Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2023-06-22
Books mentioned on Part Two: AI Is Coming for Your Children
We continue our investigation of weird AI children's book grifters. https://shatterzone.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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It
Stephen King's epic horror novel It is widely recognized for its terrifying premise surrounding an ancient evil entity that preys upon the children of Derry, Maine, every twenty-seven years.
Discussed“I feel I read Stephen King's It when I was probably too young. Book for a kid.”
Where to get it
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Ulysses
Ulysses by James Joyce is a towering modernist novel that chronicles a single day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, mirroring the structure of Homer's ancient epic Odyssey.
Discussed“James Joyce wrote Ulysses in less than an hour um yeah it took him a long longer”
Where to get it
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Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is a harrowing, violent epic of the American West that follows a teenage runaway embroiled in a brutal scalping gang along the Mexican border.
Discussed“It's kind of—I think that Blood Meridian is challenging in some ways that aren't different, because like so much of reading Blood Meridian is like, 'What the f*** did he mean by that?”
Where to get it
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Literature as exploration
Discussed“in the Book Literature is exploration which is a very influential book on literary Theory by Professor Luis rosenblatt”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Lost World
“no as as I and as I like was younger you know when I was in second grade I found my dad had a copy of the Lost World checked out from the library and I like demanded he renew it because there was a dinosaur skull on the front and so in second grade I read the Lost World”
Passing It
“I feel I read Stephen King's it when I was probably too young not ideal”
Passing Finnegans Wake
“also Finnegan's wake man just between us I can tell you're a fellow uh Enthusiast absolutely yeah”
Passing Blood Meridian
“just because like it's it's actually it's kind of I think that like Blood Meridian is is challenging in some ways that aren't different because like so much of reading blood murderney is like what the [ __ ] did he mean by that”
Passing Finnegans Wake
“also when I was a kid I read a series of mystery books that were themed after Finnegan's wake where like the character's name was Finnegan's wake like z-w-a-k-e weird”