May 28, 2023
We really enjoyed this one - it's about being autistic and trying to follow the rules when you're an inveterate anti-authoritarian, and it's also about cyborgs and spaceships and tentacle monsters and AI gods. Featuring the world's worst graduate advisor.
May 14, 2023
In this episode we are unduly harsh on a sequel to a book we both liked, which is kind of par for the course with sequels. Take it as a study of the peril of high expectations.
(This episode was recorded before we embarked on our ideological short novels series - apologies for any resulting continuity errors.)
May 7, 2023
We are glad to live in a world where a movie as weird as this can win Best Picture, and we have a lot to say about it. Our guest for this episode is Soyi Kim, doctor of comparative literature and art history (and big fan of this film, more to the point.)