Joe and Mark reflect on the Re-Creative journey so far, after two complete seasons, and over forty episodes. 

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Re-Creative is produced by Donovan Street Press Inc. in association with MonkeyJoy Press. 

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"If you could write – and consume – only one of these genres of science fiction, what would you pick? Space opera. Post-Apocalyptic. Or Cyberpunk?" This is the diabolical question that Mark poses to Joe and their guest, renowned Canadian science fiction writer, Robert J. Sawyer. 

Everyone has an answer and it connects with the piece of art that Rob has chosen to talk about – the 1968 science fiction classic, Planet of the Apes.

For Rob, the film (and book it was based upon) shows how science fiction can tackle the most pressing and important issues of the day. In the case of Planet of the Apes: race relations and nuclear war.

Mark, Joe and Rob have an engaged and engaging conversation about Planet of the Apes, science fiction in general, and Rob's career in particular.

 Fans won't want to miss this conversation!

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Re-Creative is produced by Donovan Street Press Inc. in association with MonkeyJoy Press. 

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Joe and Mark are joined by a veritable Swiss Army Knife of writers, Mark Leiren-Young.

Mark has written in multiple genres and formats, including television, animation, journalism, comedy, theater, and film. And he loves him some Spider-Man.

Oh, and Kurt Vonnegut too, so you know that Mark LY gets along with both the lads like a house on fire!

They NERD OUT in this podcast, talking about how Vonnegut influenced Mark LY in his writing. The three discuss Mark LY’s career, which has included stints writing for television, animation, and they even get into how he became the media’s go-to guy for discussions of how to save the Orca.

Lately, Mark has been teaching at the University of Victoria, doing courses on the storytelling in Pixar, DC and Marvel universes, which gives the three an opportunity to talk about the Batman too.

Listen in on this fun and rollicking conversation!

For more info, check out the show notes for this episode. 

Re-Creative is produced by Donovan Street Press Inc. in association with MonkeyJoy Press. 

Contact us at joemahoney@donovanstreetpress.com