A Meal of Thorns 22 – THE TERRA IS A FORMER MISTRESS with Christian P. Haines

21/04/2025 1h 29min

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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Christian P. HainesTitles: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein, and The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz Host: Jake Casella BrookinsMusic by Giselle Gabrielle GarciaArtwork by Rob PattersonOpening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John BroughTranscriber: Kate DollarhydeReferences:Stephen King's The Shining and CarrieRafael Bernal’s His Name Was DeathMichel Nieva’s Dengue BoyDaryl Gregory’s When We Were RealAdrian Tchaikovsky’s Service Model, Christian’s review for ARBIo9Our Opinions Are CorrectHeinlein’s Starship TroopersChristian’s The Terraformers review for LARBNewitz’s AutonomousHeinlein’s Farmer in the Sky, The Rolling StonesArcherMilton FriedmanOrwell’s 1984Rand’s Atlas ShruggedJames S.A. Corey’s The ExpanseKim Stanley Robinson’s Mars TrilogyUrsula K. Le Guin’s The DispossessedIan McDonald’s New Moon trilogyFrank Herbert’s DuneSamuel R. Delany’s Babel-17Le Guin’s The Left Hand of DarknessJo Walton's Among Others and our episode on itHolly Jean Buck’s After Geoengineering"Engineering Swallows Up Politics"Neal Stephenson’s Termination ShockKSR’s AuroraMcKenzie Wark’s Molecular RedUlrich Haarbürste’s Roy Orbison Wrapped in ClingfilmStar Trek's “Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations”Spinoza’s idea of conatusWalter Kaufman's introduction to Martin Buber's I and ThouKant's Categorical ImperativeAbbot ElementaryDelany’s Trouble On TritonOctavia E. Butler’s Parable of the TalentsMarx’s CapitalJohn Brunner’s Stand on ZanzibarKohei Sato’s Slow Down: The Degrowth ManifestoKSR’s The Ministry for the Future, New York 2140Le Guin’s The Word for World is ForestGamers with GlassesFive Theses on Antifascist Game Criticism

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