Book Club From Hell

Nov 19 2024 115 ep. 126 mins 45
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The weirdest book club on the planet.

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Book Club from Heaven - Quarterlives w/ Cairo Smith

Nov 19 2024 102 mins  
Cairo Smith is an author and filmmaker. We got to talk about his latest short story collection Quarterlives, the literary new wave, didacticism in fiction, and much more. Quarterlives: https://www.amazon.com/Quarterlives-Cairo-Smith-ebook/dp/B0DJPZDH91?ref_=ast_author_dpFuturist Letters: https://www.futuristletters.com/X: @cairoasmithCairo's Website: https://cairosmith.com/Cairo's

#108 Pro-Ana w/ Katherine Dee

Nov 17 2024 90 mins  
For this episode, we were joined by the reigning Empress of Internet Anthropology, Katherine Dee!Pro-ana, or pro-anorexia, is a largely-online subculture based on the experience of anorexia nervosa. At times promoting this illness, at times offering a refuge for those struggling with eating disorders, the broader eating disorder subcultures offer us a way to explore our relationshi

Book Club from Heaven w/ Postliberal Book Reviews

Nov 10 2024 182 mins  
Postliberal Book Reviews writes, surprisingly, book reviews from a Catholic, post-Vatican II, postliberal perspective. Being less flippant, he writes very thoughtful reviews of both fictional and non-fictional works, and everyone here should check out his Substack page.Travis' RecommendationsThe Neighbour - Caleb CaudellNutcrankr - Dan BalticIncel - ARX-HanLost Causes - Richard Nic

#107 Moon People - Dale Courtney

Nov 03 2024 102 mins  
Moon people, published in 2008, is, in many ways, the sci-fi equivalent of The Eye of Argon. Bizarre plotting, even more bizarre characters, and, most importantly, it's oddly charming. Buy Moon Peoplehttps://www.amazon.com/Moon-People-Dale-M-Courtney/dp/1436372135VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATIONJack has published a novel called Tower!Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Jack-BC-ebook/dp/

Book Club from Heaven - Improvidence w/ David Herod

Oct 28 2024 94 mins  
David Herod's Improvidence is an 'overnight novel', a brisk novella combining adventure, a dash of weird fiction, and some truly beautiful descriptions of a post-collapse West Virginian and Ohioan landscape. We talked about Improvidence, didactic fiction, fictional relationships and more.Improvidence: https://www.amazon.com/Improvidence-David-Herod/dp/B0CWCF7J13Tooky's Mag: https:/

#106 Programmed to Kill - David McGowan w/ David from Tooky's Mag

Oct 20 2024 136 mins  
David McGowan's Programmed to Kill (2004) is a seminal work of conspiratorial thinking, well-regarded among members of the online commentariat on parapolitics, as well among conspiracy theory aficionados generally. Paedophile rings, satanic cults, the Phoenix Program, mind control, psychiatric induction of alternate personalities for the purposes of mind-control assassination, the

Book Club from Heaven - Hardly Working w/ Caleb Caudell

Oct 13 2024 91 mins  
Caleb Caudell is an American author who has recently released 'Hardly Working'. Described as 'semi-auto fiction', Hardly Working uses Caudell's experiences working in the service industry, dating, writing, and living in terrible apartments to explore our deracinated moment.Caleb is an outrageously erudite man, and I had a lot of fun hearing him talk about medieval theology, Dostoye

#105 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

Oct 06 2024 109 mins  
Vladimir Nabokov finished writing Lolita in 1953. It took him, an established author, until 1955 to have it published. Why? It's a book about a middle-aged man who has a sexual relationship with a twelve-year-old girl. Publishers were uncomfortable, etc. The thing is, it's also a phenomenally well-written book. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATIONJack has published a novel!Amazon: https://ww

Book Club from Heaven - Basilisk w/ Abbie Lucas and Kevin Kautzman

Sep 29 2024 106 mins  
Among other things, Abbie Lucas is a filmmaker, and Kevin Kautzman is a playwright and podcaster (shout out to The Art of Darkness podcast). They've co-written a play, Basilisk, about spooky internet AI horror story Roko's Basilisk. We talked to them about their play, about AI, about crypto, about film versus theatre, and more.Basilisk radio play (produced by Dark Pony Radio): http

#104 The Accursed Share (vol. 1) - Georges Bataille

Sep 22 2024 123 mins  
The Accursed Share (vol. 1 published in 1941) lays out Bataille's concept of general economy. What do Aztec human sacrifice, potlach, Islamic conquest, Calvinism and the rise of capitalism, the Marshall Plan and avoiding World War III all have in common? Bataille has the answers.VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATIONJack has published a novel!Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Jack-BC-ebook/