Three stories by Ted Chiang

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Books and graphic novels:

Soon by Thomas Cadène and Benjamin Adam

For as Long as It Rains by Zviane

Lonely Boys by Sophie Bédard

Ohio Is for Sale by John Allen

Crickets #8 (Blood of the Virgin) by Sammy Harkham

Real Easy by Marie Rutkowski

Heat 2 by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner

The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin

Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin

Pastoral by André Alexis

Movies:

Nope

Barbarian

Tár

Top Gun: Maverick

The Power of the Dog

The Northman

Licorice Pizza

Kimi

The Clovehitch Killer

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

TV:

The White Lotus

Mare of Easttown

Outer Range

We Own this City

Midnight Mass

Old Enough!

Peacemaker

Evil

For All Mankind

The Bear

Better Call Saul

Andor

Video games:

Stray

The Last of Us Part II

Factorio

Music:

And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood: Bandcamp | Apple Music | Spotify

PRE PLEASURE by Julia Jacklin: Bandcamp | Apple Music | Spotify

Lighten Up by Erin Rae: Bandcamp | Apple Music | Spotify

11:11 by Pinegrove: Bandcamp | Apple Music | Spotify

Ali by Khruangbin and Vieux Farka Touré: Bandcamp | Apple Music | Spotify

I Feel Alive by TOPS: Bandcamp | Apple Music | Spotify

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We get into spoilers starting at 16:30. If you want to avoid spoilers, skip ahead to 1:00:12 when indicated.

Links to things we talked about:

• Deadline: "Jeffrey Wright To Star In MRC and T-Street’s Untitled Cord Jefferson Film"
• Erasure and Dr. No by Percival Everett 
• The New York Times: "In a New Novel, Percival Everett Riffs Gleefully on 007" 
• Deadline: "'The Sympathizer’: Sandra Oh Among Three Cast In HBO & A24’s Drama Series Adaptation" & "‘The Sympathizer’: Five Join Robert Downey Jr. In HBO & A24’s Drama Series Adaptation"
• The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen 
• The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
• Other major books in the "Mitchellverse" include:
   Cloud Atlas, Black Swan Green, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, and Utopia Avenue
• Ed Brubaker, famed comic book writer who's name sounds like a character in this book!
• A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
• Dark (2017-2020) by Baran bo Odar & Jantje Friese
• Cloud Atlas (2012) dir. by Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, & Lilly Wachowski

A couple books coming in our 2023 season:

• Gideon the Ninth by  Tamsyn Muir 
• The "First Law" books by Joe Abercrombie

Shepherd.com: "Five Graphic Novels Just Begging to be Brought to the Screen"

• Black Hole by Charles Burns
• The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
• Sandman Mystery Theatre by Matt Wagner, Steven T. Seagle, Guy Davis, et al.
• I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason 
• Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

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We get into spoilers starting at 30:02. Spoiler-free again at 1:24:25! 

Links to things we talked about:

• It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
• Shudder
• Deadline: "Lorenzo Mieli Secures Rights To Italo Calvino’s Classic Novel ‘The Baron In The Trees’"
• The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
• Collider: "Damian Lewis to Star in Euros Lyn's Dark Comedy 'The Radleys'"
• The Radleys by Matt Haig
• Falcon Lake, directed by Charlotte Le Bon
• A Sister by Bastien Vivès
• The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
• My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
• My Best Friend's Exorcism, directed by Damon Thomas
• Bunnicula by James Howe & Deborah Howe, illustrated by Alan Daniel
• Fright Night, directed by Tom Holland
• Deadline: "‘The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires’ Adaptation Among First Projects On Producer Patrick Moran’s Amazon Development Slate"
• "Jo Walton Reads"

Our "Spooky Season" Plugs:

• Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono (and Kiki's Delivery Service, directed by Hayao Miyazaki)
• Dracula by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat (and Dracula by Bram Stoker)

Next Episode:

• The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

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Links to things we talked about:

• TITAN by François Vigneault
• Cartoon Brew: "Jet Li Turned Down ‘The Matrix’ Films Because He Didn’t Want Warner Bros. To Own His Mo-Cap Martial Arts"
• Apples To Orangutans podcast
• Matewan by John Sayles
• CinemaBlend: "John Cena Responds To Viral Dave Bautista Comment About Not Working With Him Or The Rock"
• Deuteragonist
• Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch) with Giancarlo Esposito

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We get into spoilers starting at 25:25. Spoiler-free again at 42:18!

Links to things we talked about:

• Variety: Fox Moves Forward With Graphic Novel Adaptation ‘Who Is Jake Ellis?,’ Taps Josh Mond to Direct
• Who Is Jake Ellis? by Nathan Edmondson and Tonči Zonjić: Bookshop
• YouTube: THE PERIPHERAL | Official Trailer
• The Peripheral by William Gibson: Bookshop | IMDB
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke: Bookshop
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: Bookshop | IMDB
• ‎In This Issue...: Acme Novelty Library #8 with Austin English on Apple Podcasts

Our Plugs:

• Pink Lemonade by Nick Cagnetti
• Heat 2: Bookshop
• Heat: IMDB

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Links to things we talked about:

• The Sandman IMDB 
• The Sandman Book One by Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, Mike Dringenberg, et al
• Vice: Why Does Everything On Netflix Look Like That?
• Death by Neil Gaiman, Chris Bachalo, et al
• Sandman Mystery Theatre by Matt Wagner, Steven Seagle, Guy Davis, et al

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Links to things we talked about:

• The Hollywood Reporter: Keanu Reeves to Lead ‘Devil in the White City’ Hulu Series From Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio
• The Beast of Chicago: The Murderous Career of H. H. Holmes by Rick Geary
• YouTube: BLONDE | Official Trailer
• Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
• You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
• Mare of Easttown
• Stick It
• Election
• The Last Supper
• Dare Me by Megan Abbott IMDB (crew includes cartoonist Ariel Schrag)

Our Plugs:

• Ham on Rye: Kanopy | IMDB
• NOPE: IMDB

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Links to things we talked about:

• "Randall Park and Adrian Tomine Are Going to Do Shortcomings Right—Or Not at All" —Vanity Fair
• White Noise trailer | Bookshop
• In  This Issue... featuring François and Zack Soto discussing Black Hole #1 in depth
• Black Hole by Charles Burns
• Black Hole short film by Rupert Sanders
• "‘Dope’ Filmmaker Tackling ‘Black Hole’ Adaptation" —The Hollywood Reporter
• Leave No Trace, based on the novel My Abandonment by Peter Rock

Our Plugs:

• The unadaptable Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
• Lolita Podcast | ENGL 291: The American Novel Since 1945: Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

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Links to things we talked about:

• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
• "Daredevil: Born Again: Quick Things We Know About The Marvel Series" —Cinemablend
• The Sandman Trailer | Bookshop
• The Interview with the Vampire Trailer | Bookshop
• Paper Girls Trailer | Bookshop

Our Plugs:

• Evil
• Québécois Graphic Novels for Anglophones
• Talli: Daughter of the Moon Volume One out on September 27

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Links to things we talked about:

• The Tripods series by John Christopher:
  • The White Mountains, The City of Gold and Lead, The Pool of Fire, and Before the Tripods Came
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
  • "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Limited Series Set At Showtime As Part Of Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman CBS TV Studios Overall Deal" —Deadline
  • Chabon's (quite active!) Instagram
• Hyperion by Dan Simmons 
  • "Why Bradley Cooper’s Hyperion Movie Will Be Epic for Sci-FI Fans"  —Movieweb

Our Plugs:

• François discussing Black Hole #1 with Zack Soto on his new podcast In This Issue...
• And François is interviewed on the Parker Edison Project

Next Episode: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin!

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