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Ep 19 Too Much of a Good Thing / Whither Dune? Sep 26, 2023

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We discuss tragic heroes and utopias in science fiction, then we turn to the possiblity of future Dune movies. More at sciencefictionuniversity.com.

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Ep 18: Fish Stories Aug 29, 2023

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Alternate title: 'Mother Nature, USMC'. A subgenre of science fiction in which humans try to bend nature to their will, sometimes with disastrous results.
Also, an ocean creature theme. Movies discussed include

1973's 'The Day of the Dolphin'
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and
The Incredible Mr. Limpet

(Yes, The Incredible Mr. Limpet). More at sciencefictionuniversity.com.
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Ep 17: Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One and Neuromancer Jul 18, 2023

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Driftglass took Blue Gal to see Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 for her birthday. During the movie, Driftglass noticed many plot points that connect this blockbuster to William Gibson's 1984 novel, "Neuromancer." So we did a podcast about it. (No Fair Remembering Stuff returns next week.) More at sciencefictionuniversity.com.
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Ep 16 Multiverses Jul 10, 2023

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Multiversal success and failure. Success? Star Trek TOS episode "Mirror, Mirror," and the 2017 Starz series, "Counterpart." Failure? It pains Driftglass to say it, but Robert Heinlein's "The Number of the Beast" is well-known as a massive fail in the multiverse and just plain science fiction novel genre.
And you can hear Patton Oswalt's magnificent Parks and Rec filibuster concerning "multiverses" here.

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Ep 15 When Genres Collide! May 29, 2023

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Science Fiction "versus" Fantasy – When Genres Collide

Robert Heinlein’s “Glory Road”

Babylon 5: The Technomages.

Star Wars

John Varley’s Wizard/Demon Trilogy

The Dragonriders of Pern

Arthur Clarke’s Third Law
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Ep 14 Gene Roddenberry and the Good Robot Apr 24, 2023

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We look at a 1970's pilot, "The Questor Tapes," which was a scratchpad for the invention of the TNG character known as Data. More at sciencefictionuniversity.com.

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Ep 13 The Forbin Project and A.I. Mar 28, 2023

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The 1970 film, "Colossus: The Forbin Project" and the "uh oh, we shouldn't have done that" genre of science fiction. More at sciencefictionuniversity.com .

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Ep 12: The Prisoner Feb 28, 2023

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We discuss our re-watching of Patrick McGoohan in "The Prisoner," perhaps the most influential science fiction single-season show ever.
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Ep 11 Adapting Stories to the Screen: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Jan 31, 2023

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We discuss what can go wrong, and right, when adapting a much-loved science fiction story to the big or big-ish screen. Examples include Foundation, Dune, and the more recent Kindred. More at ScienceFictionUniversity.com.
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Ep 10: When Aliens Are Truly Alien Aug 16, 2022

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We discuss Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film, "2001: A Space Odyssey," Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1972 film, “Solaris,” and Denis Villeneuve’s 2016 film, “Arrival.” More at ScienceFictionUniversity.com. Support our ad-free show at our Patreon! Patreon.com/scifiu

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