PoS Book Club

S2E5 The Hardy Boys: Footprints Under the Window by Franklin W. Dixon

Gather 'round, gumshoes. The boys are on the beat this week cracking the case of 1933's Footprints Under the Window, a remarkably racist entry in early Hardy Boys canon centered on anti-Chinese xenophobia. Beyond the text, our detectives dig into the sleazy world of the Stratemeyer Syndicate (also known for Nancy Drew) and their immense impact on American YA fiction and the book world at large. Comments? Complaints? Leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/pos_book_club

S2E4: Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Däniken

The book club don their sun hats and carefully excavate a pseudoscience classic, Erich von Däniken's 1968 Chariots of the Gods.  Brushing off this dusty tome, they dig deep into a convicted fraudster with seventy million copies sold, alien eugenics and Nazi ghostwriters, and the origins of an enduring theory that every great ancient civilization was built by aliens. Leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/POS_book_club

S2E3: Night of the Crabs by Guy N. Smith

The book club takes a breather from cults and controversy to investigate Guy N. Smith's 1976 splatterpunk horror classic Night of the Crabs - a tale of giant man-eating crabs that terrorize a Welsh seaside town.

S2E2: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

Slumber party! The boys cuddle up with John Boyne's shallow, exploitative Holocaust fable, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

S2E1: Twin Flames: Finding Your Ultimate Lover by Jeff and Shaleia Divine

The fellas return for awards and festivities, followed by a feisty frolic through the infamous Twin Flames Universe - a spiritual romantic self-help grift turned alleged cult led by Jeff Divine and Shaleia Divine.