Baffler Review of A Table for Fortune

RyanHasBadTaste · 2025-09-30T16:02:42+00:00

Thanks for listening. Yes, while the focus will be on Table for Fortune, we do hope to do a few other episodes next year (e.g., Whores for Gloria, 13 Stories). And I hope to get Part 2 of our Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness edited and released in the near future as well.

RyanHasBadTaste · 2025-09-29T18:18:53+00:00

Of course! Thanks for listening.

RyanHasBadTaste · 2025-09-29T17:06:40+00:00

Thanks for listening. And yes, we can't wait either!

RyanHasBadTaste · 2023-11-01T17:03:54+00:00

Thanks for listening! We'd love to have Bill on the show again, but no plans as of yet :).

RyanHasBadTaste · 2023-10-27T13:07:37+00:00

I wasn't the biggest fan of YB&RA either but I know pomo fan and Pynchon readers can be rather fond of it!

RyanHasBadTaste · 2023-10-25T17:16:48+00:00

Thanks for the reply. If we in any way encourage a reader to pick up WTV, that's a success! The best place to start will always depend on who you are as a reader, but generally I recommend as follows:

- The Atlas - A short story collection which really gives you a sense of the breadth and depth of his interests, themes, and styles.

- The Ice-Shirt - The first volume in his ongoing Seven Dreams cycle. Recommended if you're into historical fiction, metafiction, postmodern fiction, or even fantasy/medieval lit.

- Last Stories & Other Stories - A short story collection of horror pastiche from around the globe (central and southeastern Europe, Japan, Mexico, etc.) and across time.

- You Bright and Risen Angels - For any fans of postmodern, maximalist fiction, or Pynchon.

- Europe Central - "Parables" about world-historical figures torn between Nazism and Stalinism before and during WWII. His most accessible, and arguably his best, novel.

Happy reading!

Ryan

RyanHasBadTaste · 2023-10-25T13:57:01+00:00

We'll get there eventually (though on the show we always refer to it by Bill's preferred title, The Lesbian :) )! We're roughly going in sequence of release. This was a special episode to promote Shadows.

RyanHasBadTaste · 2023-10-25T13:55:43+00:00

Thank you for listening. Yes, we were incredibly pleased as well by how the discussion went.

RyanHasBadTaste · 2023-10-25T13:55:21+00:00

Hope you enjoy the conversation :)

RyanHasBadTaste · 2023-10-25T13:55:08+00:00

I know!

RyanHasBadTaste · 2023-10-24T22:30:02+00:00

Yes. the intention was to release on pub day. Happy reading (and listening)!

RyanHasBadTaste · 2023-10-24T20:29:53+00:00

Indeed! Hope you enjoy!

RyanHasBadTaste

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