Thumbing Through Yesterday
Episodes
11 - Star Trek Log 10
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Star Trek Logs are a series of novelizations of the animated Star Trek series, written by Alan Dean Foster. Tom grew up with a collection of these...
10 - Nine Princes in Amber
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny is a favorite for both Tom and Tony. In this first book of the Chronicles of Amber, we meet Corwin, a man who w...
09 - The Real Story
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The opening to an epic sci-fi series, The Real Story is an example of Stephen R. Donaldson doing what he does so well. A favorite of Tom's, and a firs...
08 - Zodiac
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A choice from Tony's youth, and a first-read for Tom, Neal Stepehson's Zodiac is "a fast ride on a rough road." We discuss what worked, and what didn'...
07 Cats Cradle
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of Kurt Vonnegut's quirky rides to the end of the world. Join us as we follow the life and adventures of Jonah as his desire to write a novel lead...
06 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a classic tale by CS Lewis, and the introduction to the Chronicles of Narnia, where we spend seven novels exp...
05 The Hobbit
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hobbits and dragons and dwarves, oh my! We talk about The Hobbit, the fantasy classic by JRR Tolkien, and a favorite of both Tom and Tony.
04 Ender's Game
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is one of Tony's all-time favorites, and the subject of our discussion.
03 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we discuss Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, the first book of the five (or is it six?) book comedy sci-fi phenomenon.
02 Have Spacesuit - Will Travel
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We explore one of Tony's favorite novels from his youth, Have Spacesuit -- Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein.
01 Watership Down
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the premiere episode of Thumbing Through Yesterday! We talk about Watership Down by Richard Adams, quite possibly the finest adventure tale...
00 - Promo
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this little teaser for Thumbing Through Yesterday, the podcast where we pull our favorite books down from the shelf, dust them off, and remind o...