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Books & Nachos

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Book reviews from science fiction to horror to nonfiction, all with a modern pop-culture aesthetic.

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14:08

Who Goes There?

Books & Nachos ·

2011/10/15

SomeTHING awoke in our collective imagination when science fiction writer John W Campbell posed the question "Who Goes There?" in his 1938 novella about a chameleon space invader discovered beneath the Antarctic ice. The classic tale of intergalactic deception has paranoid themes and horrific imagery that continues to replicate on film: The Thing From Another World (1951), John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), and today's new The Thing prequel. As a companion to the current NowPlayingPodcast.com

25:59

Silence of the Lambs

Books & Nachos ·

2011/10/11

Prepare the Chianti and fava beans. Books and Nachos is having a month long meal with author Thomas Harris and his seminal creation Dr. Hannibal Lecter. As a companion podcast to the current movie review series over at NowPlayingPodcast.com, Stuart In LA is cracking the spines on the four novels that inspired the five films to feature the caged cannibal. Before he was winning Oscars and chewing up the silver screen, Hannibal Lecter appeared in the 1988 novel The Silence of The Lambs to help a

22:30

Red Dragon

Books & Nachos ·

2011/10/05

Prepare the Chianti and fava beans. Books and Nachos is having a month long meal with author Thomas Harris and his seminal creation Dr. Hannibal Lecter. As a companion podcast to the current movie review series over at NowPlayingPodcast.com, Stuart In LA is cracking the spines on the four novels that inspired the five films to feature the caged cannibal. Our first course of Lecter is Red Dragon, the 1981 crime novel that introduced the iconic serial killer to the world and serves as the source

13:08

Jaws: The Revenge by Hank Searls

Books & Nachos ·

2011/04/22

Under the best of circumstances, novelizations of films add a bit of depth to a screenplay, but anyone who's seen the film Jaws: The Revenge knows these are not the best of circumstances. As a companion to Now Playing's Jaws Movie Review podcast series, Stuart in L.A. is here to review the novelization of this much-maligned film. While author Hank Searls certainly had an unenviable task turning this screenplay about a shark seeing revenge against the Brody family, was his conversion from script to

14:06

Healers and Hunters (WARS: The Battle of Phobos -...

Books & Nachos ·

2011/04/13

In 2004 Decipher Trading Cards launched the WARS Card Game, a game based on their previous Star Wars TCG. With a background story written in part by Michael Stackpole and John Howe, WARS was immediately embraced by gamers, yet not successful enough to continue making card sets beyond 2005. However the story behind the WARS universe continues now with this first Novella, Healers and Hunters by Nathan P. Butler. As most people have likely never heard of WARS, is it a worthy read? Listen as Arnie

15:26

Jaws by Peter Benchley

Books & Nachos ·

2011/03/30

You've seen the movie, but have you read the bestselling book of Jaws? While many things are similar, the differences may surprise you! In partnership with Now Playing's retrospective of the Jaws movies, Stuart is back on Books & Nachos exploring the source material that inspired the original summer blockbuster movie!

12:29

The Adjustment Team

Books & Nachos ·

2011/03/05

In partnership with Now Playing's retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers. This week Stuart takes a look at "The Adjustment Team", the short story from 1954 that inspired the Matt Damon/Emily Blunt romance THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU.

11:57

The Golden Man

Books & Nachos ·

2011/02/26

In partnership with Now Playing's retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers. This week Stuart takes a look at "The Golden Man", the short story from 1953 that inspired the Nicholas Cage action thriller NEXT.

16:18

A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick

Books & Nachos ·

2011/02/19

In partnership with Now Playing's retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers. This week Stuart takes a look at "A Scanner Darkly", the 1977 novel that inspired the psychedelic Keanu Reeves/Richard Linklater animation movie.

13:02

Paycheck by Philip K Dick

Books & Nachos ·

2011/02/12

In partnership with Now Playing's retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers. This week Stuart takes a look at "Paycheck", the short story from 1953 that inspired the Ben Affleck/John Woo action movie.

07:46

Minority Report by Philip K Dick

Books & Nachos ·

2011/02/05

\In partnership with Now Playing's retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers. This week Stuart takes a look at "The Minority Report", the 1956 novella that inspired the Tom Cruise/Steven Spielberg blockbuster.

08:03

Impostor by Philip K Dick

Books & Nachos ·

2011/01/28

In partnership with Now Playing's retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers. This week Stuart takes a look at "Impostor", the 1953 short story that inspired a Gary Sinise/Vincent D'Onofrio action-mystery.

11:16

Second Variety by Philip K Dick

Books & Nachos ·

2011/01/21

In partnership with Now Playing's retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers. This week Stuart takes a look at "Second Variety", the 1953 novella that inspired the Peter Weller midnight movie SCREAMERS.

14:13

We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick

Books & Nachos ·

2011/01/14

In partnership with Now Playing's retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers. This week Stuart takes a look at "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", the short story from 1966 that inspired the Arnold Schwartzeneggar/Paul Verhoeven action movie TOTAL RECALL.

17:54

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

Books & Nachos ·

2011/01/10

In partnership with Now Playing's retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers. This week Stuart takes a look at seminal 1968 novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", the dystopian detective novel that gave birth to the Harrison Ford/Ridley Scott classic BLADE RUNNER.

41:21

An Interview with David Morrell

Books & Nachos ·

2010/11/26

Finishing our series looking back at the Rambo novels and novelizations, Arnie sits down with author David Morrell. Morrell wrote First Blood over a decade before Stallone embodied the character onscreen, and then Morrell returned to Rambo by novelizing the screenplays for the first two film sequels. Now David Morrell opens up about why he chose to adapt someone else's story for his character, his thoughts on the films and the Rambo cartoon series, and tell us about how Rambo has influenced his

15:22

Rambo 3 by David Morrell

Books & Nachos ·

2010/11/19

This week on Books & Nachos, we look at Rambo 3, written by David Morrell, author of the original Rambo novel First Blood. The film was a financial disappointment and almost killed the Rambo film franchise, but was the book our worst literary nightmare, or could Morrell save this plot-line from the torture? Listen to find out! Then come back to booksandnachos.com next week as Arnie sits down with David Morrell to discuss all three Rambo novels!

18:23

Rambo - First Blood Part 2 by David Morrell

Books & Nachos ·

2010/11/12

Rambo made his first appearance in 1972 in David Morrell's novel First Blood, which was then adapted into a film. The film was a huge success, and so a sequel was made written by James Cameron and Sylvester Stallone. As movie novelizations are big business a novel was commissioned. None of this is shocking until you look closely at the cover--Rambo's original creator, David Morrell, returned to write the novelization of his character in a story in which he had no input. This is a very unique

10:29

First Blood by David Morell

Books & Nachos ·

2010/11/05

Books & Nachos' sister podcast, Now Playing, is spending November reviewing all of the Rambo films, so Books & Nachos decided to look back at Rambo's origin in David Morell's 1972 classic novel First Blood. How does the book compare to the legend? Listen to Arnie's review to find out, then come back later this month as Arnie interviews David Morell about Rambo!

49:02

George Lucas's Blockbusting edited by Alex Ben Block...

Books & Nachos ·

2010/02/10

George Lucas's Blockbusting may sound like a book chronicling George Lucas' rise to box office dominance, first through his Star Wars films, and then through Indiana Jones and the other movies he's been a part of; however, this book is actually a cultural and financial look at movies through history, including what Lucas and the editors deemed the 300 "Blockbuster" movies from 1913 through 2005. On this episode of Books & Nachos, Arnie interviews Alex Ben Block to discuss how the included films were

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