Aurora, by Kim Stanley Robinson feat. Will Smith (LPDR00014)
Release Date: 04/13/2016
We Are All David Bowie (LPDR00017)
Lizard People, Dear Readers
In this hard-hitting episode, the guys share their thoughts on the summer superhero block-breaker Deadpool. At least until the discussion devolves into a discussion on the topsy-turvy world of modern geekdom. Anyway, George and Peter liked it. Nathan gets into literally photogenic walking simulator Firewatch. George and Nathan share some touching (and confusing) memories of the Prydain Chronicles. George buys a soundtrack, Nathan tells a pun, and Peter's dog votes to make his carpet great again. Then George's computer dies in a fire.
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The Three-Body Problem, by Cixin Liu (LPDR00016)
Lizard People, Dear Readers
It's time to discuss , Cixin Liu's Hugo-Award-winning novel about bodies, problems, orbital mechanics, human collaborators to alien invaders, and the evil version of The Last Starfighter. Among other things. In this episode, we apologize to Ken Liu (who is definitely listening) and mangle some Mandarin names despite by Mo of Mo's Reads. This episode contains extensive spoilers, so consider reading the book before listening. The book for Episode 00018 is , by N.K. Jemisin, which is nominated for this year's Hugo Award for Best Novel. As always, you can write to us at , tweet to us at , or...
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The War of Galactic Aggression (LPDR00015)
Lizard People, Dear Readers
In this episode the guys share their thoughts on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, tackling some deep philosophical questions. What's the best kind of lightsaber fight? Are wookies mammals? Does JJ Abrams know how space works? Where are all the A-Wings? After that, George, Nathan, and Peter talk about the Martian, and the many rescues and non-rescues of Matt Damon. Super-hero / noir series Jessica Jones gets a lot of love, and George gets up on his soapbox, which it turns out is full of comic books. Meanwhile, Peter's been playing The Witness, and reading Lev...
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Aurora, by Kim Stanley Robinson feat. Will Smith (LPDR00014)
Lizard People, Dear Readers
It's our first episode with a guest host! We're joined by Will Smith to discuss , by Kim Stanley Robinson. ...
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Robots, Humans, and Eldritch Horrors (LPDR 00013)
Lizard People, Dear Readers
It's a mild winter here in, uh, Earth, but not warm enough to stop us from hibernating for two months instead of uploading this episode! Weird! ...
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Xenogenesis (Lilith's Brood) by Octavia Butler (LPDR 00012)
Lizard People, Dear Readers
It’s another episode from the vault! The Lizard People discuss Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis saga (also known as the Lililth’s Brood series), consisting of Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago. ...
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Games, Lies, and Phil Collins (LPDR 00011)
Lizard People, Dear Readers
[Hey Listeners/Readers/Lizards, due to conflicts with some menacing lizard-people-underground-illuminati conferences, we present you an episode from THE VAULT (thunder, lightning). Next episode will be a discussion of Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis, with Aurora following hot on its heels.] ...
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The Grace of Kings, by Ken Liu (LPDR 00010)
Lizard People, Dear Readers
This episode contains extensive spoilers, so consider reading the book before listening. Or do what Nathan did and give up a third of the way through. Why did he do that? Listen and find out! It's probably not what you think (it's exactly what you think)!
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37 Bad Things and Two Good Things about Zack Snyder (LPDR 00009)
Lizard People, Dear Readers
In this Culture Club episode, we attempt to discuss the but end up talking about how bad Man of Steel is, and why Zack Snyder is not a good filmmaker. ...
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Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie (LPDR 00008)
Lizard People, Dear Readers
Nathan, Peter and George discuss . This multiple award-winning book details a one-time spaceship’s quest for revenge, while exploring themes of gender, empire and consciousness. The episode contains extensive spoilers, so please think about reading the book before you give the ol’ podcast a listen. Come for the podcast, stay for the rehashing of the classic Enterprise versus Death Star debate. ...
info_outlineIt's our first episode with a guest host! We're joined by virtual reality talk show host Will Smith to discuss Aurora, by Kim Stanley Robinson.
What's Aurora, you ask? Well, you should probably read the book before you listen to the episode, but it's a touching tale of generation ships, systems ecology, island biodiversity, emergent AI, and what happens when you throw a bunch of people into a sealed tube for 140 years.
This is the kind of book that should be right up our metaphorical alleys, since most of us have a deep love of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars series and all of us are into spaceships.
Check out Will's virtual reality talk show, FOO TV, and follow him on twitter at @willsmith
As always, you can reach us at [email protected] or tweet to us at @DRLizardPeople.
Episode 00016's book won the 2015 Hugo Award for best novel. It's The Three-Body Problem, by Cixin Liu! Get excited!