Bookcast Bookcast

This week’s Bookcast is going in a slightly different direction than the past two entries.  Before we featured a discussion of the book that we were featuring later in the week for the Book and Film podcast, but it turns out that we didn’t have much to say about this week’s book, Jurassic Park, without bringing the movie into the discussion.  So instead I’m flying solo this week with a recap of a book signing I attended a few weeks back in Dayton for the release of the new Wheel of Time book The Gathering Storm.

As always,  Bookcast can be listened to in the player at the end of this post (click through to the site if you’re coming to us via an RSS reader) or, alternatively, you can point your favorite podcatching software to the Bookcast RSS feed or subscribe in iTunes.

In this week's episode of the Bookcast we focus on one of the least well-known world famous fantasy novels of the past three decades: The Neverending Story.  Most fans in the English speaking world only know The Neverending Story from the 1984 film adaptation and the two inferior sequels that followed.  What most didn't realize was that the first two movies were based on the bestselling 1979 young adult fantasy novel by the same name.  Not that you can really blame the fans in a pre-Internet world.  Author Michael Ende was famously so disgusted with the first film that he successfully sued to have his name removed from the credits, though that is another story to be told in another podcast.

So sit back and take a fifteen minute journey to the literary world of Fantasia as Chelsey and I talk about what makes this book a unique trope-twister  in the pantheon of young adult fantasy.  You might just discover one of the best fantasy books you never knew existed.

Bookcast can be listened to in the player at the end of this post (click through to the site if you're coming to us via an RSS reader) or, alternatively, you can point your favorite podcatching software to the Bookcast RSS feed or subscribe in iTunes.

Today we have the second of the three new podcasts promised this week.  Bookcast will be appearing weekly and will feature both myself and Chelsey Kalbach, the newest addition to the Insert Credits staff, with an occasional visit from Erron as well.  Books featured on the Bookcast will also usually show up in the third new podcast of the week, Book and Film, which I'll be posting tomorrow.

This week's bookcast focuses on Twilight, the series that's launched a billion ships.  Chelsey loves the series.  I loathe it.  We talk about the sharp gender line between love and hate, Stephanie Meyer's writing talents (or lack thereof), Edward's borderline abusive handling of the main romance, and whether or not Bella is actually a Canon Sue.  You can listen to the podcast in this post below or point your podcatching software of choice to the Bookcast feed.