Episodes
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 113.4:The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (4)
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
The finale of my series on "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch". Why is it so important for our characters to avoid those dreaded three stigmata?
Wednesday Sep 26, 2018
Episode 258: Herman Melville; White-Jacket (2)
Wednesday Sep 26, 2018
Wednesday Sep 26, 2018
Part two of my review of Herman Melville's "White-Jacket".
Sunday Sep 23, 2018
Episode 257: Herman Melville; White-Jacket (1)
Sunday Sep 23, 2018
Sunday Sep 23, 2018
What was life like on a Man-o-War? We find out from Herman Melville.
Sunday Sep 23, 2018
Sunday Sep 23, 2018
Part Three of my review of Philip K. Dick's "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch." Things are getting weird.
Friday Sep 21, 2018
Episode 256: Herman Melville: Redburn (3)
Friday Sep 21, 2018
Friday Sep 21, 2018
Opps. Dropped the ball on quality the last time I uploaded this. But here it is again. The final part of my review of Melville's "Reburn". See you soon with "White-Jacket".
Thursday Sep 20, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 113.2:The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (2)
Thursday Sep 20, 2018
Thursday Sep 20, 2018
Part 2 of my review of Philip K. Dick's "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch". You need to wait a bit to know what those three are.
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Episode 255: Herman Melville: Redburn (2)
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Part 2 of my thoughts on Herman Melville's "Redburn".
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Part one of my review of Dick's wounderful novel "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrtich". In this part we learn about Mars, PP Layouts, and Can-D.
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 112: Dr. Bloodmoney
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
And now for one of Philip K. Dick's most fascinating post-nuclear war settings in "Dr. Bloodmoney". It is another one-off episode on a novel, so be prepared.
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Episode 254: Herman Melville: Redburn (1)
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Monday Sep 10, 2018
We come back to Melville with his coming of age novel set on a merchant ship in the Atlantic, "Redburn".
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 111: Precious Artifact
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Monday Sep 10, 2018
We come to the end of our study of Philip K. Dick's works from 1964 with "Precious Artifact".
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Episode 253: Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy (9)
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Enjoy the finale of my review of "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser.
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 110: The Little Black Box
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
In this episode we look at Philip K. Dick's short story "The Little Black Box", a story about religion, empathy, and the limits of state power.
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 109: A Game of Unchance
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
We return to the familiar ground of frontiers in Philip K. Dick's short story on consumerism and manufactured markets in "A Game of Unchance".
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
Episode 252: Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy (8)
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
In part 8 of my review of "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser we witness a trial of the ages.