Ep 024 - Grendel, by John Gardner

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2013

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week's show is all about revisiting past shows - the book Craig read, John Gardner's Grendel, is a modern prequel and/or retelling of the Beowulf myth. The book deals with monsters and the nature of good and evil, much like Frankenstein or Jekyll and Hyde. The book is all about the roles we play and the ways we try to impose order on chaos, much like Breakfast of Champions.

Anyway, this one's apparently for those of you who have been listening to us since the early days. Thanks for that.

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0:00.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well told tale,
0:05.0	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:10.0	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:31.0	What do you want our opening?
0:36.0	Do you want it to be moving?
0:37.0	Do you want it to be moving woes?
0:39.0	We didn't talk about moving woes last time.
0:42.0	We can talk about moving woes.
0:44.0	We can talk about how it's almost the end of August or it's almost the end of July.
0:48.0	It's almost the beginning of August.
0:50.0	What are you going to say about that?
0:53.0	What's your open there?
0:55.0	What's your beat?
0:56.0	What's your joke?
0:57.0	Guys, the month's almost over.
0:59.0	I'm a bookshelter.
1:00.0	I'm a bookshelter.
1:01.0	I read booksshelter.
1:02.0	Uh-huh, joke thanks, Eure.
1:03.0	Sure.
1:05.0	Just because what a lie it is to tell little kids that summer's awesome,
1:13.0	because in real life, you grow up and summer's just as busy as all the other times,
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