Life Death Sci-fi

The Feed by M. T. Anderson Review

Lifedeathscifi with hosts Eric Bueschlen and Chris Herzberg talk about how they perceive life on the Feed. Feed by M.T. Anderson is a story written for young adults set in a near future where corporations know everything. Where water, air, and education are privatized and trademarked. Where you can take a vacation on the moon like a teenager can have spring break in Cancun. Water is heavy and Coke has too much sugar. Flying over fields of GMO meat.  Information that feeds into your brain is like buying a car; like a car, you can't leave once inside.  They found a plot hole. Slam suits in Smash, Beijing mentioned.

 

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The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clark Review

Hosts Eric Bueschlen and Chris Herzberg talk about The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke.  Sri Lanka, Taprobane is the setting for this story and the real-life home of the author. Questions about whether the myths and illusions that fill the early history of the setting are told by a far distant narrator, Starglider perhaps, similar to the construction of the space elevator. HBO's Raised by Wolves premiered during this read and our hosts have some insights that cross over to Fountains of Paradise. Dune and The Foundation shows were sadly discussed due to pushed-back release dates. Would you go to a movie in a pandemic? Is there such a thing as watching a movie without popcorn? Does controlling the weather mean there is no god? Did Arthur C. Clark invent Facebook with the PIP, personal interest profile, he wrote about in Fountains of Paradise in 1979?

 

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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Review

Hosts Eric Bueschlen and Chris Herzberg hail The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. This is the third try for this episode. First, try Eric Didn't press record, second Chris didn't save, and this is the third try. This podcast starts out with how will this podcast start. We might be caught in a time loop. We talk about how this story is the "hero's journey" in the apocalypse. Lauren Oya Olamina and her group escape to the north through slavery and mobs of left-over humanity at our worst.  A horror show. Lauren develops her own religion based on change. She also suffers from "hyper empathy", and hypersensitivity to others' emotions.  Lauren sees the apocalypse coming and studies survival skills and creates a "go bag". Your hosts contemplate what should be in their go bags. There are many references to settlements on other planets and super drugs and other futuristic marvels.

 

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World War Z by Max Brooks Review

Hosts Eric Bueschlen and Chris Herzberg talk about World War Z by Max Brooks. Is the movie better than the book or just different and just as good? This is a hard read during the time of the pandemic, especially the early chapters. Dog lovers will enjoy the dog heroes of this story. Survival: what tools would you bring to the zombie apocalypse?

 

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Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Review

Lifedeathscifi hosts Eric Bueschlen and Chris Herzberg discuss Ray Bradbury's sci-fi classic, Fahrenheit 451. Did the war in this story blow up the city at the end of the book? Our hosts consider war, education, the 1%, chaos, villains, and heroes. There is a "Wake up Moment" and Halloween costumes. Pondering about: Are we too reliant on devices? Can we ever find the truth? Online?

 

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Earth Abides by George R Stewart Review

Hosts Eric Bueschlen and Chris Herzberg relate to The Earth Abides by George R. Stewart. A 70-year-old story with relevance today. What was the earliest "last person on earth" story? Ish drives across the country looking for survivors and finds more than one kind of survivor. This review was recorded during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, and our hosts talk about fear, death, and survival.

 

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The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster Review

Hosts Eric Bueschlen and Chris Herzberg wonder about The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster. Our hosts get right into it with all of the sci-fi connections this story has and it was written in 1909! The Starship Enterprise has visited more than one planet that has problems because they forgot who built the machine that protects them; the same is true in The Machine Stops. E.M. Forster creates a frightening world where people are hooked into a machine afraid to go into the polluted outside world; like in The Matrix, the main character Neo wakes up in an amniotic pod to a very different life he was living, like Logan's Run where society is so afraid of leaving the domes they live in that they allow a culling at the age of 30 to curb population. These stories strongly connect to Vishti's pod and her son, Kuno's journey to escape the machine. How could E.M. Forster have known so much about 100 years into his future? Respect. 

Ringworld by Larry Niven Review

Hosts Eric Bueschlen and Chris Herzberg talk about the sci-fi classic, Ringworld by Larry Niven. We are awed by the scope of this setting and the diversity of the cast of characters. Luck, free will, and destiny are surprise guests in this space opera. Think big, solar system big, it’s a galaxy-sized story.  This episode includes a surprise discussion around the lessons of eugenics connects to The Underground Railroad by Colsen Whitehead.

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