White Rocket Entertainment

This week the White Rocket show takes you from Navarone to the Arctic to the Schloss Adler and back to Navarone, as noted film critic and author Mark Bousquet returns for a special extended edition to discuss four classic war/action films based on the writings of Alistair McLean:  THE GUNS OF NAVARONE, ICE STATION ZEBRA, WHERE EAGLES DARE, and FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE! So pack your dynamite and your Nazi disguise, because we have a mission to carry out and not everyone's coming back alive!

Great Maker!! Babylon 5 is now twenty years old, and the White Rocket Podcast marks the occasion by with special guest Bobby Politte joining Van beyond the Rim to reminisce about the show, the characters, the story arc, and the story behind the scenes of the greatest SF TV series of all!

Avengers is SF, but Spidey is Fantasy?! And where's the good Captain Carter??  Bobby Politte drops in this week to discuss the ins and outs of the Oscars, Saturn Awards, Nebula Dramatic Presentation Award, and even the Pulp Factory Awards with Van.

AUDIOBOOK SPECIAL:  In this special edition of the White Rocket Podcast, Van begins a new occasional series of readings, with an excerpt from his new Military SF / New Pulp novel, THE SHATTERING, LEGION I: LORDS OF FIRE.  It's our first attempt at this, so give it a listen, if you will-- and let us know what you think, and if you'd like to hear more of these.  LORDS OF FIRE is available on the Kindle and in paperback via our main site: http://www.whiterocketbooks.com/shattering

The White Rocket show heads to Sweden for this week's episode, as comics editor/publisher/writer extraordinaire James Hickson joins Van to discuss Stieg Larsson's fantastic MILLENNIUM TRILOGY of crime fiction novels and (American and Swedish) movies: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, and THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST. It's a computer-hacking, neo-nazi-whackin' good time!

This week author Rick Lai joins Van to discuss one of the greatest achievements in both literature and television: James Clavell's epic ASIAN SAGA-- SHOGUN, NOBLE HOUSE, TAI-PAN, KING RAT, GAI JIN and WHIRLWHIND.  Climb aboard Struan & Co's Lasting Cloud and try not to get shipwrecked in the Japans, you foreign devil, as Van and Rick explore the (gargantuan) novels and the TV miniseries and movies that were made from them!

So many great movies to choose from, but in this episode, John Ringer (of the Wishbone Podcast and the War Eagle Reader) stops in again to engage Van in a running battle of Favorite Films of All Time! There are Westerns, SF epics, war movies, and Hollywood classics--but no romantic comedies...!  Listen in as they count down from number ten to their favorite ever, back and forth, and see which of them you agree with (if either!).

This episode, Van is joined by fellow fan of the Aubrey/Maturin series, Bryan Crowson, to discuss the "Master and Commander" movie (Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany) and the fantastic series of novels (by Patrick O'Brian) on which it is based.  So let's toast Lord Nelson and hoist the mains'l, because Napoleon is coming and all that stands between him and victory is the HMS Surprise--but, though we be podcasting from the far side of the world, "THIS SHIP IS ENGLAND!"

John Ringer of the Wishbone Podcast joins Van to discuss George R R Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" / "Game of Thrones" books and HBO series.  SPOILER WARNING! Van and John talk about all of the TV series and all of the books published so far!

THE YEAR IN FILM, Part 2: Bobby Politte joins Van to discuss the second half of the MOVIES OF 2012.