Author: Shiri Sondheimer

May 19, 2014

Monday Prediction: Crossbones

First: it’s nice to see John Malkovich not looking like a pile of desiccated sticks hot glued together. I saw the Crossbones trailer for the first...

May 18, 2014

BOOYAH!

This year’s Nebula Award winners have been announced and, as The Mary Sue points out, all of the fiction winners are women. People shouldn’t be...

May 18, 2014

Sentenced: Shiri’s 5-18-14 Edition

River of Gods, page 385, paragraph 11, sentences 1&2 (PYR 2006 hardcover edition) “Brahma is not designed, no more than you, Mr. Ray. It evolved.” ...

May 17, 2014

That Which Shiri Is Reading

I will not lie, my dears, ’tis a weighty tome. Seriously, it takes up most of my backpack’s interior. River of Gods is not a...

May 16, 2014

An Open Letter to Book Snobs

Dear Book Snobs: Stop. Just. Stop. I know you’re proud of your degree in English or literature or lit crit. I know I’m very proud...

May 14, 2014

I Soooo Needed This…

My heart broke a little bit when Channing Tatum was announced as the new Gambit. Remy LeBeau was my first crush (nope, not kidding) and...

May 14, 2014

Your Wednesday Earworm: Firebug

As promised: not MC Lars and not ska:

May 14, 2014

That to Which Shiri is Listening

The Thrilling Adventure dudes! Freakin’ genius writers and also quite humorous conversationalists. Takeaway: “If you’re writing, you have to write. Enjoy it… Put it out...

May 13, 2014

Let’s Talk Process: The Magic “Eff” Bomb

And it is magic. But I’ll start at the beginning. I have a confession: I am the reason for the little red “E” on the...

May 12, 2014

‘Tis a Big Week for Happy Dork News

PEGGY HAS PROMO ART!!!!!! She also has a show synopsis, which can be found in a variety of places, one of which is, not-terribly shockingly,...

Watch this space, new episodes coming soon!!! March 13, 2017
When we decided to put the podcast on hold there was always a hope that we would be able to start it up again. Well, that day has come. We are going to change the format up a bit, more details about that as we record new episodes. And, to get everyone's appetite whetted, we […]
Hiatus... April 5, 2016
Luke here. This blog and the podcast that it exists to support are a labor of love. In a crazy week, sitting down and recording an episode or banging out some blog posts is one of the things I look forward to the most. That being said, the two of us are crazy busy, and […]
58: Going Places March 21, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri take a ride in the Midnight Taxi Tango. Next, we journey into the television version of The Expanse. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgh.
57: Altered Procedurals March 7, 2016
57: Altered Procedurals This week, Luke and Shiri talk Vertigo’s Sheriff of Babylon. Next, we talk the new X-Files and Lucifer. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and Arrrrrrgh.
56: Inglorious, Hateful Assholes and the Person Who Writes Them February 8, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri bid farewell to two legends, David Bowie and Alan Rickman. Next, we talk Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight and Inglorious Basterds. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrgh.
55: The Game Has The Feet… January 25, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri talk Conan Doyle’s original procedural superstar Sherlock Holmes. Next we enter the mind palace of The Abominable Bride. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Arrrrrgh.
Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers) January 11, 2016
Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers) This week, Luke and Shiri talk The Force Awakens. That is all. Lot’s to talk about. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrrr and the Arrrrrrrrrrrgh.
53: Us and Ms. Jones December 28, 2015
53: Us and Ms. Jones We had a whole fancy episode planned, but we end up mostly just talking about Jessica Jones and then end, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgggghhhhh.
52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland December 14, 2015
52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland After a “What We’re Excited About” Lightening round, Luke and Shiri leap out into The Expanse to discuss Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey. Next, we splat into Scottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland. We end, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Argggghhhhh.
Turkey stole our episode. November 30, 2015
Well, we have been running without a safety net around here for a bit. And, it has finally caught up with us. In the past we have kept a buffer. Just one or two episodes already recorded and ready to go. In case work, home life, NaNoWriMo, or the celebration of turkeys interfered with the recording of […]