Strange and Beautiful Book Club

A book recommendation from Rachel and Matt! The Unknown Best: Book 1 by Matt Wilkening! Get it here!

Rachel and Matt discuss the novel "Solaris" by Stanislaw Lem which has been adapted into film twice (episodes incoming!) was it an easier read than Star Maker? Did we think this author was also on so…

Rachel and Matt mostly talk about "Radius" from 2017 but also sort of talk about a lot of unrelated stuff too. 

From Wikipedia: 

"Dune - Part 1" directed by Denis Villeneuve is an epic science fiction film based on the novel of the same name by Frank Herbert. Set in a distant future where noble houses control planets and a val…

The first in our informally themed February episodes where we talk about love and monsters and how sometimes, enjoying a movie that isn't afraid to be wholly romantic (even with the zombies) is exact…

Another installment in our Dune Deep Dive series. We chat about the third episode of the 2003 Children of Dune miniseries which covers the events of Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Fanning out abo…

May we all one day experience whatever chemically induced metaphysical journey Olaf went on in preparation for writing this book. Possibly while writing this book (as we surmise in the episode). Trul…

Another installment in our Dune Deep Dive series. We chat about the second episode of the 2003 Children of Dune miniseries which covers the events of Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Fanning out ab…

Another installment in our Dune Deep Dive series. We chat about the first episode of the 2003 Children of Dune miniseries which covers the events of Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Fanning out abo…

The next installment in our long form Dune series. In this episode we discuss the sequel to Dune Messiah, Dune: Children of Dune. If you've heard it's no bueno and to just stop at Dune, don't listen …

The last and driest movie in our vampire tour of 1979, Vlad Tepes. The Communist propaganda version of the Vlad Dracula story. Also a little red thread moment as Rachel spirals into a comparison of a…

We discuss the short story collection by Amber Sparks entitled: "The Unfinished World" Did Matt learn to love short stories? Listen to find out!

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We had a lovely chat with Dr. George Paxinos about his one (and only) fiction novel after a career of writing for scientific publication. 

Arguably one of the most popular vampire offerings of 1979. We discuss the Stephen King miniseries adaptation of Salem's Lot that was released in 1979. 

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"The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of blood-drinking, self-proclaimed supermen who want her to join them."

We review the 1979 "Ozploitation" film, Thirst. Another 1979 Vampire …

Another week, another Dracula adaptation. This time with nudity! So. Much. Nudity.

We chat about this movie (?), Nocturna (1979) and the truly 70's nature of ubiquitous nudity and how survivorship bias affects how we view movies from decades long past. 

"Dracula's granddaughter fall…

We have an awesome chat with Author/Biologist/Experimental Agriculturalist - Haldane B. Doyle about biology based scifi novel (Collection of 4 novellas) - "Our Vitreous Womb"

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Matt and I chat about the "High Fantasy Heist" book - "The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn" by Tyler Whitesides. Did we love it or feel underwhelmed? Did we find ourselves questioning what makes a heis…

Werner Herzog's 1979 remake of the original silent film classic, Nosferatu. Honestly, 11,000 rats. 11,000 rats were used in making this movie and I don't think any other information describes the exp…