I Wrote the Future

This week's novel, The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun,  takes the idea of  disaster tourism one step too far.....

Additional books mentioned:

*Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Naomi Klein

This week we talk about author Jeff Van Der Meer's Hummingbird Salamander, a lyrical eco-thriller, and climate anxiety and grief.

Do you make decisions based on logic? Or would you be comfortable making decisions based off of...say, a dream?  This journaling episode is talking about The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker.

Amazon's Upload asks major questions, but attempts to answer the biggest: What if Death was no longer the "great equalizer"?  

In The Adam Project, Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Garner are reunited nearly 20 years after starring in the fantasy rom-com 13 going on 30.  Ryan Gosling plays their adult son. the titular Adam, in this time-travel dramedy.  Listen in as we  discuss more about its sci-fi themes.

Need something to watch this holiday season. Look no further! Spoiler: Uh, most of these have nothing to do with Christmas.....

The Day After Tomorrow...climate change disaster film. What could possibly go wrong? But big themes at play here:

Note: This film was actually made in 2004 - not 2005 like I state in the episode!

Do you really have a choice? That's what we're talking about today in this Journaling episode based on two very short lines from the film Blade Runner.

Today we're discussing War of the Worlds - the sci-fi classic...but the 2005 movie version.

Today we're discussing Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. A big question in this book and series: Is there room for the Christian God in a post-democratic declining America?