• Dracula 2: To Care Not For

    Dracula 2: To Care Not For

    This week, we finally resume our seasonal horror unit with the beginning of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. How are we to understand Stoker’s introduction to the novel? Is Harker too stupid to live? What’s worse: dragons or devils?

  • Dracula 1: Long Shadows

    Dracula 1: Long Shadows

    This week, we begin our super-spooky horror unit with an all-time classic: Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. Is it possible for a book as well-known and influential as this one to be under-appreciated? How did Dracula enter the public domain? Do we prefer Transylvania or Ultrasylvania?

  • Ultimate Spider-Man 2: Man Vs. Society

    Ultimate Spider-Man 2: Man Vs. Society

    This week, we conclude our discussion of Ultimate Spider-Man, and discuss the second volume, Learning Curve.

  • Ultimate Spider-Man 1: Man Vs. Himself

    Ultimate Spider-Man 1: Man Vs. Himself

    This week, we begin our discussion of Ultimate Spider-Man, and discuss the first volume, Power And Responsibility.

  • Binti 4: Not Not The Force

    Binti 4: Not Not The Force

    This week, we conclude out discussion of Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti: The Complete Trilogy, and discuss the short story Sacred Fire. Why is it important to read according to the chronology of production? What’s the deal with the Saturnian aliens? What, in the end, is harmony?

  • Binti 3: Deep Culture

    Binti 3: Deep Culture

    This week, we continue Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti: The Complete Trilogy, and discuss the third novella, The Night Masquerade. What is the dividing line between science fiction and fantasy? Is identity reducible? Is Mwinyi an Edward or a Jacob?

  • Binti 2: The Gods Are Many Things

    Binti 2: The Gods Are Many Things

    This week, we continue Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti: The Complete Trilogy, and discuss the second novella. What is philosophical dualism? Is Binti a Frodo or a Sam? How are universities exactly like Survivor?

  • Binti 1: Everything Is Connected

    Binti 1: Everything Is Connected

    This week, we begin Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti: The Complete Trilogy, and discuss the first novella. What is africanfuturism? How do books teach you to read them? Sure, drugs are cool, but have you ever gotten high on math?

  • Great Expectations 5: The Villain Monologue

    Great Expectations 5: The Villain Monologue

    This week, we discuss the end of Great Expectations, and what it means to be good!

  • Great Expectations 4: One-Man Class War

    Great Expectations 4: One-Man Class War

    This week, we discuss chapters thirty-six to fifty of Great Expectations with twists! So many twists!

  • Great Expectations 3: The Declarative Question

    Great Expectations 3: The Declarative Question

    This week, we continue our discussion of Great Expectations by looking at different kinds of life in London, the death of Pip’s sister, and the ease of making choices when you have no choice at all.

  • Bonus: Hunting Gollum

    Bonus: Hunting Gollum

    In this excerpt from the recent live Patreon Q&A, I discuss my thoughts on the upcoming movie The Hunt For Gollum!