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Thème connu mais ici avec tout le talent de Wells..., Edward George Eden nous raconte...
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#sciencefiction here's some #categories you might fit in to and not even think about it. I was surprised to find my likes in here. -emptwlqLzvB
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The comedy sketches with Nick and Heaton at the end of the show will be their own segment from now on: \"Interstellar Vagabonding: With Nick & Heaton.\" In this episode, a detective shows up at the apartment to investigate Nick's untimely death. And he thinks it was murder!
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
Dennis Taylor's \"Bobiverse\" comedically follows the exploits of an engineer whose mind is uploaded into a self-replicating probe, which becomes its own civilization of Bobs. Tom Merritt joins to discuss the implications of immortality, and when reproduction means copying yourself indefinitely.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
What do we learn about humanity when gazing through the optical sensors of a robot? Did Isaac Asimov write a novel where the end of humanity begins on a planet full of Libertarians? Ryan McGary joins for a full-throttle Isaac Asimov discussion, from whale intuition to transhumanism to Elon Musk.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifiasimov
Mary Jo Pehl wrote and acted in MST3K, a comedy show which dug up old (terrible) sci fi flicks and then pelted jokes at it. Over the course of its run, MST3K pioneered a new comedic medium, and rose from a local access program, to a Comedy Central hit, to cult classic. Mary Jo joins Heaton to discuss how they put the show together, and the deeper side of the comedy that went into it.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifimst3k
If supervillains are so evil, why are they so captivating? Which crime lord would you serve under if you had to pick one?Former Marvel editor Tom Brennan and comic book aficionados Jeremiah Johnson and Nick Sperdute join Heaton to discuss the underlying mystique and purpose of supervillains.This file corrects for an audio issue in a previous upload.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifiwhywelovesupervillainscorrected
Brian Brushwood joins the show to discuss \"Watchmen,\" the televised sequel to the film and book, \"The Watchmen.\" Topics include: underlying tensions in the show, is Dr. Manhattan a stupid character, and was Ozymandias right? This is Part One of a two-part episode; episode two will go deep on the Tulsa Race Massacre which kicks off the series, and its unresolved racial tensions.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
John Varley's novel \"Steel Beach\" portrays a future brimming with attractive immortals living in amusement parks on the Moon--yet the main character contemplates suicide. Absent strife, can humans find purpose? Tim Sandefur joins Heaton to discuss John Varley, utopianism, and man's search for meaning.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifiutopianism
Joe Haldeman's novel \"The Forever War\" is great science fiction in and of itself, involving aliens, time dilation, and how conflicts stretch out for centuries thanks to relativity. It's also a great exploration of the nature and hopelessness of war, a la Vietnam.Tom Merritt joins to discussGet the book at: https://mightyheaton.com/goodscifi
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
Perdition E-AM is a Bi-Weekly Podcast about the aftermath of an apocalyptic event known as 'The Lights'. This event erased more than two-thirds of humanity, and left the remaining few to practice self reliance, and attempt to survive the grueling hazard zone. This radio show-themed audio drama will follow the new Perdition E-AM radio host, Eileen and her new friends as they uncover the secrets of this new earth, where a walk in the woods could end up with you kidnapped, or worse, dead. So join...
Topics: Podcast, horrorfiction, Apocalypse, audiodrama, sciencefiction
Sci-Fi tale written during the first lockdown after COVID-19 hit Europe in early 2020. This is part of the second Zine by the Berlin based collective Sarah Connor Has A Dream working around the themes Virus & Pandemics. Author: Verónica Mota Galindo aka Espectra Negra
Topics: espectranegra, sciencefiction, cyberpunk, punkzines, diy
Dr. Erin Macdonald is an astrophysicist and science fiction consultant who advises major Hollywood productions on what they're screwing up in scripts. She joins Heaton to discuss the physics pitfalls science fiction constantly blunders into, from artificial gravity to the proliferation of cleavage in species that don't have mammalian glands. Plus: the difference between warp bubbles in Star Trek, the FTL drive in Battlestar Gallactica, and the hyperspace of Star Wars.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
Cormac McCarthy's \"The Road\" is simultaneously the most beautiful and hideous post-apocalyptic prose ever written. It follows a father and his son as they make their way through hellish wasteland, witnessing the horror of civilization's last wheeze en route. Josh Jennings joins to discuss.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
This week on Alive After Reading, I talk with the fabulous Jennifer Foehner Wells, author of the Confluence series. I had a ton of fun with this interview. There's a lot to learn here, and a lot to enjoy. Thanks for listening!
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In a world where you can download memories directly into your brain, how can you determine what's reality and what's artifice? Jay Mutzafi returns to discuss implanted memories in science fiction, from \"Total Recall\" to \"Rick and Morty.\"
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
Ben Domenech joins Heaton to discuss \"Bladerunner,\" \"Bladerunner: 2049\" and the book which inspired both, \"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep\" by Philip K. Dick.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
\"Black Mirror,\" a dark television series about the grim potential of technology, explores issues from social media to immortality. Comedian Myq Kaplan joins the show to look at the otherwise bleak satire through the dual lenses of optimism and Buddhism.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
We'll probably get to Mars a lot sooner if people think they can make a buck off of it. Andrew Mayne, author of the book \"How to Make Money on Mars\" joins the show to discuss what feasible, if not lucrative, private Mars missions might look like.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifimars
Babylon 5 has a magnificent plot arch, solid writing, and vibrant characters. If it weren't for the low budget and 90s CGI, it would have been massive cultural sensation--bigger than Game of Thrones! John Krikorian and Cameron Riddles join to explain the sheer majesty of Babylon 5
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
In \"Vivarium,\" starring Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots, a young couple find themselves trapped in some kind of suburban pocket universe. Their captors leave an alien infant on with the instructions \"Raise the child and you will be released.\" Josh Jennings joins to discuss the various concepts the film plays with, including: autism, millennial adulting terror, fey folk, and suburban ennui. Find this film and others discussed on the show at www.mightyheaton.com/goodscifi
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
Enjoy this scifi piece from my new book \"Inappropriately Human: 21 Short Stories.\" Like it? Trust me to provide some solid scifi content? Then check it out! Go to: www.mightyheaton.com/booksOr look for \"Inappropriately Human\" or \"Andrew Heaton\" on Amazon. Thanks!
Topics: Podcast, Humor, comedy, sciencefiction, scifi
Cardassians include some of Star Trek's best characters and plot, from Elim Garak (the best character ever) to Dukat (single greatest villain) to Orwellian illusions and Holocaust analogies. Scottish scifi aficionados Dickie and Stone Lynch return to discuss the Cardassian oeuvre.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
Science fiction has a more complex analysis of religion than either \"good\" or \"bad.\" Yonatan Huber and Josh Jennings join Heaton to discuss how scifi authors tackle it, and how the nature of religious critique has changed between centuries.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
\"Mad Max: Fury Road\" is the height of post-apocalyptic wasteland glam--everyone is really getting into skulls, cars, and neo-Viking lore. Not to mention it may be the greatest feminist film in science fiction. Scott Johnson of Frogpants Studios joins to discuss!
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
The Matrix is actually quite a lot deeper than simulation theory and some cool fight scenes with black trench coats. The Wachowski sisters put a modern, techy spin on Plato's Allegory of the Cave, with ample helpings of Descartes, Hilary Putnam's \"Vat in a Brain\" and Robert Nozick's \"Experience Machine.\"Andrew Young and Nick Sperdute join Heaton to discuss.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
\"Demolition Man\" is a cult classic, wherein Sylvester Stallone gets thawed out in the near future to stop Wesley Snipes from destroying Los Angeles. Society is bifurcated into infantilized virginal technocrats up top, and rat-eating, free-thinking punks beneath.Economist Steve Horwitz joins to discuss.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
James Moriarty is the best villain in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Or is he a villain at all? In \"Elementary, My Dear Data\" and \"Ship in a Bottle\" the holographic character gains sentience--and wants freedom. Josh Jennings and Andrew Young rejoin the show to discuss the character.
Topics: Podcast, ScienceFiction, comedy, humor, scifi
When Nick and Heaton discovered an inter-dimensional doorway in the back of their refrigerator, they're able to step through and visit the winter world of Narnia. And meet one of its talking animal inhabitants. Cast: Andrew Heaton, Nick Sperdute, and Nick Polowy as Mr. Beaver
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
\"Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country\" is one of the the best films of the franchise--or is it? Tim Sandefur challenges Heaton on the underlying morality of the movie, leading to a long-form discussion about its merits and underlying purpose.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
Deep Space Nine masterfully tackled complex plot lines, moral ambiguity, and deep themes over its arc. Tom Merritt, host of the Sword & Laser podcast and scifi novelist, joins Heaton to suss out the deeper meaning of Star Trek's finest series.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifids9deepspaceninestartrek
Alright, it's been a month--let's discuss \"The Rise of Skywalker\"! Is it the franchise-busting wompa scat critics panned it as, or just a situation of haters gonna hate? Nick Sperdute joins to analyze the film.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifiskywalker
We beat Hitler. Whew! But what if we hadn't? What if the Nazi regime had prevailed? Science fiction repeatedly approaches the topic, either to guess geopolitics or just to gawk at the horror of it. On today's episode Andrew Young and Josh Jennings join Heaton to talk about \"The Man in the High Castle\" by Philip K. Dick, \"Fatherland\" by Robert Harris, and \"The Plot Against America\" by Philip Roth.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
Dr. Eric Spana (Duke University biology professor and delightful nerd) joins Heaton to discuss how genetics works in various scifi and fantasy realms: from recessive wizarding genes in Harry Potter, to the midichlorians of Star Wars, to super power mutations in the world of X-Men.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifimidichlorians
Andy Weir, author of \"The Martian,\" joins the program to talk about science fiction, technology, and his new book \"Project Hail Mary\" You can find his book, as well as others discussed on the program, by going to mightyheaton.com/goodscifi
Topics: Podcast, Comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
\"The Day of the Triffids,\" by John Wyndham, arguably kicked off the modern zombie genre, in which protagonists flee shambling cannibals in an urban wasteland. Josh Jennings joins Heaton to review the book, and ask: what is so fascinating about zombies on a primal level?
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifizombiestriffids
LibriVox recording of Out of Time's Abyss, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Read by Lucylou Out of Time’s Abyss is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the third of his Caspak trilogy. The sequence was first published in Blue Book Magazine as a three-part serial in the issues for September, October and November 1918, with Out of Time's Abyss forming the third installment. The complete trilogy was later combined for publication in book form under the title of The Land That Time Forgot...
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Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Stuck in lockdown and bored, Heaton and Nick download into a virtual Sim City universe to manage an entire city.Cast: Andrew Heaton, Nick Sperdute, and Andrew Young as Mayor Sinclair St. Lewis
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
If you could put together a new series, drawing on characters from across the Star Trek franchise, what would you make? Paul Mattingly and Nick Sperdute join Heaton for a round of Starfleet Draft Picks.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
When does a science fiction go on too long, add too many new characters and odd plots, or just exhaust it's fans in general? Scottish scifi enthusiasts Stone and Dickie Lynch return to discuss
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
Jordan Morris is the author of \"Bubble\" and the co-host of \"Jordan, Jesse Go!\" on Maximum Fun. He joins the show to discuss culture and economic satire... in space.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
Robert Zubrin is the head of the Mars Society and author of \"The Case for Mars.\" He joins Heaton along with special guest co-host Andrew Mayne to discuss how to get to the Red Planet using existing technology, and the implications of finding life once we're there.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifimarsexploration
How does Star Trek handle gay characters, and what's the balance between representation and tokenism? Andrew Young rejoins the show to discuss homosexuality in the Star Trek universe. (And get into a bunch of digressions involving John Stossel's Emmy, and Cambodia.)
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
AJ West and science consultant Mika McKinnon (\"Stargate Atlantis\" and \"Stargate Universe\") join the program to pitch Stargate as bingable show, and suss out its themes and triumphs.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifistargate
Robin Hanson is an economist and the author of \"The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life when Robots Rule the Earth.\" He joins the show to discuss his theory that in the future the most intelligence and productive people in society will be uploaded to computers and indefinitely duplicated, to supercharge the economy.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
\"Gattaca\" (1997) explores a dystopian future where inequality is staggering--and genetic. Andrew Mayne joins the show to discuss the implications of genetic engineering and to what extent it should be avoided morally or prohibited legally.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifi
Andrew Maynard is a scientist, professor, and expert in nanotechnology. He joins the show to answer: how likely is it that microscopic robots will go awry and turn the world into gray goo? What cool inventions are on the horizon? And finally, what are the good and bad portrayals of nanotechnology in science fiction?
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifinanotechnology
Hugh Howey is the author of \"Wool,\" the New York Times bestselling thriller set in a massive post-apocalyptic bunker. He joins the show to talk about his book, the nature of existential threats, and why optimists are the ultimate heretics.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scifiwool
Fermi's Paradox brings up a troubling issue: if even a small fraction of stars have planets with intelligent life, much of it should be more advanced than us--so why have aliens never come by to say hello? Do civilizations all blow themselves up? Are we next? Josh Jennings joins Heaton to suss out the paradox, and go over possible explanations of alien absence.
Topics: Podcast, comedy, humor, sciencefiction, scififermisparadoxaliens
Is the robot in \"Ex Machina\" a self-aware entity or just a stack of cold, complex algorithms which appear such? If we knew super intelligent A.I. could curse cancer (but also wanted to kill us) would we even attempt to build it? Ashland Viscosi and Jay Mutzafi rejoin to discuss.Topics covered: the Turing Test, \"The Chinese Room\" thought experiment, and \"Mary in the Black and White Room.\"
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