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Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 14: They

In "They", published in 1941, Robert A. Heinlein takes on issues I am more used to talking about...

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Episode 564: Mark Twain: Roughing It (Part 2)

In part 2 of my review of ROUGHING IT by Mark Twain, I find some of the most important commentary...

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Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 13: Successful Operation

In this episode, I take a short look at a very short Heinlein story, "Successful Operation". It...

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Episode 563: Mark Twain: Roughing It (Part 1)

In this episode, I begin my look at one of my favorite Mark Twain books, ROUGHING IT (1872), an...

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Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 12: Solution Unsatisfactory

"Solution Unsatisfactory", published in 1940, is my favorite of the early Heinlein stories I have...

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Episode 562: Mark Twain: Innocents Abroad (Part 4)

In this episode, I finish up my study of INNOCENTS ABROAD by Mark Twain. There are so many layers...

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Episode 561: Mark Twain: Innocents Abroad (Part 3)

In this part of my look at INNOCENTS ABROAD by Mark Twain, we spend most or time looking at...

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Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 11: Blowups Happen

Listen as I realize the obvious radical politics at the heart of this story by Robert A. Heinlein...

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Episode 560: Mark Twain: Innocents Abroad (Part 2)

In part two of my review of INNOCENTS ABROAD by Mark Twain we follow our author through Italy and...

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Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 10: Coventry

In this sequel to "If This Goes On" Robert A. Heinlein explores the limits of individualism and...

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Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 9: If This Goes On (Part 2)

In this short episode, I finish up my thoughts on IF THIS GOES ON by Robert A. Heinlein, focusing...

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Episoide 559: Mark Twain: Innocents Abroad (Part 1)

We move onto Mark Twain's first published book INNOCENTS ABROAD. This book recounts his...

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Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 8: If This Goes On (Part 1)

In this episode of the Robert A. Heinlein Book Club, I examine the first half of "If This Goes...

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Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 8: If This Goes On (Part 1)

Heinlein explores a theocracy and considers the realities of building a movement culture of...

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Episode 558: Mark Twain: Pudd’nhead Wilson

Mark Twain explores the color line and the horrors of slavery in PUDD'NHEAD WILSON. It is a...

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Episode 557: Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Part 3)

This episode is the conclusion to my thoughts on THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, one of my...

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Robert A. Heinlein BookClub: Episode 7: Requiem

There is not a whole lot to say about Robert A. Heinlein's story "Requiem" but I try anyway to...

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Episode 556: Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Part 2)

In part 2 of my review of THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain, I focus on the odious...

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Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 6: The Roads Must Roll

I agree that the "roads must roll", but to what degree does that mean we should be obliged to one...

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Robert A. Heinlein Book Club:Episode 5: Let There Be Light

In the 1940 story "Let There Be Light", Heinlein takes on the question of IP and public good, but...

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