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Riding the New Wave (episode 36 of the podcast)

It being the end of the year, Colin and Phil continue their annual tradition of travelling back in time to read an old science fiction magazine. This time, they stop off in 1968 - the height of the "new wave" in science fiction - and pick up an issue of New Worlds magazine from December 1968.

If you'd like to read along, you can find a PDF of that magazine issue here, courtesy of the Luminist website: ⁠https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/NW_1968_12.pdf⁠

And if you'd like to join in our 1960s science fiction movie quiz, you'll find that on Youtube, here: ⁠https://youtu.be/vAFs4PfLCVw?si=ZYb1o02iABx7QI3Z⁠

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