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“Supertoys Last all Summer Long,” by Brian Aldiss (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)

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Wrapping up (for now) the informal Robot series we’ve been doing, we discuss Brian Aldiss’s short story “Supertoys Last All Summer Long,” adapted (loosely) to A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

Rankings!

Colin/James/Seth:

  • Film
  • Short Story

Notes:

https://brianaldiss.co.uk/writing/story-collections/collections-r-z/supertoys-last-all-summer-long/

 

 

TMTYR Episode #96: There is No Chronology (Slaughterhouse-Five)

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James and Seth are joined by Emmanuel Dubois to discuss Kurt Vonnegut’s 1969 novel Slaughterhouse-Five and the 1972 film adapted from it. Colin sat this one out as he didn’t have anything nice to say about either.

Rankings

Emmanuel/James/Seth: Book/Movie

Notes:

Seth’s blog about his first time reading the book: http://seth.heasley.net/blog/2010/04/28/wordful-wednesday-slaughterhouse-five/