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We sit down with Jason Heller, debut author of the political satire/speculative fiction novel Taft 2012. We chat about the recently released novel, his background in music, new projects that he's working on, and in his own words, his "beef with steampunk."
Taft 2012 can be found at ALD, your local library, on Kindle, and at Tattered Cover, among other booksellers. Check out Jason's music and book reviews at the AV Club and check out his blog for other updates.
Jan 28, 2012
Episode 017 - Twilight Impodcasting
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In this episode, we break up our nerd talk about pop culture and media with nerd talk about board games! During this episode, we are playing Twilight Imperium, a board game that would be best described as Axis and Allies meets Puerto Rico with a hint of Diplomacy. If that makes no sense to you, it involves lots of plastic ships and army building, trading, and a little bit of manipulating your friends. When we aren't threatening to send plastic ships after each other, we talk about Christmas blockbusters and we deeply analyze Craig Thompson's Habibi.
State of facial hair, favorite space race, playing as which race
Rob: European stubble, cat people from Red Dwarf, playing as Federation of Sol
Nick: Hopelessly nonexistent, space lions from Twilight Imperium, playing as Naalu Collective
Jeremiah: Evil universe goatee, Reagan era, playing as XXcha Kingdom
Jason: Mountain man fabulous, Kilrathi from Wing Commander, playing as The Emirates of Hacan
Mark: Normal and optimal, the greys, playing as the Universities of Jol-Nar
Midway through the game we talk books/film
Rob
Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson ALD | WorldCat
Nick
Haywire IMDb
The Adventures of Tintin IMDb
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo IMDb
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol IMDb
Mark
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows IMDb
Jason
The Artist IMDb
Near the end of the game
Update on game: Jason and Mark have epic skirmishes, Rob takes over the middle of the board, screaming "ROOOOOOOOBBBBBB," Jeremiah sits on the edge of space, Nick remains a non-factor
Roundtable Discussion on Craig Thompson's Habibi ALD | WorldCat
Post Game
After an epic three way war, Mark, Jason, and Rob are weakened. Nick remains a non-factor. Jeremiah could have had an epic win if we'd had three more hours of patience. Winner for now: Mark kind of. Winner in the future maybe: Jeremiah.
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In this episode, we break up our nerd talk about pop culture and media with nerd talk about board games! During this episode, we are playing Twilight Imperium, a board game that would be best described as Axis and Allies meets Puerto Rico with a hint of Diplomacy. If that makes no sense to you, it involves lots of plastic ships and army building, trading, and a little bit of manipulating your friends. When we aren't threatening to send plastic ships after each other, we talk about Christmas blockbusters and we deeply analyze Craig Thompson's Habibi.
State of facial hair, favorite space race, playing as which race
Rob: European stubble, cat people from Red Dwarf, playing as Federation of Sol
Nick: Hopelessly nonexistent, space lions from Twilight Imperium, playing as Naalu Collective
Jeremiah: Evil universe goatee, Reagan era, playing as XXcha Kingdom
Jason: Mountain man fabulous, Kilrathi from Wing Commander, playing as The Emirates of Hacan
Mark: Normal and optimal, the greys, playing as the Universities of Jol-Nar
Midway through the game we talk books/film
Rob
Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson ALD | WorldCat
Nick
Haywire IMDb
The Adventures of Tintin IMDb
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo IMDb
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol IMDb
Mark
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows IMDb
Jason
The Artist IMDb
Near the end of the game
Update on game: Jason and Mark have epic skirmishes, Rob takes over the middle of the board, screaming "ROOOOOOOOBBBBBB," Jeremiah sits on the edge of space, Nick remains a non-factor
Roundtable Discussion on Craig Thompson's Habibi ALD | WorldCat
Post Game
After an epic three way war, Mark, Jason, and Rob are weakened. Nick remains a non-factor. Jeremiah could have had an epic win if we'd had three more hours of patience. Winner for now: Mark kind of. Winner in the future maybe: Jeremiah.
Jan 12, 2012
Episode 016 - Awesome Is Not an Emotion
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In our first episode of 2012, Mark, Nick, and Jeremiah count down our favorite and least favorite topics, trends, books, and other media that came out or that we discovered in 2011. Resolutions are made and broken within the same episode, Nick takes 45 minutes to formulate a joke, and Jeremiah belts out monosyllabic laughs at our jokes. Enjoy!
3 Things we loved best from 2011
Nick
3. Alex Robinson, author of Tricked ALD | WorldCat
and Box Office Poison ALD | WorldCat
(ALD’s Graphic Novel Book Club)
2. X-Men: First Class ALD | WorldCat
1. Discovering lesser-known horror authors such as: Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, and Graham Joyce
Jeremiah
3. Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton ALD | WorldCat
2. John Dies at the End by John Wong ALD | WorldCat
1. Better storylines in video games such as: Uncharted 3, Portal 2 and inFamous 2?<----we remain skeptical about that one Mark
3. Dr. Who Season Six ALD | WorldCat
(especially the return of Craig on “Closing Time”)
2. Embassytown by China Mieville ALD | WorldCat
1. A brief flirtation with being less cynical.
Things we disliked in 2011
Mark
Reamde by Neal Stephenson ALD | WorldCat
Jeremiah
Green Lantern film and comics of 2011
Nick
Vertigo comics’ poor showing in 2011, especially with the latest volumes of Walking Dead and Fables
2011 Resolutions
Mark
Be less cynical
Jeremiah
Just survive, yo
Nick
Watch more sci-fi television, MAYBE Dr. Who
Bonus mustache moment with last minute Jason picks!
Favorites of 2011
3. Peter Dinklage as Tyrian in A Game of Thrones TV show ALD | WorldCat
2. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline ALD | WorldCat
1. Syfy's Alphas
Least Favorite of 2011
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin ALD | WorldCat
Listen via iTunes
In our first episode of 2012, Mark, Nick, and Jeremiah count down our favorite and least favorite topics, trends, books, and other media that came out or that we discovered in 2011. Resolutions are made and broken within the same episode, Nick takes 45 minutes to formulate a joke, and Jeremiah belts out monosyllabic laughs at our jokes. Enjoy!
3 Things we loved best from 2011
Nick
3. Alex Robinson, author of Tricked ALD | WorldCat
and Box Office Poison ALD | WorldCat
(ALD’s Graphic Novel Book Club)
2. X-Men: First Class ALD | WorldCat
1. Discovering lesser-known horror authors such as: Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, and Graham Joyce
Jeremiah
3. Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton ALD | WorldCat
2. John Dies at the End by John Wong ALD | WorldCat
1. Better storylines in video games such as: Uncharted 3, Portal 2 and inFamous 2?<----we remain skeptical about that one Mark
3. Dr. Who Season Six ALD | WorldCat
(especially the return of Craig on “Closing Time”)
2. Embassytown by China Mieville ALD | WorldCat
1. A brief flirtation with being less cynical.
Things we disliked in 2011
Mark
Reamde by Neal Stephenson ALD | WorldCat
Jeremiah
Green Lantern film and comics of 2011
Nick
Vertigo comics’ poor showing in 2011, especially with the latest volumes of Walking Dead and Fables
2011 Resolutions
Mark
Be less cynical
Jeremiah
Just survive, yo
Nick
Watch more sci-fi television, MAYBE Dr. Who
Bonus mustache moment with last minute Jason picks!
Favorites of 2011
3. Peter Dinklage as Tyrian in A Game of Thrones TV show ALD | WorldCat
2. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline ALD | WorldCat
1. Syfy's Alphas
Least Favorite of 2011
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin ALD | WorldCat
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