TBD - To Be Determined

This 5 minute teaser offers a sampler platter of moments from our discussion of Mimsy. Try it out for a little taste of TBD with Bill and Dan.

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...

Episode Connections Authors, stories . Bruce Sterling. Harlan Ellison. J.G. Ballard. Phillip K. Dick. Martin Caiden, Cyborg . Gordon R. Dickson, The Forever Man . Frederick Pohl, Man Plus . William Gibson, “Burning Chrome.” Dick Hebdige, Punk: The Subculture of Style . Clifford D. Symak, “Desertion.” Films . Johnny Mnemonic . Blade Runner . TV episodes, series . Star Trek . Battlestar Galactica ....

Episode Connections Authors, stories . Terry Bisson, “They’re Made Out of Meat.” Damon Knight, “To Serve Man.” Harlan Ellison, “I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream.” Anne McCaffrey,’s Ship series. Spider Man . Fantastic Four . Wes Jackson. Jack Williamson, “With Folded Hands.” Arthur C. Clarke, "The Sentinel.” Iron Man . Films . The Fly (1986). Avatar . TV episodes, series . Star Trek . Stargate ....

Episode Connections Authors, stories . Arther C. Clarke, “The Sentinel.” Damon Knight, “Time Enough.” Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . Harlan Ellison, “I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream.” Terry Pratchett. Arthur C. Clarke, Ender’s Game . Films . Spaceballs . Galaxy Quest . Independence Day . TV episodes, series . The Twilight Zone . Mork and Mindy . Quark . Star Trek . Ideas . Hu...

Episode Connections Authors, stories . Damon Knight. Ray Bradbury. Harlan Ellison, “Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman.” Dan Simmons, “Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams,” Hyperion Chronicles . Jack Williamson, “With Folded Hands.” Arthur C. Clarke, “The Sentinel.” Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . Fred Saberhagen, Berserker novels. Keith Laumer, Bolo series. Films . Saw . Alien ....

Episode Connections Authors, stories . Asimov, Robot stories. Films . The Matrix . Jurassic Park . TV episodes, series . Star Trek, the Next Generation . Ideas . Jack Williamson's sci-fi legacy. Robotic central intelligence. A life of leisure v. a life of work. What does it mean to be happy? Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. How do we define harm? Free will and choice. Artificial v. biological life...

Episode Connections Films . 28 Days Later . Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . The Fellowship of the Ring . Star Wars films. Stowaway .  TV episodes, series . Star Trek (the original series).  Ideas . Math-driven decision making & resource management. Artificially intelligent capitalism. Space stowaways. Challenges of life on the interstellar frontier. Forces of nature & laws of physics are...

Episode Connections Authors, stories . Ayn Rand. Despair.com. Films . The Terminator . Timeline . Mr. Peabody & Sherman . Easy A . 1984 . The Truman Show . TV episodes, series . Dr Who . Continuum . Travelers . The Jetsons . Mr. Peabody & Sherman . Black Mirror . Ideas . Implications of time peeking. Asimov the world builder. Tech writers as free agents. Bureaucracy, government deception....

Episode Connections Authors, stories . Poul Anderson, High Crusade . Star Trek series. Isaac Asimov, Foundation series. C.S. Lewis Perelandra , Out of a Silent Planet, That Hideous Strength . H.G. Wells. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes stories. Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama, Rama 2 . Claire Winger Harris, “The 16 Possible Science Fiction Plots.” H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds ....