MY BOOK OF ESSAYS IS OUT NOW! AMAZON: https://amzn.to/3dk14yu EVERYWHERE ELSE: https://bit.ly/3qJEbHT . Get 10% any purchase here: http://squarespace.com/nerdwriter HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS: http://www.patreon.com/nerdwriter SOURCES AND FURTHER READING Jennifer Hayward, "Consuming Pleasures: Active Audiences and Serial Fictions from Dickens to Soap Opera" http://www.amazon.com/Consuming-Pleasures-Audiences-Fictions-Dickens/dp/081319282X Star Wars: Empire of Dreams (documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coPi6fvskF4 Ana Goris, "Happily Ever After...and After: Serialization and the Popular Romance Novel" Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture (1900-present), Spring 2013, Volume 12, Issue 1 http://www.americanpopularculture.com/journal/articles/spring_2013/goris.htm MUSIC Lee Rosevere, Music For Podcasts "Under Suspicion" https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-podcasts-2 Blue Wednesday, "#backyardbarbecue" https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday/backyardbarbecue