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