Episode 163 :: Nerdy Show Book Club – Go BZRK With Michael Grant
It’s a new Nerdy Show Book Club!
If you grew up in the 90s, chances are you read some Animorphs. This shape-shifting sci-fi series was a seminal read for legions of nerdy teens; some of whom may have grown up to host podcasts. Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate (the writing duo better known to Animorphs fans as K.A. Applegate) are back! In this episode we review their latest joint book, Eve and Adam, and interview author Michael Grant who’s recent solo work includes the mega-hit young adult series, Gone and the balls-to-the wall adult sci-fi trilogy: BZRK. Join Cap, Colin, Brandon, and Jessica as we learn about he and Katherine’s crazy life in the world of young adult fiction, the origins of Animorphs, and Grant’s latest projects including the forthcoming conclusion to the BZRK trilogy and the upcoming Messenger of Fear.
As always, we discuss what other books we’ve been reading and review our findings. Plus- in this episode there’s not one, not two, but three dramatic readings! Hear us read from Eve and Adam, Star Wench, and the hot mess mid-90s Animorphs parody: Vegemorphs: The Fungus Among Us! You can change your pants… but can you change into a plant?
Next Episode’s Read-Along Book: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 
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Tracks:
- J.A.R.V.I.S. :: Adam WarRock
- Neo-Tokyo Sunset :: Slime Girls
- Lose Control :: 9K1
- The Never Ending Legend :: halc
- Carrot Highway :: Mouth’s Cradle
- Eve and Adam by Michael Grant & Katherine Applegate
- Love Sucks and Then You Die, the Eve & Adam e-prequel
- BZRK by Michael Grant
- BZRK: Reloaded by Michael Grant
- Pre-Order BZRK: Apocalypse by Michael Grant
- BZRK: Origins by Michael Grant
- Pre-Order Michael Grant’s next series: Messenger of Fear
- Animorphs by K.A. Applegate
- Vegemorphs by Lief E. Green
- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate and Patricia Castelao
- Star Wench: Choose Your Own Death by Anna Anthropy | Digital
- The Fifth Beatle by Vivek Tiwary, Andrew C Robinson, and Kyle Baker
- The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix
- The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
- A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Links:
- Previous Nerdy Show Book Clubs
- Discuss Eve and Adam and BZRK on the forums
- Discuss The Ocean at the End of the Lane on the Forums
- Cap’s interview with The Fifth Beatle author, Vivek Tiwary
- 8BitLA’s Frequency 3.0 Chiptunes Festival
- The early Book Club where we discuss Wheel of Time
- Our Young Justice episode
- Check out Christopher Jones’ Art – the artist for the Young Justice comic
- Check out Mouth’s Cradle’s Clark Kent
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