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.
Xenogenesis is a wild, weird tale about aliens, gender, and survival, sparking a lot of deep conversation by the Lizard People who are certainly still human and not at all reptilians from another planet. As always, the discussion is majorly spoilerific, so do try to read along before you listen to the podcast.
As a reminder, after next session’s Culture Club episode, the Lizard People will be covering Kim Stanley Robinson’s Aurora, so get ready by getting it read.
Check us out on twitter @DRLizardPeople, email us at lizardpeopledearreaders@gmail.com and feel free to wake Peter up if he is sleeping, he won’t mind.
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)!
Episode 00012 will be Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson, all about space and stuff. Fun!
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In this Culture Club episode, we attempt to discuss the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer but end up talking about how bad Man of Steel is, and why Zack Snyder is not a good filmmaker.
Later we manage to talk about other things, like how bad Batman v Superman is going to be (because of Zack Snyder) and how good Suicide Squad COULD be (because of David Ayer). Go see Fury. Peter talks about Elite: Dangerous, we discuss the promise of VR.
Dope, which is back in theatres for a limited time, is George's favorite movie of the year (along with Mad Max). Go see it.
"Remember, kids, being a nerd means relentlessly criticizing everything you claim to love."
The book for Episode 00010 is The Grace Of Kings by Ken Liu.
As always, if you have any thoughts, questions, hopes, dreams, fears, recipes, or brainworms, please write us at lizardpeopledearreaders@gmail.com, tweet us at @DRLizardPeople or draw Peter's face on a coconut and mail it to us.
Nathan, Peter and George discuss Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. 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.
The book for Episode 00010 has been announced and it is The Grace Of Kings by Ken Liu.
As always, if you have any thoughts, questions, hopes, dreams, fears, anxieties, or personalities, please write us at lizardpeopledearreaders@gmail.com, tweet us at @DRLizardPeople or throw a paper airplane at Peter’s big noggin.
George forces further discussion of Taylor Swift's Bad Blood video.
Further discussion of the upcoming motion picture The Martian, the hot garbage that is Tomorrowland, and the hotter garbage that was Mission to Mars.
Also: sex and morality in The Witcher 3, carving up mooks in Bladestorm Nightmare, trampling peasants in Mount & Blade.
Also also: The many lies (and telephones) of Sven Hassel, the King Under The Mountain, and the justly obscure Wizard in Rhyme fantasy series.
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We discuss THE PERIPHERAL, by William Gibson. Flynne Fisher witnesses a murder during what she thinks is a straightforward security detail in a video game. Present and past touch each other in weird ways as she hunts for the killer, and vice versa.
This episode contains extensive spoilers, so consider reading the book before listening.
As always, you can write to us at lizardpeopledearreaders@gmail.com, tweet to us at @DRLizardPeople, or write your questions on the underside of your desk on a Monday morning.
George forces us to watch the video for Taylor Swift's Bad Blood.
The band Algiers has a new album, called Algiers. It's good. Stompy Southern Gothic Industrial Gospel. Like you do.
Peter has been playing Bloodborne and watching Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex.
And finally, we chat about MAD MAX: FURY ROAD: what we loved (everything), what we hated (nothing), how it compares to the earlier movies, and why it makes MRAs so verreh mad.
As always, you can write to us at lizardpeopledearreaders@gmail.com, tweet to us at @DRLizardPeople, or shout your questions into a dark well.
[Due to unforeseen circumstances, our discussion of William Gibson's THE PERIPHERAL has been delayed. Instead, we bring you this previously recorded episode, from the Before Times]
Peter, George, and Nathan discuss The Martian, by Andy Weir. An astronaut is stranded alone on Mars. With some potatoes. CAN HE SURVIVE?! MAYBE!
This episode contains extensive spoilers, so consider reading the book before listening. Or you could wait until the movie (starring Matt Damon!) comes out, but maybe they'll change a bunch of stuff, who knows.
Episode 00006's book will be THE PERIPHERAL, by William Gibson.
As always, you can write to us at lizardpeopledearreaders@gmail.com.
George has some followup thoughts about The Bees
Nathan has watched one episode of Daredevil, and a season and a half of Orphan Black.
Peter likes Patlabor, the anime show about giant police robots with giant revolvers.
The discarded subplots of Game of Thrones
Mayweather vs Pacquiao
George promises not to talk about wrestling
George talks about Lucha Underground
Seminal kung fu movie Five Deadly Venoms
Trash Humpers (not recommended)
and, of course, the trailer for The Force Awakens.
Next episode is a book club discussion about William Gibson's The Peripheral.
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Peter, George, and Nathan discuss Laline Paull's award-winning 2014 novel THE BEES, a coming-of-age novel about a worker bee named Flora 717. Go read it; we'll wait.
This episode contains extensive spoilers, so consider reading the book before listening. Or, since studies show that spoilers don't decrease the enjoyment we get from media, read the book after listening to the episode. You could do both at once but it'd probably get confusing.
Episode 00004's book will be THE PERIPHERAL, by William Gibson, if you'd like to get a head start.
If you have questions or comments for the LIzard People about The Bees, The Peripheral, or anything we've discussed so far, you can email us at lizardpeopledearreaders@gmail.com or send it to our Ask box on our Tumblr, which is lizardpeopledearreaders.com.