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Books & Nachos

Book reviews from science fiction to horror to nonfiction, all with a modern pop-culture aesthetic.

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Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula by Bram Stoker

For over 100 years we have lived among the vampires. Werewolves, ghosts, and serial killers have all popped up, but the... Read more

31 Oct 2013

37mins

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World War Z by Max Brooks

World War Z by Max Brooks

This week the movie World War Z arrives in theaters starring Brad Pitt as an investigator traveling the world during a m... Read more

21 Jun 2013

22mins

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The Dead Zone by Stephen King

The Dead Zone by Stephen King

The Dead Zone was Stephen King's follow-up to The Stand. This new novel, about a man who gained psychic powers after a h... Read more

2 May 2016

1hr 54mins

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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Last week the fourth, and final, Hunger Games film Mockingjay Part 2, dominated theaters. Now that you've had a chance t... Read more

26 Nov 2015

33mins

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The Long Walk by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman)

The Long Walk by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman)

King's first novel wasn't Carrie, it was The Long Walk written while the author was a college freshman. It tells of a d... Read more

30 Mar 2015

1hr 4mins

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Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

No, Stuart was not eaten by a sand worm, he's back to discuss Children of Dune -- Frank Herbert's third novel in the Dun... Read more

2 Feb 2017

35mins

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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

In 2009 Catching Fire fanned the flames of Hunger Games fans worldwide. Continuing the adventures of Katniss Everdeen, C... Read more

19 Nov 2015

26mins

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Watchmen by Alan Moore

Watchmen by Alan Moore

Watchmen. It was the only comic listed on Time Magazine's List of the 100 Best Novels list. It also was in The Comic's... Read more

21 Mar 2016

2hr 9mins

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games novels topped the New York Times best seller lists and went on to become Amazon's all-time top selling ... Read more

12 Nov 2015

38mins

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The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum

The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum

This summer is a great time to be re-Bourne! Matt Damon is returning to play Jason Bourne for the fourth time. For many ... Read more

5 Jul 2016

32mins

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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Today the words Jurassic Park bring to mind a T-Rex roaring at a car, Sam Neil running through a pack of CGI dinosaurs, ... Read more

4 Jun 2015

22mins

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Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

Everybody wants to rule the galaxy...but is it all it's cracked up to be?  Now Emperor, Paul Atreides must balance his l... Read more

21 Dec 2016

43mins

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The Stand by Stephen King - Part 6

The Stand by Stephen King - Part 6

With his fifth published novel Stephen King went big--a tale about God and demons with the backdrop of a dystopian futur... Read more

10 Jan 2015

36mins

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Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

In 1999 Japanese author Koushun Takami gained global notice for his novel Battle Royale. In this ultraviolent, 600-plus ... Read more

5 Nov 2015

29mins

Ranked #15

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The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum

The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum

In 1990 Robert Ludlum returned to Jason Bourne one last time for The Bourne Ultimatum.  This story finds Bourne once aga... Read more

18 Jul 2016

29mins

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Twin Peaks: The Autobiography of FBI Agent Dale Cooper -- My Life, My Tapes by Scott Frost

Twin Peaks: The Autobiography of FBI Agent Dale Cooper -- My Life, My Tapes by Scott Frost

Twin Peaks' cancellation was all but certain in May, 1991. Yet that is also when series writer Scott Frost's Agent Coope... Read more

30 Mar 2017

41mins

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The Lost World by Michael Crichton

The Lost World by Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton never intended to write a sequel to his bestselling novel Jurassic Park. But when Stephen Spielberg's ... Read more

26 Jun 2015

20mins

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The Secret Service: Kingsman by Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons, and Matthew Vaughn

The Secret Service: Kingsman by Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons, and Matthew Vaughn

Mark Millar's comic Kick-Ass was adapted to film by director Matthew Vaughn. Now the two have teamed up again with King... Read more

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Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune by Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert's 1965 landmark novel DUNE is one of the most celebrated works of the science fiction genre, but does toda... Read more

9 Dec 2016

43mins

Ranked #20

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Independence Day: Crucible by Greg Keyes

Independence Day: Crucible by Greg Keyes

20 years have passed between the 1996 sci-fi hit Independence Day and this summer's new Independence Day: Resurgence.  T... Read more

27 Jun 2016

42mins

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