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constellary talesConstellary Tales is a speculative fiction (SF — science fiction and fantasy) magazine and podcast. The podcast examines SF storytelling on the page and screen and addresses (not too seriously) how SF intersects culture and society. Selected episodes feature interviews with writers and others in the SF world as well as narrated stories from Constellary Tales magazine.

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Constellary Tales #5. Robert Heinlein’s “All You Zombies” and “Predestination”

January 30, 2019 by Brian Hirt Leave a Comment

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Contents
(00:00) Robert Heinlein pushes the trope of recursive progeny to its absurd extremes in the 1959 short story "All You Zombies" (note: not about zombies). Brian and Ken discuss the story and the subsequent 2014 film adaptation Predestination and even kick around a few real-world (!) examples.
(29:45) Spoiler-free recommendations: Charles Burns's Black Hole, Neill Blomkamp's Alive in Joburg and District 9.

Get more Constellary Tales podcasts, and read original sf in the magazine at constellary.com.


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