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This crossover introduces my new podcast for my new pulp fiction magazine, BAM!

What if I told that 90 years ago Sinclair Lewis predicted the condition of the United States in 2025? Well, listen in and find out for yourselves. Warning: This is a political one and while I try to stay as out of the fray as possible there is only so much I can do.

Intro clip from Jimmy Cliff - World Upside Down

Some thoughts on other science fiction book podcasts, reading vs. listening, and The Door into Summer review. I think this might be my new second favorite Heinlein book!

Let's talk about controversial art. The book Tampa is a tale of a women attracted to very young teens. Is it good? Is it bad? Let's talk about it. Also a short discussion of the next Heinlein Marathon book.

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Probably Robert Heinlein's most famous work and one that is a cornerstone in modern science fiction. Good read, and we'll get into it here so enjoy and I hope you grok it!

Let's talk about the role of AI in creating written content as it has create a big argument that threatens to destroy NaNoWriMo (not a big loss if you ask me) and see where we go from here. Also, here is a link to Team Shikaragaki Go! The new book of Union Dues stories.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFVF5RWT

I would argue that this is Heinlein's most problematic work. Sixth Column is a horribly racist story, with a threadbare plot, and a lot of bullshittium to make everything kind of hold together.

I talk about a recent article by John Scalzi who had a similar experience to me when introducing juvie Heinlein to his teenaged daughter. I also talk through three books that I really enjoyed by Ottessa Moshfegh.

Waldo by Robert Heinlein discussed and dissected. Part of the ongoing Heinlein Marathon.

I flip Rod for Rob a couple of times in this, but enjoy my read of Robert A. Heinlein's Tunnel in the Sky part of the Heinlein Marathon here at the Bunch O' Stuffcast.

I reread the surrealist fantasy novel The Vorrh. What did I think? Listen and find out! Also, I apparently have Escape Clause books for sale. And I was dead for a while! Cool, eh?

Also the next Heinlein Marathon book is announced :)

Meet Marjorie Friday, artificial person and courier and follow her though a late Heinlein adventure of excerable sex and brunch with a lot of detail on brunch and a lot of awkward dialogue about sex and some other poorly defined stuff... Still, she's an interesting character. Check out my review of this 1982 Heinlein story.

Why hasn't there been a new Heinlein Marathon update in a while? Well, let me tell you... Also, some thoughts on superhero fiction, comics, and movies. This is a random episode but I hope you will dig it.

Hey it is the long awaited deep dive into Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers, my all time favorite book and all time least favorite movie! You can also find the deep text related to this review at my Tumblr page - https://www.tumblr.com/blog/jrderego where a more comprehensive text will be uploaded and you can also read 5000 words about why I dislike the new film version of All Quiet on the Western Front!

While prepping the Team Shikaragaki volume I found a bit I cut out of Jobber back when I was getting it ready to submit to Demiurges and Demigods in Space and thought it was a fun bit to share. This is that.

Here is the oft promised rarely delivered audio version of Jobber. I did all the voices so you get what you get. The book where this appears can be purchased here  - https://www.monadnockunderground.com/product/demiurges-and-demigods-in-space-vol-1/  go get it! It's a great book and one definitely worth a few of your bucks as it will give them the capital to create another book of excellent short stories.

Enjoy

After 14 months away, I am back with the next installment of the Heinlein Marathon and some updates on the other stuff I've been reading and writing.

I take a few minutes to update listeners on the state of the Heinlein marathon, reveal the next book to get the podcast treatment, and divert a bit to talk about giant monster movies and the recent release of Godzilla vs. Kong.

This is the story where Heinlein introduced his most written about, and longest living character, Lazarus Long. Join me as I dissect this 1958 work. Thanks to John Hattan for sending me the audio version of the book too!

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, published in 1985 is the second to last Heinlein novel. It's a rough read, and this podcast explores the roughness. I didn't like this book, but I don't think reading it was a bad idea and I enjoyed the experience. Like Heinlein? Or this book specifically? Let me know! Read the text review which is different than this podcast in content and depth here - https://www.tumblr.com/blog/jrderego You can also interact with me on Instagram and listen to me on the TWWWBLY podcast every week.

This is my review of Starman Jones (1953) the second book in the Heinlein marathon. You'll notice that I had to edit in "max" in place of "sam" a few times because for some reason I couldn't keep those two character's names straight. Hope it isn't too distracting.

This is the first of what I hope will be a whole bunch of (less rambly) reviews of Robert Heinlein's novels as I reread them as a seasoned adult and not a starry eyed 20 year old. The first one here is Podkayne of Mars, which I loved something like 30 years ago. Do I like it as much now? How do I feel about Heinlein's prose today? You'll never know unless you listen.

Also, announcement about  the upcoming release of the Monadnock Underground release of Demiurges and Demigods in Space where my story Jobber will lead the pack. I have created a podcast version of that story and have a long interview with the publishers of that anthology coming. In the meantime, subscribe to Monadnock Underground and see what comes up. I will be cross posting here.

You can reach me on Instagram and Facebook as Jeffrey R. DeRego (I think, I dunno, I never search for myself), and on Tumblr too where I have an active text blog called "Crap". Go read it.

This is a re-post of the Clonepod produced Union Dues: Team Shikaragaki story The Sojourn of Taizen Kiiro. I kept all of their excellent production intact and added some commentary before and after the Clonepod episode (which was their episode 22).

This is a presentation of my short story The Henchman Diaries - Project Giant Arachnid with a before and after about how I came to write it and what influences I drew on to create the story. 

This is a podcast of my short story, Mighty. Read by me. It is available to own at the Kindle store for like $1.50 of which I get $52 cents. If you like this go buy it there and leave a nice review. Hope you dig it.

This episode contains the entire Clonepod production of The Saga of Tam Suji. I am including all of their work in this after my introduction so that the excellent production and hard work they put into it is not lost. This is one of my favorite of the Union Dues stories because of the tie to Mighty Joe Young and how Tam has his revelation that family isn't necessarily tied to who birthed you at just the right moment. It also has one of my favorite written lines. See if you can guess what it is.

Welcome to the first episode of Jeffrey R. DeRego's Bunch of Stuffcast. In this episode I repost, in its entirety, the Clonepod produced version of my short story The Ballad of Kitty Momoiro (clonepod episode11).