Science Fiction

By Damien Walter

Join writer and storyteller Damien Walter on an exploration of the world as seen through a science fiction lens.... more

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December 31, 2021 The prophetic visions of Philip K Dick
We are living in strange times. Politics. Society. Culture wars. Things have gone weird. We’re looking for knowledge and wisdom to guide us in strange times.
I can think of no better guide to the year 2022 than Philip K Dick.
The author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, the inspiration for Blade Runner, is best known as a science fiction writer. But after his infamous spiritual awakening and the events of 2-3-74, Philip K Dick became something more….a visionary prophet who saw our strange times coming.
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December 25, 2021 The best Scifi & Fantasy of the 21st century (Part 2 of 2)
We are 21 years into the 21st century. What better time to look at the century we are living in...the century of science fiction.
A special double episode of the Science Fiction podcast. Part 2 of 2.
00:00 Intro to part 2
01:47 Eleven : Simon Stalenhag / Doctor Who
06:48 Ten : Becky Chambers / Black Mirror
08:53 Nine : Syama Pederson / Battlestar Gallactica
16:08 Eight : Adam Roberts / Game of Thrones
19:31 A note from our sponsor Raytheon industries
23:12 Seven : Jon Favreau / Firefly
29:52 Six : Elon Musk / Matrix
35:31 Five : Solarpunk / Arrival
38:45 Four : Hans Zimmer / Lord of the Rings
43:23 Three : Janelle Monae / Discworld of Terry Pratchett
47:33 Two : Ted Chiang / Dune
52:31 One : Denis Villeneuve / The Expanse
56:33 Outro : The Mythic and the Scientific
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December 24, 2021 The best Scifi & Fantasy of the 21st century (Part 1 of 2)
We are 21 years into the 21st century. What better time to look at the century we are living in…the century of science fiction.
A special double episode of the Science Fiction podcast. Part 1 of 2.
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December 19, 2021 The Matrix and the archetypes of Carl Jung
There’s a question about The Matrix I’ve been asking myself since the franchise established itself in the collective unconscious of humanity back in the early 00s.
What is Sigmund Freud doing in these movies?
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December 16, 2021 Can Denis Villeneuve make a movie out of Rendezvous with Rama?
What has a superbly detailed technical description of an interstellar megastructure and no characters or story?
Denis Villeneuve's latest film project.
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December 11, 2021 Why do we like Geralt of Rivia? The Witcher season 2
He smells terrible. He never has any money. And he's a violent killer.
There are a lot of reasons not to like Geralt of Rivia. But we do like Geralt of Rivia.
Why is that?
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December 08, 2021 Kim Stanley Robinson | Interstellar travel is a religious fantasy
Science fiction is fighting a doctrinal war. Between those who believe that humankind’s future is still the stars, and those – like Kim Stanley Robinson – who believe interstellar travel is a fantasy of religious belief. The science is clear, travel to other stars may well be forever beyond us. So why do we keep telling this story?
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December 05, 2021 The Unreal future of science fiction
I'm resisting the temptation to throw it all in and disappear down the Unreal Engine rabbit hole. Forget outer space, the future of humankind lies in the infinite exploration of inner space and the realms of the human imagination. But don't worry....the world-building AI will always need storytellers.
00:00 The Unreal Engine rabbit hole
04:44 Humans are never going to outer space
08:23 J G Ballard's take-down of outer space
10:12 The future of inner space
15:35 We are all science fiction creators
17:16 Even the gods of world-building still need storytellers
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November 30, 2021 Lord of the Rings = 1984 + Hobbits
On the surface Lord of the Rings and 1984 look very different. But JRR Tolkien and George Orwell were men of the same generation, the same class, and the same culture, writing about the same matter - power.
00:00 Tolkien & Orwell
04:24 Surface Exterior vs Deep Interior
07:12 Symbols vs Symbols
12:14 Class & Communism
13:18 1984 is the future where Sauron won the Third Age
15:09 Meaning vs Nihilism
16:40 We would use power for good...but can we resist using our One Ring?
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November 29, 2021 Dreams are messages from the deep : meditation on Dune
Denis Villeneuve's Dune opens with a sentence that is not in Frank Herbert's DUNE. "Dreams are messages from the deep". What do these words mean? And why does Denis Villeneuve choose to open his movie with them?
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