Forgotten Classics: October 2009

10.27.2009

Repeat of Episode 31: The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox

In which I am still out of town for a family emergency and repeat an old favorite of mine. We sample a bit of the humor and imagination of Barry Hughart in ancient China that "never was." as told in The Bridge of Birds.

Bridge of Birds

Rating: PG

This book is under copyright.

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Book Links

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10.19.2009

Halloween Story: Shirley Jackson Horror Sampler

In which I am unexpectedly out of town
for a family emergency and
provide a rerun of The Lottery (episode 22) from Halloweens past.

Finding horror behind the "ordinary" things.
The Haunting of Hill House,
We Have Always Lived in the Castle,
the Daemon Lover stories and ... a reading of The Lottery.

Jackson Horror Sampler
(listen or download from the link above)

Rating: PG
Nothing graphic in these stories. Use your own discretion.

Episode Links:

All Hallow's Eve by Charles Williams: book review. (Via Brandywine Books).
Featured podcast: Scott Sigler's BloodCast. The iTunes link is here.
The Daemon Lover at Answers.com
About Shirley Jackson

The Lottery is under copyright.

10.15.2009

Episode 97: The Chatelaine of Burnt Ridge

The Chatelaine of Burnt Ridge

(listen or download from link above)

In which we visit the Wild West with Bret Harte and find lost memory and love.

Note: This story is in the public domain.
Rated: G

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Halloween Haunt

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10.09.2009

Episode 96: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Finale

In which all comes to an end.

Uncle Tom's Cabin, finale
(download or listen via this link)

This book is in the public domain.

Story rating
PG 13 ... contains offensive language and concepts
which require a certain level of maturity to understand.

Reference Works

Podcast Highlights

The Catholic Laboratory
pray-as-you-go
Two Edge Talk

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Julie D's Huffduffer page, iTunes, RSS

Other Links
Maureen Reidy:
Mothers in Uncle Tom's America, Uncle Tom's Houses

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Julie's bookshelf: listening

The Odyssey

by Homer

I saw that Scott and Jesse (and others) will be discussing the Odyssey on SFFaudio sometime soon, a few books at a time. This piqued my interest and I began listening to the LibriVox free version. I have read the Odyssey before, though I wo...

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The Engines of God

by Jack McDevitt

Picked up this review copy via SFFaudio. Looking forward to hearing the story, especially after reading Orson Scott Card's column containing a tribute to both the author and this series.

tagged: 2012, audio-book, fiction, review-copy, sci-fi-fantasy, sffaudio, list...

The Brothers Karamazov

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I'll be beginning this in the New Year, as part of my personal reading challenge for 2012.

This translation was recommended by two people and I'm lucky the library has it.

UPDATE AND FINAL
I read about 140 pages o...

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