Science Fiction 101

We're back. Waaaaaayyyy back, at the birth of science fiction. Or should that be "scientifiction"? We're celebrating 100 years of Amazing Stories , which was the world's first ever science fiction magazine. Join us as we romp through the magazine's debut issue from April 1926! That historic first issue is online, so please follow along and give it a skim. You can find it here . Also mentioned in this episode: New book on the making of the 1970s BBC classic  Survivors , from Rich Cross  2025 Chinese movie  Resurrection Space.com 's SF quiz (sampled in our episode) Mathesoncentennial , a new book from Anthony Taylor celebrating Richard Matheson, who was born a hundred years ago this year  After we recorded our episode, but before we could release it, NPR upstaged us by doing a little feature on the birth of scientifiction. You can find it here . Remember, you can find the new episode via your podcast app or platform of choice (many of the platforms are list...

This time we react to a fascinating article from Strange Horizons , which claims that all SF writers are... historians! You can read the article here: ⁠ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/why-all-science-fiction-and-fantasy-writers-are-historians/ ⁠ Related to this topic, we also read a delightful historical SF short story by David Brin, "A Professor at Harvard". Find it here: ⁠ https://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-little-sci-fi-tale-to-boost-your.html ⁠ We also have a fiendish quiz sent in by a listener, and our usual round-up of SF past, present and future. Among the items mentioned in this episode: The Time Tunnel  (1966 TV series) Portland (Oregon) has another OMSI film festival The movie version of  Project Hail Mary  is all over the media Project Hail Mary  and The Martian  screenwriter Drew Goddard discusses his adaptational techniques Firefly  cast to return for animated version The Library of Congress has found and restored a l...