PODCAST: Worldbuilding pilot
Apr 05, 2016•12 min
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Episode description
Finding the science hidden in fantasy novels
Produced by Dyani Sabin
Despite the magical trappings of fantasy, a well-designed world holds at least a smidgen of reality. In order to get at the science that underlies resurrection in Nnedi Okorafor's futuristic fantasy "The Book of Phoenix," this podcast talks to Ramin Rahni, a pHD candidate studying plant regeneration at New York University's Birnbaum Laboratory.
This podcast pilot is currently stand-alone.
While resurrection is still a fantasy, many of the ideas explored in fantasy worlds are quite scientific. [Image Credit: Mysticartdesign, CC0]
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