Slava & Jonathan

The Side Quest Book Club Podcast

Arts EN ↓ 180 episodes

If you’re a reader looking for something deeper or an indie author working on your book, The Side Quest Book Club is for you. We skip the usual book reviews and ratings. Each episode turns fun side quests into real lessons, so you’ll leave not just entertained, but with a better understanding of why storytelling matters.

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Slava & Jonathan

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The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe - Gothic Literature 07.02.2023 53:20

Slava and Jonathan discuss two of Edgar Allan Poe's works -- The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart . Side quests and madness ensue. Our IG Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our TikTok Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Music by HoliznaCC0v Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dagon - HP Lovecraft - Horror Fiction Book 31.01.2023 33:52

Slava and Jonathan discuss H.P. Lovecraft's short story Dagon . The guys dive into some mythology and old religions that Lovecraft (most likely) pulled his ideas from to build the Chtulu universe and its great monsters. Our IG Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our TikTok Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Music by HoliznaCC0v

A Study in Emerald - Neil Gaiman - Science Fiction Book - Crime/Mystery Book 24.01.2023 50:11

Slava and Jonathan discuss A Study in Emerald, a short story by Neil Gaiman from his Fragile Things collection, combining the worlds of Arthur Conan Doyle and H. P. Lovecraft. The guys focus on the story's numerous allusions or lack thereof. Our IG Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our TikTok Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Music by HoliznaCC0v

Umney's Last Case - Stephen King - Thriller - Detective - Horror Book 17.01.2023 27:05

Slava and Jonathan discuss Stephen King's Umney's Last Case , originally published in his 1993 short story collection, Nightmares & Dreamscapes . The story, a Raymond Chandler pastiche, follows a private investigator named Clyde Umney on the last day in what he knows as the "real world." Join the guys as they talk about what fascinated them in this tale of a hardboiled detective's world coming...

Shadows for Silence in the Forest of Hell - Brandon Sanderson - Fantasy Book 10.01.2023 37:36

Slava and Jonathan discuss Shadows for Silence in the Forest of Hell , a short story by Brandon Sanderson from the Dangerous Women Anthology edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. The guys look at some of the elements of the short story that fascinated them. Jonathan admits he is only the second biggest fan of Brandon Sanderson. Our IG Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our TikTok Channe...