Media Catch-Up – Books

We’re back and and we’re playing Jenga with that teetering pile of unread books, plucking out a few tomes for discussion and hoping we don’t get crushed in the attempt. Main Topic: Media Catch-Up – Books This episode is the latest in our ongoing series about the media we’ve been consuming recently and how they might influence our gaming lives. As ever, the selection is eclectic, taking in rats, horses, and a magical tattoo in which a horse might conceivably eat a rat for breakfast. Links Things we mention in this episode include: * Backer-only lockdown specials * James Herbert * The Rats by James Herbert * Lair by James Herbert * Deadly Eyes (1982) * The Food of the Gods (1976) * Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) * Beasts * “During Barty’s Party” from Beasts * Domain by James Herbert * Threads (1984) * The Walking Dead comic series * The Walking Dead * Burlington bunker * Wayward Pines * When the Wind Blows (1986) * “Demon 79” from Black Mirror * All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy * Cormac McCarthy * The Road (2009) * The Road by Cormac McCarthy * No Country For Old Men (2007) * No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy