Episode 0023: Old Man’s War

From Wikipedia:

The Middle Ages [...] are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century marked by the division of Western Christianity in the Reformation, the rise of humanism in the Italian Renaissance, and the beginnings of European overseas expansion.

One tidbit about the Middle Ages that Wikipedia curiously omits is that it was during this time period that we chose John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War for The Secret Library. Then came the Black Death—which was totally not our fault—and Overlord Miller’s subsequent flight to California. During the ensuing chaos, we lost track of time¹ and a few things wound up slipping through the cracks.

That’s all been straightened out now, and at last we are able to present our discussion of Old Man’s War.

NOTE: The skeptical listener might be inclined to believe that we’ve switched your regular David Moore with Folgers Crystals a copy of David Moore’s consciousness that we’ve uploaded into a computer with a wonky vocoder. This is not the case. We were, in fact, experiencing some technical audio difficulties and Mr. Moore’s transmissions were not as clear and crisp as we’d have liked. Also, there simply is no such thing as a “regular David Moore”.

David Moore talks about Flex, which is not his ground-breaking new workout video.

Promo: The Command Line, a podcast exploring digital citizenry as a creator and a consumer.

Discussion: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi. 

• Spoiler Alert! Spoilers begin at approximately 10 minutes into the episode.

Promo: PodioRacket.com. What are you putting in your ears?

Not To Mention…

• Anathem by Neal Stephenson is a big, big book.
• John Scalzi has often been compared to Robert Heinlein. 
• The Honor Harrington series by David Weber begins with On Basilisk Station.
• The Miles Vorkasigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold begins with Shards of Honor.
• The Golden Age of the Solar Clipper by Nathan Lowell begins with Quarter Share (available for free on Podiobooks.com).

Lairkeeping

• Our theme music is “Skullcrusher Mountain” by Jonathan Coulton, because “Kenesaw Mountain Landis” is about baseball and we are not.
• Our Secretary of Artistic Propaganda is Natalie Metzger, who may or may not be related to Captain Tortuga of the S.S. Isopod.
• We welcome the new Commandante of our Aerial Legions, David Moore.
• We also welcome our new Lair Physician, Dr. John Cmar, whose procedures are almost never covered by insurance.

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   willywoollove says:

   June 12, 2009 at 7:59 pm

   Thanks for the Pcast. Helped kill 30 min at work. I enjoyed OMW as well. Not as much as you guys but I did like it. The first book was the best. You guys aske d for book recommendations and I have a great one. ” The Electric Church” by Jeff Somers. Science fiction with a great anti-hero. This book kicks butt. Look forward to your next installment.