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We are BACK! We all know it's been a long summer without Shark Liver Oil so we've got a bumper-back-to-business podcast for all you little sharklettes out there. We round off our Jurassic Park coverage in style with a scene by scene guide to Stephen Spielberg's blockbuster. We go through the film and compare it to the book and a (probably) genuine early version of the script. We've also got review...

It's the final stomping, roaring, chomping edition of our coverage of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton; this week we're reading from 'The Grid' to the end of the book, and it's a doozy. We've got scientists tinned in brine; we've got psychedelic killing machines, and we've got the world's most pathetic death-scene, involving a walk in the woods. And as a special final-episode treat, we've got som...

It's part 4 of our massive, stomping, bellowing shambles of a read-through of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park! This week is an absolute mammoth, so it's a bit late, but to make up for it we've got it all - we've got raptor boxing, we've got dinosaur ASBOs, and we've got a T-Rex that falls asleep like your grandpa after Christmas dinner. We also spend a couple of minutes fundamentally redefining a...

It's part 3 of Shark Liver Oil's page by page guide to Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton and its a MONSTER of an episode. After two weeks of growing wonder - the kind you can only get from visiting a theme park with actual real live dinosaurs in it - we find out what happens when said Dinosaurs get loose. We don't want to give too much away but it doesn't end well for an overweight computer progra...

It's part 2 of our 5-part romp through Michael Crichton's classic Jurassic Park, and this month we've got questionable grandfathering, questionable labour practices, and questionable casting for the part of Ed 'Not In The Film' Regis - but more importantly than all of that WE'VE GOT DINOSAURS! As ever, send us email at sharkliveroilpodcast@gmail.com, or tweet at us @sharkliveroil; but do it gently...

We've finally got around to doing one of our favourite books of all time - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Our page by page guide will take you through this epic tale which is a modern classic in its own right or, for cinema fans, reads as a special extended directors cut version of the film. In the first part we meet some familiar characters (Alan Grant. John Hammond) and some less familiar on...

Its the final episode of Shark Liver Oil's rollocking good romp through George RR Martin's A Feast For Crows! And what a feast we have for you here. In a shock twist, Brienne appears to have survived, only to appear to die again a few pages later in another shock twist. Will she return in yet another shock twist when we get to A Dance of Dragons? And speaking of shock twists... its the return of P...

In Descent, Shark Liver Oil explores the murky nadir of A Feast For Crows. We plough through more Cersei insanity and spend almost an entire chapter locked in a tower with a petulant and unapologetic teenager. We then get a luxurious amount of detail lavished upon Sansa and Sweetrobin's climb down the mountain. With no Brienne or Jaime to redeem it, this looks like a bumpy ride ahead. But what's t...

We continue our tour of Westeros like the hardy northmen we are, not even asking for a refund when the bed turns out to be more populated with bugs than Kings Landing is by psychos; INSTEAD, we hear the world's worst marriage proposal, see the outcome of some truly horrendous dental work, and Ser Loras encounters a Family Guy tribute he'll never forget. Matt's still scared that our audience is sta...

We continue our rollocking good romp through George RR Martin's A Feast For Crows with Part 7: The Quiet Isle. Brienne takes a breather on Monk Island, a not so cunning plot of Cersei's backfires spectacularly and we visit Braavos and meet Cassio - King Of The Seals. Will he make a late bid for the Iron Throne? We certainly hope so. We're also making a heartfelt plea for feedback. We can see from...

We're back, galloping across Westeros, thundering through King's Landing and doing fuck all in the North because there's none of that in this book and George Martin doesn't care how you feel. BUT INSTEAD we've got a new entry in the popular 'poor life choices in Westeros' series (now starring Cersei), a rare sighting of Jaime's sense of honour, and the mother of all hangovers. Grab your bottles of...

We're at the halfway stage of A Feast For Crows by George RR Martin and things are starting to heat up! There's a crazy one man cavalry charge to round off an even crazier freewheeling teen plot to take over Westeros, a diplomatic masterclass from everyone's favourite slimy politician and some strange happenings over at the House of Black and White. And if that wasn't enough there's flying porridg...

It’s episode 4 of our read-through of George RR Martin’s A Feast for Crows. We’ve got political intrigue, steel bands and a man who mysteriously isn’t nicknamed ‘Piss King’ - also the continuing descent into madness of Cersei ‘it’s all a plot’ Baratheon...as ever, give us a tweet @sharkliveroil or an email at sharkliveroilpodcast@gmail.com and let us know if you can think of any way for this shit...

Welcome to the third part of Shark Liver Oil's journey through A Feast For Crows by George RR Martin. In this part we discuss how not to name your drinking establishment, Radyll Tarly "Dad of The Year" and what the phrase "the soiled knight" may actually mean. Oh, and some plot and stuff happens too. Got a comment about the show or the book? Send it to us at sharkliveroilpodcast@gmail.com or get u...

EEEEH-HEEE! It's time for the second part of our romp/saunter/seemingly endless march through George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. Today it's a feast indeed: we've got a continuingly mental Red Woman, a continuingly self-obsessed Cersei, and Matt's tortured uncertainty about male nipples. But more than any of that, ARYA STARK ARRIVES SOMEWHERE! It's the moment we've been waiting for, three b...

We're back on the Thrones-waggon! Join us for our ten part journey through George RR Martin's A Feast For Crows, the fourth in his A Song Of Ice and Fire series. This week we're reading from the prologue to the chapter about Sam "Sam was reading about the others when he saw the mouse. "Get ready for our take on George's Magnificent Triple Prologue extravaganza. It's time to meet Pate, Areo Hotah,...

We've reached the end of our coverage of Terry Pratchett's Mort, and it's all kicking off this week: we've got duels, we've got arcane rituals, we've got 2,000 year bar tabs - and, because we love you, we've also got NOT ONLY rapping BUT ALSO a duet between Death and Death. They've just gone fishin'. Next week we're BACK in Westeros after a year away for the fifth part of George RR Martin's A Song...

It's part two of our read through of Mort by Terry Pratchett. We join Death as he decides to take some much needed downtime with a spot of light fishing. Meanwhile teenage disaster magnet Mort tries to take on the top job with predictably horrendous consequences. Damn those hormones! As ever get your feedback into us at sharkliveroilpodcast@gmail.com or find us on twitter @sharkliveroil

We're back, and we're doing a modern classic - Terry Pratchett's Mort. Watch as we meet Death himself and discover he loves a skull-wax, digs curry, and cares more for cats than you might normally expect. This is a bit of a heartfelt one for Dave, since Terry Pratchett is a hero of his; and in his honour, we've gone looking for the surreal and the beautiful in this book. And when you've got a deat...

It's the third part of our rolling, rollocking shamble through Richard Matheson's classic I Am Legend. This week, we've got paranoia, murky moral complexity, and wooden mallets to the face. We're also taking a look at the best that the internet has on I Am Legend, and wondering how exactly you're supposed to read out the title. We're looking for the next book to do so if you've got any ideas, or c...

Join us on the second of our three part journey through Richard Matheson's scifi-horror classic I Am Legend. We talk about government-sponsored mass cremations, drinking to forget it all and the chilling prospect of debonair vampire earthworms. Send your thoughts and reviews of the book to sharkliveroilpodcast@gmail.com or @sharkliveroil on twitter and we'll read them out in the next cast.

We're back for the new year, and we're doing the sci-fi/horror classic I Am Legend. This isn't your Will Smith adaptation - well obviously it isn't, it's our patented blend of nonsense, idiocy and literature, which is much more enjoyable. And our CGI really is better than theirs. As ever, get in touch with your thoughts on the book, or your thoughts on our take on things: we're sharkliveroilpodcas...

We're rounding off our December of Christmas themed material with a look at the ultra-short story by Charles Dickens called The Goblins who Stole a Sexton. It's taken from the Pickwick Papers and is seen by many (including us) as the spiritual dad of A Christmas Carol. It's got goblins, ghastly goings on and a gravedigger called Gabriel Grubb. What's not to love? Send your feedback and suggestions...

Welcome to a special episode of shark liver oil where we'll be doing things a little differently. For our third part of our guide to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens we'll be discussing your feedback, reviews from around the world and taking a look at some modern re-tellings of the classic story including: - Mickey's Chistmas Carol - Scrooged - The Muppet Christmas Carol - Blackadder's Christm...

It's the last part of our coverage of A Christmas Carol, and we've got jolly ghosts, silent ghosts, a massive feast, a bit of slap and tickle behind the curtains, the stamp collectors of the British Empire, and Ebenezer Scrooge really really seriously failing to take a hint. Also featuring Dave's desperate attempt to feel the simple redemptive joy of a child at one of the most over-used lines in E...