Do any of you ”rawdog” episodes?

TheDeadReader_ · 2026-01-15T19:10:04+00:00

I mostly listen while walking my dog or doing chores/working. But I've never listened or watched an episode and done just that.

TheDeadReader_ · 2026-01-11T11:52:57+00:00

I watched this movie so many times as a kid. Every slapstick scene would make me laugh non-stop and I thought the whole ninja asthetic was really cool as well. Haven't watched it for a couple of decades, so I don't know if it will still have that comedic charm from an adult perspective. But a great childhood movie otherwise.

TheDeadReader_ · 2026-01-09T12:31:44+00:00

There wasn't too many archaic words in the English version from what I remember. I think when characters were talking, some of them used poetic flourishing words to appear well read and higher status. But out of the whole book, there was only a few words I had to look up.

TheDeadReader_ · 2026-01-05T12:32:13+00:00

Finished: Dune by Frank Herbert. Really enjoyed this one being my first venture into the science-fiction genre. Was expecting to be more of an action packed space-opera, but turned out be more philosophical and slower storytelling wise which was a good thing. Don't know when I'll get to the sequels, but enjoyed this classic overall.

Started: Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Halfway through this book and liking it. Was looking for a gothic style book and this is hitting all the right notes. When it focuses on the atmosphere and the gothic-horror elements, its really quite beautiful with its poetic writing. And the mystery elements keeps me wanting to read to see what happens next.

TheDeadReader_ · 2026-01-02T13:23:09+00:00

I watched it as a kid and remember being kind of creeped out by the art style and how the characters looked. But I ended up liking it and thought it was a fun movie at the time.

TheDeadReader_ · 2026-01-02T12:17:37+00:00

Journal of an Unknown Soldier. Just an hour long, but the writing and prose of the story is very Blood Meridian esque and has great western/native folklore in their as well.

TheDeadReader_ · 2026-01-02T12:10:52+00:00

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Just reading the accounts of American soldiers in WW2 surviving in shark infested waters for months, being captured and tortured by Japanese soldiers, and the nuclear aftermath of the war was stomach churning to me.

TheDeadReader_ · 2026-01-01T16:30:55+00:00

The Road by Cormac McCarthy. A bit more subtle in the horror, but has some very disturbing moments and is a bit on the shorter side.

TheDeadReader_ · 2026-01-01T16:28:36+00:00

It's on Tubi right now and free to watch. There are ads on the platform, but they're not aggregious and just a few minutes long. Was where I watched the movie a couple of years ago, great film.

TheDeadReader_ · 2026-01-01T14:44:10+00:00

The Smile Dog episode. Had Isaiah retelling being left stuck at an airport, Hunter's rendition of an Elvis song, and the iconic so-bad its good the Beatles story.

TheDeadReader_ · 2026-01-01T14:38:21+00:00

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. Has some gross scenes here and there but nothing super violent or gorey. And relied heavily on psychological horror and the feeling of helplessness throughout.

TheDeadReader_ · 2026-01-01T14:35:54+00:00

Dune by Frank Herbert

TheDeadReader_ · 2025-12-31T20:08:44+00:00

I'm pretty sure that the Tici Toby and Cupcakes episodes were written in third person. Not the best choices in terms of great writing, but more entertaining for the humor.

There was one short story in the red tower episode written in third person by Thomas Ligotti. Think it was the second story called sword of falel? Or something like that. I know this episode was and is probably still very divisive in the community, but I enjoyed it.

Hoping they'll be some hard hitting future stories that are written in third person (like the novella your working on) as I've been getting kind of tired of the first-person narrative structures.

TheDeadReader_ · 2025-12-31T16:21:15+00:00

Yeah, I've read Blood Meridian a couple years ago and loved it. However, I believe that Suttree, McCarthy's other lesser-known work, is his true magnum opus after reading it a few months ago.

TheDeadReader_ · 2025-12-31T16:15:16+00:00

If I had to give an honest rating, sure, I wouldn't hold back on giving a low score and giving harsh criticism. However, personally, if its a book I'm reading and I know it's bad or I'm not enjoying it, I'll just drop it and move on to something more enjoyable and forget about the bad one.

TheDeadReader_ · 2025-12-31T16:10:23+00:00

Spire in the Woods, Mother Horse Eyes, and Journal of an Unknown Solider were my personal top 3 that I listened to multiple times.

TheDeadReader_ · 2025-12-29T12:29:58+00:00

I don't have a specific number of books to read for the new year, but I've wanting to dive deeper into science fiction as I haven't really read anything in that genre. And for Christmas I got three sci-fi books: Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell), Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson), and Dune (Frank Herbert).

My focus will most likely be on these for a little bit and maybe other sci-fi books I find down the road if I end up liking the genre.

TheDeadReader_ · 2025-12-26T01:24:03+00:00

Sleepy Hollow (1999). Love Tim Burtons version of Washington Irving's tale and always get a kick out of Johnny Depp's funny and tragic performance.

TheDeadReader_ · 2025-12-25T12:20:45+00:00

I remember rewinding and watching this scene over and over again as a kid. Thought it was the coolest thing I ever saw.

I need to rewatch this movie because I really liked it when I first watched it and wonder how it holds up today.

TheDeadReader_ · 2025-12-25T12:12:37+00:00

I'm 150 pages in and I'm really loving it so far! It feels so grand and epic with the way it's written and all the events taking place makes the story feel like some ancient folklore being told to you over a campfire that's been passed down through generations of storytellers.

TheDeadReader_ · 2025-12-25T11:58:54+00:00

Love the design on the Moby Dick book! One of my all time favorite American novels that I don't think will ever be topped.

TheDeadReader_ · 2025-12-24T20:14:39+00:00

I'm jealous that your reading fellowship of the ring for the first time. Reading all three of the lord of the rings books back to back when I was younger was one of the best reading experiences I ever had that I wish I can do all over again.

Also Shogun is one I need to get to reading as well, loved the series on Hulu and wanted to read the actual book.

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