Episode 31 - The Forest of Zyl (Chis Neville)

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TBD - To Be Determined

Bill Williamson, Dan Kamm

33 episodes

7 months ago

Classic scifi short stories ... some you know, some you don't. But all of them are worthy of another look.

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Classic scifi short stories ... some you know, some you don't. But all of them are worthy of another look.

Episode 31 - The Forest of Zyl (Chis Neville)

TBD - To Be Determined

31 minutes

7 months ago

Episode 31 - The Forest of Zyl (Chis Neville)

Theme: It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.

Episode Connections
Authors, stories. Murray Leinster, The Lonely Planet. Ursula K. LeGuin, “Vaster Than Empires and More Slow.” Stanislaw Lem, Solaris. Tom Godwin, “The Cold Equations.” Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game. Jack McDevitt. Robert Heinlein, “They.”
Films. The Happening.
TV episodes, series. That margarine commercial from the 70s. The Office.
Ideas. Colonial expansion on a planetary scale. Links between recorded history and species survival. Erase history, erase humanity and all life on Earth. Genetic code is a form of recorded history. Sentient planets and plants. Can civilization advance if it cannot record its history or accomplishments? Gaia Hypothesis. Animism.
What did we miss? James Tiptree, Jr., “The Last Flight of Dr. Ain.”
Whoa - Hmmm - WTF. We gave it away early … a definite WTF tale.

Previous episode: Ann Warren Griffith, “Captive Audience”
Next episode: Arkady Strugotsky, “Wanderers and Travelers”

Music Credit: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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