Literature

Literature: We Can Get Them for You Wholesale by Neil Gaiman

MOTS Ado sits down to read and review an early short story from one of the masters of the writing craft: Neil Gaiman.
We always have to be asked to do this, you see. [Aggregate Score: 9.5]

Guest Starring:
Veronica Hernandez

Literature: Pluto is the Furthest Planet by Abraham Rothberg

MOTS Ado discusses a “lost” short story, Pluto is the Furthest Planet, by Abraham Rothberg. Cardiac incidents and familial alienation may be involved. [Aggregate Score: 8.75]

Special Guest: 
Veronica Hernandez

Literature: A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Conner

MOTS Ado About Nothing delves into “A Good Man is Hard to Find” — Flannery O’Connor’s iconic Southern Gothic horror story of an American family that meets their fate at the hands of a mysterious drifter. [Aggregate Score: 7.75]

Guest Starring:
Leah Behar

Literature: The Stranger by Albert Camus

MOTS Ado About Nothing discusses Albert Camus’ classic tale of an alienated man and the greater relation to his philosophy of absurd existentialism within society. [Aggregate Score: 9.00]

Special guest:
Veronica Hernandez

Literature: “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison

In a world where punctuality is law and candy can stop traffic, we discuss Harlan Ellison’s “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman.  [Aggregate Score: 9.00] 

Special guest:
Beth Morgan

Literature: Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin

MOTS Ado About Nothing at the crossroads of family and jazz in James Baldwin’s literary classic, “Sonny’s Blues.” [Aggregate Score: 10.00]

Special guest: 
Beth Morgan

Literature: Nightfall by Isaac Asimov

For the premiere episode of The Lost Signals literary program, MOTS Ado About Nothing, we discuss the Isaac Asimov short story, “Nightfall.” [Aggregate Score: 9.25]

Special guest:
Beth Morgan