In this Melee episode we discuss the recent revival of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS and some of the very questionable reviews.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/review-kieran-culkins-glengarry-glen-ross-is-dangerously-offensive-and-dated/

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A preview of Part 3 of our in-depth series on Cormac McCarthy’s NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. We talk about Moss’s service in Vietnam and much, much more.

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Part 2 of our in-depth series on Cormac McCarthy’s NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. We talk about what makes NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN so effective, the subtleties of its structure, McCarthy’s masterclass in visual storytelling, how this books plays at the edges of genre, and much more.

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Part 1 of our in-depth series on Cormac McCarthy’s NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. We’re joined by Ben Avery of the legendary Lemonparty podcast.

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In part 3 of our in-depth episode on William Gibson's NEUROMANCER. In the MADNESS portion of this series, we talk hacking in the ‘80s, what this book has in common with Djuna Barnes’ strange 1930s arthouse novel NIGHTWOOD, Rastafarianism, and where AI might be headed.

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In part 2 of our in-depth episode on William Gibson's NEUROMANCER, Aaron and Brad go METHOD talking about what makes this book tick, how to write something ‘timeless’, and living in alternate realities.

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In part 1 our in-depth episode on William Gibson's NEUROMANCER, we give the Method and Madness treatment to the foundational cyberpunk text. A mix of noir, Burroughsian paranoia, and grimy science fiction, 40 years later NEUROMANCER seems more relevant than ever. SUBSCRIBE AT PATREON AND SUBSTACK FOR

In Part 3.1: We talk with the great Ewan Morrison about his new novel FOR EMMA, a cyber thriller par excellence, about the influence of Gibson, hyperstition, and the runaway processes of AI development that have writers on edge. PREORDER EWAN'S NEW BOOK: https://www.ewanmorrison.com/ and follow him at x.com/@mrewanmorrison.com and untopia.substack.com

We talk Aaron’s recent Tolkien “controversy,” where the Borges meets the road, the importance of plot, the looming and forgotten catastrophes of human history, Nathanael West, and what C.G. Jung thought about UFOs.

Lynch, Loneliness, and Larry

EP. 01 MOBY-DICK: That Inscrutable Thing