Episodes
Saturday Jul 01, 2017
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 17: Martians Come in Clouds
Saturday Jul 01, 2017
Saturday Jul 01, 2017
In "Martians Come in Clouds", Philip K. Dick takes on lynching and race relations in the suburbs. Or maybe he is just writing science fiction.
Saturday Jul 01, 2017
Episode 39: Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, Part 2
Saturday Jul 01, 2017
Saturday Jul 01, 2017
In this episode we continue reading The Crisis and see as Paine begins to think about what kind of nation will come out of the armed conflict with Britain.
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 16: Colony
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
What happens when your toaster is plotting against you? Find out in the episode of the Philip K. Dick Book Club as we look at "Colony."
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Episode 38: Thomas Paine: The Crisis, Part One
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
In this episode, Thomas Paine goes to the front and provides reportage, and trolls the British. Learn what is wrote in The American Crisis.
Thursday Jun 22, 2017
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 15: Paycheck
Thursday Jun 22, 2017
Thursday Jun 22, 2017
In this episode of the Philip K. Dick Book Club, we examine "Paycheck," a story of corporate games that remind us of later cyberpunk works.
Thursday Jun 22, 2017
Episode 37: Thomas Paine: Common Sense
Thursday Jun 22, 2017
Thursday Jun 22, 2017
In this episode, we begin a new series on Thomas Paine with his 1776 pamphlet "Common Sense".
Saturday Jun 17, 2017
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 14: The Preserving Machine
Saturday Jun 17, 2017
Saturday Jun 17, 2017
In this episode we see how cultures could be preserved in DNA, and corrupted. We also witness another example of how Dick misunderstood evolution.
Saturday Jun 17, 2017
Episode 36: Arna Bontemps: Black Thunder (2)
Saturday Jun 17, 2017
Saturday Jun 17, 2017
In this final episode on the Harlem Renaissance, I explore the impact of Gabriel's Revolt of 1800 as told by Arna Bontemps in his historical fiction novel Black Thunder. (See Episode 35 for my introduction to this book)
Sunday Jun 11, 2017
Episode 13: Philip K. Dick Book Club: Second Variety
Sunday Jun 11, 2017
Sunday Jun 11, 2017
In "Second Variety", Philip K. Dick explores the future of war at its most brutal.
Sunday Jun 11, 2017
Episode 35: Arna Bontemps: Black Thunder (1)
Sunday Jun 11, 2017
Sunday Jun 11, 2017
In this episode, I examine the first half of Arna Bontemp's novel on Gabriel's Revolt, Black Thunder.
Thursday Jun 08, 2017
Episode 12: Philip K. Dick Book Club: The Infinities
Thursday Jun 08, 2017
Thursday Jun 08, 2017
Energy beings, hamsters, evolution, and unexplored asteroids...it's Philip K. Dick's story "The Infinites".
Thursday Jun 08, 2017
Episode 34: Rudolph Fisher: The Conjure Man Dies (2)
Thursday Jun 08, 2017
Thursday Jun 08, 2017
Part 2 of 2 on Rudolph Fisher's The Conjure Man Dies, a wonderful Harlem Renaissance novel exploring magic and society in Harlem.
Sunday Jun 04, 2017
Episode 11: Philip K. Dick Book Club: The World She Wanted
Sunday Jun 04, 2017
Sunday Jun 04, 2017
In this episode of the Philip K. Dick Book Club we find out how to make the world--and the people in it--our plaything.
Sunday Jun 04, 2017
Episode 33: Rudolph Fisher: The Conjure Man Dies (1)
Sunday Jun 04, 2017
Sunday Jun 04, 2017
Rudolph Fisher's wonderful mystery novel of the Harlem Renaissance, The Conjure Man Dies, examines the people and culture of black Harlem.