Episode · Timcast IRL · 2021-08-31
Books mentioned on Timcast IRL #362 - The Afghan War Is OVER, Biden Leaves Americans Behind w/Libby Emmons
Tim, Ian, and Lydia join friend and editor-in-chief of the Post Millennial Libby Emmons to analyze how the Afghanistan war ended, new video out of the country purported to show the Taliban joyriding i
Libby Emmons recommended The Machine Stops by EM. FORSTER, and discussed The Trial by Franz Kafka and The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Trial
Franz Kafka's renowned novel "The Trial" tells the chilling story of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is abruptly arrested on his birthday for an unspecified crime by an amorphous, incomprehensible judicial system.
Discussed“so i read this in high school um and i had to convince them to let me read it but whatever so this guy uh kaye ends up on trial”
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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka is a collection of surreal fiction best known for its opening novella where a traveling salesman named Gregor Samsa wakes up transformed into a giant insect.
Discussed“and it's very much like in metamorphosis where he becomes the bug right so the guy became this is probably easier to explain”
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The Machine Stops
E.M.
Recommended“that's the em forrester story also the machine stops did you ever read that no no what's that”
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