Ep 027 - You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2013

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It's rare that we read a book and just out-and-out dislike it, but that's what happened when Andrew read Dave Eggers' You Shall Know Our Velocity! Eggers' tale of two young men who travel around the world and give away $32,000 may have resonated with reviewers, but Andrew had trouble getting into it.

What follows is a discussion less about the book's plotting and themes, and more about Andrew's reaction to the book and just what he didn't enjoy about it (and why). Apologies for the audio quality on this one; it was recorded in Andrew's now-former apartment, and echoes abound though we have tried our best to minimize them.

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0:00.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well told tale,
0:05.0	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:10.0	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	We saw pumpkin beer like last week. There's pumpkin beer out.
0:39.0	I'll drink that. I'll drink to that.
0:42.0	Oh, shut up. I think there's too much pumpkin.
0:45.0	Well, it's not into all the pumpkin.
0:48.0	That's how October is now, though. And I think it's creeping back into September now, too.
0:52.0	It's the month of pumpkin.
0:55.0	It's horrible.
0:56.0	It's hard to buy anything that doesn't taste like pumpkin.
0:58.0	Ask someone who enjoys all of pumpkin.
1:02.0	I do. What'd you do?
1:03.0	Make it all taste like pumpkin.
1:04.0	What is it about pumpkin that you love so much that you're willing to have everything?
1:10.0	Like, King Midas came through and he loved pumpkin.
1:14.0	He touched every food.
1:16.0	Everything he touched food.
1:17.0	Tastes like pumpkin.
1:19.0	I don't know. Pumpkin.
1:20.0	He just linked everything and it all started tasting like pumpkin.
1:23.0	Pumpkin is a good flavor.
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