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Paul Levinson talks about TV, movies, politics, social media, outer space, good food, science fiction; occasionally reads from his science fiction stories, plays concerts of his music, interviews other authors

Light On Light Through Paul Levinson

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Paul Levinson talks about TV, movies, politics, social media, outer space, good food, science fiction; occasionally reads from his science fiction stories, plays concerts of his music, interviews other authors

    Review of Constellation

    Review of Constellation

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 383, in which I review the first season of Constellation.
    Written blog post review of Constellation.
    Mentioned in the podcast:
    "The Chronology Protection Case": novelette, movie, radio play (audio book) It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles: novel, radio play of first chapter, video of book launch "The Other Car": short story, audio book written blog post review of Gerrit Van Woudenberg's Quantum Suicide  
     

    • 10 min
    Review of American Rust 2

    Review of American Rust 2

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 382, in which I review the second season of American Rust.
    written blog post review of the second season of American Rust

    • 7 min
    'It's Real Life' at the Philip K. Dick Film Festival

    'It's Real Life' at the Philip K. Dick Film Festival

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 381, a special Saturday episode of this podcast, in which Captain Phil and I talk about the Philip K. Dick Film Festival going on today at the Musuem of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens; a panel I'll be moderating there at 2:40 this afternoon on the Anatomy of a Feature Winning Script; my novel It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles which has just been published and for which no movie or TV script has yet been written (but a radio play has been adapted from the first chapter, see the links below); Philip K. Dick; and much more.
    The Philip K. Dick Film Festival It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles novel It's Real Life the radio play  
     

    • 43 min
    Review of 3 Body Problem season one

    Review of 3 Body Problem season one

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 380, in which I review the first season of 3 Body Problem.
    written blog post review of first season of 3 Body Problem science fiction works mentioned in the podcast: Ender's Game, Childhood's End, To Serve Man, Dune, Foundation

    • 8 min
    Book Launch and Reading of It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles novel at The Players

    Book Launch and Reading of It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles novel at The Players

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 379, in which I take you into the Book Launch and reading I did of It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles, my new novel, based on the award-winning short story of the same name, in the historic Players Club in New York City on March 27, 2024.
    "Paul Levinson's It's Real Life is a page-turning exploration into that multiverse known as rock and roll. But it is much more than a marvelous adventure narrated by a master storyteller...it is also an exquisite meditation on the very nature of alternate history." -- Jack Dann, The Fiction Writer's Guide to Alternate History Watch the video of the Book Launch here. Get the book here. Listen to the radio play adapted from the short story here. Listen to "If I Traveled to the Past" here. Interview about the novel here. More about The Players. More about the New York Society for General Semantics (sponsor of the Book Launch.)  

    • 1 hr 11 min
    Why Banning TikTok in the US Is a Bad Idea

    Why Banning TikTok in the US Is a Bad Idea

    Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 378, in which I present the many reasons that banning TikTok in the United States -- or even threatening to ban TikTok in the U.S. -- is a bad idea.

    • 14 min

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Great topics and Great songs

Well-spoken and intelligent conversation about fascinating topics. It's a lot of fun to listen to some of Paul's music history as well as the science fiction discussions. Then there's plenty of great music as well. It's entertainment, history and a lot more!

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