Ep 011 - The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

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🗓️ 22 April 2013

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

H. G. Wells' classic "scientific romance" The War of the Worlds is perhaps the earliest known example of Martian invasion fiction.

Of course, it's more than just early science fiction. Wells uses the invaders to put Humanity in its place, zapping them with a heat ray of humility right at the height of European colonialism.

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0:00.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well told tale,
0:05.0	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:10.0	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Welcome to Overdo. It is a podcast about the books that you've been meeting to read. My name is Craig.
0:40.0	My name is Andrew. And it is the 11th episode of our show, not quite as wonderful a number as Dan.
0:47.0	Every episode is just as important to me.
0:51.0	Wait, you don't have a favorite child?
0:55.0	Nope, I love all my podcasts equally.
0:58.0	What other podcasts do you love?
1:01.0	No, just all 11 episodes of our show.
1:04.0	Well, we haven't recorded 11 full episodes yet. We're just starting the 11th episode.
1:08.0	The podcast might disband.
1:10.0	When does a podcast become a podcast?
1:13.0	Does it become a podcast at the point where you start reading that book?
1:20.0	These are heavy questions that are going to decide policy.
1:23.0	When does a podcast become a podcast, Andrew?
1:26.0	No, I don't think a podcast is a podcast until you are exporting the edited audio.
1:31.0	I don't like your liberal views.
1:35.0	I can't measure up with that.
1:39.0	But yeah, this is about books, I guess.
1:42.0	Yeah, each read each. God, I do that every week.
1:45.0	Every week.
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