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If you thought the guy was a bastard before, well, no need to change your viewpoint for this episode, I guess.  We're here to find out MORE of his shitty opinions, how he felt about his weirdly-named children, the train crash that nearly killed him, and some of the greatest works from the latter-half of his life, including "David Copperfield", "A Tale of Two Cities", "Great Expectations", & more!

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My lord did this guy get up to some shit.  Between the terrorist bird, the woman he tried to drown, the man he was sort of complicit in killing... this man lived a full life all before he turned 40.  Join us as we go over the major early works of Charles Dickens, including "The Pickwick Papers", "Oliver Twist", and "A Christmas Carol", as well as all his shitty opinions!

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Emily Dickinson could only be described as a Livewire within poetry.  Someone who Blasted the competition out of the water.  Unfortunately, her reclusive lifestyle led to her having no real fame until after her death, where her Mountain of works were finally published to universal acclaim.  Join us as we go through her ghostly presence and her most famous works, while exploring the flavors of New Dew.

(Come to think of it, why didn't they release an alcoholic Code Red?)

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What a long road it's been.  And that road is filled with androids dressed as Romans looking to kill you in a plot 2000 years in the making.  Join us as we try to unravel the final years of history's most insane or prophetic writer (depending on what you believe).  Time to head on down to the bus stop and yell at wind, we're discussing the ending saga of Philip K. Dick!

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TW: Rape, Suicide;

Sex!  Drugs!  Drugs!  Rock n' Roll!  Drugs!  Well, maybe not so much the sex and Rock n' Roll but at least we got drugs!  Philip K. Dick is certainly one of those authors that you know from the hundreds of adaptations you've seen on TV, whether you're aware of it or not, including "The Man in the High Castle", "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", and "Ubik"!  And perhaps that's been his long con all along... to cement himself within our psyche...  

What was that?  Are you listening to me breathe?!  They're putting cops in my dreams!  

Join us as we go over the early work and waning mental state of sci-fi god, Philip K. Dick!

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You know how to piss off a fanbase?  Tell them the truth.  Join us as we go into the rest of Jane Austen's life, as she produces satire after satire that seems to go over 50% of the population's head.  If she lived longer than she did, there's a good chance she would've finally told the world herself, but unfortunately, we're left with a lot of speculation as to her motives, her politics, and her humor-- all of which is easy to understand if you stop trying to fill in the blanks for yourself.  Either way, pull up a picture of Mr. Darcy's wet shirt, and enjoy!

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Miss us?  Don't answer that it'll make me sad.  Well we took an impromptu mid-season break by mistake but we're back!  Come join us as we go over the early life and works of a very misunderstood lady, someone who's known today for the kind of work that she was actually making fun of in the first place, Jane Austen!

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TW: Pedophilia;

Jesus Christ this guy.  For some of you, this will for sure be a sad goodbye, as we delve into the remaining years of William S. Burroughs and his works, including his magnum opus, "Naked Lunch".  For those of us with a disgust for beatniks, it couldn't come soon enough.

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TW: Child Abuse, Pedophilia;

Now have we dealt with some real pieces of shit here on Caleb Can't Read?  Boy have we.  Conmen, torturers, literal Nazis...  But William S. Burroughs is a special kind of bastard.  Come join us as delve into perhaps the most infamous writer of the Beat Generation and the making of his first novel, "Junkie", as well as what cost him his freedom in two countries and a couple dead friends.

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If there were ever a superhero that could drown a man in piss and make you question why you ever called on them in the first place, Francois Rabelais would be the PeePee PooPoo Man.  (The 'P' symbol on his chest stands for 'hoPe'.)  Since Chaucer's invention of words used on Caleb Can't Read today, there was a man in the 1500's that put such a vocabulary to beautiful use... and continued to use it until he literally became a target of the Catholic Church.  That's right, the author of "Gargantua and Pantagruel" threw so many fart jokes at the page that God Himself wanted him dead.  Celebrating our 2nd anniversary, this is Francois Rabelais!