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In each episode I discuss around 100 pages from the works of American writers. Contact me at hundredpagescast@gmail.com
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May 31, 2017
May 31, 2017
17 min
In "Roog," Dick explores the never ending battle between dog and garbage man, or something.
May 31, 2017
May 31, 2017
49 min
An interesting science fiction novel on race and the color line in America. In George Schuyler's Black No More we discover what happens when science provides a solution to the race problem in America.
May 27, 2017
May 27, 2017
25 min
In "The Piper in the Woods", Philip K. Dick explores work and finds it better to rest and watch the pretty alien girls go by.
May 27, 2017
May 27, 2017
41 min
We continue our study of Not Without Laughter, the only novel written by Langston Hughes. This part follows our hero as he transitions from boy to man in the contet of the momentous early 20th century.
May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017
36 min
The first of two episodes on Langston Hughes' sole novel, Not Without Laughter, a coming of age story that is also a celebration of leisure and having a bit of fun with life even when the system is agaisnt you.
May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017
12 min
In this episode we explore how Dick played with the role of figurative language in science fiction. The lesson: it may sometimes be best to assume the literal.
May 20, 2017
May 20, 2017
37 min
In this episode we study Wallace Thurman's novel The Blacker the Berry. It is a nice counterpoint to Plum Bun.
May 20, 2017
May 20, 2017
17 min
Dick explores the final frontier of space and the mind in this beautiful celebration of exploration and human rebirth. Join me for an examination of "Mr. Spaceship."
May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017
21 min
What happens when the machines we build to serve us learn to lie? Find out today in this episode of The Philip K. Dick Book Club as we explore "The Defenders."
May 13, 2017
May 13, 2017
23 min
Part two of Jessie Redmon Fauset's novel Plum Bun. This part focuses on the limitations of passing in urban America.
May 13, 2017
May 13, 2017
17 min
In this episode, the toys attack. Examine Dick's version of Toy Story in "The Little Movement."
May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017
24 min
Part one of a three part series on Jessie Redmon Fauset's novel Plum Bun, the classic Harlem Renaissance novel about passing.
May 9, 2017
May 9, 2017
27 min
In this episode of the Philip K. Dick Book Club, we look at the 1952 story, "The Skull." In it, the origins of a new religion is explained through time travel. And maybe, it works to explain how another religious leader could appear after his untimely death.
May 7, 2017
May 7, 2017
42 min
In this episode we will look at all of Nella Larsen's Quicksand, a novel about a young woman maturing in a biracial and international context.
May 7, 2017
May 7, 2017
21 min
Philip K. Dick's second published story, "The Gun" explores the questions of knowledge, lost civilizations, and automation. It is Dick's first published commentary on the problem of automation, a theme he will thoroughly explore throughout the 1950s.
May 4, 2017
May 4, 2017
18 min
Episode 2 of the Philip K. Dick Book Club looks at Dick's first publishes story, "Beyond Lies the Wub", a story of fate, self-sacrifice, and the transmigration of the soul....and a pig.
May 2, 2017
May 2, 2017
30 min
Part 2 on Claude McKay's novel Home to Harlem. Some great material on urban culture, mobility, railroad work, and love.