The more of these episodes I watch, the more impressed I am with the series. Even the fake cable-access show title "Second Nature" is a subtle wink to transhumanism. Most curious to me is how dated it seems at first blush, yet how relevant all of the topics still are. I'm having a blast catching up on them..
Beggars ought not be choosers, but if at all possible, please upload the "Weapons" episode. Otherwise, thanks for uploading these anyhow, such an important part of my childhood TV time.
Hal Clement is the man. I read _Mission of Gravity_ a little bit before reading Greg Egan's _Incandescence_, and I was surprised at how much they had in common to the point where I wondered if the decision was deliberate on Egan's part: arthropod-like aliens and a strong focus on gravity (as well as "weight" in _Incandescence_, much of which is centrifugal force). Then I read Robert L. Forward's _Dragon's Egg_ right after reading Egan's Orthogonal Trilogy, and it was déjà vu all over again, at least in terms of the aliens' physiology: vaguely amorphous with eyes in the backs of their heads and the ability to ossify parts of their body at will to create extra limbs.
Love seeing Hal Clement speak. I regret never getting to meet the great man, among many other of my favorite SF writers.
The more of these episodes I watch, the more impressed I am with the series. Even the fake cable-access show title "Second Nature" is a subtle wink to transhumanism. Most curious to me is how dated it seems at first blush, yet how relevant all of the topics still are. I'm having a blast catching up on them..
Beggars ought not be choosers, but if at all possible, please upload the "Weapons" episode. Otherwise, thanks for uploading these anyhow, such an important part of my childhood TV time.
Hal Clement is the man. I read _Mission of Gravity_ a little bit before reading Greg Egan's _Incandescence_, and I was surprised at how much they had in common to the point where I wondered if the decision was deliberate on Egan's part: arthropod-like aliens and a strong focus on gravity (as well as "weight" in _Incandescence_, much of which is centrifugal force).
Then I read Robert L. Forward's _Dragon's Egg_ right after reading Egan's Orthogonal Trilogy, and it was déjà vu all over again, at least in terms of the aliens' physiology: vaguely amorphous with eyes in the backs of their heads and the ability to ossify parts of their body at will to create extra limbs.
+ CaptainFelicitie
He's probably saying that because you can't build a fire.