Episode 28 - Chicago (Thomas F. Monteleone)
From TBD - To Be Determined by Bill Williamson, Dan Kamm
November 30, 2024 · 39 min · Episode 28
About this episode
The episode explores themes surrounding robots and their implications on humanity through various literary and cinematic references.
Theme : If I had a million robots ... Episode Connections Authors, stories . Dean Koontz. Monteleone, The Time Swept City . Fritz Lieber, “A Pail of Air.” Roger Zelazny, “For a Breath I Tarry.” Tom Godwin, “The Cold Equations.” Ray Bradbury, “There Will Come Soft Rains.” Cyril Kornbluth, “Marching Morons.” Harlan Ellison, “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.” Jack Williamson, “With Folded Hands.” Films . Colossus . The Planet of the Apes film series. Finch . I, Robot . Wall-E . Star Wars . TV episodes, series . Car Talk. Star Trek (the original series). Ideas . Automated, smart cities. Robots. Post-apocalyptic Earth. Human devolution. What does it mean to be human? Whoa - Hmmm - WTF . Dan says … hmmm at best. Maybe we need to add Meh to the scale? Bill says yep. Previous episode : Roger Zelazny, “For a Breath I Tarry” Next episode : Alexander Malec, “10:01 AM” Music Credit : "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod ( Incompetech.com ). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Link : Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
People in this episode
Hosts: Bill Williamson, Dan Kamm
Guest: Thomas F. Monteleone
Topics covered
- robots
- automated cities
- post-apocalyptic Earth
- human devolution
- what it means to be human
Keywords
- robots
- automated cities
- post-apocalyptic
- humanity
- science fiction
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Time Swept City, A Pail of Air, For a Breath I Tarry, The Cold Equations, There Will Come Soft Rains, Marching Morons, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, With Folded Hands, Colossus, The Planet of the Apes film series
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