Get out your pocket knife and stick to the Wheel—we’re a traveling band of podcasters who move from town to town to re-enact conversations from before the apocalypse! Or at least that’s who we’d be in our version of the HBO Max miniseries, “Station Eleven.” We discuss the moving, optimistic post-apocalyptic tale that is told in a fractured time sequence and features lots of Shakespeare and a suspiciously powerful self-published graphic novel. And though there’s definitely no “Station Twelve” on the horizon, we can’t help but imagine what other stories are there just waiting to never be told.
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A Reader’s History of Science Fiction: #20 - Philip K. Dick
Despite his often inconsistent writing, Philip K. Dick is notable for having more film adaptations of his novels and short stories than almost every other sci-fi author, making him one of the most important writers of the New Wave. Here, we explore an overview of his work.
Book recommendation: Time Out of Joint
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A Reader’s History of Science Fiction: #25 - Strange New Worlds
While much of the New Wave was about exploring inner space, some authors were still writing about exploring other words. In this episode, we see how this subgenre of "strange new worlds sci-fi" developed, both through Star Trek and through the literature of the time.
Book recommendation: by Christopher Priest.
https://readershistoryofscifi.libsyn.com/25-strange-new-worlds
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A Reader’s History of Science Fiction: #35 - Time Travel Part II: Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey
Time travel has used in many different ways by many different writers across history. In this episode, we take a whirlwind tour of ten common time travel tropes to see how they have contributed to the genre.
https://readershistoryofscifi.libsyn.com/35-time-travel-part-ii-wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey
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A Reader’s History of Science Fiction: #34 - Time Travel Part I: The Classics
Time travel had a long history in science fiction, but it noticeably ramped up beginning in the 80s. In this episode, we explore some of the classic and iconic time travel stories of recent decades.
Book recommendation: by Connie Willis.
https://readershistoryofscifi.libsyn.com/34-time-travel-part-i-the-classics
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A Reader’s History of Science Fiction: #27 - Feminist Science Fiction
Among the various social changes that accompanied the New Wave, this time period saw the rise of second-wave feminism. In this episode, we explore how that movement influenced the genre of science fiction.
Book recommendation: by Ursula K. Le Guin.
https://readershistoryofscifi.libsyn.com/27-feminist-science-fiction
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A Reader’s History of Science Fiction: #31 - Alien Artifacts and Alien Contact
Stories about the discovery of mysterious alien artifacts, and the similar challenges of first contact, became prominent in the 70s and 80s. Some of them we have discussed before, but many are new. In this episode, we see an overview of these stories.
Book recommendation: Contact by Carl Sagan
https://readershistoryofscifi.libsyn.com/31-alien-artifacts-and-alien-contact
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S2E3: Constructed Languages in Science Fiction | Science Meets Fiction
Science fiction frequently plays with language in different ways to explore the concepts of philosophy, culture, and cognition; and constructed languages (or conlangs) are a big part of that. In this episode, I highlight how conlangs have contributed to the genre over its history.
https://sciencemeetsfiction.com/2022/07/11/s2e3-constructed-languages-in-science-fiction/
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adrienne maree brown — “We are in a time of new suns” | The On Being Project
“What a time to be alive,” adrienne maree brown has written. “Right now we are in a fast river together — every day there are changes that seemed unimaginable until they occurred.” adrienne maree brown and others use many words and phrases to describe what she does, and who she is: A student of complexity. A student of change and of how groups change together. A “scholar of belonging.” A “scholar of magic.” She grew up loving science fiction, and thought we’d be driving flying cars by now; and yet, has found in speculative fiction the transformative force of vision and imagination that might in fact save us. Our younger listeners have asked to hear adrienne maree brown’s voice on On Being, and here she is, as we enter our own time of evolution. This conversation shines a light on an emerging ecosystem in our world over and against the drumbeat of what is fractured and breaking: working with the complex fullness of reality, and cultivating old and new ways of seeing, to move towards a transformative wholeness of living.
https://onbeing.org/programs/adrienne-maree-brown-we-are-in-a-time-of-new-suns/
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When imagining our future, what can sci-fi teach us? – books podcast | Books | The Guardian
This week, Richard sits down with duo Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, who write science fiction together under the name James SA Corey. Their bestselling space-opera series, The Expanse, which started in 2012 and is due to end in 2021, is set in the middle of the 24th century, when humanity has colonised the solar system. Human society is now beyond race and gender, and is instead divided on a planetary level: those living on Earth, on Mars and on various asteroids, moons and space stations called Belters.
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