📚 2 Books mentioned in "Time Travel, Dreaming, & Free Will With Joseph Gordon-Levitt" of StarTalk Radio
Podcast: StarTalk Radio
Episode: Time Travel, Dreaming, & Free Will With Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Published on January 19, 2023
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Le avventure di Pinocchio
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So now I got to level with you; I read the original Pinocchio, the original pin, the original pin by...Cod from like a hundred years ago or something, correct?
In this segment, Neil deGrasse Tyson shares his experience of reading 'the original Pinocchio' and contrasts it with the Disney version, particularly mentioning differences such as the fate of Jiminy Cricket, who is simply referred to as 'Cricket' in the original text.
The Fellowship of the Ring
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I some people call it science fantasy, even; like they call the Lord of the Rings or The Sword of Shannara, or you know, these kinds of fantasy—the D&D Magic Gathering books that I used to read when I was a teenager—they call them 'science fantasy'.
During a discussion about the distinctions between science fiction and fantasy genres, the book 'The Lord of the Rings' is referenced, along with other works like 'The Sword of Shannara', as part of a conversation about how such works are categorized.