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19-MAR-2025
S5E12: Travel Destinations for a Literature Lover
Listen to the podcast: HERE
Here are the authors, books, and places we mentioned:
- The Hobbit Cafe: Houston, Texas
- Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show: Archer City, Texas
- James Clavell, Shogun: Japan
- James Clavell, Tai Pan: Hong Kong
- Steven King, The Shining: Overlook Hotel*
- Diana Gabaldon, The Outlander: Craigh Na Dun
- Stephenie Meyer, Twilight: Forks, Washington
- Anne Rice, Interview with a Vampire and The Witching Hour: New Orleans, Louisianna
- S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Earnest Hemmingway Home: Key West, Florida
- Tenessee Williams, The Historic New Orleans Collection: New Orleans, Louisianna
- Emily Dickenson Museum: Amherst, Massachusetts
- Jane Austen Festival: Bath, England
- Book Towns
- Hay-on-Wye: Wales
- Hobart, New York
- Brownsville, Nebraska
- U. S. Nationwide Literary Road Trips
- James Michener: Centennial, Texas, Hawaii, Alaska, Poland, et. al.
- Metropolis, Illinois*
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Last Days of Pompeii: Pompeii, Italy
Also mentioned:
- Modern Musings Podcast: World Goth Day, May 22, 2024
*We would like to add the following corrections to mentions on the podcast:
- The Overlook Hotel: Per multiple sources, the hotel was based on a culmination of several different properties, but the hotel itself does not exist. Steven King Wiki
- Metropolis from the SuperMan Comics: Per multiple internet sources, Metropolis is a fictional city fashioned after the city of New York. Gotham City, mentioned as the home base of Batman, is also fashioned after New York City, although, in the comics, they are two neighboring cities. Wikipedia
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