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…
0028: Born of Man and Woman, by Richard Matheson
This episode we consider Richard Matheson's Born of Man and Woman. Then after a short detour through ABC's Movie of the Week, we discuss the importantance of The Magazine of…
0027: Betelgeuse Bridge by William Tenn
This episode we talk about interstellar confidence tricksters in William Tenn's Betelgeuse Bridge, which leads us into Galaxy Magazine and the rapid growth of science fiction publishing in the 1950s.…
0026: Mathematics of Magic, by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt's The Mathematics of Magic has adventurer Harold Shea discovering a way to travel to the realms of fantasy using math. Following that, we…