A Deadman's Books

When Odysseus leaves to fight in the Trojan War, his way back home becomes a little complicated. Meanwhile, his wife Penelope and son Telemachus are fighting off suitors who are trying to take the throne in Ithaca. Telemachus must find his father. Odysseus must find his way home. In today's episode, we look at Gareth Hinds adaptation of Homer's the Odyssey done via graphic novel.Thanks for listening!Resources for today's episode: The Odyssey by HomerThe Odyssey adapted by Gareth Hinds#booktube #booktok #bookstagram #ReadersofYouTube #Bookish #CurrentlyReading #BookCommunity #BookRecommendations #BookReview #BookLovers #Lit #Literature #odyssey #homer #nolan

What if you had never watched or read The Lord of the Rings but only played the Lego version? This week, Hollis tells us his perspective of LOTR, The Hobbit, and college football season. We roll on with our summer of Tolkien with our field trip to the video game, Lego: The Hobbit Thanks for listening!#booktube #booktok #bookstagram #ReadersofYouTube #Bookish #CurrentlyReading #BookCommunity #BookRecommendations #BookReview #BookLovers #Lit #Literature #tolkien #LOTR #fellowship #lordoftherings #hobbit

Continuing our Big Summer Read with the Lord of the Rings, we review Peter Jackson's 2002 adaptation of The Two Towers. Do we like the movie better than the book? Find out what we think in this week's episode.#booktube #booktok #bookstagram #ReadersofYouTube #Bookish #CurrentlyReading #BookCommunity #BookRecommendations #BookReview #BookLovers #Lit #Literature #tolkien #LOTR #fellowship #lordoftherings #hobbit

As Frodo and Sam continue their journey towards Mordor, we also continue our Big Summer Read. The Fellowship has broken. While Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas chase an orc party to save Merry and Pippin, Frodo and Sam have ventured off to destroy the ring on their own with their new guide...Gollum. Tolkien's legendary tale continues to weave its yarn as the march to destroy the ring continues.Thanks for listening!Theme song for A Deadman's Books: Surfing! by automaticbananasResources for today's episode:The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien#booktube #booktok #bookstagram #ReadersofYouTube #Bookish #CurrentlyReading #BookCommunity #BookRecommendations #BookReview #BookLovers #Lit #Literature #tolkien #LOTR #fellowship #lordoftherings #hobbit

In this episode of Vintage ADMB, we go back to earlier this summer where we sat down and talked to Randy Cribbs about his novel, The Vessel: Tinaja (episode 88). To pair with the theme of eternal life and the expectations that may come with that which we discussed with Dennis E. Taylor's novel, We are Legion (We are Bob), we've pulled out a part from the interview in which Randy talks about the theme of eternal life and unlimited power in his own novel. Randy then discusses his writing process, how history leads him when writing, and how living in the city of St. Augustine, Florida is the perfect place for an author.

When Bob sells his tech company, he immediately goes and commits to cryogenically freezing himself upon his death. The ironic thing is that it comes within that week. When Bob is brought back to life in the future, he soon learns that he is an artificial intelligence program...and things are different. A Christian theocracy has taken control of North American, Europe has become the United States of Europe, Brazil is extremely militaristic, Australia is doing their own thing, and the Middle East has been nuked into a wasteland that no one enters. Bob's directive is to control Heaven-1 to the starts to help find new habitable planets, but he has to beat everyone else there, and on his way out of orbit, he sees Earth flickering in the distance as it is being pounded by nuclear weapons. We're asking the tough questions: What does it mean to be living? What is true free will? Could you live with multiple clones of yourself? Jason Crockett joins us as we answer these and more.Thanks for listening!Resources for today's episode:We are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis E. TaylorTheme song for A Deadman's Books: Surfing! by automaticbananas#booktube #booktok #bookstagram #ReadersofYouTube #Bookish #CurrentlyReading #BookCommunity #BookRecommendations #BookReview #BookLovers #Lit #Literature