Storyological 2.07 - BULLETPROOF EELS

In which we discuss,

1. "Starver" by Daisy Johnson, Fen.

2. "Trauma Plate" by Adam Johnson, Barcelona Review.

along with, among other things...

Daisy Johnson

• Review of Fen
• Seeking ‘intense strangeness in a world that feels like ours,’ profile in the Guardian.

Adam Johnson

• Orphan Master’s Son
• The Half-Seen Thing: An Interview with Adam Johnson in Tin House
• Epics, Awards, and the Power of Literature

Historicals

• The draining of the fens, 1947 film.
• Draining the fens in Lincolnshire

The Power and Arbitrariness of Montage

• The History of Cutting - The Soviet Theory of Montage
• The Chicago School of Media Theory

Some Stories Mentioned in Conversation

• Nine Island by Jane Allison
• Metamorphoses by Ovid
• “Out of Sight”, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Ovid’s Metamorphoses in the Whedonverse
• Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
• Dawn of the Dead
• Bob’s Burgers
• Fight Club by Chuck Pahlianuk

Storyological Past

• That one episode of Storyological in which we discussed a story that tells you what it is, “The Future Looks Good.”
• That one episode of Storyological in which we discussed the story, “Sabbath Wine.”
• That one episode of Storyological in which we discussed the story, “The Venus Effect”.

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