Taylor Conner
2020-03-10 00:16:40 +0000 UTCI feel fresh wounds being cruelly prodded as I watch that.
M Williams
2020-03-09 17:59:38 +0000 UTCThe "Throw Momma from the Train" bit is here-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6dbbQKPdNI
Mark Burger
2020-03-09 17:08:07 +0000 UTCOh my goodness, ST:TNG really played that up like it was a HUGE deal. The dramatic music! The looooong shots of it! And yeah...total dud. Rarely happened the rest of the series and often forgotten as an option.
Mike Truman
2020-03-08 02:40:30 +0000 UTCYeah, the moon basically had no part in this story.
JoshG
2020-03-07 15:51:33 +0000 UTCThe first episode of Star Trek The Next Generation has the Enterprise's saucer separating from the rest of the ship. It's been a long time since I've seen it so my memory isn't great and beer is making the rest blurry, but I don't recall that having much of a purpose. DMC probably thought, through all the circus music in his head, that "if their ship can separate into two pieces, then mine is going to become three."
Seth Daugherty
2020-03-07 07:08:28 +0000 UTCAm I mis-remembering, or is this the second book in a row where the protagonist is worried about potentially offending a vegetarian creature by serving meat? Maybe this is the birth of a new ‘long fingers’ trope.
Brocktoon
2020-03-07 06:27:16 +0000 UTCFor a book called “Moon People” and taking place on a spacecraft named “Lunar Base One”, I was expecting a bit more moon-iness in this story. But I did love the idea of space tech (tek??) catalogs!
Peter L
2020-03-07 05:33:25 +0000 UTCI want to know more about this online trivia league.
Eric Andrews
2020-03-07 05:06:51 +0000 UTCWith the Powleen talking about how primitive weapons are still useful in space, I gave the author the benefit of the doubt and assumed he meant primitive from the Powleens' point of view. "Sure, even if your electromagnetic railgun can only lob a motorcycle-sized slug at 10,000 miles per hour, that still packs a decent kick."
Theodore Lehman
2020-03-07 02:06:49 +0000 UTCRelated to one of the email questions, I don't think Cline comes across as less genuine because his nonsense books aren't sincere -- I think they really ARE the sincere thoughts of a rather simple person. But his books lack that charm because his actual worldview is so much more aggressive, mean-spirited, and cynical than Thrash or Courtney. Thrash and Courtney spend so much of their books talking about how all the characters are so nice and special and great and how everybody either gets along or SHOULD get along. Cline mostly just talks about how anyone not exactly like him is stupid and bad. It would be unpleasant to be around him, and it's unpleasant to peek into his brain.
Kormias
2020-03-07 01:49:20 +0000 UTC
