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Host Catherine and her guest Miguel discussed the third book of the 1970s, To Your Scattered Bodies Go. They talked about placing historical figures into fiction, how fast one can learn a new language, and what it means to put a self insert character in your books.
Flyin' Solo roars back onto the TNE podcast feed as Caleb begins his three part series of discussing all the books he read/listened to in 2024. In this first episode he discusses the 21 books on his reading playlist, "To Your Scattered Bodies Go, The Stars!" Some of the books included: Foundation, Jurassic Park, Horus Rising, Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep, Frank Herbert's Dune Saga (books 2-6), the Kim Stanley Robinson Mars trilogy, The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis, The Three Body Problem, and more. This episode was recorded on
In this episode of the Hugo and Nebula Readership Podcast the two sisters are reading To Your Scattered Bodies Go or Riverworld by Philip Jose Farmer. It won the Hugo in 1972. The reason for the double name is that the first book - To your scattered bodies go - is now rarely published by itself but can be more easily found with its series under the series name - Riverworld. In this novel filled with historical characters, we ultimately were awash with questions. Listen and find out why. Here are some time markers for you: 01:24 Book jacket read 03:50 History lesson 10:39 Big Themes 13:10 Other peoples' reviews - did that help us? 18:44 Protagonist and friends 23:40 Storyline and pacing and world-building, oh my 26:15 Adaptations and games 29:00 Suicide express and characters 31:20 Action writer, pulp writer 34:50 Women Characters - well, it's a thing 43:40 Four Questions
It’s the crossover the world and the internet have been waiting for! Seth joins Lori, Amy and Haley of Hugo, Girl! to discuss Philip Jose Farmer’s 1972 Hugo winner, To Your Scattered Bodies Go. Start – 6:30 Intro/getting to know my guest 6:31 – 16:59 Non-Spoiler discussion 17:00 – end Spoiler discussion Hugo, Girl! Links: … Continue reading "Hugos There Podcast #36: To Your Scattered Bodies Go, by Philip Jose Farmer (feat. Hugo, Girl!)"
ZORK One 04. (Season -02 episode -37). Oh gosh. I just remembered this is the one that I recommended all those things in, right? Okay well the Author I couldn't remember was named Philip José Farmer, AND his book was called To Your Scattered Bodies Go, not "Riverworld", AND it was written in 1971, not 1978 or whatever I said. Jeez what a huge moron I was. I remembered his name the second I stopped recording, I swear. The other author was Vonda N. McIntyre. Check out The Exile Waiting and Dreamsnake. It wasn't an official Daniel K Recommends, but I do recommend you check out Gogs; it's actually better than I thought it would be. The audio that played at the very end of this episode was stolen from a special patreon-only episode of the Star Wars Minute podcast, a podcast I unreservedly recommend to absolutely everyone, not only star wars fans. Definitely check it out. Happy binging!
In a thematic continuation from our previous episode on death, Grant, Peter and Branden talk about resurrection! We first address the question of whether a game that features any resurrection other than the resurrection of the body through Christ can be played by Christians; then, we discuss how the details of resurrection can have a significant impact on your game and its story. We cover numerous fictional resurrection stories, from Highlander to To Your Scattered Bodies Go, and wrap up with a recommendation from Peter: Rev. Adam Hamilton's
Nerdy Show Book Club returns with a vengeance! We’re hairless, naked, hopped up on dreamgum, and lookin’ to go all Lord of the Flies on ya. This month we read Philip Jose Farmer’s legendary existential historical fiction sci-fi, To Your Scattered Bodies Go, the fist book in the Riverworld series. It’s like if Allan Quatermain took bath salts and played Myst! Join Cap, Hex, Brandon, and Colin on uncanny journey into this and other nerdy literary adventures – including an excerpt from a novelization of another watery world. A “Waterworld” you might say… Read on! For links and more info, head to the main episode page: http://nerdyshow.com/2012/08/season-4-episode-59-nothing-is-free-in-riverworld/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.