Showing posts with label gaming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gaming. Show all posts

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Reading Envy 062: Olfactory Stimuli

David Galloway returns to the Reading Envy pub to discuss more books. He previously appeared on Episode 028: The Room of Requirement and there are some fun connections to our last discussion. You don't need to hear 028 first! This episode is posting a few days early because Jenny is going off the grid for a week or so.

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Books discussed:



The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2008)
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1955)
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress (1993)
Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand (2007)
The Mussorgsky Riddle by Darin Kennedy (2015)
The Country of Marriage: Poems by Wendell Berry (1971)

Game Night, first and last, from Jenny's viewpoint, circa 2008
Other mentions:

Settlers of Catan (board game)
Ticket to Ride (board game)
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Newberry Award
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (in audio)
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Martian (film)
Bridge to Terabithia by Kathleen Paterson
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Nightmare Before Christmas (film)
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Gattaca (film)
Ramez Naam on the Sword and Laser podcast
More than Human by Ramez Naam
Dragon*Con
Modest Mussorgsky
How to be a Poet by Wendell Berry
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
Enchanted Islands by Allison Amend

Related episodes:

Episode 028 - The Room of Requirement with guest David Galloway

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David on his blog
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David on Twitter

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Reading Envy 007: Top Secret Dance-Off

Seth:


Ms. Marvel #1 by G. Willow Wilson
Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal


Scott:

One Human Minute by Stanisław Lem
"The Hedge Knight" from Legends by George R. R. Martin

Jenny:

Diaries by George Orwell
Serena by Ron Rash


Other items of note:
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanislaw Lem
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
Jane McGonigal TED Talks
SC Book Festival

And Poland was never part of the USSR.  Jenny would like to express sincere apologies for her complete lack of historical knowledge.  *grin*


Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy, Episode 7

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