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October 21, 2020

Why So Hard on Lovecraft?

I’ve been a fan of the aesthetic of cosmic horror for much longer than I’ve been a fan of the work of H.P. Lovecraft. For the uninitiated, cosmic horror is a subgenre of horror that deals primarily with existential themes. It typically features alien beings whose intellect and powers are so far beyond our own that we may barely even...

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October 20, 2020

At The Mountains Of Madness – Additional Show Notes

“It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth’s dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be let alone; lest sleeping abnormalities wake to resurgent life, and blasphemously surviving nightmares squirm and splash out of their black lairs to newer and wider conquests.” ― H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness We recently covered H.P. Lovecraft’s At...

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October 12, 2020

The Beautiful Purgatory of No Man’s Sky

Recently, our sister podcast Words About Games did an episode on No Man’s Sky. They did an excellent job of dissecting and analyzing all of the new content, game design, and technological accomplishments of Hello Games’s flagship product. If any of that sounds interesting to you, then I highly recommend listening to their podcast. I will not be talking about...

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September 27, 2020

Judging by the Cover 9/27/2020 episode

Hey everyone, Nate here. I just wanted to post these sick covers that Ben will be going over for the episode. You can look at this blog while you listen to the podcast for added enjoyment. Who knows, maybe you’ll like a book so much you’ll find a new favorite book and you can annoy Ben on twitter until he...

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September 25, 2020

Books Referenced In Upcoming Episodes

The first year of Words About Books has flown by. We’ve learned a lot about podcasting since we started back in January, and we’ve picked up quite a few new listeners. There have been numerous suggestions/ideas for new books, episode formats, and non-book content. We’ve also noticed that people seem to prefer shorter episodes released more frequently. With these things...

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August 21, 2020

Duke of Caladan, Nate, and Indefensible positions

Hey all, Nate here! This blog is going to be rough around the edges as I vomit stream-of-conscious thought onto you. I’ve decided to put most of my praise for Dune here where less people will be exposed to it, here on this blog. At the end of the fourth episode of our podcast I say that, although I...

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July 25, 2020

Dune – A Spicy Hot Take

(Buy that Muad’Dib poster) Nate and I always get a little nervous when our recorded conversations start to head into territory that could be considered “political”. The internet can be fickle and unforgiving when it comes to these topics. Unfortunately, Dune is one of those books that is inherently political. If you happened to listen to the outtake section of...

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July 5, 2020

Marked – Tonal Dissonance

Recently on the podcast we discussed “Marked” by Sarah Fine. As I write this post, I’ve just finished up editing for our second and final episode in the series on Marked. It’s been some time since the recording and the present. As I was listening to the playback I found myself frowning whenever I disparagingly referred to certain scenes in the...

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May 24, 2020

The Fold: Active vs Passive Reading

It’s no secret that I didn’t enjoy The Fold. I think Nate and I make a fairly good argument that the text has numerous logical errors, inconsistent character motivations, and some truly bizarre plot choices. According to goodreads I’m in the minority, though. The overwhelming majority of readers “liked” the book. With that in mind, I want to explore the...

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May 23, 2020

Words About Words – Creative (noun; informal)

In this series, I’ll be discussing words that for whatever reason always bother me when I hear them. I’ve tried talking to Nate about these things, but he usually tells me that he hears his wife calling him, and then the Zoom meeting ends. So I’m taking my pedantic rants to the street. Welcome, Dear Reader, to Words About Words....

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