649: I'm Gonna Marry That Robot Lady

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Put on your headset and get ready to jump into a polt, because we’re going to discuss “The Peripheral,” Prime Video’s adaptation of William Gibson’s novel. What makes its approach to certain famous sci-fi tropes unique? How interesting are the accents? Why is there an invisible car? We’ll answer those questions as soon as we flee to another stub....

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0:51.9	The incomparable. Number 649, January 2023.
0:59.6	Welcome back everybody to The Incomparable.
1:01.5	I am your host, Jason Snell, and this episode is about a TV show based on a book.
1:06.1	It's the peripheral from Amazon Prime Video, and based on the novel by William Gibson from 2014.
1:14.5	This show just ended late last year.
1:17.5	One season in Rumblings that there is a second season renewal coming, but it hasn't happened
1:23.9	yet.
1:24.2	But we're going to talk about it anyway because a lot of us love William Gibson on this podcast and science fiction TV But we're going to talk about it anyway because we, a lot of us love William
1:27.9	Gibson on this podcast and science fiction TV. And we thought this was worth talking about. Let me tell you
1:33.4	who is on this podcast with me. It's not just going to be a monologue. First off, two people I know are
1:39.7	dyed in the wool William Gibson fans. So we're going to start with them. Lisa Schmeiser is here.
1:44.3	Hello. Hi. I'm so excited to start with them. Lisa Schmeiser is here. Hello.
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