Mind Duck Books

An episode lost in time recorded in 2024 finally released with the movie adaptation coming out. It's the thrilling sci-fi fungal drama that we enjoyed much more that we should have.
00:00 Intro
02:51 David Koepp
28:03 Spoilers and plot
#david #koepp #cold #storage #fungus #scifi #horror #suspense

A Czech sci-fi classic from 1920 that is the origin of the word "robot". This episode has been a long time coming and I am very happy that it worked out to have Rudolf Rosa a researcher in computational linguistics as a guest. Rudolf is is also behind project "Robot writes a play" that was a special occasion to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the book R.U.R by using machine learning and large language models to write a theater play. This time about people by a robots. Join us on this episode to discuss the story of Rossum's Universal Robots, what really is the difference between people and robots and what does it mean to have a soul.

Notes:
00:00 Intro
16:25 Karel Capek
24:48 Spoilers and plot
01:02:40 Inevitable AI / language model discussion
#karel #capek #robot #rur #artificial #inteligence #ai #large #language #model #rudolf #rosa #gpt

One of the most popular writers in Asia, one of the most beloved detective mysteries in Japan. Can it live up to it's praise? Paul and I finally read Paul's wife's favorite book to find out.

Notes:
00:00 Intro
06:53 This is so Japanese
08:16 Mystery is an obsession in Japan
11:04 Why don't we read more detective stories?
19:28 Spoilers and Plot
#devotion #suspect #x #keigo #higashino #crime #mystery #detective #galileo #japan

On this episode we look at the whole series and consider it as a whole. To follow our tradition with book series we put together some lists:
- All 6 books from worst to best
- Top 5 best and worst things about the Dune series
- Top 5 biggest nonsensical things in the series
- Top 3 Quotes
- Top 5 tips how to pick up women by Duncan Idaho

00:00 Intro

03:13 Is this the best book series?

07:04 All 6 Books from worst to best

17:39 Top 5 Best

34:56 Tob 5 Worst

43:33 Top 5 Random Nonsense!

51:30 Top 5 Tips How to Pick up Women by Duncan Idaho

57:58 Top 3 Quotes

#frank #herbert #dune #series #hexalogy #top #best #worst #list #duncan #idaho

It's time for a catch up episode which means more guests and more books. Martin joined us to discuss the Dresden files and the first book in the series Strom Front by Jim Butcher who looks like a fashionable buff wizard. Kristyna told us about the Vlad Taltos series and the first book in the series Jhereg by Steven Brust. Finally, I tried to one up myself and read something out of the ordinary again - GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human by Thomas Thwaites.

Notes:
0:00 Intro
12:00 Dresden Files - Strom Front
39:21 Vlad Taltos - Jhereg
1:12:06 GoatMan
#dresden #files #vlad #taltos #jhereg #goat #man #goatman #jim #butcher #steven #brust #thomas #thwaites