This week we're looking at some of the most fundamental issues in human philosophy as seen through super-heroes. Yes, if you thought that super-hero comics were just empty posturing and musclebound thugs, then you should look at "Superheroes and Philosophy" by Tom Morris and Matt Morris. It'll give you something to think about while you're thumbing ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday ( Read more... )

This week, we're looking at Michael Chabon's "Maps and Legends," a book which makes me want to be both a better reader and a better reviewer ( Read more... )

Just in time for the end of the year, too! I hope that 2009 was good to you, and if it wasn't then I hope 2010 is better ( Read more... )

This week, in honor of the Christmas holidays, we're looking at "The Stupidest Angel" by Christopher Moore! A heartwarming tale of Christmas Terror indeed.

Whichever holidays you are celebrating/have celebrated/will celebrate (good grammar covers all bases), I hope you have a wonderful time, and I'll see you again for New Year's Eve!

This week we have stories of Samurai Romance - "Comrade Loves of the Samurai" by Ihara Saikaku. Very short tales of the kind of love that would get you a quick chat in the kitchen with Chris Hansen these days. Although today, as in the olden days, suicide would still be a viable way to end the affair ( Read more... )

This week we have one of my old favorites - "The Green Futures of Tycho" by William Sleator, a wonderful YA time travel book about all the ways you can screw up your life by making simple, innocuous decisions. Ah, a cautionary tale ( Read more... )

This week it's the classic "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" by Douglas Adams, a great writer taken from us far too soon.... So fire up your electric monk, give it a listen and tell your friends!

This week is the last Thursday in the month, so it's Dresden Week! We're doing "Death Masks" by Jim Butcher, fully of old-fashioned demonic torment. As torments go, that's one of my favorites. So give it a listen, and share it with your friends!

This week we go for an American classic - "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. Truly a fantastic book - so good that I recoded the podcast twice so you wouldn't have to listen to me sounding like I'm talking to you through a coffee can. Still not sure what went wrong there ( Read more... )