66 episodes
Thumbing Through Yesterday Tom Galli
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Join us as we take our favorite books off the shelf, dust them off, and remind ourselves why we love them. New episodes drop on the 7th and 21st of each month.
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65 - Vampire$
Vampire$ is John Steakley's second novel. It's about a group of church-funded mercenaries who hunt, you guessed it, vampires. It's an interseting and aytpical portrayal of these ancient villains, the an interesting interpretation of the people who hunt them.
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64 - Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow is a strange tale about a new society, the first generation of immortal humans. Told from the first-person view of Julius, a centenarian whose life revolves around preserving Dinsey World's Haunted Mansion from the technological advances of the 21st century, it's a story of conflict and sacrafice, and thoroughly weird.
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63 - Ringworld
Larry Niven's RIngworld is a masterpiece of classic SciFi. WInner of teh Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards, this is a favortie of both Tom and Tony. Join us as we revisit Louis Wu, Teela Brown, Speaker-to-animals, and Nessus the mad Puppetteer. How does this story hold up?
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62 - Camouflage
Camouflage by Joe Haldeman is Tony's pick this time around. A completely new experience for Tom, this book explores the life of an alien shapshifter who has been on Earth since before mankind evolved, long enough to forget it's an alien. Can it learn to love? And will the predatory Chameleon succed in its quest to murde the alien? Let's find out!
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61 - Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers is iconic Robert Heinlein. One of his best sellers, and arguably his most recognized novel, Starship Troopers explores life under the Terran Federation through the eyes of Johnny Rico as, after high school, he joins the military. In true Heinlein fashion, he does this to impress a girl. After failing to meet the standards for anything more elevated, Rico finds himself in the Mobile Infantry, combat soldiers who wear powered armor and specialize in lightning strikes.
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60 - Agent to the Stars
John Scalzi's first novel, Agent to the Stars, is a fun story about Tom Stein, a moderately-successful talent agent, who finds himself with a race of aliens as clients. His job? Find a way to reveal their presence to humanity without causing a fuss. A favorite of Tony's and a first-read for Tom, this is a genuinely delightful tale.