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Season 1, Episode 3: Why Sci Fi is a Mirror on Society
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While science fiction is associated with Mars, robots, and cyberpunk, its origin story is shaped throughout several centuries. Check out the origin of science fiction with Lindsay Ellis!
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
When the Book is Better than the Movie
Episode 2
The Evolution of YA
Episode 3
Why Sci Fi is a Mirror on Society
Episode 4
An Ode to the Romance Novel
Episode 5
How Fantasy Reflects Our World
Episode 6
Why did they make me read this in High School?
Episode 7
Can You Judge a Book by Its Cover?
Episode 8
Fear of Ghost...Writing!
Episode 9
Unreliable Narrators
Episode 10
Food & Fiction: Memorable Meals in Literature
Episode 11
Death, Personified
Episode 12
How Greek Mythology Inspires Us
Episode 13
The Beauty and Anguish of Les Misérables!