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A science fiction literature history podcast, covering popular and obscure works. Contains spoilers for all works discussed.
Texts and translations: https://chrononautspodcast.blogspot.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1093395-chrononauts
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrononautspodcast
Twitter: @ChrononautsSF
email: chrononautspodcast@gmail.com
Music and readings: https://chrononautspodcast.bandcamp.com
Opening theme music by Ionas von Zezswitz
Sounds and effects by Nate
AI thumbnail art by DALL-E-2 and Stable Diffusion
Texts and translations: https://chrononautspodcast.blogspot.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1093395-chrononauts
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrononautspodcast
Twitter: @ChrononautsSF
email: chrononautspodcast@gmail.com
Music and readings: https://chrononautspodcast.bandcamp.com
Opening theme music by Ionas von Zezswitz
Sounds and effects by Nate
AI thumbnail art by DALL-E-2 and Stable Diffusion
107 Episodes
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Containing Matters of Punishment.
Doctor Who personal background and novel history (0:00)
"Eye of Heaven" chapter 8 reading excerpt (47:51)
non-spoiler discussion (55:45)
spoiler plot summary and discussion (1:23:53)
Music:
Jim Mortimore - "Red Ghost of the Sun", from "Ghosts of the Sun" album, 2018 (used in ch. 8 reading excerpt with permission)
https://jimmortimore.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts-of-the-sun
Jim Mortimore Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/%C2%ADgroups/%C2%AD1908597789294796
Jim Mortimore Bandcamp:
http://jimmortimore.bandcamp.com/music
Containing Matters In which the Captain goes Once more unto the Breach.
Timestamps:
a brief overview and recommenations of non-literature SF media before 1965 (0:00)
personal backgrounds with Star Trek (25:58)
Diane Duane background, Star Trek novel history, non-spoiler discussion (47:51)
spoiler summary and spoiler discussion (1:20:36)
Bibliography:
Ayers, Jeff - "Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion" (2006)
Bacon-Smith, Camille - "Enterprising women: television fandom and the creation of popular myth" (1992)
Benson, Michael - "Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949" (1985)
Costa, Jordi - "Hay Algo Ahí Afuera: Una Historia del Cine de Cine-Ficción, 1895-1959" (1997)
McGilligan, Patrick - "Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast" (1997)
Solomon, Matthew (ed.) "Fantastic Voyages of the Cinematic Imagination: Georges Méliès's Trip to the Moon" (2011)
Verba, Joan Marie - "Boldly Writing: A Trekker Fan and Zine History, 1967 - 1987" (1996)
Wade, John - "The Golden Age of Science Fiction: A Journey into Space with 1950s Radio, TV, Films, Comics and Books" (2019)
Diane Duane personal websites:
https://www.dianeduane.com/about-the-author/
https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2022/08/30/on-becoming-a-star-trek-novelist/
https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/117189937126/whats-the-name-of-the-book-about-the-spider
https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/742571028615725056/the-alien-and-the-pajamas-happened-in-the?source=share
https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2006/10/28/star-trek-the-next-generation-where-no-one-has-gone-before/
JM's Star Trek streams on John Gill's channel:https://www.youtube.com/@johngill6290
Containing Matters of Indecision
Timestamps:
non-spoiler discussion (0:00)
spoiler plot summary and spoiler discussion (8:08)
Astounding July 1939 story ranking, general issue discussion (51:34)
Music:
Hirsch, Louis A. - "Sweet Kentucky Lady" (1914) https://www.loc.gov/resource/music.musihas-100006686/?sp=1&st=image
Dodge, Mr. & Mrs John Wilson - "Moon, Moon, Moon" (1910) https://www.loc.gov/resource/musm1508.10020387.0/
Containing Matters of Idolatry and Interventionism
Timestamps:
Amelia Reynolds Long biography, non-spoiler summary (0:00)
spoiler summary and discussion, "Geography for Time Travelers" non-fiction article (21:56)
Bibliography:
Science Fiction Encyclopedia - "Amelia Reynolds Long" https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/long_amelia_reynolds
Simms, Richard - "A Tribute to Amelia Reynolds Long" amelialong.tripod.com
Yaszek, Lisa - "Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction" (2016)
Containing Matters of Chromatic Death
Timestamps:
Rocklynne background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)
spoiler summary, discussion (9:48)
"Brass Tacks" letters section (26:37)
Bibliography:
Ellison, Harlan - "Dangerous Visions" (1967)
Rocklynne, Ross - "Introducing the Author", Fantastic Adventures, May 1939
Rocklynne, Ross - "Meet the Author", Startling Stories, November 1942
Rocklynne, Ross - "PS's Feature Flash", Planet Stories, May 1943
Rocklynne, Ross - "Introducing the Author", Imagination, January 1954
Containing Matters of Perpetual Cooking
Timestamps:
Nelson Bond background, "Lightship, Ho!" non-spoiler discussion (0:00)
"Lightship, Ho!" spoiler summary and discussion (12:40)
"Tools for Brains" non-fiction article (30:02)
Bibliography:
Bond, Nelson - "Introducing the Author" Fantastic Adventures, July 1939
Bond, Nelson - "Introducing the Author" Fantastic Adventures, November 1939
Locus Magazine - "Nelson S. Bond: Looking Way Back" https://www.locusmag.com/1998/Issues/10/Bond.html
Reed, Betsy - "Nelson S. Bond Obituary", The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/nov/21/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries
Science Fiction Encyclopedia - "Nelson S. Bond" https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bond_nelson_s
Containing Matters of Harg and Rockets.
Timestamps:
Nat Schachner background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)
spoiler summary and discussion (35:31)
Bibliography:
Asimov, Isaac - "Before the Golden Age" (1974)
Moskowitz, Sam - "The Science-Fiction of Nat Schachner", Fantasy Commentator, #43, #44, #45/46 (1992) https://fanac.org/fanzines/Fantasy_Comment/
Schachner, Nat - "Introducing the Author", Fantastic Adventures, September 1939
Containing Matters of Divine Disagreement
Timestamps:
Asimov background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)
spoiler summary and discussion (54:06)
Bibliography:
Asimov, Isaac - "The Early Asimov" (1972)
Asimov, Isaac - "Before the Golden Age" (1974)
Asimov, Isaac - "In Memory Yet Green" (1979)
Nevala-Lee, Alec - "Astounding" (2018)
Music:
Hoffman, F - "Ouverture 'Jupiter'" (1883) https://www.loc.gov/item/2023850031/
Containing Matters of Feline Carrier Difficulty
Timestamps:
introduction, opening sketch, 1939 "Union Leader Tobacco" ad read (0:00)
Astounding 1939 cover, contents, ads, non-fiction piece on atomic power (5:42)
A.E. Van Vogt background, "Black Destroyer" non-spoiler discussion (17:38)
"Black Destroyer" spoiler summary and discussion (45:02)
Bibliography:
Aldiss, Brian and Wingrove, David - "Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction" (1986)
Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939 issue https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v23n05_1939-07_dtsg0318/mode/2up
D'Ammassa, Don - "Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction" (2005)
Hartwell, David G. - "Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction" (1984)
James, Edward - "The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction" (2003)
Panshin, Alexei - "The Early Stories of A.E. van Vogt" https://www.panshin.com/articles/vanvogt/vanvogt1.html
Platt, Charles - introduction to "The World of Null-A" (1977)
Music:
in order of appearance in opening sketch:
Hirsch, Louis A. - "Sweet Kentucky Lady" (1914) https://www.loc.gov/resource/music.musihas-100006686/?sp=1&st=image
Dodge, Mr. & Mrs John Wilson - "Moon, Moon, Moon" (1910) https://www.loc.gov/resource/musm1508.10020387.0/
Bayes, Nora and Norworth, Jack - "Falling Star" (1909) https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200004367/
"Union Leader" ad read from Astounding July 1939 issue (with "Sweet Kentucky Lady")
Containing Matters of a Morgoth Diversion.
Timestamps:
band history, background (0:00)
album picks #15-10 (37:42)
album picks #9-5 (1:35:28)
album picks #4-1, general discussion (2:35:35)
Thumbnail art from Speed Attack #2
Links:
Deceased photo history excerpt https://web.archive.org/web/20030415192525/http://www.upthetombstones.com/1986_summer_party.shtml
The Corroseum fanzine archive https://thecorroseum.org/fanzines/
Zines:
Anarcheology #3 Chile (1989)
Barst #5 Belgium (1984)
Blitzkrieg #2 Germany (1984)
The Book Of Armageddon #4 USA (1988)
L'ame De Fond #8/9 France (1987)
Metal Madness #3 USA (1984)
Metal Meltdown #8 USA (1990)
Metal Warriors #2 Belgium (1987)
Metallic Assault #2 Canada (1984)
Sheet Metal #3 USA (1988)
Slam #1 (1987) USA
Sledgehammer Press #8 USA (1984)
Speed Attack #2 Germany (1984)
Containing Matters of the Community.
Timestamps:
introductions and recent reads (0:00)
personal histories with fandom (35:26)
1930s fandom history and fanzine excerpts (49:24)
Sam Moskowitz - "Why Doesn't Our Ship Move" (1937) (1:48:44)
James Blish - "Pursuit into Nowhere: Adopted from the Annals of Space Patrol" (1936) (1:57:49)
Ralph Milne Farley - "The Rexmel" (1935) (2:09:12)
Clark Ashton Smith - "The Primal City" (1934) (2:15:12)
George Hamm - "Cluck Rogers in Astounding" (1936) (2:47:21)
Ruth Berman - "Star Drek" (1968) (2:55:31)
Bibliography:
Cowan, Zagria - "Donald A Wollheim/Darrell G Raynor (1914-1990) science fiction writer and editor, trans memoirist - Part 1" https://zagria.blogspot.com/2023/05/donald-wollheimdarrell-g-raynor-1914.html
Davin, Eric Leif - "Pioneers of Wonder: Conversations With the Founders of Science Fiction" (1999)
The Eldritch Dark: The Sanctum of Clark Ashton Smith http://www.eldritchdark.com/
FANAC Fan History - "Early Star Trek Fandom - Ruth Berman and Devra Langsam, Fan History Zoom" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHIpNXq6wSo
FANAC - "Chronological List of Fanzines on Fanac.org" https://fanac.org/fanzines/chronological_listing_of_fanzines.html
Fancyclopedia 3 https://fancyclopedia.org/Fancyclopedia_3
Fancyclopedia 3 - "First Convention" https://fancyclopedia.org/First_Convention
Jamison, Anne - "Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World" (2014) https://www.wattpad.com/story/13132615-fic-why-fanfiction-is-taking-over-the-world
Moskowitz, Sam - "Immortal Storm: A History of Science Fiction Fandom" (1954)
Pocket 2000 bookstore https://www.facebook.com/p/Pocket-2000-libreria-100058006428228/
Profondo Rosso store http://www.profondorossostore.com/en/
Speer, Jack - "Up To Now" (1939)
Music:
Wagner, Ferdinand - "Little Jupiter; Polka schnell" (1881) https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1881.10566/ (interlude 2)
Bayes, Nora and Norworth, Jack - "Falling Star" (1909) https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200004367/ (interlude 7)
Concerning Matters of Fire and Ice.
Timestamps:
John Campbell biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)
spoiler summary and discussion (34:21)
John Campbell's legacy on science fiction (1:08:27)
Bibliography:
Ashley, Mike - "The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp magazines From the Beginning to 1950" (2001)
Bleiler, Everett - "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" (1998)
Davin, Eric Leif - "Pioneers of Wonder: Conversations With the Founders of Science Fiction Hardcover" (1999)
Silverberg, Robert and Nevala-Lee, Alec - "Frozen Hell: Introduction and Foreword" (2019)
Tymn, Marshall B. and Ashley, Mike (eds.) - "Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction magazines" (1985)
Containing Matters of a Preponderance of Ponderance.
Timestamps:
Harry Bates biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)
spoiler summary and discussion (18:00)
Bibliography:
"The Astounding Harry Bates" featurette, from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" DVD (2008)
Schwartz, Julian and Weisinger, Mortimer - "Titans of Science Fiction: Interview with Harry Bates", Science Fiction Digest #6, February 1933 https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Digest_2/SF_Digest_0106-09.html?
Containing Matters of Binary Flashes and Semaphore Dashes.
Timestamps:
Gallun biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)
spoiler summary and discussion (30:27)
Bibliography:
Ashley, Mike - "The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp magazines From the Beginning to 1950" (2001)
Bleiler, Everett - "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" (1998)
Davin, Eric Leif - "Pioneers of Wonder: Conversations With the Founders of Science Fiction Hardcover" (1999)
Pierce, J.J. - introduction to "The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun" (1978)
Tymn, Marshall B. and Ashley, Mike (eds.) - "Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction magazines" (1985)
Containing Matters of Romans and Confederates.
Timestamps:
Tremaine-era Astounding background, Murray Leinster background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)
spoiler summary and discussion (19:50)
Bibliography:
Ashley, Mike - "The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp magazines From the Beginning to 1950" (2001)
Bleiler, Everett - "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" (1998)
Davin, Eric Leif - "Pioneers of Wonder: Conversations With the Founders of Science Fiction Hardcover" (1999)
Duncan, Andy - "It's All SF: Science Fiction, Southern Fiction, and the Case of Murray Leinster" (2000)
Science Fiction Book Club - "Interview with Steven Silver and Billee Stallings" (2022) https://middletownpubliclib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Interview-about-Murray-Leinster-website.pdf
Tymn, Marshall B. Tymn and Ashley, Mike (eds.) - "Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction magazines" (1985)
Music:
Beck, Sam - "Neptune Rondo" (1845) https://www.loc.gov/resource/sm1845.050900.0?st=gallery
Containing Matters in which Proteus transforms the Species.
Timestamps:
Sophie Wenzel Ellis background and non-spoiler discussion (0:00)
spoiler summary and discussion (24:42)
Bibliography:
Adams, M.B. - "The politics of human heredity in the USSR, 1920-1940" (1989)
Ashley, Mike - "The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers" (2015)
Bleiler, Everett - "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" (1998)
Davin, Eric Leif - "Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965" (2005)
Gilbert, James B. - "Collectivism and Charles Steinmetz" (1974)
Music:
Dodge, Mr. & Mrs John Wilson - "Moon, Moon, Moon" (1910) https://www.loc.gov/resource/musm1508.10020387.0/
Containing Matters in which Mutton is a Joy to All.
Timestamps:
introductions, non-podcast reads (0:00)
Astounding Stories background, Captain S.P. Meek biography, non-spoiler discussion (14:52)
spoiler plot summary/spoiler discussion (39:06)
Bibliography:
Astounding Stories of Super Science, January 1930 issue https://archive.org/details/Astounding_Stories_of_Super_Science_1930/asf1930-01/
Ashley, Mike - "The History of the Science Fiction Magazine - Part 1 (1926-1935)" (1976)
Ashley, Mike - "The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the Beginning to 1950" (2001)
Bleiler, Everett - "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" (1998)
Nevala-Lee, Alec - "Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction" (2018)
Music:
Robelen, Harry - "Pluto Polka" (1874) https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1874.04744/
In which the Heavens provide a Relax of the Mind.
Timestamps:
background on Italian science fiction (0:00)
Pestriniero biography and non-spoiler discussion (30:47)
spoiler summary and discussion, "Planet of the Vampires" discussion (44:54)
Bibliography:
Catalogo Vegetti della letteratura fantastica - "Renato Pestrinero" https://www.fantascienza.com/catalogo/autori/NILF14184/renato-pestriniero/
Edizioni Solfanelli - "Renato Pestriniero" https://www.edizionisolfanelli.it/renatopestriniero.htm
Delos Books - "A Mestre omaggio a Renato Pestriniero" (2008) https://www.fantascienza.com/11588/a-mestre-omaggio-a-renato-pestriniero
Saiber, Arielle - "Flying Saucers Would Never Land in Lucca: The Fiction of Italian Science Fiction", California Italian studies, 2011
Brioni, Simone and Comberiati, Daniele - "Italian Science Fiction: The Other in Literature and Film" (2019)
Lucas, Tim - "Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark" (2007)
Science Fiction Encyclopedia - "Italy" https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/italy
Containing Matters of Radium, Evolution and Revolution.
Timestamps:
Arelsky biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)
"Professor Dagin's Observatory" spoiler summary/discussion 23:20
"Two Worlds" spoiler summary/discussion 36:35
"Towards a New Sun" spoiler summary/discussion 52:06
Bibliography:
Imperia Auctions, Auction 95, Lot 220, June 24, 2022 http://www.auction-imperia.ru/wdate.php?t=booklot&i=79580
Kons - "Stefan Graal Arelsky", Laboratory of Fantastika https://fantlab.ru/autor12055
Nikolskaya, T. L. - "Graal Arelsky: Biographical Information", Library of Maxim Moshkov, http://az.lib.ru/g/graalxarelxskij/text_1994_bio.shtml
Containing Matters which keep the Human race Preserved.
Timestamps:
introductions, recent non-podcast reads (0:00)
Harry Martinson biography and non-spoiler discussion (17:46)
plot summary and spoiler discussion (48:08)
opera and film discusion (1:35:42)
Bibliography:
Generation Spaceship Project - text and notes of "Aniara" https://gsproject.edublogs.org/gs-texts/texts-used-in-2017/aniara-by-harry-martinson-3/
Johannesson, Eric O. - "Aniara: Poetry and the Poet in the Modern World" Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 32, No. 4 (November, 1960)
Klass, Stephen - introduction to "Aniara" (1999)
Sjöberg, Leif - "Harry Martinson: From Vagabond to Space Explorer", Books Abroad, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Summer, 1974)
Sjöberg, Leif - translator's note to "Aniara" (1999)
Smith, William Jay and Sjöberg, Leif - "On Harry Martinson", The American Poetry Review, Vol. 14, No. 4 (July/August 1985)
Titelman, David - "On Nomadic Shores Inward - Harry Martinson’s Journey to Late-Life Suicide", The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 90:2, 2021
Vowles, Richard Beckman - "Harry Martinson, Sweden's Seaman-Poet", Books Abroad, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Autumn, 1951)