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485. Like Razorblade Pie: Shatterday (Feat. Abe Epperson)
🕑 Added 2022-05-02 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
This show goes over the short stories of Michael’s favorite speculative fiction author and notable curmudgeon Harlan Ellison. Each episode Michael pairs (read: forces a friend to read) a short story with a guest that it “applies especially to.” This episode it’s the short story “Shatterday” and the guest is Abe Epperson.
Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP
Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty
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Comments
Scottie Wottie
Interjecting quotes throughout is probably a better approach, that allows for quotes to add to the discussion without having to say them all back to back
Scottie Wottie
I love "Harlan's Parlance." It's way, way better than what I had which was "Ellison's Bellowin's"
Spiritual Gigolo
Huh. Between this, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE SOMETHING ETCETERA, and the Hans Christian Anderson story about a shadow coming to life they just covered on Myths and Legends, it feels like god is telling me to obsess about the path not chosen.
Andrew Duck
When I was listening to this, it reminded me of this video clip about a bunch of Duke Nukem clones. https://youtu.be/R8ftugSSl1k
Ellen Swaim
Wait, what? I can’t move in with you and be a burden? Mwa hahaha!!!
Adam by the Birch
In addition to Michael's example of staring at yourself in the mirror for a long time, I have never felt more deep existential dread than when, as a kid, I would stand between two mirrors and stare into the infinite deep dark slightly curved tunnel that is created by the mirror reflecting another mirror. It always felt like something terrible and unknowable was about to crawl out of that tunnel... I still get shivers just thinking about it. Anyways, great conversation as always. Thanks.
The Altinutt
More in-depth discussions of Harlan Ellison writing from Swaim, my favorite!
