Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Neil Gaiman's Myths
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The myths of the Norsemen
Discussed“so the time there was an English writer named Roger leling green and he had done myths of the Norse men and I had a friend who had a copy so I grabbed it read it fell in love with it”
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Norse Mythology
"Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman is a retelling of traditional tales featuring major gods like Thor, Odin, and Loki.
Recommended“the book is Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman out this week thank you”
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Autumn
Autumn by Ali Smith is a reflective contemporary novel that captures the shifting political and cultural landscape of Great Britain.
Discussed“so this is her seventh book and it's the first in a planned quartet beginning with Autumn around the seasons”
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How to Be Both
How to Be Both by Ali Smith is a structurally inventive and critically acclaimed novel that explores identity, art, and time through two distinct narratives that readers can experience in either order.
Discussed“you profiled Ali Smith last year when her previous book came out how to be both”
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Brave New World
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a dystopian classic that envisions a futuristic society controlled by technological distraction, pharmacological hedonism, and engineered social conditioning.
Discussed“and she's reading Brave New World while she's waiting she practically reads the whole thing waiting in line for the passport office”
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Hatching Twitter
Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton is a non-fiction book that explores the turbulent founding and dramatic rise of the social media platform.
Discussed“one more word about the subject of your own book hatching Twitter that was about the sort of dawn of Twitter looking at the company where it is now”
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The Hellfire Club
The Hellfire Club by Jake Tapper is a political thriller set against the backdrop of Washington, D.C., in 1954, following a congressional investigator as he navigates a dangerous web of conspiracy and political intrigue.
Discussed“his debut novel it's a political thriller titled the hellfire club which takes place in Washington DC in 1954”
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Harold and the Purple Crayon
Discussed“and you know I'm a big fan of Harold in the Purple Crayon and one my favorite books of all time”
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Goodnight Moon 60th Anniversary Edition
Goodnight Moon 60th Anniversary Edition by Margaret Wise Brown is a classic bedtime picture book featuring a little bunny bidding goodnight to everything in the great green room.
Discussed“but the the book that's sort of dominating our Consciousness and bedtime is good night Moon which I never read”
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The Runaway Bunny
Discussed“because Runaway Bunny is kind of diabolical um and that's very distressing book”
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Little Fur Family
Discussed“which ones like not little fur family little fur family”
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The Plot Against America
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth is a prominent alternate history novel imagining a fascist America in the 1940s under the isolationist presidency of Charles Lindbergh.
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Sabbath's Theater
Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth is a provocative and darkly humorous novel centered on a aging, disgraced puppeteer grappling with grief, mortality, and his own destructive impulses.
Discussed“so I started Sabbath's Theater which is from 1995 I think and a book that a couple of my friends really love and that I've been meaning to read for a long time”
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You learn by living
You Learn by Living by Eleanor Roosevelt is an insightful collection of reflections and practical wisdom written by the former First Lady in 1960, offering guidance on finding purpose, courage, and maturity.
Recommended“I did finish the Eleanor Roosevelt you learn by living which I highly recommend”
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A short history of nearly everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson is a popular science masterpiece that distills complex scientific discoveries, natural history, and evolutionary milestones into an engaging narrative for general readers.
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A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson is a humorous and reflective travel memoir that chronicles the author's attempt to hike the lengthy and demanding Appalachian Trail.
Discussed“and I then picked up a walk in the woods which was just sitting on my shelf rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail”
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Wild
Wild by Cheryl Strayed is a deeply personal memoir chronicling the author's grueling, transformative solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail following personal tragedy and hardship.
Discussed“it sort of felt like wild did back when Cheryl stres wild which I also resisted because too many people were reading it”
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Heat and light
Heat and Light by Jennifer Haigh is a contemporary novel that examines the complex, contentious world of hydraulic fracturing through the interconnected lives of residents, energy company workers, and activists in a rural Pennsylvania community.
Discussed“and then at home I started a book that came out last year by Jennifer hay called heat and light which which is about fracking”
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.
Discussed“and on the non-fiction list Hill Billy elegy remains at the top JD Vance's Memoir”
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Other mentions in this episode (14) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“his new book is Norse mythology”
“what's the first post brexit novel it may well be Ali Smith's Autumn”
“Nick Bilton will be here to talk about two new books that try Valley of the Gods and the kingdom of Happiness”
“I'm Pamela Paul Neil Gaiman is here his new book is Norse mythology”
“also bought his his tales of ancient Egypt”
“he did Tales of Troy”
“and this week she writes about ali Smith's new novel Autumn Nick Bilton joins us now”
“and he reviews for us this week two books Valley of the Gods by Alexander wolf and the kingdom of happiness by Amy grth”
“Nick Bilton is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and the author of hatching Twitter”
“and this week in the book review he writes about two books Alexander Wolf's Valley of the the gods a Silicon Valley story”
“I think a lot of this has to do with a certain book that had Harry Potter in the title even though it was a play”
“so they didn't have you know the sort of Harry Potter and the curse child craze had kind of tailed off at that point”
“so they didn't have you know the sort of Harry Potter and the curse child craze had kind of tailed off at that point”
“what too many other people like Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman no surprise debut is at number one”