Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2021-12-30
Books mentioned on Things You Thought You Knew - Bada Bing! with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and criticized Watchmen by Alan Moore and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is a classic anti-war novel that follows the life of Billy Pilgrim as he becomes unstuck in time and experiences the devastating Allied firebombing of Dresden during World War II.
Discussed“and one last point in kurt vonnegut's novel slaughterhouse five which ostensibly takes place in at the end of the second world war um and there's the other sort of historical details i won't get into what i was most intrigued by is the time travel that goes on in that and he actually captures that accurately”
Where to get it
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Watchmen
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons is a groundbreaking graphic novel set in an alternate history where superheroes are real, exploring complex moral dilemmas, Cold War tensions, and the psychological toll of vigilantism.
Critiqued“dr manhattan i forgot also is the is a character who lives in his world line and also sees his world line simultaneously okay this is uh of the uh dr manhattan from uh the watchman watson correct yes yes yes excellent yeah he's that's a pretty powerful guy yeah i mean once you have him what why have anything”
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