Episode · Timcast IRL · 2020-06-02
Books mentioned on Timcast IRL #68 - Trump Calls In Armed Soldiers To DC, Threatens To Deploy Military Nationwide
The crew discusses the recent speech from Trump, which includes directions for cracking down on the violent riots engulfing the nation. Adam ponders where we go from here, and Tim looks at the steps that have brought us here.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fight Club
Fight Club is a provocative novel by Chuck Palahniuk that explores male alienation, consumerism, and the cathartic release of violence through an underground society.
Discussed“it's like what did you seen Fight Club yeah you're reminds me that scene when they bring in Robert Paulson and drop he's dead yeah and he's like you dance you're running around blowing things up what did you think was gonna happen mm-hmm his name is Robert Paulson yeah his name was Robert Paulson”
Where to get it
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World War Z
World War Z by Max Brooks is a post-apocalyptic horror novel told as a collection of individual accounts of the zombie war.
Discussed“did y'all see how MSNBC erred World War Z footage with the riots hit US cities tagline title line city skyline matches the movie in everything”
Where to get it
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The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy is a classic techno-thriller novel that follows a Soviet submarine captain attempting to defect to the United States.
Discussed“reminds me of the movie the hunt yeah they're rich elitist Sarah like we're gonna go hunt these people and that's like yeah”
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