Episode 8 - Mimsy Were the Borogoves
“Mimsy Were the Borogoves” by Lewis Padgett - We have met the aliens, and they are … kids
Theme: We have met the aliens, and they are … kids.
Time: 44:27
Episode Connections
Authors, stories. Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass. Clifford D. Simak, “Desertion.” Stephen King. Ray Bradbury. CS Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, That Hideous Strength, Out of a Silent Planet, Perelandra. Madeline L’Engle, A Wrinkle In Time, The Wind in the Door. Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End.
Films. Back to the Future. The Last Mimsy.
TV episodes, series. None today.
Ideas. Lewis Padgett is a pseudonym for Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore. One of the top 15 sci-fi short stories of all time. Time travel. Futuristic “toys” transported to 1942. Exploratory learning. Adult disconnection. Child psychology … “All children are mad, you know.” Developmental psychology. We are conditioned to view and understand the world through our experiences. But what if those experiences were different? How different would we be? A connection to “Jabberwocky.” Aliens v. evolutionary descendants. What do we mean by alien? Pantropy v. evolution. Intellectual evolution v. physical evolution. Different ways of knowing alter our perspective. Children in sci-fi. YA lit. The younger the mind, the more adaptable it is. “The perfect toy is both instructive and mechanical.” Educational psychology. Gamification. Evolution in real time. What might be the implications of time travel here? What if Scott and Emma came back?
Whoa - Hmmm - WTF. Dan says Whoa. Bill adds a generous smidge of Hmmm.
Previous episode: William Gibson, “Johnny Mnemonic”
Next episode: Robert Heinlein , “They”
Music Credit: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Link: Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Time: 44:27
Episode Connections
Authors, stories. Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass. Clifford D. Simak, “Desertion.” Stephen King. Ray Bradbury. CS Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, That Hideous Strength, Out of a Silent Planet, Perelandra. Madeline L’Engle, A Wrinkle In Time, The Wind in the Door. Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End.
Films. Back to the Future. The Last Mimsy.
TV episodes, series. None today.
Ideas. Lewis Padgett is a pseudonym for Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore. One of the top 15 sci-fi short stories of all time. Time travel. Futuristic “toys” transported to 1942. Exploratory learning. Adult disconnection. Child psychology … “All children are mad, you know.” Developmental psychology. We are conditioned to view and understand the world through our experiences. But what if those experiences were different? How different would we be? A connection to “Jabberwocky.” Aliens v. evolutionary descendants. What do we mean by alien? Pantropy v. evolution. Intellectual evolution v. physical evolution. Different ways of knowing alter our perspective. Children in sci-fi. YA lit. The younger the mind, the more adaptable it is. “The perfect toy is both instructive and mechanical.” Educational psychology. Gamification. Evolution in real time. What might be the implications of time travel here? What if Scott and Emma came back?
Whoa - Hmmm - WTF. Dan says Whoa. Bill adds a generous smidge of Hmmm.
Previous episode: William Gibson, “Johnny Mnemonic”
Next episode: Robert Heinlein , “They”
Music Credit: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Link: Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/