2.7 Author Interview with Ryan Britt

The Oscar Project Podcast

In today's interview, I speak with Ryan Britt, a fiction and non-fiction author who has written for Inverse, Esquire, The New York Times, and StarTrek.com, among others. His first two books were Luke Skywalker Can’t Read and Other Geeky Truths and PHASERS ON STUN! How the Making and Remaking of Star Trek Changed the World. He joins me to talk about his latest book, The Spice Must Flow: The Story of Dune, from Cult Novels to Visionary Sci-Fi Movies.
Listen to hear how Dune might have been different if it was published today, the genesis of Dune in the coastal seagrass of Oregon, and how the various film versions of Dune have had success or failure.
Books mentioned in this episode include:

• Dune by Frank Herbert
• New World Or No World by Frank Herbert
• A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch's Dune. An Oral History. by Max Evry
• Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert by Brian Herbert
• Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner by Paul M. Sammon
• The Three-Body Problem Series by Cixin Liu
• The Winner by Teddy Wayne
• The Great Man Theory by Teddy Wayne
• Double or Nothing by Kim Sherwood
• A Spy Like Me by Kim Sherwood

Films mentioned in this episode include:

• Star Wars directed by George Lucas
• Alien directed by Ridley Scott
• Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott
• Dune directed by David Lynch
• Dune directed by Denis Villeneuve
• Guardians of the Galaxy directed by James Gunn
• Black Mirror
• Foundation
• For All Mankind
• Blade Runner 2049 directed by Denis Villeneuve
• Dune: Part 2 directed by Denis Villeneuve
• The Life Aquatic directed by Wes Anderson
• Adaptation directed by Spike Jonze
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn directed by Nicholas Meyer
• James Bond
• Star Trek First Contact directed by Jonathan Frakes

Follow Ryan on Twitter (@RyancBritt) or Instagram (@ryan.britt) and check him out at the Tucson Book Festival on March 9th.