Episode: 31 Xenogenesis - Adulthood-Rites: II: PHOENIX Chapters 1 & 2

Posted on Sunday, Jun 20, 2021
In episode 31, Richard and Michael discuss how small mistakes in movies can really be bothering and how irritatingly stupid the humas are in the book.

Show Notes

In episode 31, Richard and Michael discuss how small mistakes in movies can really be bothering and how irritatingly stupid the humas are in the book.

Timestamps

00:00:00 - Start
00:00:32 - Welcome
00:01:13 - Richard prounances the unprounancable
00:01:43 - Oankali language basis
00:03:07 - If we miss stuff, it will be in the references
00:03:40 - Richard’s nerdiness is glorious - Harris’ Hawk [1, 2]
00:07:20 - Titanic’s sky was wrong [3]
00:12:40 - Nerd rant over
00:13:06 - Chapter 1 predictions
00:13:54 - Chapter 1 summary begins
00:15:13 - The ship larvae
00:17:20 - Oankali construct family - five-being model family
00:21:22 - Chapter 1 ends
00:21:43 - Signalling in Lo
00:22:38 - Oankali looking like Daleks
00:25:03 - Chapter 2 prediction
00:25:34 - Michael wants to rant about the chapter 2
00:26:51 - These people clearly have no idea how to handle a child
00:27:16 - Skull development [4, 5]
00:30:11 - Akin sliding and being mistreated
00:32:01 - Akin is incredibly smart
00:34:09 - Giving child alcohol
00:35:56 - London cholera outbreak [6]
00:39:01 - Men trying to poison Akin
00:39:46 - Michael’s beef with the chapter
00:49:58 - Level of the gun sophistication in the book [7 - 9]
00:59:26 - Outro

References

Harris’ hawk:

Titanic’s sky:

Bone development:

London cholera outbreak:

History of gun development:


Intro: L’Etoile danse (Pt. 1) by Meydan Outro: Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio

Hosts

Richard J. Acton

Richard J. Acton

A Human - for now.

Michael Glinka

Michael Glinka

A Human