Nerdy Show Book Club :: Episode 12 :: Journey Into Mythic Fiction

Posted by NerdyShow on May 11, 2016

From the pages of Nerdy Show – it’s Nerdy Show Book Club! In these literary episodes, we share the books we’re currently reading, do dramatic readings from the best and worst nerd literature, talk with notable geek authors, and discuss a book we’ve read along with the community.

It’s been an obscene amount of time since we cracked open Book Club, but neither hell, nor high water, nor the waning attention spans of modern man can hold us back from our quest for enthralling brain-pictures. Join Cap, Colin, Brandon, and Denika as they share what they read during our long absence and we discuss our community read-along: Neil Gaiman’s grim fairytale, The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

Explore the dark truths of Denika’s late night reading, Colin’s frustrations with Earthsea, and a true story of a sexual awakening from The Shaggy Dog while growing up raised by early 20th century pseudoscience. Then, indulge in an exhilarating reading from the Gooflumps classic, Stay Out of The Bathroom. And finally wander into the haunting and beautiful world of our featured book with a spoiler-free discussion (and a safely quarantined spoilerific one at the end) as well as a dramatic reading. What’s the difference between mythic fiction, magical realism, and other arbitrary literary genres? Discover the answers (or not) within!

Next Episode’s Read-Along Book: Armada by Ernest Cline | Discuss on the Forums

Tracks:

• Trail Dust and Turtle Wax :: Viking Guitar
• Into the Funk of It :: Tetrimino
• The Brass That Came to Sarnath :: Ryan & Mike McQuinn
• Pop Ya Trunx (Instrumental) :: Ace C. Ducey
• Just Your Average Nonchalant Muzak :: DnD Music Crew
• Kids Run Through the City Corner :: Lauren the Flute

Books Discussed:

• The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman | Discuss it on the Forums
• The Abhorsen Trilogy Box Set by Garth Nix
• Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen by Garth Nix
• The Morganville Vampires by Rachael Caine
• Flynn by Gregory McDonald
• Growing Up In The Orgone Box: Secrets of a Reichian Childhood by Malcolm J. Brenner Main Page | Digital
• A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
• NEXT READ-ALONG BOOK: Armada by Ernest Cline

Books Mentioned:

• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
• The Inheritance Cycle (The Eragon series) by Christopher Paolini
• Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
• Lock In by John Scalzi
• The Surrogates by Rob Venditti
• Matched by Ally Condie
• Fletch by Gregory McDonald
• Confess, Fletch by Gregory McDonald
• Wet Goddess by Malcom J. Brenner
• Northlanders by Brian Wood  Volume 1 | Pre-order the collection
• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
• NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
• Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman