Aug 8, 2022
I interview Dr. Paul Frommer, the creator of the Na'vi language from Avatar as well as Barsoomian from Disney's John Carter.
Prospective movie recommendation: Avatar: The Way of Water
Jul 25, 2022
In this second catch-up episode, I talk about the most recent monster movies (and one novel) to come out and their place in science fiction as a whole.
Movie recommendation: Love and Monsters
My YouTube video on the physics of giant monsters.
Other works discussed:
The
Color out of Space (2019)
Underwater
(2020)
Jul 11, 2022
Science fiction frequently plays with language in different ways to explore the concepts of philosophy, culture, and cognition; and constructed languages (or conlangs) are a big part of that. In this episode, I highlight how conlangs have contributed to the genre over its history.
TV recommendation:
Jun 27, 2022
My first episode catching up both on classic works of sci-fi that I passed over before, and new works from the past 2 years. These are "short" episodes that will continue intermittently with longer ones.
Book recommendation: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
Other book discussed: Cities in Flight by...
Jun 13, 2022
I interview Farah Mendlesohn, a scholar of children's sci-fi and fantasy literature and author of The Intergalactic Playground.
Farah's book recommendations:
The Mortal
Engines Quartet by Philip Reeve
The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (