Spine & Sprocket

1:13:08 | Jun 9th, 2019

Charles Portis wrote a fascinating novel True Grit, that was subsequently made into two very good films.  We've shown our hand in this write up but know that you will still listen to get the details. ...Show More

1:04:20 | Mar 1st, 2019

Some science fiction books make an accurate prediction of the future, but not a whole lot of them. Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison misses the mark as far as 2019 goes. However, the predictions...Show More

1:11:20 | Jan 19th, 2019

We must apologize for the muffled sound quality in the first 22:00 minutes of the episode.  It does clear right up after that.  In this episode we take a look at the Pierre Boulle novel Bridge Over th...Show More

1:02:10 | Aug 28th, 2018

Just to mix things up a bit we have decided to take a look at the original The Tower of the Elephant story by Robert E. Howard and two, count 'em two, comic adaptations of the same story.  The first C...Show More

48:22 | Jun 1st, 2018

The second Conan movie, Conan the Destroyer is our topic this evening.  We compare and contrast it to the original Robert E Howard stories, as well as the first DeLaurentiis / Schwarzenneger film.  Ro...Show More

56:41 | May 24th, 2018

As promised many shows ago we return to the Robert E. Howard's Conan Tales. We slice into The Scarlet Citadel, a tale of high adventure, oh, that's a cliche.  It's the story of Conan's capture on the ...Show More

1:22:21 | Apr 19th, 2018

In an attempt to be more current and contemporary we review another recent film and book.  READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline.  The book was published in 2011 it takes place in a dystopian society where...Show More

45:52 | Mar 8th, 2018

Agatha Christie is the top selling author of all time. Her work was inspired  by Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories and she invented the Belgian Detective Hercule Poirot, who went on to become her most p...Show More