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Episode 94 : I Like Big Ships and I Cannot Lie
In our biggest episode yet, Tony and Kend discuss the role that very large objects, man-made and natural alike, play in science fiction and fantasy. Those giant Argonath statues warning paddleboarders off the river in "The Fellowship of the Ring"? BIG. Those space stations in "Star Trek"? BIGGER. That planet factory in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"? BIGGEST. Dyson spheres? SLOW DOWN A SEC.
It is a fact universally acknowledged that a science fiction or fantasy reader MUST be in want of something big. But why? To summon the sublime? To torment the small? To serve as a monument to male hubris, like "Ozymandius"? To represent a certain, ahem, reproductive bit of the body?
We're here for all of it. Well, maybe not the phallic stuff so much. But the impact on readers and watchers and lovers of science fiction and fantasy? Here for it. Big things that aren't so tangible as ringworlds and space elevators and supergates? Here for it. Messy definitions that fail us when we most want them? Here for it.
Like our content? Our website is www.imaginaries.net, and you can drop us a line at [email protected] or find us on Twitter at @imaginary_pod. You can listen to our episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and SoundCloud, as well as find all of our back episodes on YouTube once they have shuffled off these other earthly coils. If you would like to help support our work, you can give us a rating or review on whatever platform you use to listen to your podcasts, and if you would like to offset the costs associated with our podcast, you can support us financially at www.ko-fi.com/imaginaries.
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In our biggest episode yet, Tony and Kend discuss the role that very large objects, man-made and natural alike, play in science fiction and fantasy. Those giant Argonath statues warning paddleboarders off the river in "The Fellowship of the Ring"? BIG. Those space stations in "Star Trek"? BIGGER. That planet factory in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"? BIGGEST. Dyson spheres? SLOW DOWN A SEC.
It is a fact universally acknowledged that a science fiction or fantasy reader MUST be in want of something big. But why? To summon the sublime? To torment the small? To serve as a monument to male hubris, like "Ozymandius"? To represent a certain, ahem, reproductive bit of the body?
We're here for all of it. Well, maybe not the phallic stuff so much. But the impact on readers and watchers and lovers of science fiction and fantasy? Here for it. Big things that aren't so tangible as ringworlds and space elevators and supergates? Here for it. Messy definitions that fail us when we most want them? Here for it.
Like our content? Our website is www.imaginaries.net, and you can drop us a line at [email protected] or find us on Twitter at @imaginary_pod. You can listen to our episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and SoundCloud, as well as find all of our back episodes on YouTube once they have shuffled off these other earthly coils. If you would like to help support our work, you can give us a rating or review on whatever platform you use to listen to your podcasts, and if you would like to offset the costs associated with our podcast, you can support us financially at www.ko-fi.com/imaginaries.