The Space Dreamers

Today's episode is an interview actor and poet Matty Cardarople. Matty has appeared in films and TV shows such as, Jurassic World, Logan Lucky, Dumb And Dumber Too, Stranger Things, and Netflix's A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

Matty has a new book of poetry coming out July 17, 2021, titled Happy Birthday Everyday.

You can get the book right here.

Matty is on Instagram @mattycardarople

I am on Instagram @thespacedreamers

Thank you for listening! And thank you Matty!

SPOILER ALERT!!!

In this episode we will discuss the film Shadow In The Cloud (2020) and we give away the entire plot. The movie is amazing. You should watch it before you listen to this.

Glide Path (1963) is Arthur C. Clarke's 10th novel. It is his only non-science fiction novel. It takes place during WWII.

Other things discussed: Greyhound, Shadow In The Cloud, The Terminator, The Mist, Dunkirk, Twister

Today's episode is an interview with Isaac and Virgilio Cortez of Hyper Three Studio. Hyper Three recently released the game TINY LANDS. We discuss making the game, and Isaac and Virgilio's journey from struggling indie game devs to celebrated creators of the indie hit TINY LANDS.

Check out Hyper Three Studio right here.

We are discussing Dolphin Island (1963) by Arthur C. Clarke today. This is Clarke's ninth novel.

Co-host: The Mother of all Space Dreamers 

Other science fiction discussed: The Deep Range, "Dog Star," Close Encounters of the Third Kind, A Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, Specimen Days, Independence Day 2

Today's episode is about the short story "The Road To The Sea" (1951) by Arthur C. Clarke.

Co-host: Amy

Other science fiction discussed: Army of the Dead, The City And The Stars, Stardust, The Abyss, 30 Days of Night, Zombieland, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, 300, The Stand, Unbreakable, Shadow In The Cloud, Overlord, Hurricane Heist

Today's episode is all about Tales Of Ten Worlds (1962) by Arthur C. Clarke, which is a collection of short stories.

Co-host: Amy

Other science fiction discussed: Children of Men, Code 46, The Wild Blue Yonder, “The Forgotten Enemy,” Next by Michael Crichton, Ad Astra, The White Diamond

We are discussing the 1981 BBC adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke's 1961 novel, A Fall Of Moondust.

Co-host: Heather

Other science fiction discussed: A Fall of Moondust (1961), Snow Crash, Soul by Joanna Russ, Houston, Houston, Do you Read? By James Tiptree, Jr., Code 46, Lord of the Rings, Sherlock Holmes, The Sandman, The Bourne Identity, Firefly, Solaris

Today's bonus episode is an interview with game developer Andrea Brasch of Lovable Hat Cult.

Check out Lovable Hat Cult here.

OR here.

BONUS EPISODE!

Join me in welcoming Bethany Pullen, host/creator of Chapter 3 Podcast to the show.

I was a guest on Chapter 3 Podcast and here I have repurposed the conversation for a bonus episode for The Space Dreamers. We discuss women sci-fi writers, book podcasting, and the short story "When It Changed" (1972) by Joanna Russ. 

It was a fun collaboration and I hope to do more collaborations in the future. Thanks for listening!

Find Chapter 3 Podcast here

Today's episode is all about A Fall Of Moondust (1961) by Arthur C. Clarke, his eighth novel.

Co-host: Heather

Other science fiction discussed: The Martian, Operation Avalanche, The Faculty, Airframe, Disclosure, Ready Player One, Snow Crash, Tales From The “White Heart,” Total Recall, The Poseidon Adventure, Devil (2010), Jumanji

This is a BONUS episode! Talking 

Discussing The Box (2009) and the short story it is based on (in the Reach For Tomorrow episode) made me want to read more by Richard Matheson. So this episode is a discussion of Matheson as a brand new author topic for this podcast, along with one of his collections of shorts stories.

Today we are talking about the short story collection Button, Button: Uncanny Stories (2008) by Richard Matheson. 

Co-host: Amy

Other science fiction discussed: The Box (2009), I Am Legend, The Twilight Zone, Shock Wave, The Creeping Terror, Mute, The Vegetarian, Never Let Me Go, 1922, The Feather Pillow, Lauren Beukes

We are discussing The Other Side Of The Sky (1958) by Arthur C. Clarke. It is a collection of short stories. 

Co-host: Heather

Other science fiction discussed: Tales From The “White Hart”, The Box, Click, Clockstoppers, Moonrise podcast, Passengers, Stardust, Southland Tales, Donnie Darko, Elysium, The Brass Teapot, A Fall of Moondust

We are discussing the collection of short stories titled Tales From The "White Hart" (1957) by Arthur C. Clarke.

Co-host: Mallory

Other science fiction discussed: Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Michael Crichton's The Lost World, The Illustrated Man, The Martian Chronicles, Depeche Mode's Sounds Of The Universe, Dune (1984), Godzilla Vs. Kong

In this episode we are discussing The Deep Range (1957), Arthur C. Clarke's seventh science fiction novel.

Co-host: Amy

Other science fiction things discussed: A Life Less Ordinary, The Meg, The Abyss, Day of the Dead (1985), Crank, The City and The Stars, Sphere, Pitch Black, Underwater, Jurassic Park, Godzilla Vs. Kong, Zack Snyder’s Justice League

We are discussing Reach For Tomorrow (1956) by Arthur C. Clarke. It is a book of short stories. 

Co-host: Heather

Other science fiction discussed: Day of the Dead (1985), The Core, Elysium, The Midnight Sky, Idiocracy, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Upgrade, The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, When the Sleeper Wakes, The Blair Witch Project, The Fourth Kind

We are discussing Arthur C. Clarke's sixth novel, titled The City And The Stars (1956) in today's episode of the Space Dreamers.

Co-host: Amy

Other science fiction discussed: Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 2001: A space Odyssey, Monster Hunter, The Fifth Element, Prometheus, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Abyss, Jurassic Park, The Terminator, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Primer, Rogue One, Pacific Rim

We are discussing Earthlight (1955) by Arthur C. Clarke in today's episode This is Clarke's fifth novel.

Co-host: Amy

Other science fiction discussed: Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 2001: A space Odyssey, Monster Hunter, The Fifth Element, Prometheus, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Abyss, Jurassic Park, The Terminator, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Primer, Rogue One, Pacific Rim

Today we are discussing Expedition to Earth (1953) by Arthur C. Clarke, which is a collection of short stories all previously published in magazines in the late 40s and early 50s.

Co-host: Heather

Other science fiction discussed: Prospect, Firefly, Lockout, The Mandalorian, The Midnight Sky, Solaris, Sunshine, Big Fish, Stardust, Mars Attacks!, Arrival, Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Ex Machina

Dominique Filhol, writer/director of the short film "The Nine Billion Names of God" (2018), joins me for an interview about his adaptation of the wonderful short story by Arthur C. Clarke. We discussed the short story and the short film in the previous episode titled The Nine Billion Names of God. 

A huge thank you to Dominique for joining me and sharing a love and admiration for ACC.

Find The Nine Billion Names of God here.

We are discussing the short story The Nine Billion Names of God (1953) by Arthur C. Clarke along with the 2018 short film adaptation by director Dominique Filhol. 

Co-hosts: Amy and Mallory

Other science fiction discussed: Knowing, Childhood's End, Signs, A. I. Artificial Intelligence, Axolotl, The Feather Pillow