the chain by adrian mckinty

our next soon-to-be-adapted title this season is the chain by adrian mckinty, soon to be a damon lindelof show starring jodie comer. it’s a palate cleanser book that is all plot, but did we have a split decision on its successes? (sort of.) we talk about the very specific time (with regards to technology) that this book exists in, which features: a blogspot blog! tor browser! bitcoin! glaring tech plot holes! we talk about how megan boyle would be in deep trouble if the chain were real, how funny it is that ginger uses the chain for booty calls, and how damon lindelof could level this story up (and where it could go if you were to expand its world or continue its story). is “bang a uey” really that hard to parse? joey heaps praise in the “joke watch” segment. the egg checks in.

reading list for season twenty-one

the odyssey by homer, translated by emily wilsonthe sugar frosted nutsack by mark leynerdetransition, baby by torrey petersantkind by charlie kaufmanthe chain by adrian mckintyyour name here by helen dewitt and ilya gridneffthe memory police by yoko ogawa, translated by stephen snyderthe catcher in the rye by j.d. salinger