Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2023-02-20

Books mentioned on Strange News: Balloons, UFOs and Other Explosive Distractions

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The United States government propagandizes missions to shoot unidentified objects from the sky, while a small town in Ohio goes against rail tycoons in hopes of surviving an ecological catastrophe. All this and more in this week's Strange News.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

1. 

   Watchmen

   Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons · at 39:16

   Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's seminal graphic novel Watchmen deconstructs the superhero genre against an alternate-history Cold War backdrop where masked vigilantes face moral decay and political paranoia.

   Discussed

   “generally in these stories the way it plays out is very Watchman style where there's not just an alien invasion”

   Ben Bowlin Strange News: Balloons, UFOs and Other Explosive Distractions 2023-02-20 Listen at 39:16

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