Lovett or Leave It

It was mentioned as a book where the main character predicts an eclipse, and this became a trope used in many forms of media after its publication.

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In a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, he predicts the eclipse. He says if you don't do something, I'm gonna make the sun go away because it was good timing for him.

— Episode: Shot Girl Summer

Episode: Shot Girl Summer

It was mentioned as a book where the main character predicts an eclipse, and this became a trope used in many forms of media after its publication.

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In a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, he predicts the eclipse. He says if you don't do something, I'm gonna make the sun go away because it was good timing for him.

Oh, Twain. Classic Mark Twain.

You know him as Mark Twain. I think of him as Samuel Clemens.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

The podcast mentioned this book to illustrate a point about self-delusion, referencing a scene where a time-traveling Yankee meets Merlin and realizes that Merlin believes he's a real magician.

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That's the Mark Twain book where a Cartoonish stereotype of a Yankee based on Mark Twain's opinions at the time. Somehow time travels back to Camelot and there's without spoiling too much of it becaus...

— Episode: The Strange Story of Jeffrey Alan Lash,...

Episode: The Strange Story of Jeffrey Alan Lash, Part I

The podcast mentioned this book to illustrate a point about self-delusion, referencing a scene where a time-traveling Yankee meets Merlin and realizes that Merlin believes he's a real magician.

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That's the Mark Twain book where a Cartoonish stereotype of a Yankee based on Mark Twain's opinions at the time. Somehow time travels back to Camelot and there's without spoiling too much of it because it's brilliantly written. There's this moment where this Yankee guy is in King Arthur's court and he meets Merlin and he has this realization where he says, he says, holy shit. This guy thinks he's a real magician even though he obviously is not

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American History Tellers

At this time, Twain had started work on a time travel novel called A Connecticut Yankee and King Arthur's Court, but his progress was achingly slow. By 1889, it was finally published, but reviews were poor, as were sales.

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At this time in 1886, he had started work on a time travel novel called A Connecticut Yankee and King Arthur's Court, but his progress was achingly slow.

— Episode: Great American Authors | Mark Twain: Voi...

Episode: Great American Authors | Mark Twain: Voice of a Na...