Nicholas Keating Casbarro on World-Building in 'Vitalerium'
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Marty speaks to Nicholas Keating Casbarro about the dystopian world in his book 'Vitalerium: Descent into the Void'.
Marty speaks to Nicholas Keating Casborro about the hard-scrabble, dystopian world portrayed in his book 'Vitalerium: Descent into the Void'. This is a far future space opera where faster than light travel is made possible by the exotic substance that serves as the title of the book, where humans have spread across multiple planets, where the politics are cynical, street life is vicious, human life disposable, and corruption endemic. This episode is lighter on the science and heav...
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Hosts: Marty Kurylowicz, Holly Carson
Guest: Nicholas Keating Casbarro
Topics covered
- world-building
- dystopian fiction
- space opera
- politics
- corruption
- human life
Keywords
- world-building
- dystopian
- space opera
- faster than light travel
- corruption
- politics
- human life
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Vitalerium: Descent into the Void
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