DG66: Game of Thrones – Part 2: Season One [TV Review]

This is the second part of our Game of Thrones podcast series. It is a spoiler-filled discussion of the entire first season. We don’t go beyond that, however and every subsequent episode released in the next… decade? … will cover only that specific series. This all ties in nicely with the...

DG65: Game of Thrones – Part 1: A Song of Ice and Fire [TV Review]

This is an introduction to the HBO series: Game of Thrones. It is spoiler-free and perfect for newcomers as a means of whetting your appetite. For fans of the show it also serves as a great refresher on the world that George R. R. Martin has created. In a few days time, coincidentally on the day the second...

The Dresden Files – Storm Front [Audio Book Review]

This is Neil Taylor’s review of the first in a series of novels about a wizard named Harry.  Chicago-based supernatural investigator Harry Dresden. Butcher’s original proposed title for the first novel was “Semiautomagic”, which sums up the series’ balance of fantasy and...

Alex Reads The Gruffalo [Audiobook]

Exactly as it sounds, this is me reading the children’s book; The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. I’m looking at branching out my vocal talents into other areas and audiobooks seem a distinct possibility. Five points to Gryffindor or whatever your relevant house is if you can guess the background...

How to Film The Subtle Knife [Text]

-By Alex Shaw Back in 2007 New Line Cinema, released The Golden Compass, an adaptation of the Philip Pullman book; Northern Lights, the first of a trilogy named His Dark Materials. The film was clumsily executed, sterile, blunted and betrayed many signs of executive interference. Combine that with...

What Have I Done With My Geek Self? [Audio/Text]

Click on the player down the bottom to hear the author reading an audio version of this article. Let us know what you think of this style. I have a confession to make.Several, in fact. I’m massively behind with The Song of Ice & Fire series; I’m still only on the third book (although...

DG38: Comic Books & The Ultimates #1 [Book Review]

Since most of you guys probably aren’t huge Marvel fans, and in the interest of easing you in, I start this show with a potted history of comic books; from the golden age through to present day. Hopefully that should at least give you a sense of the placement of The Avengers and these updated Ultimate...

DG35: Blue Sun – Beta Preview [Audiobook]

What you have here is the first few chapters of a book I’ve been writing and re-writing since 2001. It’s a sci-fi fantasy novel codenamed Blue Sun. I’ve decided to publish it as a serial podiobook. This is the preview of the beta version. When I start putting out the first sections of the beta actual...

DG29: World War Z [Gonzo Book Review]

This is the second of two review shows based around books about the undead by Max Brooks. This week we tackle ‘World War Z’, an oral history of the Zombie apocalypse that claimed the lives of the majority of mankind. The most important word here is “World” and this truly is a...

DG28: The Zombie Survival Guide [Gonzo Book Review]

This is the first of two review shows based around books about the undead by Max Brooks. They are written in a factual style, so we have taken an equally factual approach to discussing their contents. This is effectively a 90-minute primer of need-to-know information in case of an emergency situation...

DG18: Northern Lights – Beta Preview [Audiobook]

This week I’d planned to do another movie review show, however one of my guests internet is down and rather than soldier on without him and deliver you an inferior show I’ve decided to hold off for a week and do the next two back to back so you get twice as many next week. In the meantime I’m going to...