TMTYR Episode #15: A Heinlein Timeline (Predestination)

Ringing in the new year with a brand new film, the Pavement Pounders discuss the new film Predestination, currently in limited theaters and video on demand.  The film is adapted from Robert Heinlein’s 1959 short story “-All You Zombies-“. Boys will be boys, and the Pavement Pounders got caught in a temporal underwear discussion loop.  It’s not … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #15: A Heinlein Timeline (Predestination) →

Ringing in the new year with a brand new film, the Pavement Pounders discuss the new film Predestination, currently in limited theaters and video on demand.  The film is adapted from Robert Heinlein’s 1959 short story “-All You Zombies-“.

Boys will be boys, and the Pavement Pounders got caught in a temporal underwear discussion loop.  It’s not pretty.  Seth could’ve edited it out, but for all we know, that would unravel the fabric of reality.  Get it?  Fabric?  I’ll be here all week.

Rankings!:

Colin/James/Seth:

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Notes:

Predestination trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVOpfpYijHA
Blastr article with first 7 minutes of film and link to PDF story: http://www.blastr.com/2014-12-8/watch-first-7-minutes-mind-bending-heinlein-inspired-flick-predestination
Escape Pod audio production of “–All You Zombies–“: http://www.sffaudio.com/?p=7804
Grandfather Paradox in the story: http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/grandfather_paradox.html
Explaining the end of the story: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=730952
Diagram of the timeline in the story: http://www.heinleinsociety.org/rah/works/shortstories/images/Zombies.gif
Slashdot thread: http://beta.slashdot.org/story/212045
Seth’s review of The Man Who Folded Himsef: http://seth.heasley.net/blog/2011/08/the-man-who-folded-himself-by-david-gerrold/
Two Book Minimum, featuring Sean Ferrell, author of Man in the Empty Suit: http://cavecomedyradio.com/twobookminimum/sean-ferrell-sean-crespo
isfdb.org listing for “The Minority Report”: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?845776