The Search For Love- Part 2

In Part 1 we looked at how people look for love today with that Sci-Fi Eye. Part 2 of The Search for Love is all about what sci-fi has to say about finding love and relationships - and what we can learn from it about ourselves.  Why does falling in love with a robot isn’t sustainable? When does sex become sacred? And how can love be used as a ruling mechanism? 

Listen and find out:

Show Notes: References

• Her (2013), by Spike Jonze, with Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johannson.

• Ex Machina (2014) by Alex Garland, with Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Domnhall Gleeson. 

• Aldous Huxley, A Brave New World, (1931)

• Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)

• Aeluons, from Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers series (first published 2014)

• Gor, from John Norman’s Gor series (first published 1966)

Sound Bites

• "Swipe", Miracles of Modern Science - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PpBsRO7iWY

• "Blessed be The Fruit" - from The Handmaid's Tale TV series (2016), created by Bruce Miller - Hulu.

• "May the odds be ever in your favour" - from The Hunger Games film (2012), by Gary Ross, based upon the book of the same name by Suzanne Collins. Sound of actress Elizabeth Banks.