Episode 39 - Broken Camera Blues
Added 2019-04-22 14:36:35 +0000 UTCWe are back after a week in Nashville! While we were there, we figured that we would take advantage of the opportunity to record face to face. So we recorded a dynamic, hilarious, touching video rattling off some potential Next Book candidates (it was well shot too.) Unfortunately, Mike had a checked bag mishap with his camera on the flight home (the airline killed it, thinking it was a service dog)
So we have reprised the chat over audio for folks to listen to! We'll discuss six candidates for potential new books. Listen and let us know what you think!
Links to the books we discussed, but without revealing titles:
Comments
Bob Honey caught me off guard, but in a bad way. I'm hoping for the same from Trucking Through Time, but in a good way. Honestly, my subconscious might have been reprogrammed by DDT, so I might not be the best judge of anything anymore.
Travis Lynn
2019-04-30 04:38:16 +0000 UTCMoon Man and/or Time Trucker. Too bad we can't read both at the same time... that'd be breaking the rules, but oh, what a dynamic (and confusing) podcast that would make! :-)
Kerry S.
2019-04-30 02:14:24 +0000 UTCHi, longtime DripTraxxing, and first time Pageon, joining to put in my 2-cents (well, 500 cents) re: the upcoming books. I have to say that please, for your own sanity and everyone else's, DO NOT go with Save the Pearls. If you thought it was uncomfortable reading just a two sentence summary, I can tell you that the entire book is no better. It is so, so much worse. It is an entire bucket of Yikes! And not just a regular bucket. One of those giant 500 gallon tipping buckets that you find at water parks. Except instead of water, it's full of racism. But don't take my word for it; try mentioning just the title to some of people attached to the Rifftrax Extended Universe and watch their reaction. Like, say, Lindsay Ellis. I'd also avoid The Mister, for similar reasons. It's just another nigh-plagurised, unedited fan-fic slog of boring that doesn't need the extra eyes or sales. However, that one that sounds like Breaker! Breaker! meets Time Chasers? After Bob Honey, I'm absolutely salivating for something earnestly and non-cynically bizzare-- something that sounds like a mindful of acid dumped onto a typewriter? Yes, please!
Bianca Kates keeps forgetting to change her Patreon name
2019-04-29 04:59:38 +0000 UTCI hope a Plas-sequel will be on the list of choices next time too!
Mary Jeschke
2019-04-26 17:17:45 +0000 UTC(And can I be the 94th person to tell Connor that the brick reference in the review he said he didn't get was a reference to Hitchhiker's Guide in which Adams says something hung in the sky in much the same way bricks don't.)
Ian Grainger
2019-04-26 09:51:15 +0000 UTCIf I have a preference it would be for something a little faster laced than the last two. I enjoyed the podcast but found the books themselves to be an annoying read (at least Thrash had a rather nice naivety though rather than the unrelenting cynicism of Penn). I think 1 or 2 would be my choice.
Ian Grainger
2019-04-26 09:49:24 +0000 UTCI am curious about the Pearl book - I heard about it before. But, it's probably too ugly to enjoy. I like 2 or 6 myself.
Daniel Laird
2019-04-26 04:17:17 +0000 UTCordered a copy right away. But now, after flipping through it and plucking a few scenes out for perusal, it strikes me as rather... well, dull. I'll probably still give it a try, at least until Dale hits 88 miles per hour, but my vote now goes for Antigua or Moon People. Or anything by Matthew Reilly.
Will Keightley
2019-04-26 03:35:46 +0000 UTCHundred percent with you on Matthew Reilly. Only ever read TEMPLE, but it was so laughable that fifteen years later, I still talk about it. I'm afraid to read anything else.
Will Keightley
2019-04-26 03:20:41 +0000 UTCMy husband read and enjoyed that. I can get behind this since I have a copy.
Laura Journey
2019-04-25 16:47:38 +0000 UTCOne thing worth bringing up, I've been re-listening to some of the past episodes, and Conor did mention there is a Settlers of Catan novelization. Apparently it's available in hardcover and eBook on Amazon.
Chris "GX" P.
2019-04-25 14:46:07 +0000 UTCThat said, this is a democracy, so Trucker seems to win.
Emily Brown
2019-04-25 10:04:29 +0000 UTCI say nay on the trucker one; the cover alone is terrible, not in a good way. I enjoy the lighter side of your mocking. Fairies!!! Please no Twilight fanfic, also. We might as well read Twilight itself.
Emily Brown
2019-04-25 10:02:57 +0000 UTCI vote with my dollars—Moon People and Trucking Through Time are both on the way to my house as we speak via Amazon.
Chuck Nice
2019-04-25 05:09:48 +0000 UTC“Halo: The Flood.” Imagine someone writing an adaptation of the very first game in the series—as they play through it, like a first person livestream. It’s mesmerizing.
Joe Johnson
2019-04-24 23:07:34 +0000 UTCE.L. James or Mark Lawrence. I prefer mocking "professional" works over things like 64-Squares.
marmar
2019-04-24 18:04:24 +0000 UTCMoon Man and Time Truckers get my vote. The books look excellent and I wouldn't feel too bad giving money to either of those authors, which I can't say about some of the others.
Victor Lams
2019-04-24 11:00:20 +0000 UTCI think #2 sounds perfect for this show. I also like the idea of #6 but both of them are expensive in print and no kindle edition. It will be hard for people to get a copy. One Word Kill or Antigua sound great.
Trevor H. Cooley
2019-04-24 08:57:15 +0000 UTCI'm scared of every choice. Bob Honey made me this way - mjn
372 Pages We'll Never Get Back
2019-04-24 01:36:31 +0000 UTCI vote for number two (uh)—the one by Dale M. Courtney. Thanks!
A. D. Jameson
2019-04-23 21:18:57 +0000 UTCThe racist one
James Lester
2019-04-23 21:11:30 +0000 UTCthat was my thinking with racist hunger games, but it appears not to be as popular a choice! Definitely need to balance out the terrible writer representation! -C
372 Pages We'll Never Get Back
2019-04-23 20:46:18 +0000 UTCMy first choice is one word kill, because its free with prime. Trucking through time and moon people are tied for second.
Mary Jeschke
2019-04-23 19:47:52 +0000 UTCAfter the repugnant cynicism of Bob Honey, Trucking Through Time or Antigua are what I vote for. They appear to have an earnestness that seem more fun than the other choices.
MST3James
2019-04-23 18:49:03 +0000 UTCI vote for Antigua
Gary
2019-04-23 17:44:03 +0000 UTCI don't want to read The Mister, but I do want to hear Michael J. Nelson reason poorly written X-rated DSOTW.
Erika Flowers
2019-04-23 16:42:43 +0000 UTCCan I just say that seeing 45 comments of people arguing about which book we should collectively suffer through warms my cold dark heart.
M Williams
2019-04-23 16:07:38 +0000 UTCTrucking through time! Or another Tek book. I feel Shatlart still has so much to offer us.
Nate Dickson
2019-04-23 15:44:09 +0000 UTCI'm most intrigued by "Trucking Through Time", but availability is a big issue. Might be nice to have a female "author" represented on here for once. Hey...they can write just as poorly as any dude, right?
JoshG
2019-04-23 15:39:42 +0000 UTCAnything available as an e-book would be best, but spending 15-25 bucks on a joke is hard to justify.
RotoLando
2019-04-23 14:52:01 +0000 UTCIf it was cheaper or more widely available, I'd be all over Trucking Through Time. But since it isn't, I vote for One Word Kill.
RotoLando
2019-04-23 14:49:59 +0000 UTCVoting for The Mister. Can't imagine anything that is written worse than "50 Shades". Also begging you NOT to pick "Trucking Through Time" for the sake of your international listeners. There is no ebook version; only 2nd-hand paper copies, which Amazon doesn't deliver outside of US.
Natalia Mclean
2019-04-23 14:32:48 +0000 UTCTrucking Thru Time is my vote.
Christian
2019-04-23 14:17:23 +0000 UTCBased on a definitely very complex Sabermetric analysis of cost and mockery potential, I vote for Moon People first and One Word Kill second. I think The Mister would be hilariously bad in many ways, but I feel like there might be too many sex scenes that the guys would just need to skim over.
Amanda Martyn
2019-04-23 12:46:57 +0000 UTCTrucking thru Time and Moon People are my votes. I would be all right with any of the others too though! Except Eden. Please please don’t do Eden.
Carson Heschle
2019-04-23 05:54:41 +0000 UTCBeen reading this trashy book called "If There Be Thorns" by VC Andrews and the contextless line "Perhaps you even told me it was all right for Paul to have sex just so he would have another heart attack!" made me think about 372 Pages. But for the actual next book One Word Kill seems to be a great selection.
Joe Talledo
2019-04-23 04:55:09 +0000 UTCI am going to have to go with the Moon People. Apparently the writing is "unfathomably juvenile" and I'm here for it.
Wondercake
2019-04-23 03:16:17 +0000 UTCTrucking through Time!
Jacob Grudzina
2019-04-23 03:11:34 +0000 UTCThe wife and I would like to register our heartfelt plea that you NOT do The Mister or Revealing Eden. Everything else sounds hilariously terrible, or at least tolerable. Antigua's got my vote.
George Allen
2019-04-23 02:07:45 +0000 UTCI would like to vote AGAINST Revealing Eden. I want no part of it after reading that description and hearing you talk about it. Please let's avoid it. I will vote for One Word Kill. It seems like it's back to the genesis of the podcast, with something RP1-like that a lot of people seem to like. There's also a chance it' s actually a good book? I know the author is pretty well thought-of in fantasy circles.
Tim Aubel
2019-04-23 02:00:28 +0000 UTCWhoa, Time Truckers is expensive. It's like $2.98...but then $25/shipping. That's kind of a lot for, well, crap.
Moviegique
2019-04-23 01:48:53 +0000 UTCI think One Word Kill would be great
Jacob Sawyer
2019-04-23 01:30:14 +0000 UTCI'd love a Matthew Reilly book (they feature a puzzle-solving falcon that gets carried in what is basically a baby björn when theres no room to fly), "Hard Luck Hank" (it's bananas), or the first book of either The Land series by Aleron Kong (gnomes rule!), or the Matt Drake series (jason bourne x 10000). Something readable but ridiculous.
Maji
2019-04-23 01:13:39 +0000 UTCAfter feeling guilty about Sean Penn making money on my last purchase I would prefer One Word Kill (free for prime; $1.99 otherwise.)
Al Taliaferro
2019-04-23 00:59:59 +0000 UTCI still prefer Delta. They fly the only nonstop Portland-Tokyo route in existence, so that's where I've gotta log my Skymiles (not to be confused with TekWar airmiles).
SabreMau
2019-04-23 00:42:25 +0000 UTCMoon People and Trucking Through Time both look like the type of madness I'd love to read for the show, though I'm a little worried about their print availability...
Growlph Ibex
2019-04-23 00:34:48 +0000 UTCUlysses! Or, I guess, Time Truckers.
Moviegique
2019-04-23 00:08:34 +0000 UTCMy dad's a trucker, so if we do Trucking Through Time I can quiz him on any inaccuracies.
Theodore Lehman
2019-04-22 23:03:14 +0000 UTCLooking up these books on amazon.ca I find that Moon People and Revealing Eden are both selling in the $45 dollar range, so my vote is for Trucking Through Time
Nicholas
2019-04-22 22:46:57 +0000 UTCLet's go: Trucking Through Time!
Jessie Beyrer
2019-04-22 20:22:25 +0000 UTCI guess any one of them sounds interesting enough, for different reasons. The ones I'm most interested in are probably, Trucking or Antigua.
Phillip J Pearson
2019-04-22 20:07:58 +0000 UTCI will be very sad if Wild Animus isn’t on this list. Plus it can be found at every thrift store everywhere.
Jennifer Tomich
2019-04-22 20:03:09 +0000 UTCI like 1 and 6
Riley Weckbacher-Robeck
2019-04-22 19:54:17 +0000 UTCReading the "About the Author" blurb for D. M. Courtney on Amazon makes me want to read Moon People.
Dave Ward
2019-04-22 19:32:29 +0000 UTCI vote Pearls but also sympathize with Mike’s desire to not dance on the cliff edge of the volcano of hot take topics. The inception of the podcast was a supposedly professional work that got glowing reviews and many were coerced into reading it. That Church of Bad Book Catharsis is my favorite kind of episode. That would make RP1 style-pro, bad, and overrated as 50%of selections, leaving self published and pro published but bad and little read to fight it out for the alternating slot. Just my take.
M Williams
2019-04-22 18:32:20 +0000 UTCMoon People or Trucking Through TIme based purely on covers.
David Rhinehart
2019-04-22 18:30:27 +0000 UTCAs for a pick either Save The Pearls one or the Mister would be my favorite picks.
Julian Kennedy
2019-04-22 18:26:07 +0000 UTCI like Revealing Eden since I've heard about the supposed racism of the book. Alternatively, The Mister may be good too, but it seems rather long although it apparently pissed off the Albanian ambassador which is alluring.
Luke Bovard
2019-04-22 17:50:15 +0000 UTC"Trucking Through Time" sounds awfully tempting, but I have to cast my vote for "One Word Kill". Either way, I'll be on board.
Max_MacKenzie338
2019-04-22 17:30:50 +0000 UTCMy vote is for "Trucking Through Time" which I have just purchased regardless, because it belongs on my coffee table.
LeRenardRoux
2019-04-22 17:13:48 +0000 UTCI think my first choice is "The Mister" just because it'll probably be the easiest for us to find, plus you two haven't done a "romance" novel yet. That being said, the other choices would probably be a more fun read in general.
Emma Schroeder
2019-04-22 16:52:16 +0000 UTCTrucker in time is looking intriguing. But a book that maybe we could rent from the library is helpful too. Feel bad about my last book purchase... The one that I threw away in the trash.
Brion K
2019-04-22 16:41:01 +0000 UTCMy votes for Moon People
Ben De Bono
2019-04-22 15:46:34 +0000 UTCoh my god
372 Pages We'll Never Get Back
2019-04-22 15:45:37 +0000 UTC<a href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmvr2p" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmvr2p</a>
Laura Journey
2019-04-22 15:42:42 +0000 UTCI'd be cool with any of them, but for me the last one holds the most allure - the cover and the single, ominous review give strong Thrash vibes. It's only physical, though, and there's just the one copy left on amazon.co.uk, so availability could be a potential issue?
Elizabeth Foote
2019-04-22 15:26:50 +0000 UTCFirst, you lose the audio recording of you Ready Player One review at a beer pub that you claim did not end in a street demonstration with yellow vested inflated cows setting fire to cars. But we will never know. And now we have cameragate...
Julian Kennedy
2019-04-22 15:20:14 +0000 UTCOh shoot, and The Mister!
Laura Journey
2019-04-22 15:20:00 +0000 UTCI remember when that Save the Pearls book first came out and there was controversy over a positive review it got. I would be interested in reading that one.
Laura Journey
2019-04-22 15:18:19 +0000 UTCI'd be happy with any of these although personally I'd prefer a book that has a physical copy - I can't put a kindle edition on my 372 pages book shelf!
A.T.
2019-04-22 15:13:44 +0000 UTC"let's see.. 50 shades...the mister...now on to the next recommendation in the list: eye of argon???"
amolove
2019-04-22 15:05:17 +0000 UTC
