Episode · Timcast IRL · 2020-05-14
Books mentioned on TimcastIRL #55 - Huge Chinese Rocket Piece Screamed over US Cities Narrowly Missing NYC
China is dropping rockets all over the place (no, really - ALL over the place), at the same time they're also targeting US vaccine development to fight the pandemic that originated in their country. Tim and Adam have some feelings.
Mentioned: Westworld, Minority Report by John D. Griffin and others, Back to the future by George Gipe and others, Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice, Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton, and Futu.re by Дмитрий Глуховский.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Westworld
Westworld is a popular science fiction media franchise that explores a futuristic amusement park populated by android hosts.
Discussed“have you seen Westworld I've seen the first season in parts of the second season I just finished that”
Where to get it
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Minority Report
Minority Report by John D.
Discussed“how about like a was the movie Minority Report where they walk into the subway and they look at the scanner”
Where to get it
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Back to the future
Back to the Future is a classic science fiction film written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, directed by Robert Zemeckis, and novelized by George Gipe, famously following time-travel adventures across decades.
Discussed“so a good example is Back to the Future right he goes to the Future it's 20 was it 2015”
Where to get it
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Interview With the Vampire
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice is a seminal gothic horror novel that explores immortality, guilt, and the complex relationships between vampires through the confession of the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac.
Discussed“that was a great book by the way the book in the movie not the book list oh the style I've seen interview with a vampire”
Where to get it
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Pandora's Star
Pandora's Star by Peter F.
Recommended“the anti-aging drug was a plot point in a book series by Peter F Hamilton there were people who were over a thousand years old Pandora's star is a great series”
Where to get it
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Futu.re
Futu.re by Dmitry Glukhovsky is a dystopian science fiction novel set in a grim future where humanity has conquered death, leading to extreme overpopulation and strict government control.
Recommended“check out the book future by Dmitry Glukhovsky clock offski earth is so overpopulated because people don't age”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“stupid monkey says the kovid 19 virus lockdown never being cured equals the 1984 novel Wars Wow”
“the kovat 19 virus lockdown never being cured equals the 1984 novel Wars”