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Ep 75 - #1 in Customer Service: The Complete Adventures of Tom Stranger

What do you do when aliens, or demons, or manatees from an alternate dimension show up on your planet and start destroying everything? Call you insurance agent of course. Hopefully you have a good one like Tom Stranger. This month we read a collection of stories about the man who does everything in his power to ensure his clients have the best customer service experience possible. #1 in Customer Service: The Complete Adventures of Tom Stranger by Larry Correia

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September: How to do Nothing by Jenny Odell

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren

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Ep 74 - Earthside

Earth, our Earth at least, continues to fall into chaos. But over in Outland, everything is great. Well, good. Well, ok. Things are going in the dumpster as well. Kevin and Bill continue to find new worlds but most aren’t any place you would want to vacation on. The colony keeps finding more survivors which means more mouths to feed. Monica and B keep running into locals who don’t want to pull their weight or overthrow the colony. So just another day of life in Earthside by Dennis E. Taylor

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August: #1 in Customer Service by Larry Correia

September: How to do Nothing by Jenny Odell

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren

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Ep 73 - The House in the Cerulean Sea

Linus is a by the book investigator for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He is sent to check on 6 such children who might cause the world to end at an orphanage in a far away island. There he meets the head of the home and other curious beings that do not trust he is there to close the place down. Prepare for whimsical magic at its best in The House in the Cerulean Sea.

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July: Earthside by Dennis E. Taylor

August: #1 in Customer Service by Larry Correia

September: How to do Nothing by Jenny Odell

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren

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Ep 72 - The Last Wish

Before the 3rd season of The Witcher drops on Netflix, we’re reading a collection of short stories about Geralt of Rivia. Some of these stories appeared in the previous seasons of The Witcher so you might already be aware of them while others are new to readers of the series. So grab your silver sword, your medallion and your horse and let’s ride with Geralt in The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski.

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June: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

July: Earthside by Dennis E. Taylor

August: #1 in Customer Service by Larry Correia

September: Jennifer’s Pick

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Joseph Moroles

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Ep 71 - Lincoln in the Bardo

Before a soul passes on to the afterlife, sometimes it gets trapped in a between place, in limbo, in the bardo. And this is the unfortunate fate that has befallen the soul of Willy Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln. Unsure of how or if he should move on, he is much discussed by the other 160+ ghosts that haunt the bardo with him. Read by a huge casts, this month we review Lincoln in the Bardo by George Sanders.

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May: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

June: Jennifer’s Pick

July: Earthside by Dennis E. Taylor

August: Shaun’s Pick

September: Kris’ Pick

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Jennifer Hetzel, Joseph Moroles

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Ep 67 - Owners Share

It’s the third book in Nathan Lowell’s second Trader’s Tales trilogy, Owner’s Share. Ishmael finds himself essentially fired after learning he is about to become a very wealthy man. But things are looking up, he’s about to be able to start his own shipping company and become his own boss. If he can figure out how to make money with a funky ship that is being sold for scrap, pay off his loan in 90 days and figure out how to teach the new owner of his old employer what she needs to know to run a shipping company.

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January - The Overstory by Richard Powers

February - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren

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Ep 66 - Captains Share

It’s book two of Nathan Lowell’s second Solar Clipper series, Captain’s Share. Several years have passed, Ishmael is the first mate of the William Tinker and has been married for 7 years. But big things are happening. Ish about to become the captain of his very own ship but like with his previous posting, things are not well on board. Now that he is in charge, let’s watch Ishmael find a way to correct the problems his way.

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November - Owner’s Share by Nathan Lowell

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren

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Ep 65 - Double Share

We’re starting the second trilogy of Nathan Lowell’s Solar Clipper series with Double Share. It’s been four years and Ishmael has graduated from the academy and is on his way to his first posting as a third mate. But the William Tinker is almost the exact opposite of the Lois. Bullying, sexual assault and physical abuse are rampant on board. How can Ish help turn things around? Let’s start with the coffee.

Warning: This book contains descriptions of sexual harassment and abuse. If you are triggered by these items or discussion of them, please be warned or skip this episode and book in the series.

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October - Captain’s Share by Nathan Lowell

November - Owner’s Share by Nathan Lowell

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren

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Ep 63 - Half Share

This month we are returning to the Trader’s Tales books, by Nathan Lowell, with the second in the series; Half Share. We’re picking up where we last left Ish, Pip and the rest of the crew of the Lois McKendrick as they fly through space delivering cargo from space station to space station. This time around though things get a little more adult as our boys are growing up and coming to terms with what it means to be a “spacer.”

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August - Full Share by Nathan Lowell

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren

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