Weird Books, the Apocalypse, Swedenborg, and More!

Описание: In this lively confab, Paul Giamatti and Stephen Asma dive into the strange library of Paul’s current reading life --weird and wonderful books ranging from sci-fi, paranormal speculations, and shadow histories. Along the way, they muse on the end-of-days apocalypse and the morning after it doesn’t happen, a theme that spirals into reflections on failed prophecies, collective anxiety, and "hope core." The conversation also turns toward Emanuel Swedenborg, the influential mystic and esoteric visionary who mapped the spirit world with Enlightenment precision. As always, it’s a freewheeling, brainy, and often hilarious exchange that wanders between theology, literature, and the sublime weirdness of human imagination.

Paul's current Library:
1. Sheridan Le Fanu's "Uncle Silas"
2. Edward Bulwer-Lytton's "Zanoni"
3. James White's "Major Operations"
4. John G. Turner's "Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet"
5. Orson Scott Card's "Seventh Son"
6. James P. Blaylock's "The Last Coin"
7. Rudolf Steiner's "Staying Connected"
8. David Hatcher Childress's "Project Rainbow and the Philadelphia Experiment"
9. Sibley S. Morrill's "Ambrose Bierce, F. A. Mitchell-Hedges, and the Crystal Skull"
Too many other books are discussed to list here!

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