In this final episode on the Harlem Renaissance, I explore the impact of Gabriel's Revolt of 1800 as told by Arna Bontemps in his historical fiction novel Black Thunder. (See Episode 35 for my introduction to this book)

In "Second Variety", Philip K. Dick explores the future of war at its most brutal.

In this episode, I examine the first half of Arna Bontemp's novel on Gabriel's Revolt, Black Thunder.

Energy beings, hamsters, evolution, and unexplored asteroids...it's Philip K. Dick's story "The Infinites".

Part 2 of 2 on Rudolph Fisher's The Conjure Man Dies, a wonderful Harlem Renaissance novel exploring magic and society in Harlem.

In this episode of the Philip K. Dick Book Club we find out how to make the world--and the people in it--our plaything.

Rudolph Fisher's wonderful mystery novel of the Harlem Renaissance, The Conjure Man Dies, examines the people and culture of black Harlem.

An interesting science fiction novel on race and the color line in America. In George Schuyler's Black No More we discover what happens when science provides a solution to the race problem in America.

In "Roog," Dick explores the never ending battle between dog and garbage man, or something.

An interesting science fiction novel on race and the color line in America. In George Schuyler's Black No More we discover what happens when science provides a solution to the race problem in America.