Bookbabble Episode 42: Online Author Fanaticism
Bookbabble Episode 42: Online Author Fanaticism
Recorded 10 Aug 2009
Babblers: Gem, Renee, Marcel, Donny
Synopsis:
The babblers talk about the enthusiasm that surrounds some authors online, based upon the article “Why do Pynchon, Ballard and Wallace provoke such online loyalty?” from Times Online.
Show Length: 1:33:18 mins
Links:
- Why do Pynchon, Ballard and Wallace provoke such online loyalty? – Times Online
- New Look and Podcast from Banks – Iain Banks’s podcasting of his novel that’s supposedly "the first time an audio has been serialised in this way, and we’re very excited to be doing something so groundbreaking." The comments generated from this nugget of statement bears a closer look.
- Thomas Pynchon – Reading of Inherent Vice’s Trailer by the man himself!
- FricFracClub
Books Mentioned:
- Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon (Review)
- The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss (Review)
- Original Bliss, A.L. Kennedy (Review)
[audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/17719/episodes/173021/bookbabbletheshow-173021-08-14-2009.mp3]
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