What’s an alien without a purpose?
In this episode, we explore the first book of Jeff Vanderveer’s Southern Reach Trilogy. Is it a story of first contact? Horror? A love story? Perhaps a fairy tale? What mysteries does the lighthouse represent? What are “Hyperobjects? And why doesn’t anyone have a name?
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Hosts: Eric Bueschlen and Chris Herzberg
Show notes
We come up with the name of our podcast!
The journals as a plot device. (19 min.)
The writing on the wall (24:50)
The subterranean tower (29:00)
Our fascination with transformation? (33:00)
The lighthouse as a symbol (44:38)
Does the alien presence have a purpose? (48:10)
Why no names? And how about Ghostbird? (53:08)
Is she a hero? A Little Red Riding Hood type? (55:00)
The Hero’s Journey (57:30)
Selected links
Annihilation, the first in Vandermeer’s trilogy
How to Money
Zencastr
Stephen King
Flowers for Algernon
Avatar
Gaia
SARS
Invasion of the Body snatchers (film)
V (the 1984-1985 series)
The Blob
The Borg (Star Trek)
Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Authority, the second book in Vandermeer’s trilogy
Aliens
Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World by Timothy Morton
Storm Area 51 raid
CIA’s De-classified UFO docs
Greta Thunberg’s U.N. Address
Today Explained: Should We Burn Our Recycling?
Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood
Hyperion
Carl Sagan
