Good Story 066: Ushpizin

Julie and Scott take leave to visit Malli and Moshe. They like to think they have more manners than the Ushpizin in this excellent film. Ushpizin (2004), written by Shuli Rand, directed by Giddi Dar.


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More stuff:

• Ushpizin at IMDB
• Joseph Susanka's review of Ushpizin at Crisis Magazine, June 6, 2008

Good Story 065: Kirinyaga

Join Julie and Scott as they drop everything and head to Kirinyaga. Koriba said it would be pretty great. Episode 65 - Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick.


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• Mike Resnick's website

Good Story 064: Apollo 13

Julie was busy in the LEM when Scott stirred the tanks. The rest is history! Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard, is the subject of Good Story Episode 64.


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More stuff:

• From Universe Today, a post from 2008 that shows several pictures of the Earth and Moon from various craft. Just last week, the Saturn orbiter Cassini took this picture, and here are two pictures of the Earth, one from Mercury and one from Saturn.

Good Story 063: The Case of the Missing Servant

Episode 63 finds Julie and Scott in India searching for good nicknames. Bookmark goes undercover as a maid, while Popcorn is outside drinking tea from a crumpled paper cup. They both enjoyed The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall.

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More stuff:

• Tarquin Hall's website
• Lagaan
• Monsoon Wedding
• Bride and Prejudice
• The Namesake (another good movie about Indians ... and the American immigrant experience)

Good Story 062: The Magnificent Seven

Scott's all in black, with panther-like grace. Julie practices knife throwing. They both deal in lead, friend. Lead and talking about The Magnificent Seven, that is.



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More stuff:

• The Magnificent Seven on IMDB

Good Story 061: The Demolished Man

Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun in episode #61! Julie and Scott discuss The Demolished Man (1953) by Alfred Bester.

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More stuff:

• The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester, wikipedia entry
• The SFFaudio Podcast #064: The Stars My Destination - Julie and Scott both participated in this discussion of The Stars My Destination, also by Alfred Bester

Good Story 060: I, Robot

Julie adopts a cat. Scott eats some pie. Will Smith takes a shower. They all try to ask the right questions. Alex Proyas' "I, Robot" is discussed. Asimov is mentioned, and Harlan Ellison, and Star Trek Into Darkness, and 12 Angry Men.

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More stuff:  

• I, Robot (the book) by Isaac Asimov
• I, Robot (the Illustrated Screenplay) by Harlan Ellison. The movie that was never made. Would have been a good one!
• Helen O'Loy by Lester del Rey ... NOT in Asimov's "I, Robot." No wonder Scott didn't recall it.

Good Story 059: Jesus of Nazareth

The great question that will be with us throughout this entire book: What did Jesus actually bring, if not world peace, universal prosperity, and a better world? What has he brought?

The answer is very simple: God.... He has brought God, and now we know his face, now we can call upon him. Now we know the path that we human beings have to take in this world. Jesus has brought God and with God the truth about our origin and destiny: faith, hope and love. It is only because of our hardness of heart that we think this is too little. Yes indeed, God's power works quietly in this world, but it is the true and the lasting power. Again and again, God's cause seems to be in its death throes. Yet over and over again it proves to be the thing that truly endures and saves.
-- Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth

In this episode, Julie and Scott take a quick swim to the deep end of the pool (where all the cool kids hang out) to talk theology. The subject is Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration, written by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI).

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More stuff:

• Jesus of Nazareth on Goodreads

Good Story 058: Of Gods and Men

Julie and Scott talk about Of Gods and Men, directed by Xavier Beauvois. What a film it is!

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• Of Gods and Men on IMDB
• The Monks of Tibhirine

Good Story 057: The Night Watch

Good and evil, collective good vs. individual good - these are some of the themes in Sergei Lukyanenko's The Night Watch. And vortexes. And some body switching. And vampires, werewolves, magic... urban fantasy, straight from Russia! Scott and Julie discuss the book.

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More stuff:

• Sergei Lukyanenko's discontinued blog
• Sergei Lukyanenko's website

Many years ago someone told me something that I flatly refused to accept. And I still don't accept it now, despite all the times I've seen it proved right. "The common good and the individual good rarely coincide..." Sure, I know, it's true. But some truths are probably worse than lies. -- Sergei Lukyanenko, The Night Watch