It's Alive: Science Fiction 101 first episode!

We finally made it! Science Fiction 101 starts here. You'll be able to find us on all the major podcast platforms, so please search for us and subscribe. You can also play episode 1 directly from this page - see below. And if you're manually-inclined when it comes to such things, you can even plug our RSS feed into your podcatcher of choice (it's https://anchor.fm/s/4f17b2f0/podcast/rss) 

In this debut episode, your friendly hosts Phil Nichols and Colin Kuskie first attempt to define "science fiction". If you want to know more about this thorny subject, check out Wikipedia's attempt to do the very same thing. Or, for a more in-depth discussion, check out what the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction has to say on the subject.

As for the "I know it when I see it" view, that's an allusion to the US Supreme Court position on pornography!

Next, Phil and Colin talk about their recommendations of science fiction of the past, present and future. Here are some links for their recommendations:

• Jack Finney's (Invasion of) The Body Snatchers - at Amazon US and at Amazon UK
• James E. Gunn's The Road to Science Fiction at Amazon US and at Amazon UK
• Mary Robinette Kowal's "Lady Astronaut" series at Amazon US and at Amazon UK 
• Robert J. Sawyer's The Oppenheimer Alternative at Amazon US and at Amazon UK
  
• Crowdfunder for the Star Trek: Voyager documentary
• For All Mankind official website 
• Publicity for the TV series adaptation of Asimov's Foundation
  

 

We'll be back in a couple of weeks with more discussion of good SF. Meanwhile, let us know what you'd like to hear more of in the podcast. And please remember to subscribe, rate and review us!

 

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