Ep 457 - The Comet by W.E.B. Dubois and Woeful Tales from Mahigul by Ursula K. Le Guin
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🗓️ 1 February 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
We're celebrating the fiction-filled and fictional holiday of Short Story Week by sharing two short stories with y'all this week. First up is The Comet, a speculative sci-fi tale by civil rights activist and writer W.E.B. DuBois from his collection Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil. After that is Woeful Tales from Mahigul, a short story collection within a short story collection by Ursula K. Le Guin from her collection Changing Planes.
Check out our previous LeGuin episodes on The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas and The Dispossessed.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgun podcast. |
| 0:06.2 | While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told |
| 0:10.5 | tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary. |
| 0:16.3 | Plus these are books you should have read by now. |
| 0:42.8 | Everybody, welcome to Overdoot's podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. |
| 0:47.1 | My name is Craig. |
| 0:48.1 | My name is Andrew. |
| 0:50.1 | I said hey everybody and I don't remember if I always say that. |
| 0:53.8 | You should pick, you say hey everybody a lot. |
| 0:56.2 | Yeah, you're like a YouTuber who's like hey guys, like, comment, subscribe. |
| 1:00.6 | Yeah it's bookboy420, here's another book. |
| 1:04.4 | And what if I became a booktuber? |
| 1:06.9 | Yo, if we have any booktubers listening, I have ever relied on the work that you do |
| 1:11.8 | for some of my research. |
| 1:14.0 | So like hit us up. |
| 1:15.0 | Let me know if you're a booktuber. |
| 1:17.7 | Are we just like, are we looking to horn in on their turf? |
| 1:21.3 | No. |
| 1:22.3 | I want to meet them. |
| 1:23.3 | I want to know more about them. |
| 1:25.1 | I have become part of the community. |
| 1:28.1 | Well, I don't know if I've timed a part of the community. |
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