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The crew takes a look at a second work by Cixin Liu, this time a novel, and have some opinions on the premise and believability of the kids-only world, and even argue about what appraoch from the adults would have worked better! 0:00 Intro 2:00 Plot synopsis 3:40 Analysis of the premise, Lord of the Flies 9:36 John's opinion on mechanical maintenance and infrastructure 15:36 Violence and kids' empathy 21:22 Radiation realism 28:09 Doomsday clock 28:56 Charlie's hated trope 29:30 Americans, guns and games 37:43 The ending 43:51 Contest: What strategy would have worked better? 59:37 Best thing, worst thing 1:08:23 Outro and next book announcement