Chrononauts JM, Gretchen and Nate
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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
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More Fritz Leiber "Change War" Shorts | Chrononauts Episode 42.3
Containing Matters of Madeira, Meteors, and Mediums
Timestamps:
"Damnation Morning" (1959) (0:00)
"Try and Change the Past" (1958) (19:07)
"A Deskful of Girls" (1958) (33:10) -
Fritz Leiber's "Change War" short stories | Chrononauts Episode 42.2
Containing Matters of Performance and the Transmissions of Such.
Timestamps:
"No Great Magic" (1963) (0:00)
"The Oldest Soldier" (1960) (29:58)
"Knight to Move" (1965) (43:43) -
Fritz Leiber - "The Big Time" (1958) | Chrononauts Episode 42.1
Containing Matters of an Inversion of Introversion.
introductions, recent reads (0:00)
Fritz Leiber background (9:55)
non-spoiler discussion (41:28)
plot summary, spoiler discussion (1:01:47)
Bibliography:
Scrolls of Lankhmar https://scrollsoflankhmar.com/
Leiber, Fritz - "The Book of Fritz Leiber" (1975)
Leiber, Fritz - "Second Book of Fritz Leiber" (1976)
Leiber, Fritz - "The Ghost Light" (1984) -
Jim Mortimore - "Eye of Heaven" (1998) | Chrononauts Episode 41.2
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 -
Diane Duane - "The Wounded Sky" (1983) | Chrononauts Episode 41.1
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 -
C.L. Moore - "Greater than Gods" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.7
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/