On this episode, Dan Dzurak, a physical media fan, discusses his love for books that are “out there,” how his dad’s reading life informed his early reading memories, and why being compared to a character is one of his standout memories. We also get into the ups and downs of being feral readers when you know so many people in the hospitality industry.    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  Several People are Typing by Calvin Kasulke Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado   Books Highlighted by Dan: Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness  A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-Noir by Foster Hirsch The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson Approaching Oblivion by Harlan Ellison    All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton Sleepless by Charlie Huston  High Fidelity by Nick Hornby  Dune by Frank Herbert  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig The Road by Cormac McCarthy One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez A Million Little Pieces by James Frey  Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut  God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut  Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut  Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut  Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen  Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace  Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson  Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett  The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain  Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen  American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis  Heat 2 by Meg Gardiner & Michael Mann