Continuing our discussion of "Star Wars," the original film. We praise the jump to hyperspace, explain why TIE fighter pilots wear black, ponder how Han and Leia somehow turn up in an Aaron Sorkin scene, reveal why there is no Space OSHA, comment on Ben Kenobi’s old man slippers and incomparable pseudonym, and expose the rebellion so rich it can have its own university and mint its own medals. (Part 2 of 2.)
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The Incomparable #47: Death Star University
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The Incomparable #46: I Like My Coffee Like My Evil Sith Lords
"Star Wars," the original film, is finally in our crosshairs, and if we can bulls-eye a Womp Rat we can take on this classic sci-fi film. We talk about our first memories of Star Wars, pretend the prequels didn’t happen, give Cantina drink-ordering tips, and marvel at Darth Vader’s coffee-drinking habits. (Part 1 of 2.)
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5by5 | The Incomparable #137: Go Wash a Droid
"Star Wars: Episode 1" (part 2 of 2)
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Margaret Atwood on Stranger Than Fiction
In the third episode, Wu talks to Margaret Atwood, author of science-flavored dystopian fiction like Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood. In 2012, she published In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination, in which she explored science fiction as an author and as a reader.
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The Mancave Movie Review Podcast
The podcast that reviews the good, the bad and the ugly of movies for men. The movies that man like are the kind of movies we dissect, analyze and have fun talking about. This is the go-to show to find out what are the best movies for men!
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5by5 | The Incomparable #140: The Sublime Magicks of Exposition
Marvel Comics’ "House of M."
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5by5 | The Incomparable #128: Bureaucracy Is Her Superpower
"The Rook" by Daniel O’Malley.
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5by5 | The Incomparable #133: Incomparable Radio Theater of the Air
Old-time radio dramas and other audioplays.
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Charles Stross at DortCon 2013
Science fiction author Charles Stross http://www.antipope.org/charlie/ is most known for his near-future lovecraft-inspired "Laundry-Files" series, the near-future and more IT centric "Halting State" series as well as his far-future "Saturns Children" android book series - not to forget his science-fiction / fantasy "Merchant Princess" books and other numerous publications.
When he attended DortCon http://www.dortcon.de/ (in Dortmund, Germany, hence its name) this year, he of course was the natural prey for us - so I asked for an interview. How does he manage those multiple universes, how does he cope with the special problems of looking into the near future…
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Bruce Sterling on Fantasy prototypes and real disruption
In the closing keynote of NEXT Berlin 2013, acclaimed science-fiction author and journalist Bruce Sterling tackled a variety of topics like design fiction, start-up culture, and the mass adoption of disruptive technology. He sees science fiction as a form of design – design fiction that is part of the start-up world.
Audio rip, original here: http://nextberlin.eu/2013/04/bruce-sterling-fantasy-prototypes-and-real-disruption/
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