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How nerds protect the earth despite being marginalized – Interview with Anthony Lioi

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Anthony Lioi nerd ecology

How nerds protect the earth despite being marginalized – Interview with Anthony Lioi

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Interview Timeline

Anthony Lioi studies and teaches popular culture. He wrote a work on the ecology of nerds and their marginalization and we spoke about the topic. Nerd Ecology: Defending the Earth with Unpopular Culture (Bloomsbury, 2018)

0:51 – Anthony explains why he started studying nerds and environmentalism.

3:01 – Anthony talks about what a nerd is.

12:07 – Anthony talks about the Silmarrilion and the Lord of the Rings.

15:18 – Anthony talks about the nerd community and its diversity.

19:16 – Anthony talks about the many properties he discusses in the book.

22:27 – Anthony talks about when being a nerd became mainstream.

29:57 – Anthony talks about how much the global nerd community is focused on the US.

36:30 – Anthony talks about how the book is broken down.

41:34 – Anthony talks about how societies treat groups the majority thinks is inferior.

44:32 – Anthony talks about superheroes as uber-characters such as in The Boys.

52:41 – Picard spoiler – 53:58

54:31 – Anthony talks about some motivations for nerds to embrace the culture.

1:01:00 – Anthony talks about a new project focused on nerd environmentality.

1:06:46 – Anthony can be found at academia.edu

Links of interest

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https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nerd-ecology-defending-the-earth-with-unpopular-culture-9781472567642/

Contact Information

For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast. Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.

Guests: Anthony Lioi

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, academic, podcast, Bloomsbury,

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Book Suggestions

The most interesting fiction and fiction studies hardcover books being released each month!

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Jane Gilmartin interview about her science fiction novel “The Mirror Man” (MIRA, 2020)

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Jane Gilmartin interview about her science fiction novel “The Mirror Man”

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Interview Timeline

Jane Gilmartin has always been a sci-fi fan starting with Star Trek. She’s worked as a journalist for many years before publishing her first novel The Mirror Man about a cloning experiment gone awry. We spoke about the book, about sci-fi, about her admiration for David Bowie, and about her writing process.

0:28 – Jane talks about why she wrote The Mirror Man

1:37 – Jane talks about the protagonist, setting, and conflict of the novel.

3:13 – Jane talks about the research she did for the novel since it’s hard science fiction.

5:13 – Jane talks about actual science affected the plot of her novel.

6:05 – Jane talks about being a huge David Bowie fan.

7:27 – Jane talks about the novel’s protagonist.

8:58 – Jane talks about how she got into David Bowie’s music.

10:43 – Jane talks about her interest in Star Trek.

11:38 – Jane talks about the other sci fi she liked and all the sci-fi she watches.

16:26 – Jane talks about the aesthetic of the book.

17:22 – Jane talks about what the book might look like as a film.

20:20 – Jane talks about her writing process.

21:54 – Jane talks about other writing work she’s done.

24:19 – Jane talks about how her writing has changed over time.

27:00 – Jane talks about using advice from her book reading group and rewriting much of her book.

31:19 – Jane talks about further editing of the book.

34:48 – Jane talks about wanting to be in Starfleet.

38:45 – Jane talks about her next writing project.

41:26 – Jane can be found at janegilmartin.com and on twitter @janegilmartin3 and on instagram @imadj123

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/2TLldjI

https://www.janegilmartin.com/

https://twitter.com/JANEGILMARTIN3

https://instagram.com/imadj123

Contact Information

For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast. Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.

Guests: Jane Gilmartin

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, MIRA, science fiction, fiction,

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Cris Alvarez Full Contact Nerd Interviews