Jun 21, 2022
Whoa! Hannah and Sam are at Camp, prepping for next episode's visit with Morgan Talty, author of "Night of the Living Rez." In the meantime, they discuss what's going on with short-story collections (do people read them?), Sam's new strategy for books at Camp (he's not bringing any; he's got plenty to choose from), whether people are too transactional with books and plots, how Robert Heinlein nailed 2022 America, and why the Internet is bad for new good books, but is probably responsible for the '90s revival. Is the spectrum of books smaller now, even though there are more books than ever released every year? Also, the book Sam found in the Brussels book shop was Margaret Atwood's "Penelopiad." Which is not a retelling of the Persephone story, but rather the Odyssey.
With talk about:
- "Creatures of Will and Temper," by Molly Tanzer
- "On the Road," by Jack Kerouac
- "Wonder Boys," by Michael Chabon
- "The Woman in the Library," by Sulari Gentill
- "Starship Troopers," by Robert Heinlein
- "Townie," by Andre Dubus III
- "Now Is Not the Time To Panic," by Kevin Wilson
- "American Psycho," by Bret Easton Ellis
- "Penelopiand," by Margaret Atwood
- "The Fellowship of the Ring," by JRR Tolkien