Bookbabble Does Quantum Leap!

Jun 17, 2010 by donny

Well.  As our dear dedicated listeners know, Bookbabble episodes have been slow in coming.  We’re pretty behind in our show releases, but I’m trying to get our some of our shows that do not require as much editing out the door as soon as possible.  We have an episode on funny novels, one where we spoke about comics and reviews and pink noise and fantasy characters cage matches, and even the infamous and oft-delayed (first for planning, now for releasing!) Paul Auster smackdown!

During this time you will see the numbers for the BB episodes jump up and down more often than a toad in a dumpster.  Worry not.  The trusty Episode List shall be your guide, and you’ll know you’re not losing your marbles when episode 67 comes after 73.

Hang in there!

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Ep 67: 2 Books in 2 Hours! Hanging Out with John Wray – Part 2

Jun 17, 2010 by donny

Bookbabble Episode 67: 2 Books in 2 Hours! Hanging Out with John Wray – Part 2
Recorded 19 April  2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Bjorn and guest John Wray

Synopsis:

Literary author John Wray joins the group for a round of bookbabbling, and ended staying for over 2 hours!  Learn a little more about this talented author of works such as The Right Hand of Sleep, Canaan’s Tongue and his latest novel, Lowboy.  Also, find out why he is compelled to maintain a ‘state of slight illness, indefinitely’.

Remember to check out part 1 of this interview.

(Photo Credit: Washington Post)

Show Length: 1:16:26

John Wray on the Net:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wray_%28novelist%29
• http://www.johnwray.net/
• twitter.com/john_wray

Novels:

• Canaan’s Tongue
• Lowboy
• The Right Hand of Sleep

Links:

• http://books.google.dk/books?id=7XuHeJ7mAf0C&dq=john+wray+The+Right+Hand+of+Sleep+won+prize%3F&source=bl&ots=DJ_G6I6reF&sig=Kcsx2UaRj2t6YLE5an5–IJQSqI&hl=da&ei=PCbLS5THJZKoOPSamKwG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CB8Q6AEwBA
• Kurt Bauer
• http://www.amazon.de/Retter-Welt-John-Wray/dp/3498073621/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271605150&sr=8-3
• Peter Knecht
• http://www.amazon.com/Motherless-Brooklyn-Jonathan-Lethem/dp/0571226329/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271606021&sr=8-1
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivka_Galchen
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colson_Whitehead
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lethem
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault
• http://www.insound.com/Marmalade_Beautiful_Soup_MP3/productmain/p/INS35105/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Musil
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_Anderson
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Hazzard
• http://shigekuni.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/slopover-shirley-hazzards-the-bay-of-noon/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_the_Artist
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Adams_%28character%29
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Tutuola
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_%28novel%29
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Paul_Schreber
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haneke
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Ribbon
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bowen
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walser_%28writer%29
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Grass
• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kurzeck
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vlautin
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/dec/20/northline-vlautin-review
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Mountain
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._T._Lowe-Porter
• Merete Pryds Helle
• http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/455278-Facts_Figures_2009_Revised.php
• Hans Henny Jann
• Perrudja
• Fluß Ohne Ufer
• Jahnn
• Reinhard Jirgl
• Arno Schmidt
• Thomas Vinterberg
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_All_About_Love
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Wendy
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarino
• Brian Evenson "The Open Curtain"
• http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14120-true-love-cast-out-all-evil/
• Cornelis Vreeswijk

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Ep 67: 2 Books in 2 Hours! Hanging Out with John Wray – Part 1

Jun 17, 2010 by donny

Bookbabble Episode 67: 2 Books in 2 Hours! Hanging Out with John Wray – Part 1
Recorded 19 April  2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Bjorn and guest John Wray

Synopsis:

Literary author John Wray joins the group for a round of bookbabbling, and ended staying for over 2 hours!  Learn a little more about this talented author of works such as The Right Hand of Sleep, Canaan’s Tongue and his latest novel, Lowboy.  Also, find out why he is compelled to maintain a ‘state of slight illness, indefinitely’.

Remember to check out part 2 of this interview.

(Photo Credit: Complex.com)

Show Length: 1:01:19

Links:

• 3 Part Q&A with John Wray:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgp3hIAEvfc
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpG8GCvIHg&feature=related
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZwxbbOwuE8&feature=related
• John Wray reads to commuters
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3_3xzxIQVY

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Episode 70: What Are Sound Novels

Jun 13, 2010 by donny

Bookbabble Episode 70: What Are Sound Novels
Recorded 17 May 2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Renee, Bjorn, Donny

Synopsis:

This week we’re introduced to the seemingly new form of storytelling called ‘sound novels’.  We find out a little more about this supposedly new medium, guided by a resident expert, Renee’s daughter, the Wilde Childe herself, Rosemary.  Along the way, Marcel treats us to a story of Amazon reviews abuse by the author himself.  Oh, and Stephenie Meyer.

Show Length: 58:39

Links::

• Higurashi When They Cry
• Umineko no Naku Koro ni
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_novel#Related_terms
• http://lucarinfo.com/alex/alexstories.html
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/music/mm/sound02.shtml
• Edward and Bella Pic Montage
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_novel
• http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/nm_playlist.html
• A literary mystery came to an end when the scholar blamed first his wife and then illness for anonymously savaging his rivals

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-13

Jun 13, 2010 by donny

• Having a little problem uploading episodes, sorry abt the delay! Hopefully this will be sorted soon… #
• Just finished interview with @ScottSigler. Fascinating chat! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30

May 30, 2010 by donny

• @HanburyAgency You can send it to feedback@bookbabble.net. Thanks! in reply to HanburyAgency #

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Bookbabble Listener Survey

May 22, 2010 by donny

So we’ve been doing this for over 2 years now, happily chatting away and picking up intelligent audiences along the way.  However, that’s like all we know about you.  We’d like to know more, and we’d be mightily grateful if you would just spend a few minutes to fill in a short survey about the show.

Click the image above, or just click here to begin.

Thanks a lot!

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