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Podcast: Re-Creative: A podcast about inspiration and creativity
Episode: Robert J. Sawyer: Planet of the Apes (and much, much more!)
Description: "If you could write – and consume – only one of these genres of science fiction, what would you pick? Space opera. Post-Apocalyptic. Or Cyberpunk?" This is the diabolical question that Mark poses to Joe and their guest, renowned Canadian science fiction writer, Robert J. Sawyer. Everyone has an answer and it connects with the piece of art that Rob has chosen to talk about – the 1968 science fiction classic, Planet of the Apes.For Rob, the film (and book it was based upon) shows how science fiction can tackle the most pressing and important issues of the day. In...