Authorized Novelizations Podcast

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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Could be fun!

Authorized episode logo for Baldur's Gate, featuring Jaheira

OUT NOW! We discuss the novelization of Baldur's Gate. As far as we can tell, this book and author got done dirty in like twelve different ways, so we're providing a little outside perspective. Tune in again Thursday for the sequel discussion and author interview! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Halo: The Flood, featuring Guilty Spark

OUT NOW! The hosts of The Library: Halo Lorecast from @jumperscape.bsky.social join to discuss Halo: The Flood, and help us get our bearings in this wide new universe. Then we had a lovely chat with the author, William C. Dietz. Halo is making us new friends left and right! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Alien: Cult by Gavin. G. Smith (w/ Gavin G. Smith and Mark Stay)

Chatting Alien Cult with the guys @authorizedpod.bsky.social and @markstay.bsky.social. Cows. (One day I'll be able to fully explain the xenomorph/custard connection): open.spotify.com/show/68YhhFL...

Always a pleasure to be a guest on @authorizedpod.bsky.social but doubly so when discussing Alien Cult by @gavingsmith.bsky.social
The book is thrilling stuff and we discover that the real enemy is… cows. 🐄

Authorized episode logo for Alien: Cult, featuring Scary Statue

OUT NOW! @markstay.bsky.social joins to discuss Alien: Cult, the delightful new tertiary tome by our old friend Gavin G. Smith. Then we talk to Gavin, because we like him as much as we like his books! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Alien: Isolation, featuring Amanda Ripley

OUT NOW! Alien enthusiast (and Andrew's college friend!) Trevor Thomas joins to discuss Alien: Isolation and its novelization. Then, author @kradec.bsky.social joins for an illuminating interview about his career and craft. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Death Stranding Vol. 2, featuring Deadman

OUT NOW! Matt Fisher returns to discuss Death Stranding Vol. 2, which has the unenviable task of adapting the back half of the game's story. Traditionally, narratives come together in the final stretch. Kojima games are built different! How does the book fare? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

This week on ANDORKS we close out our discussion of "Aldhani" with guest Andrew Overbye from @authorizedpod.bsky.social to discuss the incredible ROGUE ONE novelization, Nemik’s Gundam collection, and one of the craziest things George Lucas has ever said.

Listen and subscribe at andorkspod.com! 🎧

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Heads up! Andrew guests on @andorkspod.com this week. Give it a listen, and keep an ear out for Alex on Authorized in a few months.

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Authorized episode logo for Death Stranding Vol. 1, featuring Cliff Unger

OUT NOW! Our friend Matt Fisher joins again to discuss Death Stranding Vol. 1, a novelization that valiantly attempts to make sense of the game's baffling story. Similarly, Matt tries to help us understand the game's decidedly non-universal appeal. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Ben-Hur, featuring Judah Ben-Hur

OUT NOW! We read (a) Ben-Hur. Though it was marketed as a novelization of the 2016 film (or perhaps just a tie-in? did we make a mistake??), Carol Wallace actually adapted her great-great-grandfather's original 1880 novel. This is a good thing; Ben-Hur 2016 does not rock. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Donkey Kong Land, featuring The Crew

OUT NOW! @ethanalter.bsky.social returns to discuss apes once again. Different apes though. Where earlier games were light on narrative, Donkey Kong Land eschews it entirely. Luckily, stalwart franchise author Michael Teitelbaum has filled out its narrative as ably as ever. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Ranking 2025

OUT NOW! We rank the novelizations we read in 2025. These episodes take a bit more of a casual hangout approach, as evidenced by the fact that it takes us over 20 minutes to start ranking things. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Donkey Kong Country 2, featuring Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong

OUT NOW! Dan Friesen of @knowledgefight.bsky.social joins again! The game Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is widely considered an improvement on its predecessor. Will the novelization, for some reason subtitled Rescue on Crocodile Isle, pull off a similar coup? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Donkey Kong Country, featuring Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong

OUT NOW! Dan Friesen of @knowledgefight.bsky.social joins to kick off our video game season (and 2026!) with the novelization of Donkey Kong Country. The game is light on narrative, so the book has to invent almost as much as it adapts. How does it fare? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Perhaps eventually!

Authorized 2nd Edition episode logo for Friday the 13th: Road Trip

OUT NOW! This re-release of our episode on Friday the 13th: Road Trip has a NEW GAME! Jump to the last 20 minutes to check it out. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Schedule of video game novelization episodes: Jan 1 - Donkey Kong Country (with Dan Friesen) Jan 5 - Donkey Kong Country 2 (with Dan Friesen) Jan 8 - Donkey Kong Land (with Ethan Alter) Jan 15 - Death Stranding Vol. 1 (with Matt Fisher) Jan 19 - Death Stranding Vol. 2 (with Matt Fisher) Jan 22 - Alien Isolation (with Keith R.A. DeCandido & Trevor Thomas) Jan 29 - Halo (with Willian C. Deitz & The Library: Halo Lorecast) Feb 2 - Baldur's Gate Feb 5 - Baldur's Gate 2 (with Philip Athans)

Schedule of video game novelization episodes Feb 12 - Bioshock: Rapture Feb 19 - Alan Wake (with Adam Volerich) Feb 26 - Shadowkeep (with Patrick Willems and John Cribbs) Mar 5 - The Dig (with Sarah Welch-Larson) Mar 12 - Star Wars Force Unleashed Mar 19 - Assassin's Creed: Black Fog (with Ben Hosley) Mar 26 - Resident Evil (with Jesse Hassenger & Padraig Cotter) Apr 9 - Kingdom Hearts (with Alex Wolinetz) Apr 16 - Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death

As 2026 dawns, so will our season of video game novelizations!

Featuring @ethanalter.bsky.social, @kradec.bsky.social, @philathans.bsky.social, @adamvole.com, @patrickhwillems.bsky.social, @thelastmachine.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, @rockmarooned.bsky.social, @alexwolinetz.com, and more!

Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

OUT NOW! We return to Hannah's picks with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Hannah loves this imperfect movie for showcasing Robin Hood's true strength: a joyful and generous heart. Whatever December 25th means to you, we hope your day is touched by the spirit of Robin Hood. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

This game was insane and I had a great time

Authorized episode logo for Indiana Jones and the Knights of the Arctic Circle, featuring Indiana Jones (with a question mark after his name). The accompanying image is a crude crayon drawing of an intensely orange face with an inexplicably black nose, one ear 500% larger than the other, hot-dog-esque lips, and a moustache that splits the difference between Groucho and John Waters. The hat looks like someone stretched it horizontally like taffy.

OUT NOW! @patrickhwillems.bsky.social, @markstay.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, and @mr-e-motion.bsky.social join to play Andrew Overbye's new original multi-path Indiana Jones adventure. Maybe our most unhinged episode yet?

Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
Play the game for yourself: tinyurl.com/4x64tcyj

Authorized episode logo for Star Trek: Generations, featuring Jean-Luc Picard

OUT NOW! Gavin Zalinger joins to discuss Star Trek: Generations. We are not using the Nexus to time travel and redo past episodes, but rather covering the second of two separate books. This is the senior novelization, in the style commonly known as old adult fiction. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized 2nd Edition episode logo for Friday the 13th: The Carnival

OUT NOW! This re-release of our episode on Friday the 13th: The Carnival has a NEW GAME! Jump to the last 20 minutes to check it out. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Authorized episode logo for Five Nights at Freddy's, featuring Vanessa

OUT NOW! We consider Kristoffer Sundet our unofficial video game correspondent, so naturally we had him on to discuss the novelization of the film adaptation of a game he hasn't played and claims not to understand (though he's still got us beat on that front). Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

The hosts of Authorized Novelizations Podcast, Andrew Garfield and Hannah Montana

Questions for Andrew? Questions for Hannah? Questions for Andrew and Hannah? Submit them here to be answered on the year-end ranking episode!

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Ep 161 I Killed Bette Davis by Larry Cohen Podcast Episode · The Pink Smoke podcast · 12/02/2025 · 1h 56m

You love Larry Cohen, so you MUST listen to @thelastmachine.bsky.social's interview with @jfkenney.bsky.social, editor of Cohen's newly published memoirs and an unreleased Cohen screenplay! Joined by Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social on THE PINK SMOKE!

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