http://www.trashotron.com/agony The Agony Column Book Reviews, News and Commentary en-us Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-30-12-news.htm#n020112 Lessons in the Form, From the Master Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-30-12-news.htm#n020112 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-30-12-podcast.htm#podcast020112 "When we got a telephone, it was a big thing." Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-30-12-podcast.htm#podcast020112 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-30-12-news.htm#n013112 Why We See the Way We See Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-30-12-news.htm#n013112 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-30-12-podcast.htm#podcast013112update Lunatics Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-30-12-podcast.htm#podcast013112update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-30-12-news.htm#n013012 Craft, Timing, Character and Laughs Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-30-12-news.htm#n013012 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-30-12-podcast.htm#podcast013012 "From there, the book gets a little odd..." Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-30-12-podcast.htm#podcast03012 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-podcast.htm#podcast012612 NASA Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-podcast.htm#podcast02612 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-news.htm#n012512 Holmes as Archetype and Inspiration Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-news.htm#n012512 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-podcast.htm#podcast02512 "Conan Doyle was never convinced by Holmes." Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-podcast.htm#podcast02512 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-news.htm#n012412 The Balm of Violent Ecology Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-news.htm#n012412 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-podcast.htm#podcast012412update Breakdown Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-podcast.htm#podcast012412update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-news.htm#n012312 The Machine Stops Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-news.htm#n012312 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-podcast.htm#podcast012312 "Everything in a courtroom is a story; it's not justice, it's combating narratives." Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-23-12-podcast.htm#podcast02312 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-podcast.htm#podcast011912update Consumer Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-podcast.htm#podcast011912update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-16-12-news.htm#n011812 The Grammar of Vision Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-16-12-news.htm#n011812 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-16-12-podcast.htm#podcast011812 "I had been raised with three religions..." Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-16-12-podcast.htm#podcast011812 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-16-12-news.htm#n010212 Investigating a Spiritual Journey Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-16-12-news.htm#n010212 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-16-12-podcast.htm#podcast010212update The Hunter Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-16-12-podcast.htm#podcast010212update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-16-12-news.htm#n011612 Dream Lives of a Narrative Species Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-16-12-news.htm#n011612 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-16-12-podcast.htm#podcast011612 "I started flashing things left and right field ..." Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-16-12-podcast.htm#podcast011612 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-news.htm#n011312 Not from Bob's Basement Tapes Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-news.htm#n011312 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-podcast.htm#podcast011312 "...there seems to be some evidence, especially from one of the experiments." Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-podcast.htm#podcast011312 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-podcast.htm#podcast011312update Siri and Newt Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-podcast.htm#podcast011312update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-news.htm#n011012 "A show well worth the price of a ticket." Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-news.htm#n011012 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-podcast.htm#podcast011012update Van Gogh: The Life Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-podcast.htm#podcast011012update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-news.htm#n010912 Detective as Mystery Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-news.htm#n10912 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-podcast.htm#podcast010912 "...it's all about the details..." Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-09-12-podcast.htm#podcast010912 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-news.htm#n010512 First Law of Flow Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-news.htm#n010512 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-podcast.htm#podcast010512 Semper Infidelis Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-podcast.htm#podcast010512 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-news.htm#n010312 The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-news.htm#n010312 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-podcast.htm#podcast010312update The Ecstasy of Influence Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-podcast.htm#podcast010312update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-news.htm#n010212 "As my work is, so am I." Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-news.htm#n010212 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-podcast.htm#podcast010212 "... he was such a voracious reader ..." Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2012/01-02-12-podcast.htm#podcast010212 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-news.htm#n122911 Island of Vice by Richard Zacks, Iago by David Snodin, The Coincidence Engine by Sam Leith and The Dipatcher by Ryan David Jahn Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-news.htm#n122911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast122911 Josh Mohr and Steven R. Boyett Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast122911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-news.htm#n122811 Science Fiction Testaments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-news.htm#n122811 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast122811 "Our approach was: 'OK, what happens next?'" Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast122811 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-news.htm#n122711 Re-Sync Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-news.htm#n122711 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast122711update Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast122711update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-news.htm#n122611 The Non-Fictional Storyteller Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-news.htm#n122611 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast122611 "I'm amazed to be taken so seriously as I am." Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast122611 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast122211update Current Events Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast122211update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-news.htm#n122111 From the Seedy to the Sublime Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-news.htm#n122111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast122111 'Kill Bin Laden' ; Ryu Mitsuse, '10 Billion Days and 100 Billion Nights' ; Michael Crichton and Richard Preston, 'Micro' Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast122111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-news.htm#n122011 Externalizing a Culture Clash Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-news.htm#n122011 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast122011update Last Day on Earth: A Portrait of the NIU School Shooter Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast122011update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-news.htm#n121911 Balancing a Life Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-news.htm#n121911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast121911 "...she abolished capital punishment..." Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast121911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-news.htm#n121511 The Powers That Be Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-news.htm#n121511 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121511a Lisa Goldstein Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121511a http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121511b Ayize Jama-Everett reading from 'The Liminal People,' backed by Fanyang Smith. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121511b http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121511c Lisa Goldstein, Ayize Jama-Everett and our esteemed audience Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121511c http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-news.htm#n121411 The Unstuck Family Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-news.htm#n121411 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121411 "...the humor of hard things is what gets us through it." Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121411 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-news.htm#n121311 Managing a Life Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-news.htm#n121311 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121311update V is for Vengeance Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121311update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121311 "More Government, Please!" Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121311 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-news.htm#n121211 Hard Boiled Non-Fiction Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-news.htm#n121211 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121211 "...we're out of control, and we're a nation built on giant lies." Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast121211 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-news.htm#n120811 Discomfort Reading Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-news.htm#n120811 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast120811r "Fiction is agonizing sometimes." Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast120811r http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast120811i "Fiction is agonizing sometimes." Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast120811i http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-news.htm#n120711 The Politics of Plain Architecture Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-news.htm#n120711 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast120711 "Most of the images were in the digital archive." Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast120711 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-news.htm#n120611 Science in Science Fiction Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-news.htm#n120611 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast120611update The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast120611update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-news.htm#n120511 Shopping for Change Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-news.htm#n120511 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast120511 "Go to Sears, get a hammer and knock the guy on the head." Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/12-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast120511 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-news.htm#n120111 Ringing in the Truth Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-news.htm#n120111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-podcast.htm#podcast120111a 2312 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-podcast.htm#podcast120111a http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-podcast.htm#podcast120111b Revolution 2312 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-podcast.htm#podcast120111b http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-news.htm#n113011 Finishing the Dread Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-news.htm#n113011 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-podcast.htm#podcast113011 Alan Garner, 'Red Shift' ; Stephen King, '11/22/63' ; Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, 'The Night Eternal' Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-podcast.htm#podcast113011 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-news.htm#n112911 The Simple Joys of Life Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-news.htm#n112911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-podcast.htm#podcast112911update Nightwoods Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-podcast.htm#podcast112911update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-news.htm#n112811 Conflicted Hearts of Darkness Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-news.htm#n112811 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-podcast.htm#podcast112811 "Within months of first contact, these groups experience a huge die-off." Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-28-11-podcast.htm#podcast112811 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-21-11-news.htm#n112311 Illustrating Uncommon Sense Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-21-11-news.htm#n112311 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-21-11-podcast.htm#podcast112311update 'Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes a Day' Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-21-11-podcast.htm#podcast112311update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-21-11-news.htm#n112211 Sunsets Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-21-11-news.htm#n112211 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-21-11-podcast.htm#podcast112211 "It's not me telling you, there's this storyteller voice." Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-21-11-podcast.htm#podcast112211 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-21-11-news.htm#n112111 South of Noir Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-21-11-news.htm#n112111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-21-11-podcast.htm#podcast112111 "If we're going in the wrong direction, we could turn around and go back." Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-21-11-podcast.htm#podcast112111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-news.htm#n111611 Cooking Cioppino Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-news.htm#n111611 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-podcast.htm#podcast111611 "The only way you can learn, I told them, is to watch me cook it." Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-podcast.htm#podcast111611 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-news.htm#n111511 From the Podcast-a-day Files Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-news.htm#n111511 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-podcast.htm#podcast111511update 'What It Is Like To Go To War' Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-podcast.htm#podcast111511update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-news.htm#spicylambflatbread Plan Your Exercise Regimen First Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:15:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-news.htm#spicylambflatbread http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-news.htm#applebriehamtart Plan Your Exercise Regimen First Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:15:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-news.htm#applebriehamtart http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-news.htm#n111411pizza Plan Your Exercise Regimen First Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:15:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-news.htm#n111411pizza http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-news.htm#n111411 Plan Your Exercise Regimen First Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-news.htm#n111411 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-podcast.htm#podcast111411 "I end up making all sorts of pizzas with this crust."-Zoe Francois Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-14-11-podcast.htm#podcast111411 http://bookotron.com/agony/reviews/2010/schor-plenitude.html A New Vision of Wealth in Our Lives Sun, 13 Nov 2011 09:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/reviews/2010/schor-plenitude.html http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-news.htm#n111111 Battle of the Spirit Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-news.htm#n111111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-podcast.htm#podcast111111 "...the way I "think" about things, with quotes around think, is I tend to write them down..." Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-podcast.htm#podcast111111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-news.htm#n110911 Short, Science Fiction and Mystery Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-news.htm#n110911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-podcast.htm#podcast110911 "It's a first contact story where we don’t even realize that we're the ones being first contacted." Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-podcast.htm#podcast110911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-news.htm#n110811 Remembering Why Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-news.htm#n110811 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-podcast.htm#podcast110811update Republic, Lost Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-podcast.htm#podcast110811update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-news.htm#n110711 A Voice of Reason Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-news.htm#n110711 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-podcast.htm#podcast110711 "The first constitution was a complete disaster." Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/11-07-11-podcast.htm#podcast110711 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-31-11-news.htm#n110211 Before the Meal Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-31-11-news.htm#n110211 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-31-11-podcast.htm#podcast110211 "People got tired of all that realism." - Lisa Goldstein Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-31-11-podcast.htm#podcast110211 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-31-11-podcast.htm#podcast110111update Five Degrees of Latitude NOW AVAILABLE AS E-BOOK AND HC Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-31-11-podcast.htm#podcast110111update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-31-11-news.htm#n110111 Bringing Back the Archives Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-31-11-news.htm#n110111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-31-11-news.htm#n103111 Zombie Bureaucracy Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-31-11-news.htm#n103111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-31-11-podcast.htm#podcast103111 "In the Apocalypse, somebody's gonna have to do the grunt work..." Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-31-11-podcast.htm#podcast103111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-news.htm#n102611 Transsexual Journeys Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-news.htm#n102611 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-podcast.htm#podcast102611 "'Transfigurations' is a real opportunity to stare." Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-podcast.htm#podcast102611 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-podcast.htm#podcast102511update Lost Memory of Skin Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-podcast.htm#podcast102511update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-news.htm#n102411 Literary Ripping Yarns Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-news.htm#n102411 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-podcast.htm#podcast102411 "I started typing ...." Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-podcast.htm#podcast102411 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-podcast.htm#podcast1024111 "I started typing ...." Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-podcast.htm#podcast1024111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-podcast.htm#podcast1024112 "I started typing ...." Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-24-11-podcast.htm#podcast1024112 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-news.htm#n102011 Dr. Rick Wilber, Jonathan Lethem and Art Spiegelman Edition Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-news.htm#n102011 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-podcast.htm#podcast102011 The Bondmaid's Tale Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-podcast.htm#podcast102011 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-news.htm#n101911 Social Surrealism from Another Direction Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-news.htm#n101911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-podcast.htm#podcast101911 "I couldn’t put it down, I had to finish it." Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-podcast.htm#podcast101911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-podcast.htm#podcast101811update Knocking on Heaven's Door Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-podcast.htm#podcast101811update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-news.htm#n101711 Social Surrealism Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-news.htm#n101711 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-podcast.htm#podcast101711 "They are in a sense, permanently marked and thrown into this darkness..." Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-17-11-podcast.htm#podcast101711 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-news.htm#n101411 Mind the Gap Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-news.htm#n101411 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-podcast.htm#podcast101411 "I'm sorry...I'm at the airport in Dubai, and it's pretty chaotic." Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-podcast.htm#podcast101411 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-news.htm#n101311 Novels Explore the Virtual World Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-news.htm#n101311 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-podcast.htm#podcast101311 "Her style was different, our styles were very different." Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-podcast.htm#podcast101311 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-news.htm#n101211 "Arguably the Best" Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-news.htm#n101211 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-podcast.htm#podcast101211 'IQ84' by Haruki Murakami, 'Assumption' by Percival Everett, 'Zone One' by Colson Whitehead Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-podcast.htm#podcast101211 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-podcast.htm#podcast101111update The Night Circus Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-podcast.htm#podcast101111update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-news.htm#n101011 Science, Particles and Civilization Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-news.htm#n101011 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-podcast.htm#podcast101011 "I gave it to religious people, I gave it to non-religious people and both were unhappy with what I wrote." Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-10-11-podcast.htm#podcast101011 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-03-11-podcast.htm#podcast100511 "Oh, I could kill him." Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-03-11-podcast.htm#podcast100511 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-03-11-podcast.htm#podcast100411update REAMDE Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-03-11-podcast.htm#podcast100411update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-03-11-news.htm#n100311 The Supernatural Stage Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-03-11-news.htm#n100311 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-03-11-podcast.htm#podcast100311 "I'm always kind of a fantastical writer." Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/10-03-11-podcast.htm#podcast100311 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-news.htm#n093011 Dime-a-List Book Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-news.htm#n093011 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast093011 "I don’t find plotting all that hard once I have the characters in place." Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast093011 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-news.htm#n092911 Inverting Expectations Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-news.htm#n092911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast092911 Joan Slonczewski 'The Highest Frontier' ; Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 'Apricot Jam' ; Denis Johnson, 'Train Dreams Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast092911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-news.htm#n092811 Competitive Scrabble and Understated Superpowers Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-news.htm#n092811 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast092811 "I really think you need to respect the antsyness of kids." Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast092811 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast092711update The Magician King Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast092711update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-news.htm#n092611 Plots, People and Novels Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-news.htm#n092611 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast092611 "Here you're asking me to engage into more self-examination than is my wont..." Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-26-11-podcast.htm#podcast092611 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-19-11-news.htm#n092111 Pocket Guide to the Underpinnings of the Little Good That Is Left In This Blighted World Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-19-11-news.htm#n092111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast092111 "...and you will notice that Antony has never stayed with any of the publishing companies he's founded..." Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast092111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast092011update 'The Cut' Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast092011update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-19-11-news.htm#n091911 Prose Magic Undermines The Real Deal Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-19-11-news.htm#n091911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast091911 "I'm gonna write it ... and if Viking doesn't publish it, everyone can just come over to my house and look at it on my laptop." Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-19-11-podcast.htm#podcast091911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-news.htm#n091511 Time to Let the Monster Speak Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-news.htm#n091511 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast0915111 "The Lord of the Rings, so far as I was concerned, took place in the Sierras." Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast0915111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast0915112 "...Caliban, has folndhis way to Naples..." Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast0915112 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-news.htm#n091411 California Magic Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-news.htm#n091411 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast0914111 This is what she had been waiting for for months. Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast0914111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast0914112 "...it struck me that I had to go to America ..." Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast0914112 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast091311update 'Pirate King' Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast091311update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-news.htm#n091211 Chiseled Prose Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-news.htm#n091211 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast091211 "...maybe somebody's trying to tell me to write a book about this guy Spero." Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-12-11-podcast.htm#podcast091211 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-05-11-news.htm#n090811 'Jim and the Flims' and 'Nested Scrolls' Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-05-11-news.htm#n090811 http://bookotron.com/agony/reviews/2011/rucker-jim_and_the_flims.html "We all get the afterlife we deserve." Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/reviews/2011/rucker-jim_and_the_flims.html http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast090811 "All of those were written on the typewriter." Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast090911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-05-11-news.htm#n090711 Undermining Hearts and Mind Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-05-11-news.htm#n090711 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast090711 "..there's so much of it that really is ... that comes from the unconscious and I really don't have any control over." Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast090711 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast090511 "...preferably throw in a few distractions as well..." Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/09-05-11-podcast.htm#podcast090511 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-29-11-podcast.htm#podcast090111 "I don't know." Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-29-11-podcast.htm#podcast090111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-29-11-podcast.htm#podcast082911 "...this guy went on to be a private investigator for years and years and he still does it..." Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-29-11-podcast.htm#podcast082911 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-22-11-podcast.htm#podcast082411 "You're asking me to get in the water with sharks?" Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-22-11-podcast.htm#podcast082411 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-22-11-podcast.htm#podcast082211 "There's always a potential price to pay with any kind of advances." Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-22-11-podcast.htm#podcast082211 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-15-11-podcast.htm#podcast081711 "There was still this sense of hope." Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-15-11-podcast.htm#podcast081711 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-15-11-podcast.htm#podcast081511 "The name Watts is from a John Hughes movie called Some Kind of Wonderful..." Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-15-11-podcast.htm#podcast081511 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-08-11-podcast.htm#podcast081011 "I had to invent an evolving truth as the story unfolded." Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-08-11-podcast.htm#podcast081011 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-08-11-podcast.htm#podcast080811 "My goal as a writer, more than anything is just to write something that people will finish voluntarily." Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-08-11-podcast.htm#podcast080811 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-01-11-podcast.htm#podcast080311 "...then of course, our kids will be there too, and that's going to change everything." Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-01-11-podcast.htm#podcast080311 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-01-11-podcast.htm#podcast080111 "I try and imagine what it would be like to be that person in that situation." Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/08-01-11-podcast.htm#podcast080111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/07-25-11-podcast.htm#podcast072511 "He said he was the producer and director of a new TV series called Alfred Hitchcock Presents." Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/07-25-11-podcast.htm#podcast072511 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/07-11-11-podcast.htm#podcast071811 "Turns out holding secrets can be bad for you." Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/07-11-11-podcast.htm#podcast071811 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/07-11-11-podcast.htm#podcast071111 "...here's this innocent, being thrown into this cauldron..." Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/07-11-11-podcast.htm#podcast071111 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/07-04-11-podcast.htm#podcast070411 "You need some trouble, you know, for the book to be interesting. I may go a little overboard on the trouble." Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/07-04-11-podcast.htm#podcast070411 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/06-27-11-podcast.htm#podcast063011 "Everyone knows everyone's business." Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/06-27-11-podcast.htm#podcast063011 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/06-20-11-podcast.htm#podcast062211 "I call it loving revisionism...because I still haven't lost my very high regard for him." Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/06-20-11-podcast.htm#podcast062211 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/06-20-11-podcast.htm#podcast062011 "I offer a view of where we may be going ... and it's fraught ... it's dangerous ... and it's thrilling." Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/06-20-11-podcast.htm#podcast062011 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/06-06-11-podcast.htm#podcast060611 "I had a great time being able to explore all those different viewpoints." Sun, 05 Jun 2011 09:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/06-06-11-podcast.htm#podcast060611 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/05-30-11-podcast.htm#podcast053011 "While I was there, there was a very dramatic meeting." Sun, 29 May 2011 09:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/05-30-11-podcast.htm#podcast053011 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/05-23-11-podcast.htm#podcast052311 "I've never been comfortable, as a short story writer with that very compact sense of things." Sun, 22 May 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2011/05-23-11-podcast.htm#podcast052311