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This is Not a Woman To Be Underestimated! The Tremontaine Listen-A-Long

Posted on 2015-11-16 at 0:16 by Dave

"Heavenly Bodies" (Tremontaine, Episode 3) by Joel Derfner, Narrated by Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Nick Sullivan, and Katherine Kellgren Length: 2 hours

Last week Sam told me he'd been able to get around to listening to the Pilot episode of Tremontaine, and while he enjoyed it, suggested I maybe oversold the sex. (But not the chocolate!) And I suppose that he was right -- the sex in the first episode (and last week's) was insinuated. But "Heavenly Bodies" was such a delicious double-entendre, I think we

Posted in reviews | Tagged riverside, serial box, tremontaine

"What is Necessary is Not Always Just!" The Tremontaine Listen-A-Long Continues!

Posted on 2015-11-10 at 6:25 by Dave

"The North Side of the Sun" (Tremontaine, Episode 2) by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Narrated by Sarah Mollo-Christensen and Nick Sullivan Length: 1 hour, 38 minutes

While last week focused on the different introductions to Riverside and this cast of characters, this week the story seemed to tighten it's focus on Kaab in particular, though we also spent time with Micah, Rafe, and (SURPRISE) Tess and Ben. Kaab's storyline drove the whole episode -- she's sent on an errand to the Fenton household to secure saffron

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged listen, riverside, serial box, tremontaine

Hot Chocolate and Sex! Dave Begins The Tremontaine Listen-A-Long!

Posted on 2015-11-03 at 7:28 by Dave

Finding out that there was a new story set in Ellen Kushner's Riverside was kind of like waking up to a delicious cup of chocolate and then sporting with the beautiful woman beside me. And then some more chocolate. And then some more sport. You get the idea.

Welcome to the Tremontaine Listen-A-Long! Here there's swordfighting, chocolate, sex

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ellen kushner, fantasy, katherine kellgren, listen-a-long, riverside, sarah mallo-christensen, serial box, tremontaine

Bookburners Listen-a-Long #3: Fair Weather by Margaret Dunlap

Posted on 2015-10-06 at 3:49 by Sam

Bookburners: Season One: Episode 3: Fair Weather by Margaret Dunlap read by Xe Sands for Serial Box

[Missed Episode 1? The pilot episode is still free, and at under 90 minutes each it’s a breeze to catch up!]

In some ways, Margaret Dunlap's "Fair Weather" is an echo of the winning formula that Brian Francis Slattery's "Anywhere But Here" established in the previous episode: Sal explores a bit of the Vatican, Sal meets some new team members, the team's "magic 8-ball" alerts them of a magical event, they

Posted in The Bookburners Listen-a-Long | Tagged margaret dunlap, serial box, xe sands

Bookburners Listen-a-Long #2: Anywhere But Here by Brian Francis Slattery

Posted on 2015-09-25 at 14:25 by Sam

Bookburners: Season One: Episode 2: Anywhere But Here by Brian Francis Slattery read by Xe Sands for Serial Box

[Missed Episode 1? The pilot episode is still free, and at under 90 minutes each it's a breeze to catch up!]

Well, I'm again late late with the listen-a-long recap, as Episode 3 ("Fair Weather", by Margaret Dunlap) has been out since Tuesday. With Episode #2 we see Bookburners HQ at the Vatican ("Looks a little Satanic for around here, doesn’t it?"), meet a new team member, and ride along for

Posted in The Bookburners Listen-a-Long | Tagged brian francis slattery, serial box, xe sands

Bookburners Listen-a-Long #1: Badge, Book, and Candle by Max Gladstone

Posted on 2015-09-16 at 16:41 by Sam

Bookburners is a just-launched episodic fiction project by new publisher Serial Box, the first of their season- and episode-based "shows" (for lack of a better term!) brought to us by all-star teams of writers in collaborative fashion. In Bookburners, "Magic is real, and hungry—trapped in ancient texts and artifacts, only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Detective Sal Brooks is a

Posted in The Bookburners Listen-a-Long | Tagged bookburners, max gladstone, serial box, xe sands