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July 22, 2024

Extra Nate: Throne of Glass Book Review

It’s Extra Nate! This time I’m talking about Throne of Glass, the thing I read instead of reading A Court of Mist and Fury. Because Ben put up a poll on Patreon. And the Patrons made their voices heard. And they wanted us to only read one book. And that book was ToG. Not ACoMaF. Thanks. So here we are,...

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July 9, 2024

Extra Nate: The Monogram Murders Book Review

It’s time for some EXTRA NATE! BOOK REVIEW Are you tired and depressed about our presidential election? Saw the debate and realized that the only thing standing between another Trump presidency was a zombie man? Realizing that this November will be a stressful and depressing endeavor and, like, maybe we don’t even deserve democracy anymore? Well come with me! Back...

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June 10, 2024

Extra Nate: Revisiting The Chocolate War

It’s Extra Nate! With a topic nobody asked for or cares about other than me. Re-re-discussing the Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. You remember that, right? The book I talked about like 4 years ago that only I read and Ben didn’t? I read it in high school and it stuck with me and I wanted to see how I...

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June 3, 2024

Extra Nate: Murder She Wrote: Gin and Daggers

It’s time for some Extra Nate! What am I talking about this time? *Checks notes* hmmmm… well this is gonna be a challenge. Murder She Wrote: Gin & Daggers. A book I almost forgot to review. It’s Murder She Wrote except as a book. From what I can tell Murder She Wrote is about a successful murder mystery author who...

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May 12, 2024

Ben Explains Mona Lisa Overdrive

There are surprisingly few good summaries of what happened in Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson, so I’m writing my own. This is what I believe happened. This contains spoilers for the entire Sprawl trilogy. Background Mona Lisa Overdrive is the third book in The Sprawl trilogy by William Gibson. “Trilogy” is used loosely when referring to these books. They...

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May 1, 2024

Nate Talks: Bridge to Bat City by Ernest Cline (NEW RELEASE)

I thought I was out… …but he keeps dragging me back in! Ernest Cline’s best book yet! Also the one that most people will care the least about so that’s kind of a bummer. For those who don’t know I’m the world’s foremost Ernest Cline scholar (not by choice) second only to my book club partner Ben. I’ve read his...

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April 28, 2024

Nate talks Hell Hole by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson

Mediocre is too generous a word I don’t know if I need to write a review of this or not. I only read the second half of the book because I decided, along with my reading partner, to cover this book. But to avoid being bored literally to death we cut the book in half. I’m sorry but after I...

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April 11, 2024

Some Thoughts on Sex and Gender in Dune

Frank Herbert’s Dune Chronicle is a series of science fiction books that deal with multiple themes, but central to every book is the longevity of humanity as a species. The series begins in a future so distant that Earth exists only as a memory of a mythological past. In spite of this, human society has regressed to aristocracy. Technology and...

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March 31, 2024

Nate on Books: The Giver by Lois Lowry

He gives because he is sad This week I started and then finished The Giver. It took about 2 days with life happening around it. The fact that I was assigned this in my 7th grade English class and then never finished it… dunno how I didn’t manage that. Probably because I didn’t have a podcast to motivate me. So...

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March 24, 2024

Nate Discusses Thrawn: Treason and Star Wars

At last we arrive to the finale of the Canon Thrawn Trilogy! It’s been a wild ride but I must say that this trilogy as a whole has been pretty enjoyable. Well, technically I skipped the last book. This book and its predecessor were good enough that I’m interested in going back and listening to that one too. I’ve got...

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