With the film CLOUD ATLAS in theaters, BOOKD takes a close look at the astonishing, genre-defying novel that inspired it. Join an English professor, Buddhist teacher, professor of philosophy and the hosts of Sword & Laser as they deconstruct and debate David Mitchell's CLOUD ATLAS.

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This episode of BOOKD tackles the nonlinear, nesting doll structure of CLOUD ATLAS; its literary influences; the many different voices that author David Mitchell employs; the thematic similarities shared among the six different stories; and ultimately whether or not it all ties together.

Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont are the hosts of Sword & Laser, a popular online book club, podcast and YouTube series dedicated to fantasy and science fiction. You can visit their website (http://www.swordandlaser.com/) and watch their own episode on CLOUD ATLAS here: http://tinyurl.com/8crsmxk

Ethan Nichtern is a Buddhist teacher and founder of The Interdependence Project. He is also the author of two books, ONE CITY: A DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE and the novel, YOUR EMOTICONS WON'T SAVE YOU. You can follow him on his blog at: http://www.ethannichtern.com/

Matthew Hart is a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, and is currently gearing up to teach CLOUD ATLAS in the future.

Samir Chopra is a professor of philosophy at Brooklyn College who has written about CLOUD ATLAS on his blog: http://tinyurl.com/9sxdoxb

Amy Lau is a graduate of the Draper Master's Program at New York University, where she wrote her MA thesis, titled "Recognition of the Other: Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in CLOUD ATLAS".


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