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Abby and Alan continue to discuss the vast history of space horror in film, with a focus on one of the most famous horror franchises of all time, Alien. 

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Sources

• A New Yorker article by Adam Gopnik: The War Inside H.G. Wells from 2021
• New York Times Article by Mekado Murphy: How ‘Alien’ Spawned So Many Others from 2017
• ArtNet.com article by Tim Brinkhof: As Seen on ‘Alien’: H.R. Giger’s Biomorphic Nightmare
• War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast transcripts by HG Wells. 
• New Yorker Article by Dan Chiasson from 2018: “2001: A Space Odyssey”: What It Means, and How It Was Made
• PublicBooks.com article by Eleanor Johnson: Speaking the Monster: Ecofeminism in “Alien” and “Aliens”

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