The Pavement Pounders go back into the Crichton vault to pick up The Andromeda Strain.
And don’t forget to check out their interview with Daniel H. Wilson.
Rankings!:
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For this special episode to tie in with Episode #84 (forthcoming), Seth and Colin sit down with Daniel H. Wilson, author of The Andromeda Evolution, the brand new sequel to The Andromeda Strain. Topics range from Mr. H Wilson’s history as a geek, to the history of this project, to possible adaptations of his work.
Notes & Links:
Daniel’s site & social media:
https://twitter.com/danielwilsonpdx
https://www.danielhwilson.com/
TMTYR episode on “The Nostalgist”:
http://pavementpodcast.com/podcast/tmtyr-episode-44-a-little-more-data-than-number-five-the-nostalgist/
It’s the TMTYR/Hugos There Podcast crossover you’ve all been waiting for! For Halloween 2019, the Pavement Pounders discuss the 2019/1944 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel winner, Conjure Wife, by Fritz Lieber, and its three (!) movie adaptations.
We’ve been warned by at least one woman that any female readers/listeners may hate read/watch. We understand this.
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Notes:
Original Novel from Unknown Worlds:
http://www.unz.com/print/Unknown-1943apr-00009/?View=PDF
Burn, Witch, Burn! (1962 film) on Amazon Video (no longer Prime, sorry):
https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Witch-Janet-Blair/dp/B009EOBB4C
History of the book’s publication:
https://www.blackgate.com/2014/02/15/lust-women-and-the-devil-seven-decades-of-fritz-leibers-conjure-wife/
Chris Rock bit on taking credit for things you’re supposed to do (content warning: all the n-words):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0B_ekSrsEk
Scriabin’s Piano Sonata #9 (hot garbage):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENxotmXmvGw
Wrapping up their 5 year journey through Reel Future, the Pavement Pounders hit The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury, and discuss the 1969 film adaptation of…something other than what’s in the book.
Rankings!
Phil/James/Colin/Seth:
Stumbling toward the finish line of Reel Future, the Pavement Pounders discuss Roger Zelazny’s “Damnation Alley” and its 1977 film abomination adaptation.
The movie’s plot makes little sense. We fixed it for you.
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Notes:
Galaxy magazine “Damnation Alley”:
https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v26n01_1967-10_modified/page/n5
Continuing on the quest to finish off Reel Future, this time the boys hit up John Varley’s 1977 short story “Air Raid” and its adaptation, the 1989 film Millennium.
Plus, another entry in the list of emails Colin has received from authors he asked for comments. And this one is a doozy. For certain definitions of doozy.
Rankings!
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This time, the boy discuss another title from Reel Future, Robert Sheckley’s “The Seventh Victim,” adapted to La Decima Vittima (The 10th Victim) in 1965.
Rankings!:
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Notes:
Archive.org copy of the story:
http://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galxy_1953_04#page/n39/mode/2up
This time, the guys discuss The Wandering Earth, the blockbuster Chinese film based on Cixin Liu’s story of the same name.
Rankings!
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This time, the Pavement Pounders take a look at three John Scalzi short stories adapted into episodes of Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots.
No rankings this time. Just enjoy the robot goodness.
Notes:
Pepsi commercial similar in style to “Three Robots”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1A8Ukk5Us
For their 75th episode, the Pavement Pounders welcome back their very first guest, James’s lovely wife Emily, or as he calls her, Her Fordship. Under discussion is Emily’s choice, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and its two television adaptations.
There’s a fair bit of us talking over each other. Blame it on the soma.
Rankings!
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Notes:
Spark’s Notes Video about BNW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raqVySPrDUE
