We're finally back with a much delayed live recording from Dragon*Con 2017. We go through the con day by day!

This 42nd episode discusses the only thing that could possibly be appropriate: Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in its many forms. Spoilers, which don't matter in the slightest, are as abundant as logical holes and differences between releases of the story. Bring your towel, hit play, and whatever you do–Don't Panic!

• Check out Douglas Adams's cookie story (both versions!):
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Mandy and Michael talk about the brand new 2017 Wonder Woman, with only a few hours to have processed and thought about the movie after seeing it on opening weekend. If you're on the fence about seeing the movie, the first 24 minutes are spoiler free and may persuade you to watch the film sooner rather than later.

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Mand and Michael discuss three classic short stories from Isaac Asimov, celebrating the quotation from which the show gets its name.

• Isaac Asimov, The Complete Stories, Vol. 1 (Amazon Link)
• Short stories online links
  • "Nightfall" (1941)
  • "The Dead Past" (1956)
  • "The Last Question" (1956)
• Asimov Complete Stories, Vol. 2 (Amazon Link - Out of Print)
• Additional Recommendations
  • I, Robot (Amazon Link)
  • The Caves of Steel (Amazon Link)
  • The Gods Themselves (Amazon Link)

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Mandy and Michael resume their journey through the history of DC Comics in film, this time focusing on the Man of Steel's film adventures that essentially kicked off big budget superhero films altogether: The original 1978 Superman and its closely intertwined 1980 sequel Superman II.

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In this episode Mandy and Michael continue going through the Wheel of Time with books 4 and 5 in the series: The Shadow Rising and The Fires of Heaven. Michael's discovery continues while Mandy is able to do more than just listen in frustration.

If you're following along, the next Wheel of Time episode (to be recorded at an unknown date) will cover novels 6-8: Lord of Chaos, A Crown of Swords, and The Path of Daggers.

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Mandy and Michael continue going through the Batman films with the Schumacher directed entries: 1995's Batman Forever and 1997's Batman & Robin. After the last Batman discussion some of the feelings on these films are surprising!

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Mandy and Michael discuss the two Tim Burton directed Batman films, 1989's Batman and 1992's Batman Returns. Feelings are very different across these two films, their characters, and the interesting choices made by a director who has a very distinct style and no loyalty to the source material.

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This week Mandy and Michael talk about the first three novels in Robert Jordan's epic (in scope and length) series, The Wheel of Time. These three books are:

1. The Eye of the World
2. The Great Hunt
3. The Dragon Reborn

Michael is new to the series while Mandy grew up with it so two very different perspectives make for quite the conversation!

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Mandy and Michael talk about Rogue One, the first of what is likely to be many Star Wars anthology films. As the first non-numbered Star Wars film, what are the implications for the wider universe and general Star Wars enjoyment to come?

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