{"id":12446,"date":"2019-08-26T05:13:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T09:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=12446"},"modified":"2019-08-26T05:13:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T09:13:40","slug":"episode-334-caleb-crain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-334-caleb-crain","title":{"rendered":"Episode 334 – Caleb Crain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 334:
\nCaleb Crain<\/a><\/p>\n

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“My first novel was about growth and integration, and this one’s more about death and disintegration in the face of technological change.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Occupy, telepathy, the surveillance state, and poetic treatment of reversion in 16th\/17th century English poetry: Caleb Crain<\/a>\u2019s brand-new novel, Overthrow<\/a>\"\" (Viking) has it all! Caleb & I talk about the image that evoked his new book, why this one is his \u201cdark novel\u201d, and how its writing was filled with a sense of inevitability (and maybe a little bit of prophecy). We get into the notion of self-surveillance and why he carries a dumb-phone (even though it almost led to his failure to show up for our podcast session), the way gay people have a theory of mind for straight people but not necessarily vice versa, the optimism of Occupy and the dreadful fate of Aaron Swartz<\/a>, the difference between fiction and nonfiction editing, the importance of unscheduled nap-time, and the challenge of writing a novel about the weaponization of our relationships. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy Overthrow<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

“There are these moments now when it feels like the existing governance structure fractures and can’t handle things.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n