Episode · The Book Review · 2021-02-26
Lauren Oyler on The Book Review: books mentioned
Lauren Oyler Talks About Deception Online
Lauren Oyler discussed London Review of Books by Jane Hindle. Pamela Paul recommended Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler. Tina Jordan discussed Sorrows of Satan by Marie Corelli. Stephen Carris recommended Dawn by Octavia E. Butler, and discussed Kindred by Octavia Butler, Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, and Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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London Review of Books
Discussed“the way that I really got into it and the way that I sort of developed my style was by reading lots of old issues of the lrb London Review of Books online”
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Fake Accounts
Fake Accounts is a contemporary novel by Lauren Oyler that explores modern identity, internet culture, and online deception.
Recommended“you also have one of the best titles I think ever the book is called fake accounts”
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Sorrows of Satan
Discussed“I've been reading Marie carelli's Sorrows of Satan and I'm somewhat curious to learn how this book was received by critics and reviewers generally”
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Kindred
Kindred by Octavia Butler is a classic science fiction and time-travel novel that examines slavery, history, resilience, and human connection.
Discussed“and really just like dive in deeper like in Kindred you know that's a that's a time travel story and it's and it's a time travel story that wouldn't even qualify as what they call hard science fiction”
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Bloodchild
Discussed“I think I was just in a bookstore probably a Barnes & Noble because I'm from the BBS and I just saw a blood child and I think something resonated like about the cover maybe the name”
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Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E.
Discussed“her Parable series parable of the SE and parable of the talents that's more of a a dystopia”
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Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E.
Discussed“her Parable series parable of the SE and parable of the talents that's more of a a dystopia”
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Dawn
Dawn is a science fiction novel by Octavia E.
Recommended“I think my favorite book is Dawn and and I really like Dawn just because I mean it's kind of a departure from hery”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Lauren Oiler will be here to talk about her debut fake accounts”
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“Hugh win free Quaker the great Stone of Sardis the Christian the days of Joan of Arc free to serve a tale of Colonial New York”
“Hugh win free Quaker the great Stone of Sardis the Christian the days of Joan of Arc free to serve a tale of Colonial New York”
“Hugh win free Quaker the great Stone of Sardis the Christian the days of Joan of Arc free to serve a tale of Colonial New York”
“last year we did genre and tonight I'm actually interviewing Britt Bennett and her editor Sarah McGrath and one of the people from the marketing team for her most recent novel The Vanishing half”