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Science Fiction from Gernsback to Roddenberry...Two writers discuss the golden age of science fiction. #sciencefiction #goldenagesciencefiction #scifi

  1. 15/11/2023

    0056: Childhood Favorites

    We go back to our childhoods to discuss key books that turned us into fans and shaped our future as writers. In this case, Tarzaan at the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Have Spacesuit, Will Travel, by Robert Heinlein. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_at_the_Earth%27s_Core https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Space_Suit%E2%80%94Will_Travel

    31 min
  2. Low Orbits 09: Tomorrow is Yesterday

    08/11/2023

    Low Orbits 09: Tomorrow is Yesterday

    Check out our review of Tomorrow is Yesterday, the original Series Star Trek episode where the Enterprise travels back in time to 1967 and unnecssarily creates a time paradox. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_Is_Yesterday

    19 min
  3. Low Orbits 08: Land of the Giants

    01/11/2023

    Low Orbits 08: Land of the Giants

    This week, we review the pilot episode of Irwin Allen's Land of the Giants, a 1960s slice of sci-fi fun. A passenger rocket lands in a world where they are menaced by giants, giant cats, and giant pencils. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_the_Giants

    14 min

  4. 25/10/2023

    Low Orbits 07: The Invisible Enemy, The Outer Limits

    This week we revisit a childhood favorite, The Invisible Enemy from The Outer Limits. Shark monsters living in the sands of Mars murder astronauts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Enemy_(The_Outer_Limits)

    12 min

  5. 18/10/2023

    Low Orbits 06: The Gamesters of Triskelion

    This week we chat about The Gamesters of Triskelion the Star Trek epsidoe we judge to be the most Shatnerific. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gamesters_of_Triskelion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelique_Pettyjohn

    18 min
  6. 0055: The Country of the Kind, by Damon Knight

    11/10/2023

    0055: The Country of the Kind, by Damon Knight

    We discuss The Country of the Kind, by Damon Knight, where a psychopathic mutant is shunned by the human race. Then we discuss Knight's acerbic literary criticism. LINKS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Country_of_the_Kind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Wonder

    27 min
  7. 0054: Mars is Heaven! by Ray Bradbury

    04/10/2023

    0054: Mars is Heaven! by Ray Bradbury

    We experience Deja Vu when we review Mars is Heaven! by Ray Bradbury. The second expedition to Mars is defeated by memories. We discuss more possible plagiarism by Rod Serling. We also examine stories stranding astronauts on the red planet. LINKS: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Is_Heaven! Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/Planet_Stories_Canadian_Ed._v03n12_1948-Fall/page/n57/mode/2up?view=theater

    30 min

  8. 27/09/2023

    Low Orbits 05: Elegy, The Twilight Zone

    This week we chat about Elegy, a Twilight Zone episode featuring astronauts forced to land on a mysterious asteroid where everyone is frozen in place in an Earth-like vintage village. Links: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegy_(The_Twilight_Zone) Text of Charles Beaumont original story: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/32819/pg32819-images.html

    10 min
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Science Fiction from Gernsback to Roddenberry...Two writers discuss the golden age of science fiction. #sciencefiction #goldenagesciencefiction #scifi

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