A Meal of Thorns 62- THE VOICE OF THE DOLPHINS with Gerry Canavan

“If KSR could just write pamphlets!” Noted SF scholar Gerry Canavan joins to discuss The Voice of the Dolphins, a collection of science fiction stories with extremely pointed politics from physicist Leo Szilard. Credits: Guest: Gerry Canavan Title: The Voice of the Dolphins by Leo Szilard Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough References: The podcast(s) Grad School Vonnegut/Grad School Achebe with Aaron Bady The Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of The Rings David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest qntm’s There Is No Antimimetics Division & “Lena” The SCP Foundation “Filing the Serial Numbers Off”; see for instance Jenny Hamilton’s piece at Reactor 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James Buffy the Vampire Slayer Dracula by Bram Stoker Dave Eggers The Shelved by Genre podcast, specifically the Tolkien season Rick and Morty The “Oppenheimer moment” of Christopher…