Take Me To Your Reader

For episode #100, we discuss Red Alert, by Peter George, and Fail-Safe, by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, then talk about the adaptation of the former, Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and the two adaptations of Fail-Safe, the 1964 film and the 2000 live teleplay. Rankings! Colin: … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #100: Yeah…We Watched It (Dr. St...

The guys discuss The Midnight Sky, the new film on Netflix, based on Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel Good Morning, Midnight. Rankings! Colin: Movie/Book James: Book/Movie Seth: Book/Movie

Roger from The Kitchen Counter Podcast joins the guys for a discussion of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, including the original TV special, the Jim Carrey remake, the 2018 Benedict Cumberbatch movie, and the recent TV musical abomination. Time Codes: Grinch book: 13:08 Grinch TV Special: 19:34 Sandwich planning: 24:16 James’s “An Old … Continue reading TMTYR Ep...

The guys are joined by their good buddy Michael Simshauser to discuss Kurt Vonnegut’s 1961 short story “Harrison Bergeron,” and the 1995 movie of the same name, as well as the short film, 2018 from 2009. Colin still doesn’t like Vonnegut. Rankings!: Michael: short story / short film / full length movieColin: short story / … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #97: A Nation...

James and Seth are joined by Emmanuel Dubois to discuss Kurt Vonnegut’s 1969 novel Slaughterhouse-Five and the 1972 film adapted from it. Colin sat this one out as he didn’t have anything nice to say about either. Rankings Emmanuel/James/Seth: Book/Movie Notes: Seth’s blog about his first time reading the book: http://seth.heasley.net/blog/2010/04/28/wordful-wednesday-slaughterho...

The guys are joined by Colin’s son, Peter Kuskie, to discuss Max Brooks’s excellent 2006 novel World War Z, and the movie of the same name from 2013. Rankings: Peter/James/Colin/Seth: Book Movie

This time the guys pick up Peter Benchley’s 1974 bestseller, Jaws, adapted into the Original Summer Blockbuster(TM) directed by Steven Spielberg. Pounder Rankings!: Colin: – Movie – Book James: – Movie – Book Seth: – Movie – Book Notes & Links: LFTS Jaws video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzMwYb8Z5hA&t=653s Behind the scenes of Jaws:https://www....

This time the guys hit up The Black Cauldron, the 1985 film, very loosely based on Lloyd Alexander’s The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron. Rankings? Please. Notes Comfort Reads episode with Seth & Colin: https://hugospodcast.com/podcast/comfort-reads-the-chronicles-of-prydain-by-lloyd-alexander-feat-colin-kuskie/ Nostalgia Critic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUsfYaKN3nY History o...

This time out, the guys discuss M.R. Carey’s short story “Iphigenia in Aulis,” which was adapted into both the book and movie The Girl With All The Gifts. Rankings!: Colin: Short Story, Book, Movie James: Short Story/Book, Movie Seth: Book, Movie, Short Story Notes: Not XKCD but a good comic nonetheless about “All Lives Matter”:

The Pavement Pounders discuss A Princess of Mars, the 1912 novel, adapted into the 2012 movie John Carter. Rankings! Colin: Book/Movie/(Other Movie) James: Book/Movie Seth: Movie/Book Notes: Encyclopedia Barsoomia: <a href=”https://barsoom.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page“> https://barsoom.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page</a>

And we’re back with another new episode! James is finally back in his house, and we’re on remote protocol, but picked a title we could all watch, and one we could do with Netflix Party! So that was fun. Bird Box, the 2018 movie, based on the 2014 book. If you want to skip James’s … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #90: It’s Like Monster Herpes (Bird Box) →

For April Fools’ Day, the Pavement Pounders once again do something out of the ordinary, looking to the future, to the announced adaptation of Frozen Hell, the recently uncovered/released expansion of “Who Goes There?”, by John W. Campbell. James’s participation is somewhat limited in this one due to his looming vacation.

We didn’t realize that the stuff about Nerve Attenuation Syndrome would be so prescient when we recorded this a couple of months ago, but now it seems to be. Meanwhile, James is stuck on a cruise ship in South America (but he’s not sick). So enjoy our brief discussion on a movie Colin inexplicably enjoys. … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #88: It’s a Dishonest Living (Johnny...

This time the guys look back over the history of their podcast, going all the way back to the beginning in order to properly answer Dr. Phil Nichols’ question about their experience reading/reviewing Reel Future. Notes/Links Seth’s post on podcast editing: https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasts/comments/7w9dn1/how_to_be_kind_to_your_podcast_editor/ Podcast room library:

Following up on a recent request from Steven Lindlbauer, the Pavement Pounders discuss the 1967 book Logan’s Run, by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson and its 1976 adaptation to film and 1977 adaptation to television.

For Christmas 2019, the Pavement Pounders discuss one of Colin’s favorites (and one of Seth’s least favorites), The Polar Express. Rankings!: Colin: movie book James: book movie Seth: book movie Last time Colin picked MOVIE and Seth picked BOOK was Frankenstein! Four years ago! Notes:C.S. Lewis’s XMas and Christmas: http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/Xmas_and_Christmas Collider Crew...

The Pavement Pounders go back into the Crichton vault to pick up The Andromeda Strain. And don’t forget to check out their interview with Daniel H. Wilson. Rankings!: James/Seth/Colin: Book/Movie/Miniseries

For this special episode to tie in with Episode #84 (forthcoming), Seth and Colin sit down with Daniel H. Wilson, author of The Andromeda Evolution, the brand new sequel to The Andromeda Strain. Topics range from Mr. H Wilson’s history as a geek, to the history of this project, to possible adaptations of his work. Notes & … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #83: The Andromed...

It’s the TMTYR/Hugos There Podcast crossover you’ve all been waiting for! For Halloween 2019, the Pavement Pounders discuss the 2019/1944 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel winner, Conjure Wife, by Fritz Lieber, and its three (!) movie adaptations. We’ve been warned by at least one woman that any female readers/listeners may hate read/watch. We understand … Continue reading TM...

Wrapping up their 5 year journey through Reel Future, the Pavement Pounders hit The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury, and discuss the 1969 film adaptation of…something other than what’s in the book. Rankings! Phil/James/Colin/Seth: Book Story Movie  

Stumbling toward the finish line of Reel Future, the Pavement Pounders discuss Roger Zelazny’s “Damnation Alley” and its 1977 film abomination adaptation. The movie’s plot makes little sense. We fixed it for you. Rankings!: Colin/James/Seth: novella movie   Notes: Galaxy magazine “Damnation Alley”: https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v26n01_1967-10...

Continuing on the quest to finish off Reel Future, this time the boys hit up John Varley’s 1977 short story “Air Raid” and its adaptation, the 1989 film Millennium. Plus, another entry in the list of emails Colin has received from authors he asked for comments. And this one is a doozy. For certain definitions of doozy. … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #79: Evacuat...

This time, the boy discuss another title from Reel Future, Robert Sheckley’s “The Seventh Victim,” adapted to La Decima Vittima (The 10th Victim) in 1965.       Rankings!: Colin: Story James Story Movie Seth: Story Movie Notes: Archive.org copy of the story: http://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galxy_1953_04#page/n39/mode/2up

This time, the guys discuss The Wandering Earth, the blockbuster Chinese film based on Cixin Liu’s story of the same name. Rankings! Colin/James/Seth: story movie

This time, the Pavement Pounders take a look at three John Scalzi short stories adapted into episodes of Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots. No rankings this time. Just enjoy the robot goodness. Notes: Pepsi commercial similar in style to “Three Robots”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1A8Ukk5Us