A Good Story is Hard to Find
I’ll admit it. I have a lifelong love of reading. I particularly enjoy science fiction, pulp detective stories and thrillers. Over the past few years my reading has slowed because I have been consuming and creating Catholic Media, but my love of a good story remains.
Julie Davis and Scott D. Danielson also love good stories and their Catholic faith. Both of them are seasoned bloggers and podcasters who are active in the community at SFFaudio. They have recently launched the podcast A Good Story is Hard to Find, to share some of their favorite books and movies, and to discuss through the lense of their Catholic faith.
The other day, I listened to their discussion about The Franchise Affair, a 1948 mystery novel by Josephine Tey. Their discussion ranged from a summary of the plot and characters (with a few spoilers) but also delved deep into the faith elements in the story as demonstrated by the prayer life of a couple of the characters.
As an added bonus to me, this story is public domain in Canada and other life+50 countries (but alas not in the United States), so I downloaded it and have begun to read it myself.
Julie Davis also writes the blogs Happy Catholic and Meanwhile Back in the Kitchen. She hosts a podcast called Forgotten Classics about authors and stories that should be better known. Scott D. Danielson can also be found at SFFaudio and his blogs is Rivets and Trees.
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Julie D. 3:32 pm on March 25, 2011 Permalink |
What a wonderful surprise to read this generous review. Thank you Sean!