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#26 Short Story VS Animation PT.II- Swarm by Bruce Sterling

The BookBoys: with Max & EloiFeb 25, 2024

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#26 Short Story VS Animation PT.II- Swarm by Bruce Sterling

#26 Short Story VS Animation PT.II- Swarm by Bruce Sterling

We finally have a THEME SONG! This week we discuss the Sci-Fi short story Swarm by bruce Sterling and compare it to the short movie adaptation by Netflix's Love, Death + Robots. Enjoy, we love ya!

Feb 25, 202442:00
#25 Sibling short stories

#25 Sibling short stories

The BookBoys are back! Join Eloi and Max on a their journey through each others tales about siblings!


Thank you for being here and as always love ya!

Jan 15, 202448:36
#24- A Piece of Steak by: Jack London, BookBoys are back...

#24- A Piece of Steak by: Jack London, BookBoys are back...

Enjoy, we love you.

Jul 01, 202032:14
#23 Quarantine Short Stories!

#23 Quarantine Short Stories!

We're back! We hope everyone is safe and doing just generally alright. Here's some quick entertainment for you. Two short stories written by... US! Enjoy, love ya!

May 20, 202045:31
#22 The Music of Chance by Paul Auster

#22 The Music of Chance by Paul Auster

Poker, Prostitutes and, Patience. Stay safe and enjoy this week's episode, love ya!

Mar 16, 202047:26
#21 Season 2! The Man in the Crowd by Edgar Allan Poe

#21 Season 2! The Man in the Crowd by Edgar Allan Poe

Welcome to Season 2 baby! Mr. Poe takes us on a trip through 19th century London, come along for the ride, love ya!

Mar 06, 202030:13
#20 Depression & Hell two more Bukowski short stories

#20 Depression & Hell two more Bukowski short stories

Two more pessimistic stories by Mr. Bukowski. We explore some political themes this episode, rather risky... love ya!

Feb 20, 202026:17
#19 OUR short stories

#19 OUR short stories

Hello hello avid listeners, in this very special episode we (that is to say Eloi and myself) discuss, listen to and, critique short stories we have written. One from each of us, two stories from our minds to your ears, love ya!

Feb 12, 202033:25
#18 1 year anniversary! and writing process

#18 1 year anniversary! and writing process

Hello everyone, this is a special one-year anniversary episode! We thank those who need to be thanked and talk about how the writing of our short stories is going. Thank you for listening to this one and any of the previous ones, love ya!

Feb 01, 202005:36
#17 The Devil Was Hot by Charles Bukowski

#17 The Devil Was Hot by Charles Bukowski

This week on the BBP we discuss the... devil. A quaint short story by Charles Bukowski, we certainly enjoyed and we hope you will as well, love ya!

Jan 24, 202021:05
#16 Two Friends & Two Little Soldiers by Guy de Maupassant

#16 Two Friends & Two Little Soldiers by Guy de Maupassant

A real French podcast this week, with our brand new theme song. Hope you enjoy, love ya!

Dec 20, 201924:58
#15 Alyosha the Pot by Leo Tolstoy

#15 Alyosha the Pot by Leo Tolstoy

Are you a pot? Well then you'd have to be a hardworking, young and, honest man. Hope you enjoy this week's episode on a Leo Tolstoy short story, love ya!

Dec 14, 201914:46
#14 Lonely men and jawless eels- Scheherezade by Haruki Murakami

#14 Lonely men and jawless eels- Scheherezade by Haruki Murakami

Another petite histoire from Murakami, quite an enjoyable one at that. We hope you enjoy and as always, love ya!

Dec 08, 201921:21
#13 The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

#13 The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

Little more prepared today and slightly longer, we put quite some work into this one, hope you enjoyed it, love ya!

Dec 02, 201930:16
#12 U.F.O. in Kushiro by Haruki Murakami

#12 U.F.O. in Kushiro by Haruki Murakami

Hello hello, it's been a while (starting a pattern of consistent inconsistency). Hope you enjoy this podcast about another Murakami short story, love ya!

Nov 18, 201917:57
#11 Edgar Allan Poe short stories

#11 Edgar Allan Poe short stories

We recount/analyse two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe: The mask of the red death and The story of William Wilson (Part 1-4), hope you enjoy, love ya!

Sep 26, 201932:40
#10 The return- Harry Potter and No Country For Old Men

#10 The return- Harry Potter and No Country For Old Men

We know it's been a long wait but we're finally back! This is a little bit of a mess of a conversation but we are planning to get back to the regular format soon enough. Thank you if you're reading this, love ya!
Sep 10, 201942:03
#9.5 Interlude

#9.5 Interlude

This is a little in-betweener, we felt bad for not uploading in a while. Thanks as always for listening, love ya!

Apr 17, 201922:56
#9 Short story VS Animation- Beyond the Aquila Rift by Alastair Reynolds

#9 Short story VS Animation- Beyond the Aquila Rift by Alastair Reynolds

We talk about a short story called Beyond the Aquila Rift and compare that piece of literature to the animated adaptation. Hope you enjoy, love ya!

Mar 31, 201922:17
#8 We were expecting a guest- Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

#8 We were expecting a guest- Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

We talk about Norwegian Wood, not much else to say. Give it a listen, love ya!

Mar 22, 201924:30
#7 Gerrasim- The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy

#7 Gerrasim- The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy

This week on the BookBoys podcast we discuss The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy, an interesting classic. Hope you enjoy, love ya!

Mar 15, 201927:41
#6 Kafka and Murakami- Before the Law by Franz Kafka

#6 Kafka and Murakami- Before the Law by Franz Kafka

We talk about Kafka and Murakami and as per usual plans for the next episode. Catch you next week, love ya!

Mar 08, 201921:40
#5 A short podcast- Birthday Girl by Haruki Murakami

#5 A short podcast- Birthday Girl by Haruki Murakami

In this episode we discuss Birthday Girl by Haruki Murakami, it is a short story, enjoy. There will be two episode this week to make up for the past 3 weeks, love ya!

Mar 04, 201917:04
#4 Not (only) about books

#4 Not (only) about books

This podcast I forgot to read the part I was supposed to so we had to improvise... enjoy, Love Ya!

Feb 13, 201947:02
#3 Back where he started

#3 Back where he started

In this episode we discuss part 2 of 'The Woman in the Dunes'. I hope you like it. We now have an Instagram and Twitter account so go check us out @bookboyspodcast.


Kind regards,

The BookBoys

Feb 08, 201924:55
#2: Sand beetle

#2: Sand beetle

In this episode we discuss the first nine chapters of 'The woman in the dunes' by: Kobo Abe. We also talk about the translation of novels and poetry. We would like to thank everyone who listened to the last podcast and to everyone who is listening to this one, love ya!
Feb 04, 201926:47
#1: Abandoned classroom

#1: Abandoned classroom

This our first podcast. This is a podcast I do together with a good friend of mine. The main topic of discussion for this episode and for the episodes to come is books! We hope you enjoy and please let us know what you thought.

Jan 30, 201917:29