Episode 3 - A Safe Place to Have Bad Feelings with Tim Mueller

A Safe Place to Have Bad Feelings with Tim Mueller

Episode 3

 

On this episode, Tim Mueller and I discuss his passion for collecting books, comics, and other physical media; the magic and abundance of a used bookstore; and how the darkest kinds of books can develop the most empathy. Also, Tim recommends a host of underlooked books that you probably haven’t heard of (I sure hadn’t!). 

 

Books mentioned in this episode: 

 

What Betsy’s reading: 

Ghosts in the Schoolyard by Eve L. Ewing 

Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra 

Victim by Andrew Boryga

 

Books Highlighted by Tim: 

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 

Docile by K.M. Szpara 

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

The Cook by Harry Kressing

Strange Angel by George Pendle 

The Mirage by Zay N. Smith and Pamela Zekman (out of print)

The Monster Show by David J. Skal 

 

Other Books Mentioned in the Episode:

All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.  

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein 

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 

Books by Stephen King: 

• It 
• Gerald’s Game 
• On Writing 
• The Stand 
• The Dark Tower Series 
• Carrie
• Salem’s Lot 
• The Shining 

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 

Portnoy’s Complaint by Phillip Roth 

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele 

Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick 

High Rise by J.G. Ballard 

Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix 

Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin 

Deliverance by James Dickey