0038: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
We discuss the Hugo Award winning novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, a huge mainstream success. Then we take a quick look at High School recommended reading…
0037: Scanners Live in Vain, by Cordwainer Smith
Scanners Live in Vain by Cordwainer Smith is a classic story of the genre. So naturally we disagree over it, then switch things up by argueing about world-building. Links: Scanners…
0036: Tunnel Under the World, by Frederik Pohl
Feeling watched, counted, measured, tabulated and recorded? Maybe it's not the apps on your phone. Today we discuss Frederik Pohl's 1955 story "The Tunnel Under the World." Links: The Tunnel…
0035: The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester is featured in this episode, and then we take a personal journey into the writers and books that have inspired us. Links: The…
0034: Cities in Flight, by James Blish
We discuss the four-novel series "Cities in Flight" by James Blish in which entire cities lift off into space to search for economic opportunity. Then we argue the difference between…
0033: Tangent, by F. L. Clarke
Today we discuss the 1949 story Tangent, by the infamous F. L. Clarke, who was known as one of the worst human beings to become a science fiction writer, hated…
0032: Of Missing Persons, by Jack Finney
What happens to all the people who disappear? We find out in Jack Finney's "Of Missing Persons," which then leads into a discussion of The Twilight Zone and Ray Bradbury's…
0031: The Waveries, by Fredric Brown
Invading radio waves throw the world into chaos in Frederic Brown's The Waverlies. Then we come up with our own classifications for the types of alien invasion stories and discuss…
0030: The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out, By Reginald Bretnor
What are they? Gnurrs! Where do they come out? The voodvork! The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out is a classic humorous science fiction story by Reginald Bretnor, and appeared…
0029: Guilty Pleasures
We made each other read our guilty science fiction pleasures - swapping Magnus, Robot Fighter comic books and Hugh Walters' U.N.E.X.A. space adventure series. After making fun of both, we…