Season 4 Episode 59 :: Nothing is Free in Riverworld
Nerdy Show Book Club returns with a vengeance! We’re hairless, naked, hopped up on dreamgum, and lookin’ to go all Lord of the Flies on ya. This month we read Philip Jose Farmer’s legendary existential historical fiction sci-fi, To Your Scattered Bodies Go, the fist book in the Riverworld series. It’s like if Allan Quatermain took bath salts and played Myst!
Join Cap, Hex, Brandon, and Colin on uncanny journey into this and other nerdy literary adventures – including an excerpt from a novelization of another watery world. A “Waterworld” you might say… Read on!
Next Month’s Read-Along Book: More Stories About Spaceships and Cancer by Casper Kelly
Season 4 Episode 59 :: Nothing is Free in Riverworld [ 1:31:12 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadTracks:
- Nerdy Show Book Club Theme :: Luke McDuffee and Nick Brooks
- Tetris Plays You :: Block Party
- Hunting :: Knife City
- This Song :: Adam Warrock
Books We Read:
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer
- Feed by M.T. Anderson
- WIZZYWIG: Portrait of a Serial Hacker by Ed Piskor
- More Stories About Spaceships and Cancer by Casper Kelly
- Buy an autographed copy of More Stories About Spaceships and Cancer
Links:
- Discuss To Your Scattered Bodies Go on the forums
- Richard Francis Burton
- “The Scooby Doo Project”
- Casper Kelly’s website
- “This Song” music video
- Adam Warrock’s “WYSIWYG” track/video
- Our RPG $upport drive
- Audrey the TTS Bot
Other Books Discussed:
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6 Comments
So, what will be the next book? I’d like to read it before the next podcast.
@studiomilam/styxyts
It’s More Stories About Spaceships and Cancer by Casper Kelly. You can pick it up here: http://amzn.to/NsGQzK
We always plug the next book in the episode postings, it’s right above the episode player.
Is there any chance we can get the Nerdy Show Book Club Theme by itself?
@bertoelcon I’ll ask Luke!
I’m listening to you talking about that book, Feed. It’s such an interesting concept.. the most realistic future world I’ve ever seen written (in that same sense) was in Warren Ellis Transmetropolitan. Have you guys ever read it? It may be my favorite comic series of all time.
@chemical42 I think it’s safe to say as a unit, we fucking LOVE Warren Ellis. Transmet is awesome.