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April 26, 2025

What Would Skeletor Actually Do?

The short answer to this question is: whatever it takes. The long answer requires a more nuanced understanding of the man within the skull. Skeletor is undeniably a villain, but that is not all that he is. In his pursuit of power he has committed many crimes. He has also developed ground breaking new technologies, mastered ancient magicks, lead armies,...

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April 18, 2025

Extra Nate: Fire & Blood and Fake History

INTRODUCTION Quarter 2 started off with a book we were really looking forward too. Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin. The second series by GRRRM that he will ALSO never finish. Featuring such characters as… well I don’t know if there are any actual characters because it’s supposed to be a historical document rather than a narrative. We...

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April 16, 2025

On Tax Policies and Abandoned Epics

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, George R.R. Martin once said the following: Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord of the Rings had a very medieval philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real...

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April 15, 2025

So I got my first copyright strike…

I don’t think of myself as a YouTuber. From the perspective of Words About Books, YouTube is just one of a dozen directories that this podcast is listed in. Despite this, it is by far the most time consuming directory to engage with. YouTube represents a unique problem and opportunity. It is not well-suited to podcast content, but other platforms...

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March 30, 2025

Extra Nate: Animorphs and the Importance of Good Book Covers

First a special shout out to Nate! Good job, me. You completed the first quarter of blog posts. You don’t have to run any miles at all. You’re the man, man. Anyway let’s talk about Animorphs. The episode came out *checks watch* 4 minutes ago at the time that I’m typing this up. Ben says something controversial in the episode....

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March 17, 2025

I Hate Peppa Pig

Introduction why I hate Peppa Pig I need to vent and this blog is here for venting. It’s cheaper than therapy… I think? I don’t actually know if we pay for this blog or who pays for that, now that I think about it. Huh. Don’t tell me, Ben. I don’t want to know. Anyway, Peppa Pig sucks and I...

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March 15, 2025

Extra Nate: The Illusion of Gaia

The Illusion of Gaia plan I’ve been thinking for a while about doing small videos on the side and writing on the side as well. I’ve hinted that I’m thinking about some sort of small episodic writing in the future. I think one thing that could help keep my writing chops… limber? Is that the word? One thing that can...

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March 15, 2025

Extra Nate: Bobiverse

This week (or whenever I post this, I don’t know and neither do you) we finish up the second book in the Bobiverse. A book series that’s both cringe and fascinating to me at the same time. It’s a weird combinatino of fun sci-fi ideas that I wish we got to do in Spore (and real life) and pop culture...

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March 15, 2025

Extra Nate: Death on Gokumon Island

We’re back with Extra Nate! I’m attempting to clean up my quarter 1 obligations. I’m giving myself little rewards for finishing out each quarter and for anything I miss, I’m going to run a mile. I’m currently dying of allergies with the sudden shift from winter, to spring, then summer, then back to spring, and (if the weather report is...

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March 9, 2025

Extra Nate: The Bread Mage

Ben if you’re reading this, and you’re not, you’re welcome to make superficial edits to this post. Like changing “Bread Mage” to the actual name of the book and “Evil Inquisitor” to whatever that guy’s job title actually was. I can’t be bothered to go back and look, re-reading books isn’t in my contract. I’ve been struggling to decide what...

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Ben's books

The President Is Missing
it was ok
The President Is Missing
by Bill Clinton
Where to start with this book? Should I talk about how I don't believe that either James Patterson or Bill Clinton actually did much of the writing? Should I talk about how Bill Clinton is spending his retirement creating Bill Clinton fa...
A Court of Mist and Fury
liked it
A Court of Mist and Fury
by Sarah J. Maas
I thought this was pretty ok. I'm team Night Court. I really enjoy that Feyre is getting to have a hipster phase with the cool kids in a fancy Bohemian city. I dont even mind that she has all the super powers, I thought that would bug me...
The Infernal City
it was ok
The Infernal City
by Greg Keyes
I don't often do this, but I'm going to engage in a controversial DNF review. I'm fairly confident that being forced to read every word of the rest of it would only lower my score. I made it about half way through Part 1 of the audio boo...
Beowulf: A New Translation for Oral Delivery (Hackett Classics) by Dick Ringler (1-Oct-2007) Paperback
it was amazing
Beowulf: A New Translation for Oral Delivery (Hackett Classics) by Dick Ringler (1-Oct-2007) Paperback
by Unknown Author
I've read a few translations of Beowulf, and the only thing that's really missing from this one is the original language text. Ringler does a pretty good job of the translation itself. He includes very solid explanation and context as well.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
did not like it
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
by Rebecca Wells
I'm neither a mother nor a daughter so take this with a grain of salt, I guess. Siddalee is a famous stage director who stages a hit play. She's interviewed for a New York Times article. When asked about her childhood she accidentally pr...

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