American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)

Part six of my review of "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dresier.

More silliness from 1964 Philip K. Dick in "The War with the Fnools".

More family drama in Philip K. Dick's short story "Oh! To be a Blobel".

Things start to get complicated for Clyde and his love life in part four of my review of "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dresier.

Another short story by Philip K. Dick published in 1964, one of his most prolific years. This one is on creativity and inspiration, with a sci-fi twist.

Mostly this episode contains things we covered in my review of "The Simulacra", but the story "Novelty Act" does differ from the novel's main themes in a few ways.

Part 3 of my review of "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser. This section focuses on how Clyde Griffiths finds a new job as a supervisor in a collar factory.

Part 2 of my review of Theodore Dresier's "An American Tragedy".

In this 1964 short story, Philip K. Dick writes himself into a tale about time travel and the origin of creativity.