Dissecting Worlds Series 10, Ep 6: Animal Men

Published: Feb. 9, 2016, 12:30 p.m.

This time our hulking lizardman and tiny seagull look at animals in science fiction. So that is uplifted earth creatures and coincidentally similar aliens with special attention on:

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  • Planet of the Apes in its sundry incarnations
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  • David Brin's Uplift Saga magnus opus
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  • Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time
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  • Cat girls and anthropomorphic Space Aliens
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  • With nods to other pulp and hard SF takes on the tropes.
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  • And we utterly fail to cover Elephant Men despite wanting to
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  • Matt's bookshelf features Rome which will be a surprise.
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Pray dear listeners it's our conclusions episode next so let's have your feedback and ideas - emails and mp3s to dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk or find us on FACEBOOK or @dissectingwrlds on Twitter.