American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 118: We Can Remember It for You Wholesale 10.11.2018 24:21 ↓

In this episode I take on the 1966 short story by Philip K. Dick "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale". It has spies, aliens, and world-saving empathy.

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 117.4: Now Wait for Last Year (4) 06.11.2018 40:54 ↓

The final episode containing my thoughts on Philip K. Dick's "Now Wait for Last Year". This novel has one of the best endings in a Philip K. Dick novel. Marriage still sucks, but maybe we need to stick with it because it is one of the areas where we can find institutionalized solidarity.

Episode 268: Charles B. Brown, Wieland (2) 06.11.2018 38:22 ↓

The finale of this short series on "Wieland" by Charles B. Brown. Madness or the supernatural or the machinations or a trickster?

Episode 267: Charles B. Brown, Wieland (1) 01.11.2018 53:47 ↓

A new series on Charles Brockden Brown. We will start with "Wieland", one of independent America's first novels, a strange story of ancestry and insanity.

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 117.3: Now Wait for Last Year (3) 01.11.2018 38:42 ↓

This novel, "Now Wait for Last Year" by Philip K. Dick, starts to get weird in part 3 of my review.

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 117.2: Now Wait for Last Year (2) 28.10.2018 26:19 ↓

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) 28.10.2018 42:51 ↓

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) 25.10.2018 35:36 ↓

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) 25.10.2018 49:23 ↓

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) 23.10.2018 32:58 ↓

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) 23.10.2018 30:47 ↓

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) 17.10.2018 20:22 ↓

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) 17.10.2018 31:46 ↓

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

Episode 262: Herman Melville: Moby-Dick (2) 14.10.2018 46:01 ↓

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

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 116.1: The Crack in Space (1) 14.10.2018 34:33 ↓

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 12.10.2018 16:57 ↓

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

Episode 261: Herman Melville: Moby-Dick (1) 12.10.2018 39:36 ↓

 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) 06.10.2018 44:01 ↓

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

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 114.2: Lies, Inc. 06.10.2018 37:53 ↓

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) 02.10.2018 1:06:30 ↓

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) 02.10.2018 32:46 ↓

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

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 113.4:The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (4) 26.09.2018 39:21 ↓

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?

Episode 258: Herman Melville; White-Jacket (2) 26.09.2018 25:58 ↓

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

Episode 257: Herman Melville; White-Jacket (1) 23.09.2018 34:23 ↓

What was life like on a Man-o-War? We find out from Herman Melville.

Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 113.3:The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (3) 23.09.2018 35:39 ↓

Part Three of my review of Philip K. Dick's "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch." Things are getting weird.