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Constellary Tales #6: Philip K. Dick’s “The Minority Report,” Guest Mark Linsenmayer

February 28, 2019 by Brian Hirt Leave a Comment

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(00:00) PEL’s Mark Linsenmayer joins Brian and Ken to help push through the philosophical thicket of causality and precrime (and prepunishement) in Philip K. Dick’s short story, “The Minority Report.”

(33:12) Mark and Ken square off in a game of trivia about Philip K. Dick movie adaptations Blade Runner and Total Recall.

(47:44) Spoiler-free recommendations: Harry Bates’s “Farewell to the Master,” Yan Han’s Animal World

Thanks to Vaneza Callejas for reading the short passage from Lewis Carrol.

Get more Constellary Tales podcasts, and read original sf in the magazine at constellary.com. Also check out PEL #175 on Blade Runner.