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Welcome to Brooks's Books, the show where we read all the works of Terry Brooks in publication order. Josh, Dave, and Leah are here to dig into Terry's nearly five decade long career. Most notably, this includes the Shannara series, one of the longest-running and most influential works in fantasy fiction. We'll also be discussing his other work: The Magic Kingdom of Landover series, The Word & Void series, and all the other smaller projects from the last 50 years.
We're welcoming to long-term Shannara fans, lapsed readers, and total newcomers. If you'd like to read along, we'll be announcing our reading schedule as we go. However, you can feel free to just listen to our summaries and discussion if that suits you better.
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It's time for Terry's second and final attempt at writing a film novelization. Fortunately for all of us, this one is dramatically better! We were really surprised by how much strong characterization Terry managed to sneak into this book, including some for... Jar Jar?Next time we're reading chapters 13-24 of The Phantom Menace.If you'd like your questions answered on the show, email us at brooksbooksshow@gmail.com. If you'd like to support the show financially, head over to ko-fi.com/brooksbooksshow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Things are coming to a head in Seattle! We discuss Terry's handling of the topic of homelessness in America, some really great uses of metaphor, and some... less great uses of secrets and reveals. Also, what's up with Terry and owls?If you'd like your questions answered on the show, email us at brooksbooksshow@gmail.com. If you'd like to support the show financially, head over to ko-fi.com/brooksbooksshow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We continue our journey into the Word & Void series with a trip to Seattle! It's time to catch up with John Ross and Nest Freemark five years after the events of the last book, and learn how much of a bad time John has had! There's some really interesting ideas in this one, and we discuss Terry's forays into examining homelessness and what sort of events could push a Knight of the Word too far.If you'd like your questions answered on the show, email us at brooksbooksshow@gmail.com. If you'd like to support the show financially, head to ko-fi.com/brooksbooksshow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're closing out Running with the Demon with one hell of a bang! Word & Void has made quite the early impression on us, and we have a great time discussing what turned out be a VERY eventful reading. If you'd like your questions answered on the show, email us at brooksbooksshow@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season 5 of Brooks's Books is here, and with it comes the Word & Void series! It turns out we were REALLY excited to talk about Running with the Demon, and ended up with a giant size episode. Join us as we do a real deep dive on Hopewell, Illinois, Nest Freemark, and John Ross. What a cool book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Before we get to season 5 and the Word & Void series, we're taking a little break to watch 1994's The Crow. This is easily our most divisive movie yet, and we dig into the tragic history of the movie, hear some thoughts from the director's commentary, and learn all about how many actors in this also appeared on Homicide: Life on the Street. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's time to finish up the first Shannara prequel, and see how well Terry handles some of the pitfalls that prequels can fall into. Hope you're ready for a whole bunch of battles! What happens when the fate of the Four Lands is entrusted to a jock?If you'd like your questions answered on the show, email them in to brooksbooksshow@gmail.com. If you'd like to support the show financially, head on over to ko-fi.com/brooksbooksshow.Next time we're between seasons, so we're watching the movie you voted on: 1994's The Crow! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We take one last dip into Shannara before spending next season away, and we're here to learn about the fall of the Druids. Look at all the familiar names and places! We dig into our thoughts on prequels, Terry's "tell, don't show" approach to character traits, and discover the coolest location that Terry has ever written. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
When we got together to play a couple of hours of the Shannara video game, we put a mic in the room to capture our experience. If you want to know what that was like, here is some mostly unedited audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On Brooks's Books, we read books. Occasionally we watch a movie. Today, it's... a video game? Did you know there was a Shannara point and click adventure game released in 1995? Did you know that it has some really wild stuff in it? Join us as we dive into this really bizarre thing.If you'd like to support the show, head to ko-fi.com/brooksbooksshow. If you'd like your questions answered on the show, email us at brooksbooksshow@gmail.com.Next time we're reading chapters 1-17 of THE FIRST KING OF SHANNARA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We've identified our witches, and we've identified what the brew is. Unfortunately, now it's time for us to... drink it? I'm losing track of the metaphor. Despite this book not living up to the standard of our other Landover favorites, there's a few bright spots to be found. Terry, why you gotta be so mean?If you'd like your questions answered on the show, email us at brooksbooksshow@gmail.com. Next time, we'll be discussing the 1995 video game Shannara. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We've only got two Landover books left, and Witches' Brew is the last one for a long time! We'd better make the most of our stay. I sure hope that this is a great one! It's a great one, right?If you'd like your questions answered on the show, email us at brooksbooksshow@gmail.com.Next time we'll be reading chapters 12-21 of Witches' Brew. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're prying our eyes away from our Mind's Eye Crystals just long enough to talk through the back half of the Tangle Box! Join us as we talk through more audiobook mishaps, find out Terry's real self-insert character, and discover the most unhinged scene we've covered on the show to date. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A new season of Brooks's Books is upon us, and that means we're back in Landover! Join us as we podcast from the depths of the mystical Tangle Box. It's misty in here!If you'd like your questions answered on the show, send us an email at brooksbooksshow@gmail.com. Next time we'll be reading chapters 11-23 of The Tangle Box. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
That's a wrap on Season 3! Before we return to the Magic Kingdom of Landover, we're taking a detour to the magic kingdom of Sam Raimi's brain to watch Army of Darkness! Boy, this movie is wild and Dave and Leah were not prepared for it! Join us as we dive into just how Looney Tunes the Evil Dead franchise can get.Next time we'll be reading chapters 1-10 of The Tangle Box. If you'd like your questions answered on the show, email us at brooksbooksshow@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The finale of Heritage is upon us, and there's a lot for Terry to get done in this last reading. Join us as we discuss some of the cool maneuvers that the book makes, elements of the ending that didn't quite get there for us, and how we feel about the Heritage project as a whole. If you'd like your questions read on the show, email us at brooksbooksshow@gmail.com.Next time is our between-seasons break where we watch a fantasy movie that came out in the years we covered during this season, so this time we're watching 1992's Army of Darkness! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's time to kick off the last book of Heritage! Will Terry be able to pay off all the mysteries he's laid out? What's going to happen when these story lines start crashing into each other? How many terrible plans can our heroes make?If you'd like your questions read on the show, email us at brooksbooksshow@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we're finishing off Elf Queen, a book that has a chapter that is simultaneously one of the best and worst things we've covered on the show. Join us as we learn the answers to big questions like: Will Wren be able to complete her quest? What is the secret of the elven magic? And, most importantly: Which Ohmsford makes the most boneheaded decision? There's a lot to choose from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
After a brief sojourn to Neverland, we're back in Shannara to continue the Heritage series. We're finally getting some real time with Wren Ohmsford and Garth as they travel to the the mysterious jungles of Morrowindl! We also discuss the worst name in these books to date.If you'd like us to answer your questions on the show, email us at brooksbooksshow@gmail.com. You can also email us if you have suggestions for the movie we should cover at the end of the season! We're considering any fantasy movie that came out during the years 1990-1993. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we're bringing you two readings for the price of one! First up is the short story IMAGINARY FRIENDS, the precursor to the Word & Void series. Next is the novelization of the film HOOK, a book that we read so that you don't have to! At least we had fun talking about it.If you'd like us to answer your questions, send them in to brooksbooksshow@gmail.com and we might read them on the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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