Our odometer has rolled over, but the show's the same: this week we take you through the alternate history presented by Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle.The basic question: what would happen if the Axis powers had won World War II? The sub-questions: what is real? Is it our reality, or the reality in this book, or the reality in the book in this b ... Show More
Oct 26
Ep 773 - Let the Right One In, by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Also titled Let Me In, this mid-2000s horror debut from Sweden engages directly with some vampire tropes, as well as one of the great fears of humankind: what if the kids were bad?Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.Follow @overduepod on Instagram and BlueskyAdvertise o ... Show More
1h 4m
Oct 19
Ep 772 - Butter, by Asako Yuzuki
It's true that we usually try to reserve Spooktober for books that are, how you say, "classically spooky." But isn't societal misogyny and fatphobia just as spooky as any ghost, ghoul, or pieced-together-monster-that-represents-humankind's-hubris? We'd like to think so. And we'd ... Show More
1h 4m
<p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:#333333;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', serif;font-size:14px;">Would Tyler Durden vote for candidate Trump? Why can't super rich authors have everything they want? Is "Cookie's" accent wonderful or fantastic?</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;colo ... Show More
