100 The Greatest Books with Numbers in the Title

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

Arts, History, Books

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🗓️ 6 July 2017

⏱️ 64 minutes

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It’s here! Episode 100! Special guest Mike Palindrome, President of the Literature Supporters Club, returns for a numbers-based theme: what are the greatest works of literature with numbers in the title? Authors discussed include Thomas Pynchon, Dr. Seuss, Alexandre Dumas, Haruki Murakami, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Agatha Christie, Joseph Heller, Charles Dickens, V.S. Naipaul, Arthur Conan Doyle, Graham Greene, Kurt Vonnegut, John Dos Passos, Jules Verne, Arthur C. Clarke, John Buchan, Roberto Bolano, William Shakespeare, J.D. Salinger, Pablo Neruda, John Berryman, George Orwell, and Ray Bradbury. Show Notes: Contact the host at jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com or by leaving a voicemail at 1-361-4WILSON (1-361-494-5766). You can find more literary discussion at jackewilson.com and more episodes of the series at historyofliterature.com. Check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/historyofliterature. You can follow Jacke Wilson at his Twitter account @WriterJacke. You can also follow Mike and the Literature Supporters Club (and receive daily book recommendations) by looking for @literatureSC. Music Credits: “Handel – Entrance to the Queen of Sheba” by Advent Chamber Orchestra (From the Free Music Archive / CC by SA). “Quirky Dog” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	Number nine, 99, 99, 99, 99, 99, 99, 99, 99, 99, 99.
0:18.0	99.
0:20.0	Number 9, 99.
0:22.0	99. Number 9 99 9 99 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
0:29.2	9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 99 99. 99. 99.
0:35.0	99. 99.
0:36.0	What is the deal with all these 9s?
0:40.0	Why is 9s so popular in 99?
0:44.0	They, I wonder, is it because they're the precursor to a round number, like 100?
0:52.0	Well, this is episode 100. Well this is episode 100. We're going to find out what's on the other
0:56.4	side. We've had our own little build-up. Good luck with episode 100 and
1:02.0	keeping Mike in check.
1:04.6	Isn't that perfect?
1:07.0	Good luck with episode 100 and keeping Mike in check.
1:11.4	We'll see how that goes. Thank you very much Radavat's all. We're celebrating
1:15.4	episode 100 today on the history of literature. And the Okay, welcome to the program. This is episode 100. We're going to have Mike Pallandrome here in a few minutes with another draft.
1:45.0	Greatest Books with Numbers in the title.
1:48.0	Did your favorite make the cut?
1:50.0	We shall see.
1:51.0	This is as good a time as any to reflect a bit on the first 100 episodes.
1:56.7	We've come a long way, baby.
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