Episodes
Monday Jan 29, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 73: Surface Raid
Monday Jan 29, 2018
Monday Jan 29, 2018
In "Surface Raid," Philip K. Dick explores posthumanism in ways similiar to that of "Planet for Transients," but with deeper themes and emotional punch. Who is going to reclaim the earth after a war? What role will technology play? Will war divide humanity into different species?
Monday Jan 29, 2018
Episode 94: James Fenimore Cooper: The Pathfinder (1)
Monday Jan 29, 2018
Monday Jan 29, 2018
In "The Pathfinder", James Fenimore Cooper picks up just a few months after the events of "The Last of the Mohicans". We see Natty Bummpo up to his old games, helping guide people to forts in the midst of war.
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 72: Psi-Man Heal My Child!
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
In this story, Philip K. Dick comes close to presenting a general theory of the post-human. Are they a threat? Are they the future? Are they are comrades? Are they outsiders?
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Episode 93: James Fenimore Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans (4)
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
And now, the finale of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans".
Monday Jan 22, 2018
Episode 92: James Fenimore Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans (3)
Monday Jan 22, 2018
Monday Jan 22, 2018
Part 3 of my review of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans".
Monday Jan 22, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 71: Service Call
Monday Jan 22, 2018
Monday Jan 22, 2018
Do consumer goods control our minds? How does mass media, radio, or just the products in your hope affect your ideology? These are some of the questions explored in Philp K Dick's story, "Service Call".
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Episode 91: James Fenimore Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans (2)
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Part two of my review of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans". In this episode we learn more about one of the best villans in early U.S. history, the Huron warrior Magua.
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 70: The Hood Maker
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Just in time for the U.S. release of the episode of "Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams" comes my thoughts on the 1955 story. (Plus a few words on the episode.)
Monday Jan 15, 2018
Episode 90: James Fenimore Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans (1)
Monday Jan 15, 2018
Monday Jan 15, 2018
In thie episode we begin out look at the second of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, the epic adventure story "The Last of the Mohicans."
Friday Jan 12, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 68: Nanny
Friday Jan 12, 2018
Friday Jan 12, 2018
In "Nanny", Philip K Dick explores child rearing and automation. What will the robotics revolution mean for raising children? Can robots do a better job than distracted and flawed adults?
Friday Jan 12, 2018
Episode 89: James Fenimore Cooper: The Deerslayer (5)
Friday Jan 12, 2018
Friday Jan 12, 2018
And now the conclusion to James Fenimore Cooper's "The Deerslayer."
Monday Jan 08, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 67: Foster You're Dead
Monday Jan 08, 2018
Monday Jan 08, 2018
What is the relationship between war and consumerism? What was the impact on children of the Cold War-era brinkmanship? To what degree is totalitarianism defined by our freedom of choice to buy or not buy products? These are some of the questions exposed in Dick's story "Foster You're Dead"
Monday Jan 08, 2018
Episode 88: James Fenimore Cooper: The Deerslayer (4)
Monday Jan 08, 2018
Monday Jan 08, 2018
In this section of my review of "The Deerslayer", I discuss torture and the morality of denying marriage. As the Deerslayer is on "furlough" from his captivity,all of the characters must make important decisions and their solidarity is put to variosu tests.
Friday Jan 05, 2018
Episode 87: James Fenimore Cooper: The Deerslayer (3)
Friday Jan 05, 2018
Friday Jan 05, 2018
In this episode, we dive deeper into James Fenimore Cooper's novel "The Deerslayer": a ransom, a rescue, and a kidnapping.
Friday Jan 05, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 66: War Veteran
Friday Jan 05, 2018
Friday Jan 05, 2018
The Philip K. Dick Book Club moves onto 1955. In "War Veteran" Dick plays with time travel and conspiracies and the ongoing conflict between Earth and the colonies.