Return of the Podder: More of my favourite Podcast Shows (Part 2)
KCRW’s BOOKWORM Umberto Eco Nicole Krauss Bret Easton Ellis Identity (Series of 10) This is where the big guns of literature come out to bat. Or to talk. KCRW’S Bookworm is a major literary podcast show. It features serious, detailed discussions on literary matters, featuring big-name authors. One of their longest, most fascinating series was [...]
Invasion of the Pod People: The wonderful world of Podcasting and my current favourite Pod shows (Part 1)
A podcast, in case you didn’t know it already, is an audio recording intended to be broadcast over the internet, usually through an Apple store (check your iTunes program) and then downloaded onto your iPod, hence the name. You don’t need to DL to an iPod only. You can simply DL to your comp, and [...]
Multiple worlds, many wars: ‘Master’ Harry Turtledove’s treasure trove of Alternate History war sagas (Part III)
The World at War series The WorldWar series The WarWorld series The Colonization series The American Flag series The Videssos Legion series etc all by Harry Turtledove He’s called the ‘master’ of Alternate History and rightfully so. Harry Turtledove is an amazingly prolific, amazingly dependable author. He belies the notion that some readers have that [...]
