Episode Connections
Authors, stories. Isaac Asimov,
Foundation series. Upton Sinclair, “I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked.” Douglas Adams,
Hitchhikers’s Guide to the Galaxy series. Lewis Padgett, “Mimsy Were the Borogoves.”
Films.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
TV episodes, series.
Foundation.
Ideas. Grand narratives. Cultural identity. The politics of archeology. The veneration of history. Archeological evidence v. accepted narrative. Information is power.
Whoa - Hmmm - WTF. Bill says mostly Hmmm. Dan says yep.
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