Episode 18 - Inferiority (James Causey)
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Episode Connections
Authors, stories. Frederic Brown, “Arena.” Flash Gordon series. Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter/Barsoom series. Cyril Kornbluth, “The Marching Morons.”
Films. Independence Day. Battlefield Earth. Signs. War of the Worlds.
TV episodes, series. Star Trek.
Ideas. Cultural accomplishment & envy. Militant v. peaceful values - which is greater? Barbarism in sci fi. Boxing is the celebration of brutality. Human ingenuity. Sci fi uses cultural differences to teach us something about ourselves.
Whoa - Hmmm - WTF. Dan starts with hmmm, turns to whoa, and ends in WTF. Bill says hmmm to whoa.
Previous episode: Jerome Bixby, “Old Testament”
Next episode: Dean Koontz, “Altar Boy”
Music Credit: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Link: Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Authors, stories. Frederic Brown, “Arena.” Flash Gordon series. Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter/Barsoom series. Cyril Kornbluth, “The Marching Morons.”
Films. Independence Day. Battlefield Earth. Signs. War of the Worlds.
TV episodes, series. Star Trek.
Ideas. Cultural accomplishment & envy. Militant v. peaceful values - which is greater? Barbarism in sci fi. Boxing is the celebration of brutality. Human ingenuity. Sci fi uses cultural differences to teach us something about ourselves.
Whoa - Hmmm - WTF. Dan starts with hmmm, turns to whoa, and ends in WTF. Bill says hmmm to whoa.
Previous episode: Jerome Bixby, “Old Testament”
Next episode: Dean Koontz, “Altar Boy”
Music Credit: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Link: Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/