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Robert Stark is joined with Matt Pegas and Dan Baltic to discuss his new novel, Vaporfornia. Vaporfornia is a surreal dark comedy, a coming of age story set in California, and is the sequel to Robert’s first novel, Journey to Vapor Island. This show is a simulcast with Matt and Dan’s dissident, counter-culture, literary podcast, New WriteVaporfornia is available for purchase on Lulu publishing. Also check out Matt’s review of Vaporfornia.

Topics:

Contrasting Vaporfornia with Journey to Vapor Island, and how both novels capture the zeitgeists of their respective erasThe niche genre of the satirical moving adventure storyLiterary comparisons to a Confederacy of Dunces, William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch, Lucky Jim, Voltaire’s Candide, and Gulliver’s TravelsThe situational humor and dramatic ironyVaporfornia as a satire of the themes in Robert’s Substack that delve into California’s social, political, class, and demographic dynamicsVaporfornia as a travelogue for CaliforniaAllegories and symbolism in the bookSaudade, a longing for what could have been or nostalgia for lost futuresGio Pennacchietti’s video about how Robert’s literary fiction and visual art complement each otherThe protagonist’s personal and political journeyThe politics of the “Chad Centrist” presidential candidate Roger BlackstoneWhether Robert Stark will run for California Governor or have a Vaporfornia tour some day



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