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The Reading Room is a show dedicated to books and creative writing. Each month we present extended interviews with authors and original short stories. Get involved - email us at readingroom@sirenonline.co.uk or go to our website http://readingroom.podbean.com
Ready Player One by Ernest Kline: SPOILER Podcast Preview
The Reading Room
53 minutes 44 seconds
9 years ago
Ready Player One by Ernest Kline: SPOILER Podcast Preview
“Going outside is highly overrated”
This week in our new show SPOILER, we're reading Ernest Kline's "nerdgasm" of a book, Ready Player One. As Rachael and Andy get in touch with their inner geek, Paul has been frittering away more of his short time on this earth collating every pop culture reference in the book and putting them into another of his legendary remixes (see video version below…).
Meanwhile, the dystopian setting of Ready Player One leads Rachael to consider the popularity of dystopian settings in teen fiction, and there's an unscheduled interruption from Andy…
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The Reading Room
The Reading Room is a show dedicated to books and creative writing. Each month we present extended interviews with authors and original short stories. Get involved - email us at readingroom@sirenonline.co.uk or go to our website http://readingroom.podbean.com