Episode · SmartLess · 2024-12-16
Denis Villeneuve on SmartLess: every book mentioned
Life is in session right now, with Denis Villeneuve. Twilight anesthesia, addiction to power, teenage dreams… and Paddles still makes it to dinner.
Will Arnett discussed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. Denis Villeneuve discussed Dune by Frank Herbert, Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, and Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang is an acclaimed collection of speculative short fiction that explores complex philosophical, linguistic, and temporal concepts.
Discussed“one of the thing that I loved about the short story it was based on the story of your life written by Ted Chang that is a little Masterpiece”
Where to get it
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Dune
Dune by Frank Herbert is a sweeping science fiction epic set on the desert planet Arrakis, chronicling the rise of a young messiah named Paul Atreides amidst intergalactic political betrayal and the extraction of a valuable resource known as spice.
Discussed“recently I I've been more drown towards books that uh um all books that I've have been with me since a long time like the Dune books the books that I read when I was a teenager”
Where to get it
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Rendezvous with Rama
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C.
Discussed“I have the same relationship with the book that I I I um I'm starting to work on an adaptation of Archer C Clark rendevu with Rama which is a a space um movie that takes place in space”
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Dune Messiah
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert is the second science fiction novel in the seminal Dune series, exploring the complex political and religious consequences of Paul Atreides' rise to power.
Discussed“um it's the second book that would be the adaptation of dun Messiah which is the second book”
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