Oct 27, 2023
In this satirical novel by Max Barry, the United States is a corporate wasteland with ruthless businesses and toothless rump state unable to restrain them.
John Krikorian of Trekprofiles joins to discuss.
Book at: www.mightyheaton.com/goodscifi
Oct 19, 2023
How does the multiverse shake out in science fiction? What are the tropes, and what are the implications?
Scottish scifi twins Dickie and Stone Lynch join to discuss.
Oct 12, 2023
In “The Truman Show,” Jim Carey’s character is the unwitting star of a global reality television show–until he decides to escape. Director Henrique Cuoto joins to talk about the iconic film, and the evils of false reality.
Henrique’s dog: www.helpchicano.com
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Oct 3, 2023
Neil Stephenson's "Snowcrash" looked at the embryonic Internet and projected a future of VR and avatar onto it. And a world in which nation states had been eclipsed by successor states of corporate "franchulates."
Is "Snowcrash" a corporate dystopia, a libertarian utopia, or merely prophetic?
Brian Brushwood joins to...