Episode 53 - Seven Days of Mystery, Drama, Excitement, Compassion, Horror, and Romance
Added 2019-08-29 16:17:55 +0000 UTCWe finally finish Charles E. Harris aka The Horny Grandpa's saga Trucking Through Time. Tension is high as we finally will get an answer to our big question: will the author handle things sloppily or hamfistedly?? There's a big military standoff, sexy-time both across the river and in the breakdown lane of an interstate, and frankly, way more James A. Garfield involvement than anyone was expecting.
Unfortunately, there's just not enough of our two favorite characters: the Denver lunch clairvoyant and Dale's loser son. Guess we'll just have to wait for a sequel!
Thanks for your support, you'll be the first to hear about our NEXT BOOK! And come on out to see us on 9/18 at Sisyphus Brewing in Minneapolis!
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"Handbook for Mortals" by Lani Sarem. Apparently it bulk-order scammed its way onto the NYT bestseller list, but they self-corrected later after that was discovered. Still...might be a fun one.
JoshG
2019-09-09 16:03:06 +0000 UTCRan across another one from this article: https://electricliterature.com/this-book-that-scammed-its-way-onto-the-times-bestseller-list-is-real-real-bad/
JoshG
2019-09-09 16:00:20 +0000 UTCI got a copy via Amazon prime, and the first chapter wasn't bad. I don't think there'd be much fodder in that one. :-( I picked up four 50-cent discount books last weekend, but none of them seem to have the 'magic stuff.'
Kerry S.
2019-09-07 01:07:23 +0000 UTCThat sounds like a pretty interesting option... but, as there's a Bill Murphy character, is there a Kevin Corbett??? If so, that would make it the perfect synchronicity for this podcast.
Kerry S.
2019-09-06 03:24:36 +0000 UTCI have a book recommendation, but it's decidedly not mainstream: "Murder to Scale," by Debra B. Schiff. I admit I haven't read it, but check out this blurb: 'Model train enthusiast Tom McCloud tries to discover who murdered fellow model railroader Bill Murphy and stole his scratch-built engine during the setup of a model railroad display in a church basement.' Look, I like model railroads. Heck, I know about this book because it was in the News & Products section of Model Railroader Magazine. But a murder mystery about them? Really? I mean, the author is the spokeswoman for Bachmann, so I guess write what you know, but let's be real, there's a reason nearly every book on model railroading is nonfiction.
Theodore Lehman
2019-09-04 23:26:08 +0000 UTCoh my god
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2019-09-04 13:20:44 +0000 UTCEnd of an era. I for one will miss reading of Rosenchad and Guildendale and their adventures with Slim Fast, Blue Light, Feather Dance, and the gang.
Kerry S.
2019-09-04 03:12:09 +0000 UTCAfter listening to the call in podcast, some mainstream novel ideas could be The Host by Stephanie Meyer, or The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling, or if a classic is wanted there is Pride, Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Gramme-Smith which set off the classic novel zombie novels, sigh.
Kelly Long
2019-09-04 02:52:16 +0000 UTCI don't know if this is widely known, so forgive me if I'm boring y'all: In the original script for "Groundhog Day", there was a cause for Murray's plight. His former girlfriend (whom he had, of course, badly misused) was a witch who had put a curse on him. Would've ruined the movie.
Moviegique
2019-09-03 20:44:35 +0000 UTCDon't know if it would come under mainstream or absurd, but I'd recommend Bram Stoker's The Lair of the White Worm if you ever decide to truck back through time yourselves reading-wise. It's an old story, a relatively short read but a deeply weird one (and pretty darn racist to boot). If you wanted to make the case that Stoker was a one-hit wonder, this book would be Exhibit A.
Adam Lewis Smith
2019-09-02 21:35:46 +0000 UTCYou mean with the Eskimo, the Fish-Lipped Guy, and the Friendly-Looking Backup Singer?
Taylor Conner
2019-09-02 04:45:06 +0000 UTCI regularly pass through Cheyenne and no, they don't have any stories on the back. But then again I haven't been stopping at truck stop diners.
David Moore
2019-08-31 17:41:30 +0000 UTCLoved all the actor auditions missing their stage directions ππ canβt wait for the next book!
Kelly Long
2019-08-31 01:16:11 +0000 UTCI thought Mike was going to play that "California lady" song with the fish lips guy. π
Brion K
2019-08-31 00:32:02 +0000 UTC"Wow. That was a good episode of the podcast, full of laughs and great observations over that author. He is known to be very humorous and I enjoy them for being so observant over him." Spoke the Patreon supported over his own chuckling.
Michael Coello
2019-08-30 19:12:39 +0000 UTCHas anyone gone to Wyoming to check a menu to see if it has stuff on the back? I was thinking about heading out to Wyoming in a few weeks anyways and wondering if I should hit a restaurant and snap a few menu pics to see if it holds true
Jeremy Rieske
2019-08-30 15:39:36 +0000 UTCIt's bonkers to go back and examine Trucking Through Time's transition from "woke truckers" to "Grandpa, no!"
Theodore Lehman
2019-08-30 13:58:39 +0000 UTCHenceforth we're just changing everyone's name to Heather.
Heather
2019-08-30 13:47:03 +0000 UTCThat's a good suggestion for a more mainstream book.
RotoLando
2019-08-30 08:55:59 +0000 UTCAnother series that may be worth a look is Scott Meyer's Off To Be The Wizard. I read the first book and didn't hate it, but I strongly suspected I'd hate the next one!
Mike Truman
2019-08-30 03:58:18 +0000 UTCConsider Artemis by Andy Weir. Like Cline, he came out storming with the Martian, a book that (at least on the first read) was really strong. But Book #2 was not nearly as good. It's not terrible, but it's not great either.
Mike Truman
2019-08-30 03:57:17 +0000 UTCToo bad we never got the Miss Marie prequel which really explains in great detail why they're all so afraid of her and then the sequel about the adventures of the son and his new bride. Someone in this group will just have to write those.
Christopher Dazey
2019-08-30 03:06:10 +0000 UTCI think you're right: that's Occam's razor, no reason to get more complicated. -- mjn
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2019-08-29 23:48:41 +0000 UTCAs a theory for the James A. Garfield chronology issue, I think the revelation that he set the story in precisely the year of Garfield's birth might give us the answer: He went to wikipedia (or just Google in general), saw the date of birth and thought it was the date of his inauguration (or something similar). He seems like the type to just grab the first date he saw and never check it again.
Kormias
2019-08-29 21:46:22 +0000 UTC""Dammit Boy!" is the cry of the man who spilled coffee on his white button-down on the way into the office. "Dammit Boy!" is the victorious shout of the girl whose soccer team just made the playoffs. "Dammit Boy!" is the howl of the crowd watching the lead guitarist shred a classic anthem." Is it...?
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2019-08-29 19:50:01 +0000 UTCThere is also a "Dammit Boy" version: https://dammitboyproducts.com/shop Unfortunately, neither version comes in toddler sizes. lol
Emma Schroeder
2019-08-29 19:15:24 +0000 UTChttps://www.amazon.com/Rombella-Shuttle-Bill-Convertito/dp/0890411603/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Rombella+Shuttle&qid=1567103624&s=gateway&sr=8-1
JoshG
2019-08-29 18:36:20 +0000 UTCRan across this one: "The Rombella Shuttle", by Bill Convertito. The description brings joy to my 372 page heart: Earth's time table suddenly speeded up. The population began to reproduce like crazy - in defiance of established zero population growth principles - and gestation took only three months! Hospitals were packed with kids who could walk, talk, and do other strange things only a few days after delivery! Soon there wouldn't be enough money, or food, or water in the world to support them. And they still kept coming! So Martin James and the other scientists of the Institute of Applies Logic were hired to discover why, and who on Earth (or in Space) was behind the baby boom - before the whole world went broke... or starved... or died of thirst!
JoshG
2019-08-29 18:36:06 +0000 UTCSpeaking of NEXT BOOKS, if you have any suggestions, we're always all ears! Think our preference is to alternate between more mainstream books (clines, shatlarts) and your absurd stuff nobody's ever heard of (DDT, Harris, etc)
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2019-08-29 16:35:46 +0000 UTC
