Lizard People, Dear Readers

George forces further discussion of Taylor Swift's Bad Blood video.

Further discussion of the upcoming motion picture The Martian, the hot garbage that is Tomorrowland, and the hotter garbage that was Mission to Mars.

Also: sex and morality in The Witcher 3, carving up mooks in Bladestorm Nightmare, trampling peasants in Mount & Blade. 

Also also: The many lies (and telephones) of Sven Hassel, the King Under The Mountain, and the justly obscure Wizard in Rhyme fantasy series.

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We discuss THE PERIPHERAL, by William Gibson. Flynne Fisher witnesses a murder during what she thinks is a straightforward security detail in a video game. Present and past touch each other in weird ways as she hunts for the killer, and vice versa.

This episode contains extensive spoilers, so consider reading the book before listening.

As always, you can write to us at [email protected], tweet to us at @DRLizardPeople, or write your questions on the underside of your desk on a Monday morning.

George forces us to watch the video for Taylor Swift's Bad Blood.

The band Algiers has a new album, called Algiers. It's good. Stompy Southern Gothic Industrial Gospel. Like you do.

Peter has been playing Bloodborne and watching Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex.

And finally, we chat about MAD MAX: FURY ROAD: what we loved (everything), what we hated (nothing), how it compares to the earlier movies, and why it makes MRAs so verreh mad.

As always, you can write to us at [email protected], tweet to us at @DRLizardPeople, or shout your questions into a dark well.

[Due to unforeseen circumstances, our discussion of William Gibson's THE PERIPHERAL has been delayed. Instead, we bring you this previously recorded episode, from the Before Times]

Peter, George, and Nathan discuss The Martian, by Andy Weir. An astronaut is stranded alone on Mars. With some potatoes. CAN HE SURVIVE?! MAYBE!

This episode contains extensive spoilers, so consider reading the book before listening. Or you could wait until the movie (starring Matt Damon!) comes out, but maybe they'll change a bunch of stuff, who knows.

Episode 00006's book will be THE PERIPHERAL, by William Gibson.

As always, you can write to us at [email protected].

George has some followup thoughts about The Bees

Nathan has watched one episode of Daredevil, and a season and a half of Orphan Black.

Peter likes Patlabor, the anime show about giant police robots with giant revolvers.

The discarded subplots of Game of Thrones

Mayweather vs Pacquiao

George promises not to talk about wrestling

George talks about Lucha Underground

Seminal kung fu movie Five Deadly Venoms

Trash Humpers (not recommended)

and, of course, the trailer for The Force Awakens.

Next episode is a book club discussion about William Gibson's The Peripheral.

You can email us at [email protected] or send comments to our Ask box at lizardpeopledearreaders.com.

Peter, George, and Nathan discuss Laline Paull's award-winning 2014 novel THE BEES, a coming-of-age novel about a worker bee named Flora 717. Go read it; we'll wait.

This episode contains extensive spoilers, so consider reading the book before listening. Or, since studies show that spoilers don't decrease the enjoyment we get from media, read the book after listening to the episode. You could do both at once but it'd probably get confusing.

Episode 00004's book will be THE PERIPHERAL, by William Gibson, if you'd like to get a head start.

If you have questions or comments for the LIzard People about The Bees, The Peripheral, or anything we've discussed so far, you can email us at [email protected] or send it to our Ask box on our Tumblr, which is lizardpeopledearreaders.com.