110 episodes

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

Chrononauts JM, Gretchen and Nate

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    • 5.0 • 4 Ratings

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

    More Fritz Leiber "Change War" Shorts | Chrononauts Episode 42.3

    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)

    • 1 hr 15 min
    Fritz Leiber's "Change War" short stories | Chrononauts Episode 42.2

    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)

    • 1 hr 3 min
    Fritz Leiber - "The Big Time" (1958) | Chrononauts Episode 42.1

    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)

    • 1 hr 43 min
    Jim Mortimore - "Eye of Heaven" (1998) | Chrononauts Episode 41.2

    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

    • 2 hr 25 min
    Diane Duane - "The Wounded Sky" (1983) | Chrononauts Episode 41.1

    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

    • 2 hr 17 min
    C.L. Moore - "Greater than Gods" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.7

    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/

    • 1 hr 9 min

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The early history of science fiction in depth

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