Album · 2016
The View from the Cheap Seats
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Credits
The View from the Cheap Seats
0:12
2
Dedication / Introduction
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7:11
3
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 1 "Credo"
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3:38
4
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 2 "Why Our Future Depends on Libraries, Reading and Daydreaming: The Reading Agency Lecture, 2013", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
12:19
5
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 2 "Why Our Future Depends on Libraries, Reading and Daydreaming: The Reading Agency Lecture, 2013", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
12:37
6
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 3 "Telling Lies for a Living . . . and Why We Do It: The Newbery Medal Speech, 2009", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
9:53
7
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 3 "Telling Lies for a Living . . . and Why We Do It: The Newbery Medal Speech, 2009", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
9:43
8
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 4 "Four Bookshops"
The View from the Cheap Seats
12:55
Disc 2
1
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 5 "Three Authors: On Lewis, Tolkien and Chesterton; The MythCon 35 Guest of Honor Speech"
The View from the Cheap Seats
11:55
2
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 6 "The Pornography of Genre, or the Genre of Pornography", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
10:12
3
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 6 "The Pornography of Genre, or the Genre of Pornography", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
8:56
4
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 7 "Ghosts in the Machines: Some Hallowe'en Thoughts"
The View from the Cheap Seats
8:21
5
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 8 "Some Reflections on Myth (with Several Digressions onto Gardening, Comics and Fairy Tales", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
9:52
6
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 8 "Some Reflections on Myth (with Several Digressions onto Gardening, Comics and Fairy Tales", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
9:29
7
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 9 "How Dare You: On America, and Writing About It"
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5:10
8
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 10 "All Books Have Genders"
The View from the Cheap Seats
11:36
Disc 3
1
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 11 "The PEN Awards and Charlie Hebdo"
The View from the Cheap Seats
7:19
2
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 12 "What the [Very Bad Swearword] Is a Children's Book, Anyway? The Zena Sutherland Lecture", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
15:07
3
Part I "Some Things I Believe", Chapter 12 "What the [Very Bad Swearword] Is a Children's Book, Anyway? The Zena Sutherland Lecture", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
13:55
4
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 1 "These Are Not Our Faces"
The View from the Cheap Seats
2:58
5
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 2 "Reflections: On Diana Wynne Jones"
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9:32
6
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 3 "Terry Pratchett: An Appreciation"
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10:26
7
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 4 "On Dave McKean"
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8:57
8
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 5 "How to Read Gene Wolfe"
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4:49
Disc 4
1
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 6 "Remembering Douglas Adams"
The View from the Cheap Seats
6:05
2
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 7 "Harlan Ellison: The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
8:12
3
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 7 "Harlan Ellison: The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
7:47
4
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 8 "Banging the Drum for Harlan Ellison"
The View from the Cheap Seats
6:22
5
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 9 "On Stephen King, for the Sunday Times", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
12:23
6
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 9 "On Stephen King, for the Sunday Times", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
11:44
7
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 10 "Geoff Notkin: Meteorite Man"
The View from the Cheap Seats
5:50
8
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 11 "About Kim Newman, with Notes on the Creation and Eventual Dissolution of the Peace and Love Corporation"
The View from the Cheap Seats
11:12
9
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 12 "Gumshoe: A Book Review"
The View from the Cheap Seats
5:59
Disc 5
1
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 13 "SIMCITY"
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3:38
2
Part II "Some People I Have Known", Chapter 14 "Six to Six"
The View from the Cheap Seats
10:58
3
Part III "Introductions and Musings: Science Fiction", Chapter 1 "Fritz Leiber: The Short Stories"
The View from the Cheap Seats
8:40
4
Part III "Introductions and Musings: Science Fiction", Chapter 2 "Hothouse", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
7:21
5
Part III "Introductions and Musings: Science Fiction", Chapter 2 "Hothouse", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
8:34
6
Part III "Introductions and Musings: Science Fiction", Chapter 3 "Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 and What Science Fiction Is and Does"
The View from the Cheap Seats
12:58
7
Part III "Introductions and Musings: Science Fiction", Chapter 4 "Of Time, and Gully Foyle: Alfred Bester and The Stars My Destination"
The View from the Cheap Seats
8:44
8
Part III "Introductions and Musings: Science Fiction", Chapter 5 "Samuel R. Delany and The Einstein Intersection"
The View from the Cheap Seats
10:57
Disc 6
1
Part III "Introductions and Musings: Science Fiction", Chapter 6 "On the Fortieth Anniversary of the Nebula Awards: A Speech, 2005"
The View from the Cheap Seats
9:31
2
Part IV "Films and Movies and Me", Chapter 1 "The Bride of Frankenstein"
The View from the Cheap Seats
8:23
3
Part IV "Films and Movies and Me", Chapter 2 "MirrorMask: An Introduction"
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12:29
4
Part IV "Films and Movies and Me", Chapter 3 "MirrorMask: A Sundance Diary"
The View from the Cheap Seats
10:35
5
Part IV "Films and Movies and Me", Chapter 4 "The Nature of the Infection: Some Thoughts on Doctor Who"
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8:41
6
Part IV "Films and Movies and Me", Chapter 5 "On Comics and Films: 2006"
The View from the Cheap Seats
9:44
7
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 1 "Good Comics and Tulips: A Speech", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
9:46
8
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 1 "Good Comics and Tulips: A Speech", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
7:42
Disc 7
1
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 2 "A Speech to Professionals Contemplating Alternative Employment, Given at PROCON, April 1997", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
14:18
2
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 2 "A Speech to Professionals Contemplating Alternative Employment, Given at PROCON, April 1997", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
13:03
3
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 3 ""But What Has That to Do with Bacchus?" Eddie Campbell and Deadface"
The View from the Cheap Seats
6:11
4
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 4 "Confessions: On Astro City and Kurt Busiek"
The View from the Cheap Seats
10:52
5
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 5 "Batman: Cover to Cover"
The View from the Cheap Seats
7:46
6
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 6 "Bone: An Introduction, and Some Subsequent Thoughts"
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13:13
7
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 7 "Jack Kirby: King of Comics"
The View from the Cheap Seats
6:28
Disc 8
1
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 8 "The Simon and Kirby Superheroes"
The View from the Cheap Seats
6:53
2
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 9 "The Spirit of Seventy-Five"
The View from the Cheap Seats
7:33
3
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 10 "The Best of the Spirit"
The View from the Cheap Seats
7:22
4
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 11 "Will Eisner: New York Stories"
The View from the Cheap Seats
8:11
5
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 12 "The Keynote Speech for the 2003 Eisner Awards"
The View from the Cheap Seats
10:15
6
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 13 "2004 Harvey Awards Speech"
The View from the Cheap Seats
14:04
7
Part V "On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them", Chapter 14 "The Best American Comics, 2010"
The View from the Cheap Seats
11:07
8
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 1 "Some Strangeness in the Proportion: The Exquisite Beauties of Edgar Allan Poe"
The View from the Cheap Seats
11:28
Disc 9
1
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 2 "On The New Annotated Dracula"
The View from the Cheap Seats
9:40
2
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 3 "Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror and Fantasy"
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3:40
3
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 4 "From the Days of Future Past: The Country of the Blind and Other Stories, by H. G. Wells", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
12:10
4
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 4 "From the Days of Future Past: The Country of the Blind and Other Stories, by H. G. Wells", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
11:09
5
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 5 "Business as Usual, During Alterations: Information Doesn't Want to Be Free, by Cory Doctorow"
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7:22
6
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 6 "The Mystery of G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown"
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6:09
7
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 7 "Concerning Dreams and Nightmares: The Dream Stories of H. P. Lovecraft"
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12:27
8
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 8 "On The 13 Clocks by James Thurber"
The View from the Cheap Seats
5:50
Disc 10
1
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 9 "Votan and Other Novels by John James"
The View from the Cheap Seats
11:37
2
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 10 "On Viriconium: Some Notes Toward an Introduction"
The View from the Cheap Seats
11:56
3
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 11 "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish: An Introduction"
The View from the Cheap Seats
10:48
4
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 12 "Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones"
The View from the Cheap Seats
7:29
5
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 13 "Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore"
The View from the Cheap Seats
7:00
6
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 14 "Art and Artifice by Jim Steinmeyer"
The View from the Cheap Seats
5:45
7
Part VI "Introductions and Contradictions", Chapter 15 "The Moth: An Introduction"
The View from the Cheap Seats
5:56
8
Part VII "Music and the People Who Make It", Chapter 1 "Hi, by the Way: Tori Amos"
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3:05
9
Part VII "Music and the People Who Make It", Chapter 2 "Curious Wine: Tori Amos II"
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4:19
10
Part VII "Music and the People Who Make It", Chapter 3 "Flood: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition, They Might Be Giants"
The View from the Cheap Seats
6:05
Disc 11
1
Part VII "Music and the People Who Make It", Chapter 4 "Lou Reed, in Memoriam: 'The Soundtrack to My Life'"
The View from the Cheap Seats
9:30
2
Part VII "Music and the People Who Make It", Chapter 5 "Waiting for the Man: Lou Reed", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
12:15
3
Part VII "Music and the People Who Make It", Chapter 5 "Waiting for the Man: Lou Reed", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
11:38
4
Part VII "Music and the People Who Make It", Chapter 6 "Afterword Afterword: Evelyn Evelyn"
The View from the Cheap Seats
6:02
5
Part VII "Music and the People Who Make It", Chapter 7 "Who Killed Amanda Palmer"
The View from the Cheap Seats
3:31
6
Part VIII "On Stardust and Fairy Tales", Chapter 1 "Once Upon a Time"
The View from the Cheap Seats
14:28
7
Part VIII "On Stardust and Fairy Tales", Chapter 2 "Several Things About Charles Vess"
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5:21
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Part VIII "On Stardust and Fairy Tales", Chapter 3 "The King of Elfland's Daughter, Lord Dunsany"
The View from the Cheap Seats
6:23
9
Part VIII "On Stardust and Fairy Tales", Chapter 4 "Lud-in-the-Mist"
The View from the Cheap Seats
4:01
Disc 12
1
Part VIII "On Stardust and Fairy Tales", Chapter 5 "The Thing of It Is: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell"
The View from the Cheap Seats
9:01
2
Part VIII "On Stardust and Fairy Tales", Chapter 6 "On Richard Dadd's The Fairy-Feller's Master-Stroke"
The View from the Cheap Seats
12:18
3
Part IX "Make Good Art", Chapter 1 "Make Good Art", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
10:13
4
Part IX "Make Good Art", Chapter 1 "Make Good Art", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
8:45
5
Part X "The View from the Cheap Seats: Real Things", Chapter 1 "The View from the Cheap Seats"
The View from the Cheap Seats
13:58
6
Part X "The View from the Cheap Seats: Real Things", Chapter 2 "A Wilderness of Mirrors"
The View from the Cheap Seats
14:21
Disc 13
1
Part X "The View from the Cheap Seats: Real Things", Chapter 3 "The Dresden Dolls: Hallowe'en 2010"
The View from the Cheap Seats
13:35
2
Part X "The View from the Cheap Seats: Real Things", Chapter 4 "Eight Views of Mount Fuji: Beloved Demons and Anthony Martignetti", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
7:05
3
Part X "The View from the Cheap Seats: Real Things", Chapter 4 "Eight Views of Mount Fuji: Beloved Demons and Anthony Martignetti", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
8:21
4
Part X "The View from the Cheap Seats: Real Things", Chapter 5 "So Many Ways to Die in Syria Now: May 2014", part 1
The View from the Cheap Seats
7:28
5
Part X "The View from the Cheap Seats: Real Things", Chapter 5 "So Many Ways to Die in Syria Now: May 2014", part 2
The View from the Cheap Seats
7:35
6
Part X "The View from the Cheap Seats: Real Things", Chapter 6 "A Slip of the Keyboard: Terry Pratchett"
The View from the Cheap Seats
11:03
7
Ending Credits
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0:34