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Send us a textOn this episode, we chat with Masha about the Soviet science fiction novel Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.Russian nihilism and existentialism, Soviet censorship, the unique flavour of Soviet-era science fiction, how to say slurs in Russian and more!Follow Masha on X: https://x.com/3l3ktr4k0mpl3ksAnd Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/t3lk4/Support the show

Luke reviews a new (to him) translation of Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky and discusses with Juliane if it should make it onto the SFBRP Must-Read List. See every book/episode of the SFBRP here: https://www.sfbrp.com/episode-lists-3 See the SFBRP Must-Read List here: https://www.sfbrp.com/must-read Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Luke on Mastodon: @lukeburrage@masto.nu […]

In this episode, Winston and Nick delve into the world of Soviet science fiction, focusing on the works of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. They explore the iconic novel "Roadside Picnic" and its profound impact on the genre, including its influence on Jeff Vandermeer's "Annihilation" and Michael Crichton's "Sphere." The discussion also covers the renowned film adaptation "Stalker" by Andrei Tarkovsky and the broader cultural context of the Cold War era. Join them as they uncover the intricate web of inspiration that connects these seminal works and their lasting legacy in science fiction.

Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie's favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, a hard-boiled story of mysterious realms, stiff drinks and super-powered artifacts. Apologies for the jingling sounds in the background - we had a very active feline collaborator on this one.

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1979 Estonian sci-fi thriller “Dead Mountaineer's Hotel,” based on the novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Its all sandwiches and fizzy pop in the park for us as we dive into a SPOILER HEAVEY review of "Roadside Picnic" and soooo nooooo turns out its all Hell Slime and Art house films! We hope you can будьте с нами (get with us) so .. Kick back and enjoy! Send us your thoughts, requests and love to Dogearedpagecafe@gmail.com

Sapphire, Joseph, and Michelle chat about what they've been reading, watching, and listening to this week including Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winning novel Prophet Song, Alison Rumfitt's gutchurning new release Brainwyrms, and Down The Drain, the hotly anticipated memoir from model and actress Julia Fox. This week's deep dive book is the million copy bestseller A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. For this episode, listener recommendation request comes from Dan who is looking to branch out into the fantasy genre after enjoying The Earthsea books by Ursula K. LeGuin. Joseph recommends The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin, the first book in Jemsin's ‘Inheritance Trilogy'. Sapphire recommends The Poppy Wars by R.F. Kuang, and Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky. Michelle recommends The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas, the first book in Maas' four book ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses' series, and Temeraire (aka His Majesty's Dragon) by Naomi Novik, the first book in Novik's nine book ‘Temeraire' series. Also mentioned in this episode: Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt The Bee Sting by Paul MurrayWestern Lane by Chetna MarooStudy for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein‘Hanya's Boys' - an essay by Andrea LongChu about A Little Life and Hanya Yanagihara's other novels SFGateway website - browse all the titles in the SF Masterworks series Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Arkady & Boris Strugatsky's "Hard to Be a God”, impecunious dons, Brave New World, the Soviet Union in the 1960s, de-Stalinization, going straight to feudalism to fascism, the stench of the 18th century, saving artists to advance society, the great expansion of man, the collaboration between criminals and reactionary religious clashes to create facism, the 2007 video game adaptation, The Worm Ouroboros, and much more!

Aaron King joins us to discuss Arkady & Boris Strugatsky's "Hard to Be a God”, West Marches-style gaming, fantasy bestiaries, impecunious dons, astronauts in the middle ages, the character arcs of doomed nobles, the inherent tension that exists from generation to generation, keeping each other safe in the dirt, playing with Barbies, Warhammer 40K, characters using their imagination to see their future, our patron book clubs, and much more!

In this episode, I interview Gary Bengier, former CFO of eBay and author of Unfettered Journey, a novel about philosophy and artificial intelligence. Gary's book recommendation: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

Muy buenas a todos, hoy os traemos a dos escritores de los que nos seria imposible hacer un programa por separado de cada uno de ellos. Nos volvemos a la Unión Sovietica para leer "Seis Cerillas" y "Reflejo Espontaneo" de Arkadi y Boris Strugatsky. ¡Nos escuchamos! Os recordamos que si queréis contactar con nosotros podéis hacerlo de las siguientes maneras: -Por correo: demasiadopocotiempo@gmail.com -Por Twitter: @podcastdpt @rghernanz @Y3IVIAR -En los comentarios de vuestras plataformas de podcasting favoritas. Podéis encontrar todo lo relacionado con este podcast en: https://anchor.fm/demasiadopocotiempo https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHyO3uSS6PikO1r5sJBLgrw

Roadside Picnic, first published in 1972, is the best-known work of Russia's most famous modern science fiction writers, Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, together the authors of 26 novels and scores of short stories. To discuss it we are joined by the writer and radio presenter Jennifer Lucy Allan, and the publisher and translator Ilona Chavasse. The book is based on the premise that Earth has been briefly visited by an alien civilisation that have left behind them six ‘Zones', places strewn with their debris, some of it lethal to humans; all of it fascinating and perplexing. The Zones feed a black market in artefacts supplied by ‘Stalkers' who are prepared to risk their lives and sanity by entering the forbidden areas to retrieve them. We consider why the book is still considered one of the greatest of all SF novels, how it came to be read as a dark foreshadowing of the Chernobyl disaster and why it has proved itself so ripe for adaptation, both as a series of video games and, most famously, as the basis for Andrei Tarkovsky's classic 1979 film, Stalker. This episode also finds Andy returning to a haunting novel he read earlier this year: The High House (Swift Press) by former guest Jessie Greengrass, while John is carried away by Everybody (Picador), Olivia Laing's magnificent book about freedom and the human body. For more information visit https://www.backlisted.fm Please support us and unlock bonus material at https://www.patreon.com/backlisted Timings: 8:10 - The High House by Jessie Greengrass 17:02 - Everybody by Olivia Laing 23:29 - Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky

Founded by Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden, Metahaven's body of work encompasses filmmaking, writing, objects, and graphics. Their activities offer a kind of cultural practice that doesn't shy away from producing knowledge and reflections; as much as the production of affect.We hear Daniel reflecting on their practice, through the notions of interface, agency, distribution, formats, versions, iterations, and many other potentials and obstacles towards making something meaningful and compelling. Episode Notes and LinksMetahaven http://metahaven.net https://mthvn.tumblr.comCentering on children, adults, and parental relationships, the absence of linguistic reference to reality, and the ineffability of the metaphysical, Metahaven's latest work titled Chaos Theory (2021) is a multi-voice video essay starred by Georgina Dávid and Valentina Di Mondo. It is a sequel of previous films by Metahaven titled Hometown (2018), Information Skies (2016), and The Sprawl (Propaganda About Propaganda) (2015). Excerpt: https://vimeo.com/494444068 https://mthvn.tumblr.com/post/663742206080909312/valentinadimondotalkstometahavenAssembling genres (anime, sci-fi, fantasy role-playing games) and moving beyond the representation of linear time, Metahaven's Information Skies offers a dreamlike speculation that questions the boundaries between sound and images, reality and fiction, factuality and technology, reflection and embodiment.Citation by Lesia Prokopenko for Vdrome. https://www.vdrome.org/metahaven/Filmed in Beirut and Kyiv, Hometown depicts a fictional city through the perspective of protagonists Lera and Ghina that reveal their attachment to the Hometown which is so familiar yet not what it was once in the past. https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/192165/metahavenhometown/Released in segments on YouTube, Sprawl is Metahaven's first feature film delving into various geopolitical disturbances that occurred in the last decade.Trailer: https://vimeo.com/152877677 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5432984/sprawl.space is the online interface for The Sprawl, where the viewer can see the “shards” that make up the full version of the film. The website has been shaped by the interface design of Metahaven and the viewing algorithms of YouTube. https://sprawl.space/about-the-sprawl/Assembling cinematic sequences shot in the Southeastern Urals and Macedonia, archival footage, and animation, Eurasia (Questions on Happiness) sets forth on a journey towards the Eurasian steppe where it meets the New Silk Road. https://vimeo.com/296095100Citation from Metahaven's exhibition at ICA titled Version History in 2018: https://www.ica.art/exhibitions/metahaven-version-history?fbclid=IwAR3tAJ5TQ2xxzVhItTYW7bx6uJcKBYjgdwBnGkXBgI75nmczpt6yDzcbXCwExpounding the genealogy of viral internet memes and their potential uses within politics as agitprops 2.0 to engineer public opinion, ‘Can Jokes Bring Down Governments' is a visionary essay on social media warfare by Metahaven. https://strelkamag.com/en/article/memes-design-and-politicsPublished by Sternberg Press in 2015, ‘Black Transparency' reflected on the changes that are introduced to our life with the fast-paced development of communication technologies and their impact on information democracy by tackling matters such as the conscience of the whistleblower, whose personal politics are now instantly geopolitical. https://www.sternberg-press.com/product/black-transparency-the-right-to-know-in-the-age-of-mass-surveillance/Borrowing its title from the findings of a survey which indicates that an average person in the U.S. spends eight more minutes than the total duration of Stalker (161 minutes) daily, Digital Tarkovsky is a thought-provoking essay investigating the effect of social media platforms on our perception of time. Published by Strelka in 2018. https://strelkamag.com/en/article/digital-tarkovsky-metahaven-excerptFilmed in 1979, Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky is a loose adaptation of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's science fiction novel Roadside Picnic (1972).Netflix is a subscription-based streaming service that offers different catalogs of movies, documentaries, and series internationally.Mubi is a subscription-based streaming service that offers a curated catalog covering a wide range of moving image genres.Short for Internet Movie Database, IMDB is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb4:3 by Boiler Room is a multifaceted genre-spanning platform for curated and commissioned underground films exploring themes of performance, identity, youth culture, and anti-establishment. https://boilerroom.tvState of Concept Athens is a non-profit contemporary art institution founded by curator iLiana Fokianaki. https://stateofconcept.org/general/Conflict is an anarcho-punk band originally based in London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_(band)Mike Kelley (1954 – 2012) an influential artist who merged childhood objects with youth culture; personal stories with political histories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley_(artist)

A movie AND the book that it's based on?  What is this, an episode of Random Acts of Cinema or an episode of Chapter One: Take Two, amiright?  Well, it's actually both.  This week we've teamed up with Briana and Maddy to do what they do with Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's classic literary science fiction masterpiece Roadside Picnic and Andrei Tartovsky's classic cinematic science fiction masterpiece Stalker. If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Jack Woods and Dennis Muren's Equinox (1970).

Chapter One Takes Random Acts of Cinema on a picnic. Stalker (Russian: Сталкер, is a 1979 Soviet science fiction art drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky with a screenplay written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, loosely based on their 1972 novel Roadside Picnic. The film combines elements of science fiction with dramatic philosophical and psychological themes.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/chapteronetaketwo)

We're back and talking books: North American Lake Monsters, by Nathan Balingrud; Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro; Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon; The Last Day, by Andrew Hunter Murray; Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky; Mask of Mirrors, by M.A. Carrick; Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke; When the Reckoning Comes, by LaTanya McQueen; Murder at Melrose Court, by Karen Baugh Menuhin; The Word for World is Forest, by Ursula K. Le Guin; Hater, by John Semley; Batman '89, by Sam Hamm; Red Room, by Ed Piskor.

Estoy viviendo en el recuerdo de una ventana. Donde quiera que esconda la ventana, estarán esperando. 🖋️Un relato escrito por China Miéville, narrado por Olga Paraíso y producido por Historias para ser leídas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHINA MIÉVILLE (Inglaterra, 1972) es escritor, político y profesor. Nació en Norwich, aunque creció en Willesden, un barrio de clase trabajadora al noroeste de Londres, donde reside desde su infancia. Está considerado uno de los fundadores de la corriente de la literatura fantástica conocida como new weird, caracterizada por no seguir las estrictas reglas de la ciencia ficción y mezclar cultura pop, magia, steampunk y monstruos mitológicos. Ha recibido los galardones más prestigiosos dentro del género fantástico como el Hugo o el Locus. Ha ganado tres veces el premio Arthur C. Clarke y dos veces el British Fantasy y, desde 2015, es miembro de la Real Sociedad de Literatura británica. Puedes comprar sus libros en Amazon: https://www.amazon.es/China-Mi%25C3%25A9ville/e/B001IQUN20?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1627039269&sr=1-1 📘Influencias literarias: Su trabajo puede describirse como fantástico por sus mundos y escenarios sobrenaturales. Se ha discutido su trabajo en relación a las categorías de ciencia ficción, fantasía y "surrealismo urbano"12​. El estilo de Miéville se reconoce influenciado por la ciencia ficción pulp de los años 20, tanto de series de televisión como de películas, así como por diversos escritores de terror y fantasía. Destaca la influencia de M. John Harrison, Michael Moorcock, Thomas M. Disch, y J.G. Ballard, a los que considera prácticamente como sus ídolos; pero también son importantes otros autores como H.P. Lovecraft, Mervyn Peake, y Gene Wolfe. También ha admitido que sus libros contienen referencias a escritores rusos, incluyendo a Andrei Platonov, Arkady y Boris Strugatsky, Evgeny Voiskunsky y Isai Lukodyanov. Twitter Historias para ser leídas https://twitter.com/HLeidas 📌Síguenos en nuestro canal informativo de Telegram: https://t.me/historiasparaserleidas Suscríbete a nuestra Newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/historiasparaserleidas 🛑BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas Música en este audio: Epidemic Sound licencia autorizada Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky With special guest Andy from the Breakfast in the Ruins podcast! Intro 00:07 // Premise 05:25 // Characters 08:56 // Prologue & part 1 24:14 // Part 3 (Andy’s favourite bit) 44:43 // Part 4 54:11 // Tarkovsky’s Stalker and other media from 1:00:02 (inc. The Lighthouse, Hard…Read more 97: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (feat. Breakfast in the Ruins)

Hey everyone, it's everyone's favourite Russian Literature fake history podcast, the Lore Boys, back with more good fake history for you. We're talking about the Russian Sci-Fi novel Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, which would go on to inspire the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games among a ton of other fiction.To join the discussion and suggest a topic, check out our Discord.As always, we super appreciate you listening, and hope that if you enjoy the show you’ll tell your friends and leave us a review on iTunes and the rest our social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.) We wanna hear from you guys, so shoot us an email at contact@loreboys.com . Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For May Day we read Soviet era novel, Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. It’s a bleak look at utopia, the utterly alien nature of aliens, and the insignificance of humans. We disagree about the end of the novel and leave it up to you, dear listener, to decide the true meaning. The post May Day Ex-Strugatsky-ganza appeared first on Androids and Assets.

For May Day we read Soviet era novel, Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. It’s a bleak look at utopia, the utterly alien nature of aliens, and the insignificance of humans. We disagree about the end of the novel and leave it up to you, dear listener, to decide the true meaning. The post May Day Ex-Strugatsky-ganza appeared first on Androids and Assets.

Continuamos a aventura de Roland da linha de Eld e respectivos companheiros a lidarem com os Lobos de Calla, desta vez não concluímos o livro ainda, mas comentamos os desenvolvimentos e reviravoltas deste western mirabolante. Revelamos também o livro de Fevereiro: "Roadside Picnic" dos irmãos Arkady e Boris Strugatsky.

Featured Books and lists Welcome to the New World by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan Worldcat Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age by Modris Ekstein Worldcat The Girl Who Stole My Holocaust: A Memoir by Noam Chayut, Translated by Tal Haran Worldcat Guts & Glory: Great American War Movies by Lawrence Howard Suid Worldcat Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, translated by Olena Bormashenko Worldcat An expanded and revised edition of Book # 4 was published in 2002 as Guts and Glory: The Making of the American Military Image in Film. 2021 Cumulative Featured Books via Good Reads

Mallory and Brea talk about Mallory reading the bible. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsor - Kitty Poo ClubPromo Code - GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fm Books Mentioned - Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated by Olena BormashenkoThe Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman 

Science fiction stories often work well as a shell in which authors and filmmakers can provide social commentary without it being obvious. In the case of Dead Mountaineer's Hotel, based on the book by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky who also wrote the screenplay, the film uses a detective story that ends up involving aliens and androids as a way to look at the closed-off nature of life under the Soviet regime. Is it a perfect film? No, but it's a fascinating one. Join us – Pete Wright and Andy Nelson – as we kick off our Soviet Science Fiction series with Grigori Kromanov's 1979 film Dead Mountaineer's Hotel. We talk about the nature of the story and why it works well as both science fiction and social commentary. We look at the setting of the film and why the cold, oppressive mountains with the brilliant moog synth score work so well to set the tone. We chat about the surreal qualities of the film and how sometimes, it's these elements that contribute to a confusing story, affecting our understanding and enjoyment of the film. We look at the authors/screenwriters and director, talking about what they brought to the table. we discuss the dark and cold cinematography by Jüri Sillart and why it's so effective. And we look into Estonian folklore and how it may have influenced certain elements in the film. It's a fascinating film and one well worth checking out. We have a great time chatting about it so give it a watch – it's streaming for free on YouTube – then tune in. The Next Reel – when the movie ends, our conversation begins! Join the conversation with movie lovers from around the world on The Next Reel's Discord channel! Film Sundries Learn more about supporting The Next Reel Film Podcast through your own membership — visit TruStory FM. Watch this film: YouTube Original theatrical trailer Original poster artwork Inspector Glebsky's Puzzle by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Flickchart Letterboxd

Science fiction stories often work well as a shell in which authors and filmmakers can provide social commentary without it being obvious. In the case of Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel, based on the book by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky who also wrote the screenplay, the film uses a detective story that ends up involving aliens and androids as a way to look at the closed-off nature of life under the Soviet regime. Is it a perfect film? No, but it’s a fascinating one. Join us – Pete Wright and Andy Nelson – as we kick off our Soviet Science Fiction series with Grigori Kromanov’s 1979 film Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel. We talk about the nature of the story and why it works well as both science fiction and social commentary. We look at the setting of the film and why the cold, oppressive mountains with the brilliant moog synth score work so well to set the tone. We chat about the surreal qualities of the film and how sometimes, it’s these elements that contribute to a confusing story, affecting our understanding and enjoyment of the film. We look at the authors/screenwriters and director, talking about what they brought to the table. we discuss the dark and cold cinematography by Jüri Sillart and why it’s so effective. And we look into Estonian folklore and how it may have influenced certain elements in the film. It’s a fascinating film and one well worth checking out. We have a great time chatting about it so give it a watch – it’s streaming for free on YouTube – then tune in. The Next Reel – when the movie ends, our conversation begins! Join the conversation with movie lovers from around the world on The Next Reel’s Discord channel! Film Sundries Learn more about supporting The Next Reel Film Podcast through your own membership — visit TruStory FM. Watch this film: YouTube Original theatrical trailer Original poster artwork Inspector Glebsky’s Puzzle by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Flickchart Letterboxd

Paris Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss why jobs are getting worse because the economy’s slowing down, not because technology is speeding up, and why that requires a vision of post-scarcity centered around human relationships instead of technological change.Aaron Benanav is an economic historian and social theorist. He is a post-doctoral researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin and author of “Automation and the Future of Work.” Follow Aaron on Twitter as @abenanav.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.Find out more about Harbinger Media Network and follow it on Twitter as @harbingertweets.Also mentioned in this episode:Prop 22 passed in California, stopping gig workers from becoming employeesParis explains the limits of a basic income, how Aaron’s book helps us think about the future, and the problems with luxury communismAaron explains why automation isn’t wiping out jobsAaron’s science fiction reading list: “The Dispossessed,” “The Word for World is Forest,” and “Always Coming Home” by Ursula K. Le Guin; “Red Star” by Alexander Bogdanov; “Hard to be a God” and “Noon: 22nd Century” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky; “News from Nowhere” by William Morris; “Looking Backward” by Edward Bellamy; “The Conquest of Bread” by Peter Kropotkin; “Trouble on Triton” by Samuel R. Delaney; “Star Maker” by Olaf Stapledon; and “Utopia” by Thomas Moore.Support the show (https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus)

David and Perry visit the Eastern Block and discuss novels by Stanisław Lem and the Strugatsky brothers, and the films based on two of their books. Ebooks or paper books? (05:02) Going East (00:30) Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (20:00) Solaris (movie) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (12:20) Solaris (movie) directed by Steven Soderberg (14:15) Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (11:48) Stalker (movie) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (26:11) Windup (00:43) Image: still from Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker. Used here for purposes of review, fair use copyright exemption.

David and Perry visit the Eastern Block and discuss novels by Stanisław Lem and the Strugatsky brothers, and the films based on two of their books. Ebooks or paper books? (05:02) Going East (00:30) Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (20:00) Solaris (movie) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (12:20) Solaris (movie) directed by Steven Soderberg (14:15) Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (11:48) Stalker (movie) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (26:11) Windup (00:43) Click here for more info and links. Image: still from Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Stalker. Used here for purposes of review, fair use copyright exemption.

Jen and Nicolas look at how the science fiction genre can give us a different perspective on our own realty. They will be discussing the following books: Providence by Max Barry, Martian by Andy Weir, Interstellar movie, Waking Gods (The Themis Files) by Sylvain Neuvel, Zone Science Fiction, Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, The Book of Strange New Things Michel Faber, Tales From the Loop by Simon Stålenhag, The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag.

Today we take a look at Roadside Picnic By: Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Olena Bormashenko Narrated by Robert Forster. Is this Russian book from the 1970 worth a look today?

What if all we knew about alien culture was their garbage? Or is it their garbage? The Strugatsky brothers' most famous novel is about a world where stalkers crawl through hazardous Zones for precious artifacts. Also it's about hope, bureaucracy, and our relationship to the unknown.Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

What if all we knew about alien culture was their garbage? Or is it their garbage? The Strugatsky brothers' most famous novel is about a world where stalkers crawl through hazardous Zones for precious artifacts. Also it's about hope, bureaucracy, and our relationship to the unknown.Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

I HAVE Seen That Movie Recommendation: The Witch: A New England Folktale. (The VVitch). 2015. Mystery/Horror. Directed by: Robert  Eggers. Starring: Anya Taylor Joy, Ralph Ineson, Katie Dickie, Julian Richings, Bathsheba Garnett, Sarah Stephens, Daniel Malik, Harvey Skrimshaw. Mini Review: Annihilation. 2018. Sci-Fi/Mystery. Directed by: Alex Garland. Starring: Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Gina Rodriguez, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny. I HAVEN'T Seen That Movie Review: The Blair Witch Project. 1999. Horror/Mystery. Directed by: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez. Starring: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Patricia DeCou. Also mentioned: 28 Days Later, Ex Machina, Never Let Me Go, Ghost Busters, Ocean's Eight, Stalker, Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Roadside Picnie, Andrei Tarkovsky, Lighthouse, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Prometheus, The Witcher, Henry Cavill, The Season of the Witch, (Starring: Nicolas Cage), Antichrist, (Starring: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg,) A Quiet Place, The Others, Wait Until Dark, Hitchcock, IT, Chucky, Aliens, The Exorcist, The Ring, Edward Scissor Hands, Bravehart.

This week we discuss two more stories from the Soviet science fiction collection Red Star Tales, the Spontaneous Reflex by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky and My Dad's An Antibiotic by Sergei Lukyanenko Next week we're doing a round up episode on our foreign science fiction unit. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub

S4E10B* (Show Notes) “The Haunting of Hill House (1959)” by Shirley Jackson (book)   Hosted by: Ryan Sean O'Reilly Guests: Amanda Andros (Playwright) Laura Valle (Major Horror - horror fan site)   Website: www.nodeodorant.com   Related Episode Links: “The Haunting (1963)” by Robert Wise (Julie Harris) (movie) “The Haunting (1999)” by Jan de Bont (Liam Neeson) (movie) “The Haunting of Hill House (2018)” by Mike Flanagan (Kate Siegel) (netflix series)  “The Hellbound Heart (1986)” by Clive Barker (novella) “Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)” by George Orwell (book) “Roadside Picnic (1972)” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (book) “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (April 1966)” by Philip K. Dick (short story) “A Princess of Mars (John Carter) (1912)” by Edgar Rice Burroughs (book) “The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (1919)” by H.P. Lovecraft (collection of short stories) Stephen King episodes: https://nodeodorantinouterspace.wordpress.com/category/stephen-king/       * DISCLAIMER: Please be advised that the views and opinions of the hosts and guests of NDIOS are completely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views and beliefs of the other hosts and guests or that of NDIOS.

So, this is where all the content's been hiding. Just look at these show notes! Featuring messages from Frank Turfler of Frank T's Liner Notes, Ivy the Happy Whisk, Colin Green of Spikepit, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Evil Jeff, Frothsof the Thought Eater and Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor. I mention Ray Otus' PlunderGrounds episode 69 Prototyping and 41 Roadside Picnic and Into the Odd, the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation dir. Alex Garland, Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Stalker dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker RPG by Ville Vuorela, Colour out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft, The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Che Webster's Roleplay Rescue GM's Journal #18, Paranoia 1st edition, The Thing dir. John Carpenter, Invasion of the Body Snatchers dir. Don Siegel, The Hanging Man by Philip K. Dick, In the Light of a Ghost Star by Nate Treme and Knave by Ben Milton... Phew! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

S4E5B* (Show Notes) “The Screwfly Solution (1977)” by Raccoona Sheldon a/k/a James Tiptree, Jr. a/k/a Alice Sheldon (short story)   Hosted by: Ryan Sean O'Reilly Guests: Erika Doyle (Artist) Amanda Andros (Playwright)   Website: www.nodeodorant.com   Related Episode Links: “The Screwfly Solution (2006)” by Joe Dante for “Masters of Horror” (Jason Priestley) (TV episode) “Perchance to Dream: Selected Stories (1952-1960)” by Charles Beaumont a/k/a Charles Leroy Nutt (select short stories) “Horns (2010)” by Joe Hill (book) “The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane (1928-)” by Robert E. Howard (collection of short stories) “The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (1919)” by H.P. Lovecraft (collection of short stories) “The Lathe of Heaven (1971)” by Ursula K. Le Guin (book) “Roadside Picnic (1972)” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (book) “Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)” by George Orwell (book) Episodes regarding the works of Philip K. Dick       * DISCLAIMER: Please be advised that the views and opinions of the hosts and guests of NDIOS are completely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views and beliefs of the other hosts and guests or that of NDIOS.    

Crossing borders is often considered as a metaphor. But it can be both physical and metaphorical too. John Law explains the idea of crossing over to the zone as a way to stretch your imagination and see the world (especially the familiar world) with new eyes. Next to it, John discusses the meaning of anarchy in today's world, tells the stories behind some of the neons to be shown at his upcoming exhibition and once more takes us once more to the world of immersive events. Important links Oakland Pro Arts Gallery & Commons – Be Pro Art! Improvement of Joe Camel billboard by the Billboard Liberation Front City Lights Booksellers and Publishers An article about the 100th anniversary of Dada celebrated in San Francisco Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps by Emmett Grogan The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart Apocalypse Culture by Adam Parfrey (Editor) The Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

Download MP3 今回から３回にわたり、毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。ロシア出身の留学生、エレイナとアンドレイに登場してもらいます。第１回目の話題は「ロシアとはこんな国」。 「異文化ディスカッション」では、広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について、英語で話してもらいます。 聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―） ＊エントリーの「スクリプトを見る」をクリックすると、番組内で使われている表現を見ることができます。 スクリプトはありませんが、YouTubeの再生時に、自動書き起こしによる字幕を表示させることができます。 　 Russia an accent = a dialect, a unique way of talking to get used to ~ = 慣れる Computer Security = protecting technology systems to be fond of = to love, to be attracted to a ballerina = a ballet dancer linguistics = the study of languages pretty = かなり、比較的 to starve = to die because of no food to be obsessed with ~ = to love, to be really into ~ Orenburg = A Russian city close to the board with Kazakhstan, about 1,500 km. south of Moscow. It has a population about half that of Hiroshima City. The Ural River goes through the city, with one side of the river being in Asia, and the other side being in Europe. A beautiful bridge only for pedestrians （歩行者）crosses the river. like = about (Note: common in conversation) range = 範囲 Tomsk = A city in southcentral Russia, in the huge territory of Siberia. The city has a population of about 600,000 people, which is similar to Orenburg’s population. About one-sixth of all the residents are university students. Thus, Tomsk is called “The Siberian Athens.” You can tell what they are thinking = A person can understand what they are thinking. to be welcoming = to be good hosts optimism = 楽観主義 (Note: the adjective is “optimistic”) Frankly speaking = Actually an outlook of/for the future = 将来展望 cuisine = food tasty = delicious dough = こね粉、　パン生地 to boil = 沸かす Mikhail Bulgakov = a Russian writer who lived from 1891-1940 “The Master and Margarita” = Bulgakov’s most famous novel. The story involves the devil visiting the atheistic （無神論）Soviet Union. the Strugatsky brothers = Also known as Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. They wrote high-quality science fiction stories during the second half of the 20th century. “Monday Begins on Saturday” = In the 1965 novel written by the Strugatsky brothers, scientists are doing some research about magic. As the title suggests, the scientists work so hard that there are no weekends. And they must overcome inept（下手な） leaders. an institution = a large organization such as a university or a research center. folks = common people a threat = 脅威 a generation = 世代 to touch on = to speak about only a little

Download MP3 今回から３回にわたり、毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。ロシア出身の留学生、エレイナとアンドレイに登場してもらいます。第１回目の話題は「ロシアとはこんな国」。 「異文化ディスカッション」では、広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について、英語で話してもらいます。 聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―） ＊エントリーの「スクリプトを見る」をクリックすると、番組内で使われている表現を見ることができます。 スクリプトはありませんが、YouTubeの再生時に、自動書き起こしによる字幕を表示させることができます。 　 Russia an accent = a dialect, a unique way of talking to get used to ~ = 慣れる Computer Security = protecting technology systems to be fond of = to love, to be attracted to a ballerina = a ballet dancer linguistics = the study of languages pretty = かなり、比較的 to starve = to die because of no food to be obsessed with ~ = to love, to be really into ~ Orenburg = A Russian city close to the board with Kazakhstan, about 1,500 km. south of Moscow. It has a population about half that of Hiroshima City. The Ural River goes through the city, with one side of the river being in Asia, and the other side being in Europe. A beautiful bridge only for pedestrians （歩行者）crosses the river. like = about (Note: common in conversation) range = 範囲 Tomsk = A city in southcentral Russia, in the huge territory of Siberia. The city has a population of about 600,000 people, which is similar to Orenburg’s population. About one-sixth of all the residents are university students. Thus, Tomsk is called “The Siberian Athens.” You can tell what they are thinking = A person can understand what they are thinking. to be welcoming = to be good hosts optimism = 楽観主義 (Note: the adjective is “optimistic”) Frankly speaking = Actually an outlook of/for the future = 将来展望 cuisine = food tasty = delicious dough = こね粉、　パン生地 to boil = 沸かす Mikhail Bulgakov = a Russian writer who lived from 1891-1940 “The Master and Margarita” = Bulgakov’s most famous novel. The story involves the devil visiting the atheistic （無神論）Soviet Union. the Strugatsky brothers = Also known as Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. They wrote high-quality science fiction stories during the second half of the 20th century. “Monday Begins on Saturday” = In the 1965 novel written by the Strugatsky brothers, scientists are doing some research about magic. As the title suggests, the scientists work so hard that there are no weekends. And they must overcome inept（下手な） leaders. an institution = a large organization such as a university or a research center. folks = common people a threat = 脅威 a generation = 世代 to touch on = to speak about only a little

S4E3B* (Show Notes) “Twilight Zone” by Rod Serling (TV show) “The Jungle (1961)” (alt title “The Man Who Made Himself”) “In His Image (1963)” “Perchance to Dream (1959)” “Passage on the Lady Anne (1963)” (alt title “Song for a Lady”) “Number 12 Looks Just Like You (1964)” (alt title “The Beautiful People”) “The Howling Man (1960)”   Hosted by: Ryan Sean O'Reilly   Guests: Mike O'Reilly (indie filmmaker) Andres Sercovich (oil painter) Kaelin O'Reilly (book reviewer)   Website: www.nodeodorant.com   Related Episode Links: “Perchance to Dream: Selected Stories (1952-1960)” by Charles Beaumont a/k/a Charles Leroy Nutt (select short stories) “Roadside Picnic (1972)” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (book) “Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)” by Kurt Vonnegut (book) “Horns (2010)” by Joe Hill (book)  Other Episodes with Mike O'Reilly Other Episodes with Andres Sercovich Other Episodes with Kaelin O'Reilly        * DISCLAIMER: Please be advised that the views and opinions of the hosts and guests of NDIOS are completely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views and beliefs of the other hosts and guests or that of NDIOS.    

Constellary Tales presents an audio production of “Kill Switch,” cover story of Issue #1. Then we go behind the scenes in an interview with the story’s author Henry Szabranski. Contents (00:00) Audio production of Henry Szabranski’s “Kill Switch” from Constellary Tales Issue #1, narrated by Mark Linsenmayer (20:05) Henry answers our pressing questions about astrophysics, character names, and the Discontinuity universe. Ken makes wild speculations. Brian eventually gets Henry’s last name right. (38:20) Spoiler-free recommendations: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, “Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain” by Yoon Ha Lee Links Henry Szabranski’s blog and author page on Amazon

Journey into the Zone to uncover some of the strange artifacts buried in Tarkovsky's cinematic masterpiece, Stalker (1979). In this first of a two-part conversation, Phil and JF discuss a poem by Tarkovsky's dad, compare the film with the sci-fi novel that inspired it, explore the ideological underpinnings of formulaic genre, delve into the meaning and affordances of the concept of zone, and affirm that in a sufficiently weird mindset, even a casual stroll in your hometown can become an excursion into a Zone of your own. REFERENCES Andrei Tarkovsky (dir.), Stalker (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/) Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, [Roadside Picnic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoadsidePicnic)_ The Wachowskis (dir.), The Matrix (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/) James Cameron (dir.), Avatar (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/) Second City Television (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_City_Television) (SCTV), vintage Canadian comedy show Alex Garland (dir.), Annihilation (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2798920/) (based on the novel by Jeff Vandermeer; here's an article (http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/9-ways-annihilation-the-movie-differs-from-the-book.html) on how Garland's film differs from Vandermeer's arguably weirder text) SCTV, Monster Chiller Horror Theatre: Whispers of the Wolf (https://www.secondcity.com/network/sctv-monster-chiller-horror-theatre-whispers-of-the-wolf)

Comedians Phill Jupitus and Robin Ince talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they love. Phill's is Dada: Art and Anti-Art by Hans Richter, the founder of the punk art movement. Robin's is Soviet-era science fiction: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, the book on which Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker was based. Lastly, Harriett introduces them to a dark and compelling new crime novel in which the protagonists are children: Dodgers by Bill Beverly. Producer Beth O'Dea.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss Discworld and His Dark Materials adaptations, cover kerfuffles, and science fiction and fantasy in translation. This episode is sponsored by The Glass Blade by Ryan Wieser and Scribesby James Wolanyk.   News: Terry Goodkind’s hates his new cover… And then doubled down. Terry Pratchett’s ‘Discworld’ Set For TV Adaptation His Dark Materials’ Adaptation Casting   Books Discussed: Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated by Olena Bormashenko

Marina Epelman is a professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. She also grew up in the USSR. She joins Brett to talk about math, education, and life in Russia.Show notes@marinaepelman (personal)@M_Epelman (professional)Marina A. EpelmanIndustrial and Operations EngineeringTop 3 picksMarina:Masha Gessen, @mashagessenMasha Gessen at The New YorkerMasha Gessen at the NYTSome recent podcast and radio appearances:The Ezra Klein Show, 06/06/17On Point, 10/02/17The Atlantic Interview, 11/27/17Book recommendation: “Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler’s War and Stalin’s Peace”Singing In The ShowerBose SoundLink Revolve+ Bluetooth speakerSonos Play:1 Compact Wireless SpeakerMaking fun of researchersLobachevsky by Tom LehrerBetter off TedBook: “Понедельник начинается в субботу” or “Monday Starts on Saturday” (by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated by Andrew Bromfield).American Edition Kindle VersionBrett:All-New Kindle Oasis – Amazon Official SiteSnow Joe iON18SB Ion Cordless Single Stage Brushless Snow BlowerAudio-Technica ATR2500-USB Cardioid Condenser USB MicrophoneFollow@SystmCast on TwitterBrett on TwitterJoin the Community!

Alrighty listeners! In this episode I play a text adventure called Distress. You can download and play it here http://www.sidneymerk.com/distress.shtml and I recommend you do. The fellow who made this game also has a podcast! A daddy-daughter video-game discussion podcast. Check it out here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/videogame-generations/id898657781 I also recommended some books in this episode: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky and the audiobook of Solaris by Stanisław Lem. Also I remembered that in the last episode I recommended Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo, but forgot to stick it in the description. Check 'em all out. Check everything out. Every last thing. Check check check check. Bye everyone!

For this episode of The Future Is A Mixtape, Jesse & Matt explore the paranoid dread and narcotic pull of Adam Curtis' most recent documentary of political-noir, HyperNormalisation. In 2 hours and 40 minutes, it charts the globe-hopping travails of terrorists, bankers, politicians and America's digital aristocracy--all of whom use humanity as pawns by promising simple stories to explain complex problems which can't be solved with “perception management” and pastel fairy-tales about “good vs. evil.” Considered by many to be the most talented and remarkable documentarian in Britain, Adam Curtis has weaved suspicion and suspense into a BBC career that stretches from 40 Minutes: Bombay Motel in 1987 (which explores the have and have-nots of the city) to his most recent film HyperNormalisation in 2016 (which explores how an entirely Russian condition has now passed into the wider-world). Curtis' documentary was released less than a month prior to the mind-gagging upset of Hillary Clinton's loss to Donald Trump, and the film increasingly speaks to a disenchanted, rat-fucked future of no-returns. Jesse & Matt will discuss what makes this “dank” film so compelling and deeply-felt, as well as what makes it, almost equally so, such an evasive work of art. Mentioned In This Episode: The Original Trailer for Adam Curtis' HyperNormalisation Vice: Watch Adam Curtis' Short Film,  Living in an Unreal World, Which Is Effectively a Non-Traditional Film Teaser for His Recently Released Documentary Watch Adam Curtis' HyperNormalisation at This Youtube Link (While It Lasts) Adam Curtis' Official Blog on BBC Adam Curtis' Biography on Wikipedia Internet Movie Database (IMDB) on Adam Curtis Radiohead Does Some ‘Cosmic Shit' with Supercollider--A Tribute to LHC NPR: “It's Locals vs. ‘PIBS' at the Sundance Film Festival” Bondage Power Structures: From BDSM and Spanking to Latex and Body Odors The Sun: “Japan's Weird Sex Hotels -- Offering Everything From Prison Cell Bondage to Vibrator Vending Machines” A Satire of Adam Curtis, The Documentarian: The Loving Trap The Hydra-Headed Tropes of Adam Curtis Films: Chris Applegate on Twitter: “Forget ‘HypernorNormalisation,' Here's Adam Curtis Bingo!” Why Is It That Matthew & Jesse Lack Real Whuffie: Tara Hunt's “The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business” About New York's Most Legendary New Wave Band: The Talking Heads James Verini in The New Yorker: “The Talking Heads Song That Explains Talking Heads” Christian Marclay's The Clock at The LACMA Museum An Excerpt from Marclay's Film-Collage, The Clock Wired Magazine: “Film Clips of Clocks Round Out 24-Hour Video” A Youtube Excerpt of BBC News Coverage of Christian Marclay's The Clock Ken Hollings in BBC News: “What Is the Cut-Up Method?” William Burrough's “The Cut Up Method” in Leroi Jones' (Baraka) The Moderns: An Anthology of New Writing in America William Burrough's The Naked Lunch A YouTube Clip of Taking Down the Financial District: The Ending of Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club: A Novel Little Known X-Files' Spin-Off Pilot Episode of The Lone Gunmen Eerily Imagined A Plane Crashing Into The World Trade Center A Portrait by Gerard Malanga: “William Burroughs Takes Aim at NY's Twin Towers, from Brooklyn Bridge, 1978” Adam Curtis Documentaries Currently Found on YouTube: Pandora's Box (1992) The Living Dead (1995) Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh (1997) The Mayfair Set (1999) His Finest Achievement & Magnum Opus: The Century of the Self (2002) The Power of Nightmares (2004) The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007) All Watched Over By the Machines of Loving Grace (2011) Bitter Lake (2015) HyperNormalisation (2016) Talkhouse: “Tim Heidecker [from Tim & Eric Show] with Adam Curtis” Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine Matthew Snyder's Syllabus & Course Theme for Fall of 2016: “Presidential Material” Jim Rutenberg in The New York Times: “Can the Media Recover From This Election?” Nate Cohn in The New York Times: “What I Got Wrong About Donald Trump” Nate Silver in FiveThirtyEight: “Why FiveThirtyEight Gave Trump A Better Chance Than Almost Anyone Else” People Pretended to Vote for Kennedy in Larger and Larger Numbers After His Assassination: Peter Foster in The Telegraph: “JFK: The Myth That Will Never Die” YouTube Clip of Alex Jones Getting Coffee Thrown onto to Him While in Seattle Fredrick Jameson on the True Nature of Conspiracy Theories in His Famous Work, Postmodernism, Or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1992):The technology of contemporary society is therefore mesmerizing and fascinating not so much in its own right but because it seems to offer some privileged representational shorthand for grasping a network of power and control even more difficult for our minds and imaginations to grasp: the whole new de-centered global network of the third stage of capital itself. This is a figural process presently best observed in a whole mode of contemporary entertainment literature -- one is tempted to characterize it as "high-tech paranoia" -- in which the circuits and networks of some putative global computer hookup are narratively mobilized by labyrinthine conspiracies of autonomous but deadly interlocking and competing information agencies in a complexity often beyond the capacity of the normal reading mind. Yet conspiracy theory (and its garish narrative manifestations) must be seen as a degraded attempt -- through the figuration of advanced technology -- to think the impossible totality of the contemporary world system. It is in terms of that enormous and threatening, yet only dimly perceivable, other reality of economic and social institutions that, in my opinion, the postmodern sublime can alone be theorized. Perception Management: A Working Definition Adam Curtis' Remarkable Analysis of Neoconservatives and The Taliban in The Power of Nightmares (2004) The BBC Director's Finest Achievement & Magnum Opus: The Century of the Self (2002) Edward Bernays' Propaganda (Published in 1928) Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool (1968; Released on Criterion in 2013) Jaime Weinman in Maclean's: “The Problem With ‘Problematic'” Gore Vidal: A Working Biography James Kirkchick in The Daily Beast: “Why Did Gore Vidal and William Buckley Hate Each Other?” Morgan Neville's Best of Enemies: Gore Vidal vs. William F. Buckley Christopher Hitchens: A Working Biography The Future Is A Mixtape: Episode 004: “TDS: Terminal Dystopia Syndrome” Dave Eggers' Half-Burnt Satire & Confused Omelette: The Circle Strange Horizons: Estrangement and Cognition by Darko Suvin Takayuki Tatsumi in Science Fiction Studies (V:11; PII): “An Interview with Darko Suvin” David Graeber in The Guardian: “Why Is the World Ignoring the Revolutionary Kurds in Syria?” David Graeber on Real Media: “Syria, Anarchism and Visiting Rojava” InfoWar: “David Graeber: From Occupy Wall Street to the Revolution in Rojava” ROAR Magazine: “Murray Bookchin and The Kurdish Resistance” About PissPigGranddad in Rolling Stone: “American Anarchists Join YPG in Syria Fighting ISIS, Islamic State” The New York Magazine: “The DirtBag Left's Man in Syria: PissPigGranddad Is Coming Home from Syria” IMPORTANT CORRECTION: Matt's claim that HyperNormalisation--the term--came from two Russian brothers, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, who were both Science Fiction authors, is DEAD wrong. The term "hypernormalisation" is taken from Alexei Yurchak's 2006 book Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation. Arkady and Boris Strugatsky: A Working Biography Guy Debord's Society Of The Spectacle (The Original 1967 Book) Guy Debord's Society Of The Spectacle (The 1973 Film on YouTube) Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry Mike Davis' “Not a Revolution--Yet” {His Brilliant Multi-Causal Analysis of Why Donald Trump Won the Election} Jodi Dean on Why Facebook Crushes Complexity of Thought: “Communicative Capitalism and the Challenges of the Left” China Mieville in Socialist Review: “Tolkien - Middle Earth Meets Middle England” Thought Catalog: “14 Unexpected Ways Your Relationship With Your Parents Changes As You Get Older” The Atlantic: “12 Ways to Mess Up Your Kids” Tim Lott in the Guardian About Children's Ruthless Engagement with Irony: “Are Sarcasm and Irony Good for Family Life?” George W. Bush Telling Americans to Still Go Shopping with Their Families and Travel to Disneyland Ranker: “11 Ways Dying in Real Life Is Way Different Than Movie Deaths” David Graeber in Baffler: “Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit” Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven & Twelve John A. Farrell in The New York Times: “Nixon's Vietnam Treachery” Peter Baker in The New York Times: “Nixon Tried to Spoil Johnson's Vietnam Peace Talks in ‘68, Notes Show” Brick Underground: “Stop Blaming the Hipsters: Here's How Gentrification Really Happens (And What You Can Do About It)” Matt Le Blanc's Episodes Chris Renaud's Dr. Suess' The Lorax (The Fucking Godawful Movie-Travesty) Dr. Suess' Brilliant Book on Ecology and Capitalism: The Lorax A Historical Guide in How Women's Rights Have Been Used in War as Seen in Katharine Viner's Essay in The Guardian: “Feminism as Imperialism” Zillah Eisenstein in Al Jazeera: “‘Leaning In' in Iraq: Women's Rights and War?” David Cortright in The Nation: “A Hard Look at Iraq Sanctions” Ricky Gervais' Extras: The Complete Series (On DVD) Annie Jacobsen's Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base Salon Magazine: “The Area 51 Truthers Were Right” Christopher Guest's For Your Consideration How Adam Curtis Misunderstands Arab Spring, Occupy and Weirdly Ignores Bernie Sanders in Jonathan Cook's Essay in Counterpunch: “Adam Curtis: Another Manager of Perceptions” The Los Angeles Review of Books: Mike Davis on Occupy Wall Street in His Essay: “No More Bubblegum” Whuffie: A Working Definition Cory Doctorow Excoriates His Naive Idea of Whuffie in His Essay in Locus Magazine: “Wealth Inequality Is Even Worse in Reputation Economies” Dear Adam Curtis: Here's Some Actual, Real-Life Examples of Organizations Offering Alternatives to Our TDS World: The Next System Project Transition Town: United States IE2030 Open Source Ecology Democracy at Work Community Land Trust Network Democratic Socialists of America Corbyn's Labour Party Momentum: A New Kind of Politics The World Transformed Novara Media Marshal Ganz's Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants John Lynch in Business Insider: “The Average American Watches So Much TV It's Almost a Full-Time Job” Kathryn Cramer in The Huffington Post: “Enough With Dystopia: It's Time For Sci-Fi Writers To Start Imagining Better Futures” Jeet Heer in New Republic: “The New Utopians” (an Overview of Kim Stanley Robinson's Works & Other Authors Using SF to Imagine a Better Future) Radiohead's Music Video for “Daydreaming” The New Yorker: “The Science of Daydreams” The Australian: “The Benefits of Lucid Dreaming” Anna Moore in The Guardian Explores Our Twenty-Year Relationship with Prozac: “Eternal Sunshine” Larry O'Connor in The Washington Free Beacon: “Ending the Starbucks ‘Pay-It-Forward' Cult, for America” Mimi Leder's Pay It Forward (Featuring Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt and Kevin Spacey) The Economist on BlackRock's Aladdin: “The Monolith and the Markets” Foundational Articles & Interviews With Adam Curtis: The Wire Magazine: “An Interview With Adam Curtis” Vice: “Jon Ronson in Conversation with Adam Curtis” Paste Magazine: “Adam Curtis Knows The Score: A List of Five Films”   Feel Free to Contact Jesse & Matt on the Following Spaces & Places: Email Us: thefutureisamixtape@gmail.com Find Us Via Our Website: The Future Is A Mixtape Or Lollygagging on Social Networks: Facebook Twitter Instagram

S3 – Wrap-Up Episode (finale)* (Show Notes)   Our final episode in which we reflect back on past episodes and the whole podcast experience. Things go off the rails pretty quickly as we try (and mostly fail) to find some way to wrap things up. Thanks for listening and apologizes for the general nonsense.    Hosted by: Ryan Sean O'Reilly David Wilkinson a/k/a "Wilk" Rick  Guest: Mike O'Reilly (indie filmmaker) Guest: John Doyle a/k/a "Dole"   Website: www.nodeodorant.com   Dole's band's website and links to videos of the band: (www.i-decline.com) Click here for other episodes with Dole. Click her for Mike O'Reilly's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMoreilly318 Click for other episodes with Mike O'Reilly Wilk's other podcast with his wife Laura Valle: "How to Avoid Murder ...and other awkward situations"     Related Episode Links: “Roadside Picnic (1972)” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (book) “Stalker (1979)” by Andrei Tarkovsky (Alexander Kaidanovsky) (movie) – Russian with English subtitles “Dune (Dune Chronicles #1) (1965)” by Frank Herbert (book) Film: “Dune (1984)” by David Lynch (Kyle MacLachlan) and SyFy: “Frank Herbert’s Dune (2000)” by John Harrison (William Hurt) “I Am Legend” by Richard Matheson (book) “True Detective” by Cary Joji Fukunaga (Matthew McConaughey) (miniseries) “The Body Snatchers (1955)” by Jack Finney (book) “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury (book) “The Devil Rides Out (Black Magic #1) (1934)” by Dennis Wheatley (book) “Nineteen Eighty-Four” by George Orwell (book) “Watchmen” by Alan Moore (writer) / Dave Gibbons (artist) (graphic novel) “Naked Lunch” by William S. Burroughs (book) “Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut (book)         * DISCLAIMER: Please be advised that the views and opinions of the hosts and guests of NDIOS are completely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views and beliefs of the other hosts and guests or that of NDIOS.    

S3E6M* (Show Notes) Film: “Stalker (1979)” by Andrei Tarkovsky (Alexander Kaidanovsky)   Hosted by: Ryan Sean O'Reilly David Wilkinson a/k/a "Wilk" Rick   Website: www.nodeodorant.com   Related Episode Links:   Book: “Roadside Picnic (1972)” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky   * DISCLAIMER: Please be advised that the views and opinions of the hosts and guests of NDIOS are completely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views and beliefs of the other hosts and guests or that of NDIOS.  

S3E6B* (Show Notes) Book: “Roadside Picnic (1972)” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky   Hosted by: Ryan Sean O'Reilly David Wilkinson a/k/a "Wilk" Rick   Website: www.nodeodorant.com   Related Episode Links: Film: “Stalker (1979)” by Andrei Tarkovsky (Alexander Kaidanovsky)   * DISCLAIMER: Please be advised that the views and opinions of the hosts and guests of NDIOS are completely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views and beliefs of the other hosts and guests or that of NDIOS.  

There is no place like home. And when you are a 6-7-8-9-year-old kid, and your parents kick you out of their home to preserve their happiness, you are a homeless kid. It doesn't matter if they send you to the nicest school system ever designed, with the most careful and qualified teachers, all with Master's degrees – you are still a homeless kid, period. And when you are a homeless kid, in the minority among a population of adults who are all too happy of their selfish present, never really thinking of their future, then you grow up with the idea that you have no future, and no purpose. Yeah, for a short time, your bureaucratic well-paid surrogate mothers and fathers in school may be able to manipulate you to have a surrogate purpose and surrogate future. But eventually, it is fake, and it thins out, and you are left again like the little match girl in the Andersen's story, in a cold world of selfish adults too busy celebrating their happiness. Book of the Week: – The Final Circle of Paradise by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky – The Second Invasion from Mars by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

Well then. Here's a book that probably blew your dad's mind back in the day. Sorry about your dad's mind, really and truly. Join our unnamed narrator and a cast of characters including our unnamed narrator's secret personality, his son, and a bunch of people who don't really matter, as they travel across the country and have very trite thoughts about the nature of reason. Whee! Recommendations:"Fury Road""The Dead Mountaineer's Inn" -- Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Music:"Just the Two of Us" -- Will Smith"Hippy Dippy Do" -- Rocket From the Crypt"Wild Mountain Nation" -- Blizten Trapper"Powdered Water Too" -- Eyedea & Abilities

Los rusos son gente peculiar, y su ciencia ficción no podía ser menos. Muchos de sus autores de la era soviética han sido reconocidos como grandes de este género literario. Ese es el caso de los hermanos Arkady y Boris Strugatsky. El poder de un dios es la adaptación de una de sus novelas más conocidas, en las que unos terrestres del futuro observan la evolución de un planeta cuya sociedad está aún en la edad media.Aunque algunos de los científicos responsables del proyecto se han infiltrado en ella, les está prohibido influir en el devenir de ésta. Víctor nos habla de esta película en la que se dan respuesta a preguntas en mayúscula: ¿Qué es la civilización? ¿Podemos juzgar a otros menos desarrollados como inferiores? Y lo más importante ¿A qué viene tanta peluca? Hasta mañana!