With the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic this month, fellow Podwit Brian and I decided to indulge our fascination with nautical disasters, releasing the first part of our Podwits Podcast Disaster special, with Part Two to drop very soon. In researching these specials, I came across an age-old conspiracy theory linked to [...]
Archive for the ‘Literature’ Category
So What Ship REALLY Sank That Fateful “Night to Remember”?
Posted: April 28, 2012 by Dion in Books, History, Literature, NewsTags: Californian, Conspriacy Thoeries, HMS Hawke, RMS Olympic, RMS Titanic, White Star Line
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Podwit Profile: Sherlock Holmes Solar Pons
Posted: January 14, 2012 by Brian in Literature, Podwit Profile Tags: August Derleth, Pinnacle Books, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Solar Pons
In our discussion of the world’s greatest detectives on the most recent Podwits podcast, you might have heard me drop the name of Solar Pons. In fact, I made a pretty big deal out of him. And, chances are you’ve never heard of him before. So who the heck is this oddly-named fellow anyway? Not [...]
The Podwits – Episode The Second
Posted: November 26, 2011 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Literature, Podcast, Science Fiction, TelevisionTags: Amazon.com, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, DVD, Ernest Borgnine, Film, Game of Thrones, Holidays, Kindle Fire, Netflix, Smallville, Television, Total Recall, True Blood, Walking Dead
The Podwits are back and this time it’s personal! While Dion, J. and Brian are more than happy to debate the virtues of the written word versus its interpretation in Hollywood, they also prove they’re not above shilling for everything from Amazon.com to Ahnold himself. We may even shill for you too…
R.I.P. Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011)
Posted: November 22, 2011 by Brian in Literature, News, Obituaries, Science FictionTags: Anne McCaffrey, Dragonriders of Pern
Anne McCaffrey, the veteran SF author most famous for her Dragonriders of Pern series, has died of a massive stroke at age 85, at “Dragonhold-Underhill”, her self-designed home in County Wicklow, Ireland. She was a groundbreaking pioneer in the genre - the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (1968), the first woman to win a Nebula Award (1969), the [...]