This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American science-fiction short story writer and novelist, Philip K. Dick's novel Ubik

It focuses specifically on one of the characters who is seemingly minor early on in the novel, but who turns out to be a character of major importance within the plot. Jory Miller is a young man in half-life who "eats" other people in half-life in the moratorium, consuming their life-force, leaving them at the mercy of the cold of half-life. He turns out to be the primary antagonist of the story, consuming the person previously thought to be the antagonist, Pat Conley.

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Philip Dick, Ubik - Jory, The Malignant Force - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American science-fiction short story writer and novelist, Philip K. Dick's novel Ubik

It focuses specifically on one of the seemingly background characters who turns out to be very important by the end of the story, Ella Hyde Runciter, who died at just 20 years old and has been in half-life for decades.  She and other "responsible half-lifers" created Ubik in order to counteract the depredations of Jory, who consumes the life of other half-lifers, and she provides Joe Chip not only with vital information but also a guarantee of a lifetime supply of Ubik

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Philip Dick, Ubik - Ella Hyde Runciter - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American science-fiction short story writer and novelist, Philip K. Dick's novel Ubik

It focuses specifically on the team of eleven "inertials," that is anti-psionic talents assembled by Glen Runciter to go to the lunar location of businessman Stanton Mick's company, and do a job eliminating the effects of various psionic talents, likely employed by Ray Hollis.  The team includes 4 anti-precogs, 4 anti-telepaths, 1 anti-animator, 1 anti-psychokineticist, and the as yet not entirely understood talent of Pat Conley.  Runciter and tester Joe Chip accompany them.

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Philip Dick, Ubik - Runciter's Team of Inertials - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American science-fiction short story writer and novelist, Philip K. Dick's novel Ubik

It focuses specifically on the ambush that Ray Hollis engineers, using Stanton Mick's company, based on the moon, as a potential new client for Runciter Associates. Glen Runciter, Joe Chip, and a team of 11 inertials (anti-psionic talents) fly to the location. They are asked not to take readings, which Joe Chip does anyways, discovering that Mick is actually a bomb in human disguise.  It turns out that there is a conspiracy that had been laid for quite a while, involving Hollis and his organization, perhaps Mick, Pat Conley, and Runciter's talent scout Ashwood.

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Philip Dick, Ubik - Stanton Mick, Ray Hollis, and The Trap - Sadler's Lectures

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Clémentine et Hannah ont été élèves au collège Charles Péguy de 2018 à 2021. Elles ont rencontré les élèves de 100% Péguy pour leur parler de leur parcours scolaire au collège, au lycée puis à l'université. Propos recueillis par Anatole, Nina, Ondine, Léonie et Pénélope. Mixage et montage par Isabelle Chemin 

A la rencontre de Clémentine et Hannah

En 1814, l’empereur Napoléon est exilé et Louis XVIII s’installe sur le trône de France. À Marseille, Edmond Dantès, un jeune marin à l’avenir prometteur, est emprisonné à tort au Château d’If comme dissident bonapartiste, victime de l’ambition et de la jalousie de ses compagnons. Quatorze ans plus tard, l’arrivée d’un riche et mystérieux italien à Paris fait jaser la noblesse française … mais derrière le nom du comte de Monte-Cristo se cache un homme en quête de vengeance. Roman d’aventure du XIXe siècle, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo est une des œuvres les plus célèbres d’Alexandre Dumas, l’auteur des Trois Mousquetaires.

LIVRE AUDIO Lecture du Comte de Monte-Cristo, Chapitre 49 à 55

Dans cet épisode, Rim Battal parle de son amour pour les livres, ces objets où l’on arrive à mettre autant de monde dans un si petit espace, et que l’on peut transporter avec soi. Elle présente trois ouvrages qui l’ont marquée et qu’elle retrouve dans les rayonnages de la Bpi.

Artiste et poétesse, Rim Battal est l’autrice de plusieurs recueils de poésie comme Vingt poèmes et des poussières (Lanskine, 2020) , L’Eau du bain (Presses du Réel, 2019, réédité au Castor Astral en 2024) ou X et Excès (Le Castor Astral, 2024). Son nouveau livre, intitulé Je me regarderai dans les yeux, paru en janvier 2025 chez Bayard, est aussi son premier roman. Il raconte l’histoire d’une jeune fille de 17 ans ressemblant beaucoup à Rim Battal et qui, à partir d’un traumatisme violent, amorce un chemin d’émancipation.

L’autrice présente trois livres qui l’ont marquée, de ceux que l’on pourrait « envoyer dans l’espace », à destination des des aliens qui voudraient découvrir « la richesse de la littérature humaine » : Aveux non avenus, de Claude Cahun, Sister Outsider, d’Audre Lorde et Baltiques de Tomas Tranströmer.

Par Effractions #5 - Rim Battal

Update for listeners, and happy Father's Day wishes; excerpt from latest patron-only lecture on Italy between unification and the entry into the First World War.
Please sign up on Patreon to hear the latest lecture and all patron-only materials! -- https://www.patreon.com/posts/italy-nation-war-131082248

Podcast website:  www.historiansplaining.com
Image:  The Paderno D'Adda hydroelectric power plant, Lombardy, 1895-8
Music: "Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu" / "Volare," by Domenico Modugno

Update & Excerpt -- Italy: Nation-Building & Entry Into World War I

J’ai signé 100 livres en une seule soirée : coup de génie marketing ou pure perte de temps ?
Plongez dans les coulisses des séances de dédicace d’auteurs — avec des chiffres concrets à l’appui.

Ressources :

- En bonus, je vous offre un extrait de 50 pages de "Tout le monde n’aura pas la chance de quitter son pays"
Vous y découvrirez notamment la préface d’Éric Larchevêque, fondateur de Ledger (valorisée à plus d’un milliard d’euros) et célèbre investisseur de l’émission "Qui veut être mon associé ?" : https://olivier-roland.com/wp-content/uploads/Tout-le-monde-2-extrait.pdf


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History lectures by Samuel Biagetti, a historian (and antique dealer) with a Phd in early American history; my dissertation was on Freemasonry in the 1700s. I focus on the historical myths and distortions, from "the Middle Ages" to "Race," that people use to rationalize the world in which we live.   More info at www.historiansplaining.com

Please see my Patreon page, https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5530632, if you want to keep the lectures coming, and to hear the patron-only materials.

I'm that YouTube Philosophy Guy! Find more than 3,000 videos in my main channel.  Support my video and podcast work!  https://www.patreon.com/sadler or https://www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

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