EPISODE · Jun 3, 2020 · 52 MIN

Cli-fi is a genre now?

from The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

Steph and Candice check in again on how life, work and entertainment is going during work from home times. Hint, it's a lot of television watching, way more than usual Listen along to hear what they've been watching, reading and maybe eating! Books The Flooded Earth by Mardi McConnochie American War by Omar El Akkad Melmoth by Sarah Perry Misery by Stephen King Tommyknockers by Stephen King A Matter of Taste by Rebecca Tucker Links Movie commentary with friends from Candice's podcast, 100% Candice What is Cli-Fi? Read what Stephen King thought of Annie Wilkes, villain of Misery. Timestamps 00:33 Intro 01:30 Missing movies with friends 05:50 Choosing what movies to watch 06:50 The Outer Limits reboot of the 90s 09:10 The X-Files conspiracy theory 10:16 Telling stories through years long series 14:30 Role playing games and playing characters outside yourself 19:03 How we communicate in audio without visual cues 22:00 How our reality is different from the tropes of sci fi 24:00 Giving people the nod while out for a walk 26:17 Reading updates 30:50 The Stephen King update 39:10 Steph realizes keeping a journal might be a positive thing, again. 43:45 Candice's accidental food industry book club 48:50 Plea to support local businesses 49:46 What do live events and celebrations look like now? --- Find all of our past episodes at Stories From The Village Please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow the Bookshelf on Twitter and Facebook and now Tumblr!! Stay up to date on what's happening around the store at http://bookshelf.ca and join the weekly newsletter. Send us an email at [email protected] Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by The Underscore Orkestra

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