Episode 023 - A Wind Named Froederick

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The venerable Christopher Rippey (who has watched the entirety of Star Trek: Voyager on YouTube) joins Mark, Nick, and Jason for a bat-discussion, The Avengers, Patrick Rothfuss' The Kingkiller Chronicles, Caitlin Kiernan's The Drowning Girl, and, uh, Neil Diamond.

Items mentioned:  

• Batman: The Cult by Jim Starlin WorldCat  
• Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City Wikipedia  
• The Black Mirror by Scott Snyder WorldCat  
• Batman: Hush by Jeph Loeb ALD | WorldCat  
• The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller WorldCat  
• The Dark Knight Rises Trailer  
• Marvel's The Avengers IMDb  
• The Avengers vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis ALD | WorldCat  
• The Cabin in the Woods IMDb  
• John Carter IMDb  
• The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss ALD | WorldCat  
• The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss ALD | WorldCat  
• Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe ALD | WorldCat  
• The Drowning Girl by Caitlin Kiernan ALD | WorldCat 
• American version of The IT Crowd Wikipedia 
• Benedict Cumberbatch will be Khan in Star Trek sequel Source  
• Star Trek ALD | WorldCat 
• Chakoya's Rock - YouTube 
• Webcomic Ax Cop to be adapted to cartoon on Fox Source 
• Disney picks up Graveyard Book film rights Source  
• Pitch Black ALD | WorldCat  
• Jason wants to talk about impressive DIY car repair, ties it to Firefly  
• Brother From Another Planet WorldCat  
• The Unincorporated Man by Dani and Eyton Kollin ALD | WorldCat

Episode 022 - Excessive Back Story

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Nick, Jason, Mark, and Bob do not discuss why Mark was Googling Geordi LaForge, but we do talk about volcanoes, the merits of Gary Ross' The Hunger Games, and a whole host of recently announced award nominees.

Items mentioned:

• The Hunger Games [film] IMDb
• Gary Ross won't direct Catching Fire Source
• Comic Book Men Website
• Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope IMDb
• Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson ALD | WorldCat
• (Dune by Frank Herbert ALD | WorldCat)
• Spin by Robert Charles Wilson WorldCat
• (Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson ALD | WorldCat)
• Hugo Awards Nominations Announced Source
• Eisner Awards Nominations Announced Source
• Joss Whedon releasing many films:
• The Cabin in the Woods IMDb
• The Avengers IMDb
• Much Ado About Nothing IMDb
• Mass Hysteria over the ending of Mass Effect 3 Source
• Bram Stoker Awards kinda sad Source
• Alcatraz and Terra Nova: thumbs down
• Touch, Grimm, and Awake: thumbs up
• Star Wars Kinect makes Han Solo do shame dance Video

Rob Ziegler Interview

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Nick and Jason interview Rob Ziegler, author of the critically-acclaimed Seed. We talk about how he got started writing, some of the political nuance behind Seed's otherwise action-y and western-y charms, and his next book, Angel City.

Seed can be found at ALD, your local library, on Kindle, and at Tattered Cover among other booksellers. Keep an eye out for the softcover version to be released 9/2012. Keep up with Rob Ziegler's new book and other appearances at http://zieglerstories.com/

P.S. Please note that the technical hiccup early on in the interview (marked by a loud, angry beep) was the result of Mark's brilliant editing. Nick had asked Mr. Ziegler for a more thorough description of the book. It was a great question. Mark feels like a jerk.