#036 Billy Moon

from From Alpha To Omega · host Tom O'Brien

This week, Doug Lain, the host of the excellent Dietsoap podcast, has returned to the show to tell us about his novel ‘Billy Moon’, that is due out from his publishers, Tor, on the 27th of August. Using Doug’s novel for the basis of the conversation, we meander through an array of topics including the May 1968 aborted revolution in France, the interaction of ideology, architecture, and space, the rationality of socialism, the Situationists and the Occupy movement, how we need to dream and escape the dream, the structure of a new revolutionary strategy, the need for bastards, feminist literary critique, and his upcoming Think The Impossible book and podcast tour to San Francisco, Chicago, and NYC. Oh yes, and no conversation between myself and Doug would be complete without a rant about our dear friend, Karl Marx......You can check out Doug's Dietsoap podcast and writings here: DouglasLain.comYou can read an excerpt of his book over here on his publishers site:http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/07/billy-moon-excerptAnd you can order a copy over here:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Billy-Moon-Douglas-Lain/dp/0765321726Enjoy!

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This week, Doug Lain, the host of the excellent Dietsoap podcast, has returned to the show to tell us about his novel ‘Billy Moon’, that is due out from his publishers, Tor, on the 27th of August. Using Doug’s novel for the basis of the conversation, we meander through an array of topics including the May 1968 aborted revolution in France, the interaction of ideology, architecture, and space, the rationality of socialism, the Situationists and the Occupy movement, how we need to dream and escape the dream, the structure of a new revolutionary strategy, the need for bastards, feminist literary critique, and his upcoming Think The Impossible book and podcast tour to San Francisco, Chicago, and NYC. Oh yes, and no conversation between myself and Doug would be complete without a rant about our dear friend, Karl Marx...... You can check out Doug's Dietsoap podcast and writings here: DouglasLain.com You can read an excerpt of his book over here on his publishers site: http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/07/billy-moon-excerpt And you can order a copy over here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Billy-Moon-Douglas-Lain/dp/0765321726 Enjoy!

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