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I think listeners and readers will get a sense just how much fun David Rich's 'Middle Man' is as they listen to our conversation. I have not had so much fun, or been so relaxed in quite some time. And let me acknowledge this right now; David Rich is to be credited with re-casting my "Time to Read" mini-interviews as "the lightning round," which says quite a bit about his wit and his intelligence.
But wait; there's more. In 'Middle Man,' Rich presents what I suspect is the first concrete example of something we're going to see quite a bit of in the future, which I call blogoflage. This is the art of creating false blogs and references to blogs as a means of backing up some big ol' lie, whether you're talking about global warming or trying to create a false identity. In the novel, Rich lays out in an iconic scene as Rollie Waters is re-invented for his mission. I can't say if blogoflage (or bloggerflage) is "thing" yet, or if it will be named thusly, but for me it happened in print first here. This was a lot of fun to talk about.
04-01-14 UPDATE:Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 155: David Rich, 'Middle Man'
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Credit David Rich for describing these mini-interviews as "the lightning round."
Here's the one-hundred fifty-fifth episode of my series of podcasts, which I'm calling Time to Read. Hitting the two-year mark, I'm going to make an effort to stay ahead, so that podcast listeners can get the same sort of "sneak preview" effect that radio listeners get each Friday morning. This week, I seem to be on top of the game, but who knows what the hell might happen. I am hoping to stay back up and stumbling.
My hope is that in under four minutes I can offer readers a concise review and an opportunity to hear the author read from or speak about the work. I'm hoping to offer a new one every week.
The one-hundred fifty-fifth episode is a look at David Rich and 'Middle Man.' It's a live perforemance version.
08-21-15: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Senator Claire McCaskill is 'Plenty Ladylike' : Internalizing Determination to Overcome Sexism [Incudes Time to Read EP 211: Claire McCaskill, Plenty Ladylike, plus A 2015 Interview with Senator Claire McCaskill]
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Emily Schultz Unleashes 'The Blondes' : A Cure by Color [Incudes Time to Read EP 210: Emily Schultz, The Blondes, plus A 2015 Interview with Emily Schultz]
07-05-15: Commentary : Dr. Michael Gazzaniga Tells Tales from Both Sides of the Brain : A Life in Neuroscience Reveals the Life of Science
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2015 Interview with Michael Gazzaniga : "We made the first observation and BAM there was the disconnection effect..."
04-21-15: Commentary : Kazuo Ishiguro Unearths 'The Buried Giant' : The Mist of Myth and Memory
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2015 Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro : ".... by the time I was writing this novel, the lines between what was fantasy and what was real had blurred for me..."
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2015 Interview with Marc Goodman : "...every physical object around us is being transformed, one way or another, into an information technology..."
Agony Column Podcast News Report UPDATE: Time to Read Episode 199: Marc Goodman : Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It
