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    The Incomparable Mothership

    The Incomparable Mothership is the flagship of the Incomparable podcast network. It’s all about geeky media we love, including movies, books, TV, and more, featuring a rotating panel of guests and hosted by Jason Snell and friends.

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    757: Goodnight Moon Dragons Mar 12, 2025
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    Book Club travels to the far future for the sci-fi/fantasy mash-up “Moonbound” by Robin Sloan. Here be dragons! Not to mention wyrd multidimensional witches at the bottom of a pool, Arthurian proto-heroes, friendly sentient robot hive minds, and plucky talking beavers!

    Book Club: "Moonbound"

    Host Jason Snell with Aleen Simms, Erika Ensign, Scott McNulty, Joe Rosensteel, and Heather Berberet.

    Referenced Works

    Moonbound

    [Amazon] [Apple]

    Show Notes & Links

    What are we reading?

    Scott:

    • Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara
    • Future’s Edge by Gareth L. Powell

    Aleen:

    • Emily Wilde series by Heather Fawcett
    • Drowning Empire series by Andrea Stewart, specifically The Bone-Shard Daughter

    Erika:

    • Winter’s Gifts by Ben Aaronovitch
    • Roses in Amber by CE Murphy

    Heather:

    • To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
    • Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

    Joe:

    • Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
    • Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne

    Jason:

    • Recursion by Blake Crouch
    • Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

    Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

    756: Bald Men Wearing Trash Bags Feb 28, 2025
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    Arrakis. Dune. Desert Planet. But maybe not the one you’re thinking of. In our own very peculiar way we honor David Lynch by discussing the feature film he probably liked the least, 1984’s “Dune.” Sting with a knife! Patrick Stewart riding a sandworm! How does it all compare with the modern version? Does it have its own special lower-budget charms? (Don’t mention the voiceovers…) What about the voiceovers? And how much does nostalgia fit into our appreciation of this movie?

    "Dune" (1984)

    Host Jason Snell with Steve Lutz, Erika Ensign, Dan Moren, and John Siracusa.

    Referenced Works

    Dune (1984)

    [Amazon]

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    755: Is This... Dystopian? Feb 21, 2025
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    From deep down in the lower levels to high up near the surface, we’re traveling through the post-apocalypic society of “Silo” on Apple TV+. Do eggs exist? What’s in daddy’s secret closet of mystery? Why are Pez dispensers outlawed? We begin with non-spoiler thoughts and then after the spoiler horn, we break down season one and two. (There are no spoilers for the Hugh Howey stories the show is based on!)

    "Silo"

    Host Jason Snell with Heather Berberet, Glenn Fleishman, John Siracusa, and Aleen Simms.

    Referenced Works

    Silo

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    754: The Prequel Problem Feb 14, 2025
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    Live, from The Incomparable, it’s Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night,” a film that purports to capture the 88 minutes before “Saturday Night Live’s” first live broadcast 50 years ago. All of our panelists agree it’s a well-made movie. There are many actors and comedians playing actors and comedians. But does it all hold together?

    "Saturday Night"

    Host Lex Friedman with Monty Ashley, David J. Loehr, and Kelly Guimont.

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    Saturday Night

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    753: Robot vs. Nature Feb 07, 2025
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    Blending classic Disney animals with a mysterious Miayazki forest, “The Wild Robot” is a story of overcoming your programming and not allowing yourself to become trapped in loops of behavior—whether you’re a robot or maybe even a human being.

    "The Wild Robot"

    Host Jason Snell with Brian Warren, Brian Hamilton, Annette Wierstra, and Katie Mack.

    Referenced Works

    The Wild Robot

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    752: Empathy for My Python Scripts Jan 31, 2025
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    It’s the end of the world and a robot apocalypse has happened, so what are the robots up to now? One robot butler takes an unusual journey through the darkly absurd world of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “Service Model.” All bytes will be sorted and preserved, Uncharles.

    Book Club: "Service Model"

    Host Jason Snell with Joe Rosensteel, Erika Ensign, Aleen Simms, Scott McNulty, and Katie Mack.

    Referenced Works

    Service Model

    [Amazon] [Apple]

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    751: Big Fascist Dinner Jan 24, 2025
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    Are fairy tales real, or are they mental refuges from the horrors of real life? Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” toggles effortless between bizarre, Miyazaki-like fantasy (inverted toads!) and an all-too-real tale of violence and treachery in fascist Spain. It’s dark, beautiful, full of disgusting bugs, and manages to use Del Toro muse Doug Jones as not one but two separate monsters!

    "Pan's Labyrinth"

    Host Jason Snell with Moisés Chiullán, Steve Lutz, Tony Sindelar, and Monty Ashley.

    Referenced Works

    Pan's Labyrinth

    Guillermo del Toro

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    750: The Coolest Job in Space Jan 17, 2025
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    We send off the crew of the USS Cerritos and salue the completion of the five-year mission of “Star Trek: Lower Decks.” This show expanded what “Star Trek” could be—in several dimensions. And yet it was also utterly, completely a “Star Trek” series. We try to find the special alchemy that brought it all together.

    "Star Trek: Lower Decks"

    Host Jason Snell with David J. Loehr, Moisés Chiullán, Scott McNulty, and Joe Rosensteel.

    Referenced Works

    Star Trek (franchise)

    Star Trek: Lower Decks

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    749: Just Clean the Beakers Jan 10, 2025
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    The writers of “The Expanse” are back with a new series, and “The Mercy of Gods” is an alien invasion story that goes to some extremely dark places. But sometimes, dark is good… right? Right?! Plus: What are we reading?

    "The Mercy of Gods"

    Host Jason Snell with Scott McNulty, Heather Berberet, and Aleen Simms.

    Referenced Works

    The Mercy of Gods

    [Amazon] [Apple]

    Show Notes & Links

    Next book: “Service Model” by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

    What are we reading?

    Heather: The Pandominion series, Infinity Gate and Echo of Worlds by M.R. Carey

    Aleen: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

    Scott: Jack Taylor series by Ken Bruen, Playground by Richard Powers

    Jason: Inverted Frontier series by Linda Nagata (Start with Edges)

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    748: Holes at the End of the World Jan 01, 2025
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    Another year in the books, and there was a lot to appreciate about the stuff we consumed—movies, TV, books, video games, and more—in 2024. Our most prolific panelists collaborate on a massive list of the stuff we enjoyed over the past 12 months.

    Best of 2024

    Host Jason Snell with Erika Ensign, Annette Wierstra, Brian Warren, Kelly Guimont, Moisés Chiullán, David J. Loehr, John Siracusa, Dan Moren, and Chip Sudderth.

    Show Notes & Links

    • Erika: Consortium Rebellion Series by Jessie Mihalik, specifically Polaris Rising
    • Annette: “The Fall Guy”
    • Brian: “The Wild Robot”
    • Kelly: Star Trek (“Strange New Worlds” and “Lower Decks”)
    • Moisés: “Made In England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger”
    • David: “Agatha Christie’s Hjerson”
    • John: “Rebuilding Tally Ho - from the beginning.”
    • Dan: Baldur’s Gate 3
    • Chip: “Believe: The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way Into Our Hearts” by Jeremy Egner
    • Jason: Shōgun (Hulu/Disney+)
    • Erika: Alan Wake 2
    • Annette: Constancy by Tilly Wallace
    • Brian: Dark Matter
    • Kelly: Sitcoms! “Acapulco” and “The Muppets Mayhem”
    • Moisés: Helldivers 2
    • David: Bill Lawrence: “Shrinking” and “Bad Monkey”
    • John: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
    • Dan: “The Outlaws”
    • Chip: Mobile Suit Gundam
    • Jason: The Rest is History
    • Erika: “Rescuing Christmas” and SMOOCH bingo cards
    • Annette: Season of the Witch: “Agatha All Along” and “Wicked”
    • Brian: Half-Life 2
    • Kelly: Live Music!
    • Moises: Animated Comic Book Adaptations for Home Viewing (X-Men ‘97, Watchmen, My Adventures with Superman, Crisis on Infinite Earths, What If…?)
    • David: “Ludwig”
    • John: Holes @ the End of the World: “Fallout” and “Silo”
    • Dan: Grave Expectations by Alice Bell
    • Chip: Time is the Playground by Carbon Leaf
    • Jason: Penric & Desdemona by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Blurts: Hundreds of Beavers, The Art of Darkness, Sugar, Stereophonic, The Gilded Age, Finding Mr. Christmas, The Incomparable Game Show, Short n’ Sweet.

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