G.L. McDorman

I'm excited to announce my latest literary podcast, Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Join me for college-level discussions of fantasy, supernatural horror, and science-fiction. #fantasy #scifi #horror #podcast #sciencefiction claytemplemedia.com/post/atoz-a-sp…

@frryanwhitley @bebudda I love this artefact! Is this a long-time companion or a recent used-bookstore find?

2023 Short Stories Read #30 “Born of Man and Woman” (1950) Richard Matheson. Skipping ahead so I’m prepped for the next episode of Elder Sign podcast w/ @glmcdorman and @bebudda, I read this very short, freaky story about a “kid” kept in a basement. Matheson’s first prof. sale.

2023 Short Stories Read #1 “The Summer Snow Storm” (1956) by Adam Chase In which a weatherman becomes The Weather Man, who causes weather to occur by his forecasts. An astounding, if implausible, adventure to rescue a damsel in distress behind the Iron Curtain follows. Very fun!

@BacklistedPod @i_am_mill_i_am @johnmitchinson @birchos I listened to both this and @glmcdorman's @ClaytempleMedia ATOZ podcast episode on Paolo Bacigalupi's Hugo & Nebula award-winning SF novel *The Windup Girl*, which talks some about the similarities with Greene's *The Quiet American*. This made me more interested in reading both!

@TheCromcast Hey, a couple of y'all have talked about John Langan's *The Fisherman* (which I also read and liked). @glmcdorman mentioned that book will get a whole episode next month on @ClaytempleMedia ATOZ podcast! claytemplemedia.com/atoz

#FF Horror @TraCee_tr @TheAudioMan @AAWerewolfinNJ @horrorlosers @WickedHorrorTV @village_movie @HooklandGuide @Horror31 @exhumedzine @charliesuspense @BrianMoreland @Hypnogoria @MeganTremethick @morales_ej @glmcdorman @darkside_bridge @BarbieWilde @MiskatonicL @Wayne_June

Somehow I have raised a three-year-old whose favorite game is pretending to be the eighteenth-century composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf.

@frryanwhitley @Buehlmeister Yes! You're the person I heard about it from! I'm so glad that we read it -- what a weird and unsettling apocalypse Buehlman envisions.

Recently, I've seen lots of people raving about @Buehlmeister's absolutely terrific novel, BETWEEN TWO FIRES. I loved it, too; it was my fav read of 2022. So, this seems like a good time to direct you to the AtoZ podcast by @glmcdorman that discusses it: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/clayt…

@StephenPiment I'm not sure what I said, but, yes. In fact, we regularly participate in the oldest continuously running con in the world, which had it's first meeting in 1936. We haven't done that since the Covid pandemic began, but I'm hoping to get back this fall.

@glmcdorman Minor point on GWLP #149: SF cons long predate Star Trek cons from the 1970's. The first Worldcon was held in 1939 and has been annual since then. Many cons were held throughout the 50's and 60's.

@frryanwhitley @bebudda Yeah, that sounds exactly like Voice of the Fire.

@glmcdorman @bebudda I had to read the first 50 pages or so aloud but then I got the hang of it.

@bebudda @glmcdorman Listening to your coverage of Moore’s “In the Drownings” and parts of it remind me of Paul Kingsnorth’s amazing novel, THE WAKE. Are either of you familiar with that work? It’s def a project, but so, so worth it. Recommend.

@Mister_Scott @ClaytempleMedia Thanks for the plug!

Dune! On a new episode of Atoz: A Speculative-Fiction Book-Club Podcast, Jay and Glenn talk about Frank Herbert's recasting of the Middle Ages in Dune. #Dune #FrankHerbert #SciFi #Atoz #ClaytempleMedia claytemplemedia.com/post/frank-her…

Feudalism in space!!!! Join me and fellow history professor Jay Diehl as we talk about medievalism in Dune. #Dune #FrankHerbert #Atoz #ClaytempleMedia #SciFi claytemplemedia.com/post/frank-her…

@GuyRiessen Haha, yeah. My inside voice immediately started shouting "be careful with the pages" but then I realized that it's ultimately his book anyway ... this is just a few years earlier than I anticipated.

Yesterday my three-year-old saw me with the 5e Monster Manual and then wanted to read it with me. This morning when I went into his room to get him up, he didn't even say "good morning," just "go get the Monster Manual." It's going to be an awesome week.

@frryanwhitley Let's get these kids together and make a Stranger Things reality show!

@glmcdorman My eleven year old fell asleep last week with the 5e PHB across his face.

@UrLocutus It was a great interview, too! He's on my list for next summer.

@glmcdorman Yes the second half of "Last Days" is well worth reading, and possibly doing an episode on. Also the jerks on the other Wolfe cast got Evenson for an interview, you should ask him for one too!

@kennethgyu Thank you! My Godzilla knowledge is embarrassingly weak.

@glmcdorman listening to the most recent Elder Sign Ep— yes Mothra is the most consistently “good” / “heroic” monster in that universe. She’s the “good guy” even more often than Godzilla is, but she’s generally an underdog.

@petra_kingston @skepoet @ClaytempleMedia Haha, that's right!

@skepoet @glmcdorman @ClaytempleMedia But have you seen her in Sweeney Todd?... 🤣🤣 Not a very wholesome pie maker! ❤️ Angela