Good Story 008: Stranger Than Fiction

Time for Episode 8! Julie and Scott discuss Stranger Than Fiction, a movie from 2006 starring Will Ferrell, directed by Marc Forster, and written by Zach Helm.

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More stuff:

The opening of the movie, with the graphics we talked about:

• Two interviews with Zach Helm, the writer of the screenplay:
  One at Variety and one at filmindependent.org


• Rene Magritte's Son of Man


• Julie's column at Patheos - "The Hiding Place": No Pit So Deep"


• The zombie mention of the week: 28 Days Later from director Danny Boyle


• The audiobook version of The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint (our next book) is available for half price over at Audible if you are out of credits

Good Story 005: The Franchise Affair

In this week's podcast, Julie and Scott discuss The Franchise Affair, a mystery novel by Josephine Tey.

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Stuff mentioned in the podcast:

• No zombies! (Not even one...)
  
  
• Julie describes a miracle that she mentioned in the podcast in a post on Happy Catholic called Signs and Wonders
  
  
• Also on Happy Catholic, a list of good sources of Church news
  
  
• The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (audiobook at Audible)
  
  
• Radioarchive.cc

Good Story 004: The Castle

Julie and Scott take a look at The Castle, an Australian comedy from 1997.



And here's the podcast!
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Extra Stuff mentioned in the podcast:
Neeta Lyffe: Zombie Exterminator by Karina Fabian.
By the 2040s, the shambling dead have become an international problem. While governments and special interest groups vie for the most environmentally-friendly way to rid the world of zombies, a new breed of exterminator has risen: The Zombie Exterminator.
 
Boardgames! Smallworld, Ticket to Ride, Carcassone, Zombies!!!
 

Good Story 003: Black Cherry Blues

This time around, Julie and Scott discuss James Lee Burke's Black Cherry Blues. This gritty story won an Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1990, and is third of Burke's Dave Robicheaux novels. The book is remarkable for its well-written prose and the emotional baggage carried by nearly every character. The setting is contemporary Louisiana and Montana.

And here's the podcast!
Download or listen via this link: |Episode #003|

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Extra Stuff mentioned in the podcast:
The Good Wife, a CBS TV series.

 

Quirks and Creation, an Episode of Being from American Public Media. A discussion with John Polkinghorne about science and religion. "Science and religion are often pitted against one another; but how do they complement, rather than contradict, one another? We learn how one man applies the deepest insights of modern physics to think about how the world fundamentally works, and how the universe might make space for prayer."
 

Good Story 002: Serenity

In Episode 2, Julie and Scott talk about Serenity, a movie written and directed by Joss Whedon.

And here's the podcast!
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Extra Stuff mentioned in the podcast:
Diana Wynne Jones - Fire and Hemlock, The Lives of Christopher Chant, Howl's Moving Castle, The Homeward Bounders
Paperback Swap

Good Story 001: The Reapers Are The Angels

In the first A Good Story is Hard to Find podcast, Julie and Scott discuss The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell!

For twenty-five years, civilization has survived in meager enclaves, guarded against a plague of the dead. Temple wanders this blighted landscape, keeping to herself and keeping her demons inside her heart. She can't remember a time before the zombies, but she does remember an old man who took her in and the younger brother she cared for until the tragedy that set her on a personal journey toward redemption. Moving back and forth between the insulated remnants of society and the brutal frontier beyond, Temple must decide where ultimately to make a home and find the salvation she seeks.

Download or listen via this link: |Episode #001|

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Talked about in the podcast:

• The Books Behind The Reapers Are the Angels
• Julie's review of the audiobook on SFFaudio

And here's the audiobook from Blackstone Audio, read by Tai Simmons. I love this cover!