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We have found the way to (some of) your scientific hearts at long last — with science fiction. After Tuesday’s podcast on why science fiction matters went live, we heard from quite a few of you guys. Which we love, because sometimes while we’re recording these sessions in the sweat-inducing podcast studio, it seems like we’re operating in a vacuum.
But we know that’s not the case. Not when you write in to give us a well-deserved tongue lashing for not including science-fiction master Robert Heinlein during our initial session. Don’t worry, we’ll get to him. There will be more of these. The point of this first one was to discuss a few favorites and get the conversation rolling.
Considering that he wrote the source material for some of the most innovative science fiction movies ever made (“Blade Runner,” “Total Recall” and “A Scanner Darkly,” just to name three), it’s about time that the literary world gave sci-fi icon Philip K. Dick the respect he so richly deserves. Oh … wait. It just did.
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