Good Story 007: Eifelheim

In Episode #7, Julie and Scott discuss Eifelheim by Michael Flynn.

Centuries ago, one small town in Germany disappeared and was never resettled. Tom, a historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. By all logic, the town should have survived. What's so special about Eifelheim?

Father Dietrich is the village priest of Eifelheim, in the year 1348, when the Black Death is gathering strength. To his astonishment, Dietrich makes first contact between humanity and an alien race from a distant star, when their ship crashes in the nearby forest. Flynn gives us the full richness and strangeness of medieval life, as well as some terrific aliens.

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• Michael Flynn's Blog: |LINK|
• Michael Flynn's Bibliography: |LINK|
• Special Thanks to Sean McGaughey at the Catholic Roundup Podcast!

Julie's new book!	Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist by Br. Guy Consolmagno	In the Country of the Blind by Michael Flynn

Good Story 006: Quiz Show

In Episode 6, Julie and Scott discuss Quiz Show, a movie from 1994 directed by Robert Redford.

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Stuff mentioned in the podcast:

• A zombie! (But it wasn't real...)


• All the Answers by Charles van Doren, from The New Yorker, 2008


• Audio version of The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton from Uvula Audio - after clicking, you need to scroll a little more than halfway down the page.


• The soccer game Scott went to the night before the podcast.

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.

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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.

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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

It's Alive... Alive!

 Great news - our iTunes feed is now working!
 
 

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.

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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!

Announcing "A Good Story is Hard to Find"

Scott Danielson (from SFFaudio/Rivets and Trees) and Julie Davis (from Happy Catholic/Forgotten Classics) have a lot in common.

We're both Catholic.

We both love science fiction, mysteries, fantasy, books, movies ... in fact, we love good stories, wherever we find them.

We both love finding stories that have a deeper meaning that sheds light on faith, belief, life, and God. Especially when those stories are right out there in popular culture. The Lord of the Rings springs to mind.

We both love talking about our faith, stories, and deeper meanings.

Last, but not least, we love sharing the conversation.

Premiering this Thursday, Scott and Julie will begin the new Catholic podcast, A Good Story is Hard to Find.* (There will be more here than a blank space very soon!)

This bimonthly podcast will alternate discussing books and movies that we can't wait to talk about and to share with you.

We will begin by discussing The Reapers Are the Angels, Alden Bell's zombie apocalypse novel. (My review here.) The movie to be discussed mid-January will be: Serenity. You might be surprised at the themes these works carry about belief, faith, and free will. We were.

Join us and spread the word.

*Our patron author is Flannery O'Connor. Who else?