A Meal of Thorns 52- STAND ON ZANZIBAR with Dan Hartland

Brunner’s prescient classic about overpopulation: is it about overpopulation? Was it prescient? And, for that matter: what does it mean to be a classic? Reviewer and editor Dan Hartland joins to discuss these questions and more.

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Guest: Dan Hartland

Title: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner

Host:Jake Casella Brookins

Music byGiselle Gabrielle Garcia

Artwork byRob Patterson

Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough

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