Literature

Literature: To Serve Man by Damon Knight

Pour an aperitif and listen as The Lost Signals dish up a full plate of discussion about Damon Knight’s science fiction classic short story, “To Serve Man.”

[Aggregate score: 7.66]

Literature: How to Get Back to the Forest by Sofia Samatar

When your parental figures take you on a trip to summer camp, prepare by reading Sofia Samatar’s dystopian How to Get Back to the Forest.  Big Brother is watching you… have the best summer of your childhood!

[Aggregate score: 9]

Literature: Time Enough At Last by Lynn Venable

Submitted for your approval, this week The Lost Signals turns its time and attention to Lynn Venable’s short story, “Time Enough At Last.” Time is relative and podcasts are portable, take a listen. [Aggregate Score: 6.7]

Literature: Thank You by Alejandro Zambra

The Lost Signals discuss relationships, perspective and a traumatic taxi cab ride featured in the story  “Thank You” by Alejandro Zambra.

[Aggregate score: 7]

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Literature: They by Robert Heinlein and Eight O’Clock in the Morning by Ray Nelson

In a Lost Signals first, the crew simultaneously reviews two works that share many narrative and thematic similarities.  We are less Roger Ebert and more Henry Ford.

 

 

Literature: In the Hills, the Cities by Clive Barker

Join MOTS Ado as we take a walk with the body politic in Clive Barker’s “In the Hills, the Cities.”

Literature: The White People by Arthur Machen

We venture out into the fields of the unknown to review an under appreciated classic of horror which influenced greats like H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King, among many others. First, give The White People a read, and then tune in to our newest episode.

Literature: The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe

MOTS wall themselves in with some fine wine to discuss a less famous, but no less impactful story from the master of the macabre, Edgar Allen Poe.

Literature: Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang

Join MOTS Ado as we take this episode out of linear time to change our perspective of linguistics and physics in Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life.”

Literature: The Jaunt by Stephen King

Join the Lost Signals crew in a raucous conversation on Stephen King’s The Jaunt and miscellaneous literary topics.