03b - "Eurema's Dam" (1973)

Originally recorded May 11, 2023

1973 had two winners. Listen to 3a - "The Meeting" if you haven't yet!

With over 70 stories to discuss, it was inevitable that one would disappoint. That story is Eurema's Dam. Albert the brilliant but dumb machinist rants and raves and invents, and in the end his words are lost to his audience and readers alike. Sam and Jack try and figure out what the Worldcon crowd in Toronto saw in this while arguing over whether the narrator also dislikes this story. With two stories about intelligence and Lafferty a... tad bitter about tying with "The Meeting", it is only natural to see which of the two stories has the edge. Ready Player One is mentioned for the first (and unfortunately not the last) time on the show.

Recommendations: 

The Social Network directed by David Fincher

"Why No Roman Industrial Revolution?" by Bret Devereaux @ A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Next Episode: 1966’s “'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman” by Harlan Ellison

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