Beyond the Bindings: Recent Episodes
Maxx
Beyond the Bindings is a dive into literature and its connection to human nature. Host, Maxx Lopez, seeks to venture through themes of many genres and eras in writing. Suggestions for books to cover are always welcome and encouraged.
This week we continue our journey through Discworld with Terry Pratchett's, Moving Pictures.
Part three of four on the King collection, Different Seasons. This week Bryan joins me for, The Body.
Join me for this unprecedented holiday special where I discuss Terry Pratchett's, Hogfather.
Part two of four on the King collection, Different Seasons. This week Bryan joins me for, Apt Pupil.
Bryan is back this week to help cover the first story from King's collection, Different Seasons.
This week we will continue to celebrate the month of October with the second part for the Stephen King Classic, IT.
This week we cover the fifth installment in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series , Sorcery!
Beyond the Bindings return from it's month long break with the third installment in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, Equal Rites!
A very special episode this week where I cover my experience at An Evening With Neil Gaiman at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago!
This week we continue our deep dive into all things Neil Gaiman continues with, The Ocean at the End of the Lane!
This week will start a series of episodes covering one of my favorite authors of all time, Neil Gaiman!
This week we revisit the Hard Case Crimes series with Lawrence Block's, Grifter's Game.
This week we are covering the Agatha Christie classic, And Then There Were None. This is my first Christie read, with two more planned on the horizon!
This week we continue with a Beyond The Bindings favorite, Stephen King! This story will be covered in 3 parts, concluding this week with Part 3: Everything Must Go!
This week we continue with a Beyond The Bindings favorite, Stephen King! This story will be covered in 3 parts, continuing this week with Part 2: The Sale of the Century !
This week we get back to a Beyond The Bindings favorite, Stephen King! This story will be covered in 3 parts, starting this week with Part 1: The Grand Opening!
This week we dive into book one of N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth Series, The Fifth Season.
This week we jump into our third episode of our Thursday release, Beyond the Panels! We continue with Saga Vol. 3!
This week we dive into Jesymn Ward's, Salvage The Bones. Topics include family, companionship, and Hurricane Katrina.
This week we jump into our second episode of our Thursday release, Beyond the Panels! We continue with Saga Vol. 2!
This week we debut the first episode of our Thursday release, Beyond the Panels! We jump in with one my favorites of all time, Saga Vol. 1!
This week I cover one of my favorites novels of all time, Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. Topics include brotherhood along with the idea of your shadow self.
This week we will continue our exploration into author Matt Haig with his 2017 novel, How To Stop Time.
This week we jump into a brand new author (for Beyond the Bindings) with The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig.
Continuing the Gwendy series, this week we will be covering Gwendy's Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar.
In this episode we return to Beyond the Bindings with Gwendy's Button Box, a short novella co-written by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar.
The long awaited return of Beyond the Bindings after a 3 week hiatus! This week we dig into Stephen King's From a Buck 8!
This week Bryan and I continue our adventure through George Orwell's 1984. Topics include the main plot of the story and the functionality of this dystopian society.
Beyond the Bindings welcomes our first guest, Bryan Smith. In episode 10 we jump into George Orwell's dystopian classic, 1984. Topics include Orwell's life and dystopian science fiction.
This week we cover the Anthony Burgess' dystopian classic, A Clockwork Orange. Topics include Stanley Kubrick's adaptation and the concept of ultra violence.
This week we cover the second and third installment of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Topics include using comedy in writing and time travel.
This week we celebrate Beyond the Bindings 7th episode anniversary! We jump into a double feature spectacular with Stephen King's first two Hard Case Crime installments, The Colorado Kid and Joyland.
This week we cover Thomas Harris' horror crime classic, Red Dragon. Topics include antagonist perspective and existence before essence.
This week we venture into the uncharted territories of suggested books with the historical fiction comedy, The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window and Disappeared. Topics include the innocent nature of humans and the colorful lives of the elderly.
This week we stray from the typical and jump into Earnest Hemingway’s classic, For Whom The Bell Tolls. Topics include The Spanish Civil War as well as war’s residual effects.
This week we dive into a new addition to Stephen King's catalog, the Hard Case Crime novel, Later. Topics include questions for ones we have lost and what Stephen King's writing means to me.
This week we cover Stephen King's very first novel Carrie. Topics include: bullying, telekinesis, and how humans treat each other.
This week we jump into the Stephen King's classic horror novel 'Salem's Lot. Topics include: horror as a story genre, innate human fears, and what it means to be afraid.