Illustrator and science fiction connoisseur Danielle Pajak describes her ideas on the art of sci fi, the means of communicating truth and beauty to the readers and watchers of science fiction books, movies, and TV shows. We talk about some of her major inspirations as an artist and many of her favorite sci fi writers, directors, of course Star Trek and her newest discovery, The Orville. We'll also talk a lot about her impressions of legendary figures in Sci Fi like Asimov, Herbert, Clarke, Hal Clement and Ted Chiang, and the importance of cinematic masters like Tarkovsky, Kubrick, and Denis Villeneuve. We'll sadly say goodbye to one of the great modern icons of the medium, Nichelle Nichols – Lt. Uhura of the Enterprise in Star Trek, the Original Series.

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Danielle Pajak

• Website
• Patreon
• @SayyadinaHeresy

Artists

• Makoto Fujimura
• Yoshitaka Amano
• Wassily Kandinsky

Cinema

• Andrei Tarkovsky
• Denis Villeneuve (IMDB

Sci Fi authors

• Hal Clement
• Ted Chiang
• Isaac Asimov
  • Foundation series
  • Robot series
  • The End of Eternity
  • The Gods Themselves
  • Nemesis
• Frank Herbert
  • Dune
• Robert Heinlein
  • Time Enough for Love
  • Stranger in a Strange Land
• Michael Flynn
  • In the Country of the Blind

Planet and Sky

• Rock opera (Bandcamp)
• Podcast (Apple Podcasts)
• Website

Open Pike Night (Twitter)

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