5 years ago
S1E9 -Chapter Nine: Death of the Author!
On VENUS ON THE HALF-SHELL, by Kilgore Trout, I mean Philip Jose Farmer
The latest chapter delves into the strange case of Venus On The Half-Shell, the book-within-a book with three authors, one of whom is purely fictional. An intergalactic satire that seems to have inspired Douglas Adams and others, this oddball book has been mostly forgotten, even though it lies at the intersection of at least two major literary careers...
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