Toynbee Convecting for Beginners (episode 60)

About this episode

Phil and Colin discuss their findings on book and movie recommendations from a previous episode.

Back in episode 57, Colin and Phil recommended books and movies to each other. Now they act on those suggestions, reporting back with their findings. Will Phil appreciate Alan Dean Foster's Prism? Will Colin believe that you can journey to the Far side of the Sun? Join us as we travel by Toynbee Convector* *batteries not included For more detail on the items covered in today's show, check out the show notes at https://101sf.blogspot.com/2025/10/toynbee-convecting-for-beginners.html

People in this episode

Host: Phil

Guest: Colin

Topics covered

• book recommendations
• movie discussions
• science fiction
• Toynbee Convector
• Alan Dean Foster
• Prism
• Far side of the Sun

Keywords

• Toynbee Convector
• Alan Dean Foster
• Prism
• Far side of the Sun
• science fiction
• book recommendations
• movie discussions

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Prism, Far side of the Sun, Toynbee Convector

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