American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 117.2: Now Wait for Last Year (2)

Part two of my thoughts on Philip K. Dick's "Now Wait for Last Year." So much fun.

Episode 266: Herman Melville: Moby-Dick (6)

It all comes to this. In part 6 of my comments on "Moby-Dick" we follow Ahab's chase of the White Whale.

Episode 265: Herman Melville: Moby-Dick (5)

Part 5 of my thoughts on Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick".

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 117.1: Now Wait for Last Year (1)

Another one of my favorite novels by Dick from the 1960s, "Now Wait for Last Year." Here is the first thoughts on the novel.

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 116.3: The Crack in Space (3)

Will the Pekes take over Earth Prime? Will the population crisis be averted? Find out in the conclusion to my review of Philip K. Dick's "The Crack in Space".

Episode 264: Herman Melville: Moby-Dick (4)

More whaling with Ishmael and the crew of the Pequod in part 4 of my review of "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville.

Episode 262: Herman Melville: Moby-Dick (3)

We are half-way through "Moby-Dick". Let's learn everything about whaling.

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 116.2: The Crack in Space (2)

Part two of my analysis of "The Crack in Space". An underappreciated novel.

Episode 262: Herman Melville: Moby-Dick (2)

My thoughts on the second hundred pages of "Moby-Dick".

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 116.1: The Crack in Space (1)

Part one of my thoughts on Philip K. Dick's "The Crack in Space", one of his most politically significant novels.

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 115: Retreat Syndrome

My thougths on Philip K. Dick's short story "Retreat Syndrome".

Episode 261: Herman Melville: Moby-Dick (1)

 Part one of my thoughts on "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville. We are introduced to the international proletariat.

Episode 260: Herman Melville; White-Jacket (4)

The finale of my review of Herman Melville's "White-Jacket".

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 114.2: Lies, Inc.

In this episode I look at the material added to "The Unteleported Man", turning it into "Lies, Inc." More frustrating out of sequence stuff.

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 114: Lies, Inc. (The Unteleported Man)

The first of two parts exploring Philip K. Dick's novel "Lies, Inc." This part will explore the material in his 1965 novella "The Unteleported Man."

Episode 259: Herman Melville; White-Jacket (3)

Part three of my review of Herman Melville's "White-Jacket".