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Episode 170; Fire and Blood, Review

28/11/2018

 

Review of the latest offering from George RR Martin and his tales of Westeros. This time though we are going back 300 years to before the events of Game of Thrones to see how the Targaryen dynasty was built.

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By: George R.R. Martin
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Series: A Song of Ice and Fire
Length: 26 hrs and 24 mins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Episode 169; Lies Sleeping, Review

20/11/2018

 

Peter Grant and the Issac's are back hot on the heels of the Faceless Man and his cohort Lesley Mae.
The Team of Aaronovitch and Holdbrook-Smith are back to entertain and delight in equal measure.

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By: Ben Aaronovitch
Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Series: Peter Grant, Book 7
Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
Publisher: Orion
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Episode 167; Elevation, Review

20/11/2018

 

The master of fear takes a look at small town life in this "uplifting" tale of one man and his scales.

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By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King
Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Audio
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Episode 166; Superhuman, Review

20/11/2018

 

Rowan Hooper looks at a variety of factors that push some people above the human experience in a variety of ways from the physical to the mental.

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​By: Rowan Hooper
Narrated by: Richard Lyddon
Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Audio
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Episode 165; Flight or Fright, Review

20/11/2018

 

After ruining out of the way Hotels and Pet graveyards Stephen King curates an anthology of tales that manages to do the same for flying.

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By: Stephen King, Bev Vincent, Michael Lewis, Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Matheson, Ambrose Bierce, E. C. Tubb, Tom Bissell
Narrated by: Stephen King, Bev Vincent
Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Audio
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Episode 164; The Bullet Journal Method, Review

16/11/2018

 

A interesting look into an organisational system that many are finding great benefits from. 
​The associated pdf helps to clarify the ideas expressed by writer/narrator Ryder Carroll

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By: Ryder Carroll
Narrated by: Ryder Carroll
Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Episode 163; Heroes, Review

1/11/2018

 
You can listen to our Mythos review here

Stephen Fry has returned to the time of Monsters and Gods in order to explore the exploits of some of the famous Greek Heroes.
Wonderfully adapted stories from the classical, narrated with passion and humour.

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​By: Stephen Fry
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Series: The Mythos Volumes, Book 2
Length: 15 hrs
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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