Bookbabble Episode 39: There’s Gonna Be A Movie Based on The Asteroids Videogame!

Jul 24, 2009 by donny

Bookbabble Episode 39: There’s Gonna Be A Movie Based on The Asteroids Videogame!
Recorded 20 July 2009
Babblers: Renee, Lone, Lars, Donny

Synopsis:

The groups discusses books-related movies that either just opened or are around the corner.  We go off on a little tangent, as we usually do BB-style, as we uncover upcoming, jaw-dropping gems in the movie industry.

 

Show Length: 55:24 mins

Books/Movies Mentioned:

• Harry Potter 6: The Half-Blood Prince, JK Rowling (movie)
• Breaking the Waves, Lars von Trier
• Antichrist, Lars von Trier
• Where the Wild Things Are (movie)
• Human Stain, Philip Roth
• Death of A Salesman, Arthur Miller
• Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates
• The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1), Rick Riordan

Links:

• Universal Wins Rights To Produce An…Asteroids Movie

 

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Bookbabble Episode 38: He’s Still Not Crying

Jul 20, 2009 by donny

Bookbabble Episode 38: He’s Still Not Crying
Recorded 13 July 2009
Babblers: Gem, Renee, Marcel, Donny

Synopsis:
You probably won’t know who Marcel is, who joined us a couple of episodes back.  But as we’re time traveling at the moment with Donny being behind on a couple episodes, suffice it to know that Marcel is *one of us*, and as with the other babblers, will dazzle you with his profound knowledge and book geekiness.  The group discusses what was read in the Bookbabble hiatus period, and goes from classics to accidental forays into fantasy to anime and other good stuff.

Show Length: 70:29 mins

Books Mentioned:

• Moby Dick, Herman Melville
• The Road, Cormac McCarthy
• Hardboiled and Hard Luck, Banana Yoshimoto
• A Late Divorce, A.B. Yehoshua
• A Drifting Life, Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Review by Marcel)
• Batman: The Resurrection of Ra’s Al Ghul (Review by Marcel)
• Arkham Asylum, Grant Morrison
• Bill Sienkiewicz
• Gloriana, the Unfulfilled Queen, Michael Moorcock
• Mother London, Michael Moorcock
• Electra, Frank Miller

 

Links:

• Shigekuni

 

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Bookbabble Update

Jul 18, 2009 by donny

Those of you who follow the show will realize that Bookbabble seemed to have disappeared for over a month.  We weren’t really gone; in fact, we actually have 3 episodes done up over this period. 

The quick story is I was away in Sweden & Denmark for 3 weeks, and I overestimated my ability to work on the shows while gallivanting in Europe.  The two shows sat in my hard disk perched precariously over multiple x-ray scans and security checks, but thankfully have made it through.

Our last show was recorded just this past Sunday, and you should be seeing that in your RSS feeds and on this website by tomorrow.

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