Campbell was obsesses with psychic powers being a science, mutation as evolution up, Slan by A.E. Dick mutants, House Of M, for those who are not Tamahome…, Spider-Man trying to “pass” as a mutant, the Scarlet Witch can re-write reality, to the beginnings of the superhuman genre, the origins of Superman, powerful superheroes are going to save us, Astounding -> Analog, John W. What we did to the neanderthals, this is super X-Men, the John W. It might have something to do with buildings marked SHOWERS but which really weren’t.”

Anyhow, even if they agreed to lead us, I felt uneasy as where we would wind up going. Maybe from their super-evolved lofty level we wouldn’t seem worth leading. I mean, maybe they wouldn’t want to lead us. But I always felt uneasy as to how they would view us. We were supposed to view them as our leaders.

“Here I am saying that mutants are dangerous to us ordinaries, a view which John W. Participants in the discussion include Jesse, Tamahome, Paul, and Mike.ġ954, The God Who Runs, bad titles, Next, Homo Aureus, The Man In The high Castle (TV series), hashtag marketing, an episode of The Twilight Zone, the film adaptation, Knowing, a working train-wreck, the main character has no sapience, autism, the diner scene, not just an exposition scene, the fake salesman, a lady with 8 boobs, shades of Total Recall, he’s looking for Jews, the secret police, the DCA are the secret police, the locals protect the mutant, Philip K. This is an unabridged reading of the story (1 hour 15 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. The SFFaudio Podcast #316 – The Golden Man by Philip K.

The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick