will there be an interview with the man at some point? i would love this, intensely.

Welcome to Death And Artichokes, a book club podcast! In our first episode, we introduce the novel we will be exploring: Dhalgren by Samuel Delany. It's a dense, meandering, sometimes bewildering soft sci-fi epic set in the fictional American city of Bellona. We discuss a bit about the history of the novel, its quirky author, and why the overall mood of the book reminds us of an open-world video game. Join us as we take the footbridge into the hazy metropolis of Bellona, and begin to interrogate the mysteries of Dhalgren!

Intro Song by eddy: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/eddy/2_Damn_Loud/All_The_Way_Up_mastered-with-CloudBounce

Article about Bellona, Destroyer of Cities:
http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/65111/

Season 1: Dahlgren

E1 - Dhalgren: An Introduction

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Episode 6: The Hidden (ft. Bryan Quinby)

In which Pete and Connor discuss Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower

Episode 7: Octavia Butler ---- Parable of the Sower

In which Pete and Connor discuss Aliens with Chapo Trap House's own Will Menaker. This episode was previously a Patron only episode on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic , but we wanted to share it to give you a peek behind the paywall.

Patreon Release: Aliens (ft. Will Menaker)

In which Pete and Connor discuss John Scalzi's Old Man's War

Episode 9: John Scalzi ---- Old Man's War

Episode 10: Us

In which Pete and Connor examine Joe Haldeman's The Forever War

Episode 11: Joe Haldeman ---- The Forever War

In which Pete and Connor discuss Love, Death, and Robots, an anthology of animated Sci-Fi shorts on Netflix.

Episode 12: Love Death + Robots

In which Pete and Connor discuss Ursula Le Guin's The Dispossessed with the talented and formidable Brandy Jensen.

Episode 13: Ursula Le Guin ---- The Dispossessed (ft. Brandy Jensen)

A preview of our latest Patreon exclusive, a review of surprisingly fun DC movie Shazam. For the rest of this episode and a lot more, become a patron at patreon.com/PodsidePicnic

Preview: Shazam

On our very first episode we take you back to where it all started - Brian Jacques's 1986 novel "Redwall." Matthew, Mellie and Sam talk about whether Redwall Abbey is democratic, who the best female character is, and what exactly you use to season poached fish in a pre-industrial era.

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Martin the Watchmaker - Episode 1

You know that one book that sits on your shelf because several years ago you bought it thinking, "Oh yeah, I'm definitely going to read that soon"? Death And Artichokes is a podcast about those sorts of books. It's a lot easier to get through them when you have someone else on the journey with you. Consider us your book club for weird, long-ass novels.

We are Sean, Andrew, and Tyler. We met in college, where two of us took a fiction-writing class with our first author, Samuel "Chip" Delany. The name of the podcast comes from a phrase in his byzantine soft sci-fi epic Dhalgren, the story of a visitor to the strange city of Bellona, which sits in the middle of the United States but seems to exist in an entirely separate universe. In each episode, we read and discuss a new section of the novel. 

So pull that book off the shelf and join us!

E1 - Dhalgren: An Introduction

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