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Spine & Sprocket

Books, movies, and crazy digressions.

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Episode 27: Conan: The Scarlet Citadel and Queen of the Black Coast

Episode 27: Conan: The Scarlet Citadel and Queen of the Black Coast

As promised many shows ago we return to the Robert E. Howard's Conan Tales. We slice into The Scarlet Citadel, a tale of... Read more

24 May 2018

56mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 26: Ready Player One (Book and Film)

Episode 26: Ready Player One (Book and Film)

In an attempt to be more current and contemporary we review another recent film and book.  READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cl... Read more

19 Apr 2018

1hr 22mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 25: Murder on the Orient Express

Episode 25: Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie is the top selling author of all time. Her work was inspired  by Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories and she... Read more

8 Mar 2018

45mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 24: The Wolfman by Nicholas Pekearo

Episode 24: The Wolfman by Nicholas Pekearo

Some folk say when you've read one werewolf story, you've read them all. So, we decided to check around and we found a l... Read more

13 Nov 2017

32mins

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Episode 23: An American Werewolf in London

Episode 23: An American Werewolf in London

Welcome back! This is the first of our Werewolf shows. We take a look at the cult classic film that took the werewolf tr... Read more

11 Nov 2017

42mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 22: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (Book and Film)

Episode 22: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (Book and Film)

In this episode we investigate The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carre, and by director Martin Ritt.   That i... Read more

13 Sep 2017

54mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 21: We Were Soldiers Once (The Film)

Episode 21: We Were Soldiers Once (The Film)

The war in Vietnam was unique in many ways.  Films that attempt to illustrate the conflict have some tricky ground to co... Read more

30 Jul 2017

45mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 20: We Were Soldiers Once and Young (The Book)

Episode 20: We Were Soldiers Once and Young (The Book)

One of the classic books about the Vietnam War, is of course, We Were Soldiers Once ...and Young by marine Lt. Gen. Haro... Read more

19 Jul 2017

43mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 19: Omega Man and I Am Legend Films

Episode 19: Omega Man and I Am Legend Films

Charlton Heston, empty city streets, strange albino-like people created by germ warfare; what more could a person want f... Read more

27 Apr 2017

1hr 13mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 18: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

Episode 18: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

When Dave and Jeff got together to reveal their opinions of this classic (in the cult sense) horror novel, I Am Legend b... Read more

20 Apr 2017

45mins

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