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Authorized 2nd Edition logo for Species

OUT NOW! Since our upcoming Species 2 episode will mark 200 novelizations for us, our 2nd edition this week is our episode on Species from 2022. Time flies! Whether you're catching up, relistening, or doing some other thing. we can all agree that 200 is a lot. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death, featuring Judge Dredd

OUT NOW! We wrap our video game season with Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death. We're not experts on the character, but this book thrusts us into a world ravaged by fascism, police brutality, and plague. It's a stretch for the imagination but we get there. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, featuring Bowser Jr.

OUT NOW! We covered a Mario novelization recently so Mario episodes are on the table whenever we want now. We watched The Super Mario Galaxy Movie! Authorized host reactions range from "a good time at the movies," to "not for me," to "not a movie." Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

hear me struggle to explain Kingdom Hearts for about two. hours

Authorized episode logo for Kingdom Hearts, featuring Donald Duck

OUT NOW! @alexwolinetz.com of @andorkspod.com attempts to explain Kingdom Hearts to us. He claims the first game is the least confusing. Judging from the novelization, this is quite a statement, but we still have a blast trying to unpack the story. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Death Race 3: Inferno, featuring Niles York

OUT NOW! We keep watching Death Race movies. Either the rebooted series keeps getting better or some kind of shared psychosis is taking hold. Either way, most of us were surprisingly fond of Death Race 3: Inferno. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Super Mario Bros., featuring Mario and Luigi

OUT NOW! Super Mario Bros. (1993) is itself one of the most baffling acts of adaptation from one medium to another in the history of artistic adaptation. Did you know the film was also novelized? How do the beloved bros Mario Mario and Luigi Mario fare on the page? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Loved listening back to this classic ep of Authorized: we discuss telepathic cucumbers, ET getting the hots for Elliot's mother and there's a brand new game at the end. Enjoy...

Authorized 2nd Edition logo for E.T.

OUT NOW! We've got another 2nd Edition with another NEW GAME, this one featuring our dear friend @markstay.bsky.social returning to append his first of many Authorized appearances! Skip to 2:17:56 if you just want the game. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Hannah is on Andorks this week discussing a scene that is dear to her heart, among many other topics. Give it a listen!

Authorized episode logo for Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy, featuring Jill Valentine

OUT NOW! Writer, editor, and guy who already knew this book Padraig Cotter brings his franchise expertise to our discussion of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy. Padraig credits the novel with getting him into reading as a kid, and it's easy to see why. It rules! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, featuring Duncan Walpole

OUT NOW! @blankcheck.bsky.social producer Ben Hosley joins to discuss Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. Ben is a delightful guest, and it's always fun when everyone has a different take on the book. Harmony is boring! That's why we like stories about pirates and assassins! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Picture of William C. Dietz

We are saddened to report that author William C. Dietz has died. He was a pleasure to interview on our Halo: The Flood episode.

Some relevant words from his website:

"Life gave me lots of opportunities, and I took full advantage of most of them. So, when they beam me up, I won't complain."

Authorized episode logo for Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence, featuring Matt Cordell

OUT NOW! We wrap up the trilogy with a novelization that adapts the original screenplay for Maniac Cop 3 instead of the disappointing finished film. Then we've got an interview with prolific cult film novelization author Christian Francis! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

We were thrilled to join the Authorized Novelizations Podcast to discuss the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed novel! We had a great time talking books, playing games, and getting to know the fine gents at ‪@authorizedpod.bsky.social‬! Take a listen!

OUT NOW! Our video game season continues! This week we've got all three hosts of @shenerdsout.bsky.social on to discuss the novelization of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Always fun to revisit the era where Star Wars could play fast and loose with canon. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for The Dig, featuring Commander Boston Low

OUT NOW! @dodgyboffin.com joins once again to discuss The Dig. You might think an adventure game adaptation would engage more with puzzles. You might think it would be about a dig. Alan Dean Foster lives to subvert expectations, and we live to make our friends read his books. shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Maniac Cop 2, featuring Lt. Sean McKinney

OUT NOW! @bransonreese.bsky.social, last heard here discussing Gremlins 2, returns for Maniac Cop 2. Can the novelization match the fun of the movie? Can the movie match the inspired lunacy of Gremlins 2? Will we only ever have Branson on to discuss sequels? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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Authorized episode logo for Shadowkeep, featuring The Demon Dal'brad

OUT NOW! An author we don't like. A game we can't play. A novelization that's... surprisingly tolerable if we grade on a curve. But with @patrickhwillems.bsky.social and @thelastmachine.bsky.social joining to discuss Shadowkeep, the conversation earns an A+ easily. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

I guested on this tremendous podcast focusing on....the novelization of Larry Cohen's MANIAC COP(!?!) A good time was had by all!

Had a great time chatting about sleepy Alan with the gang at @authorizedpod.bsky.social!

Authorized episode logo for Maniac Cop, featuring Jack Forrest

OUT NOW! Remember movies? We still like them! Especially when they involve Larry Cohen. Cohen expert @jfkenney.bsky.social joins to discuss Maniac Cop. Every other decades-after-the-fact novelization we've read has been intolerably bad. We love a streak breaker! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Alan Wake, featuring Alan Wake

OUT NOW! Filmmaker and @eyeoftheduckpod.com host @adamvole.com joins again to discuss Alan Wake. As with Death Stranding, a confusing game becomes no more comprehensible in prose form. Luckily, a book needn't be fun to read for our purposes, just fun to talk about. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Halo: The Fall of Reach, featuring John Spartan

OUT NOW! New friend Brad Hill joins us in our effort to give the Halo franchise a fair shake, and... well... we read some good books and plenty of bad ones, but it's not often we read something that feels truly evil. Now we know! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for BioShock: Rapture, featuring Big Daddy

OUT NOW! The world of BioShock is so rich and interesting that, given no proper novelization to read for our video game season, we just had to tackle the tertiary tome BioShock: Rapture by John Shirley. How does a veteran genre writer handle such an iconic setting? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

If you enjoyed Rusteen's kaiju thoughts on our Godzilla Minus One episode, check out his very own kaiju film! It's a delight!

Authorized episode logo for Godzilla Minus One, featuring Godzilla

OUT NOW! @rusteenh.bsky.social from @andorkspod.com joins to discuss a recent standout entry in his favorite non-Star Wars franchise. The novelization of Godzilla Minus One is by the film's writer and director, Takashi Yamazaki. How does he approach adapting his own work? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

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