Science Fiction 101

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 ⁠ Other items mentioned in this episode: Live in the science fictional past, at Galactic Journey , where it's always fifty-five years ago! The classic short space documentary " Universe ", which influenced 2001: A Space Odyssey in multiple ways The Guardian 's controversial (because inaccurate!) article on missing Doctor Who episod...

We take to the air once again, and this time Phil wreaks his revenge on co-host Colin with a diabolical quiz! How will you fare when faced with questions from the Gollancz SF Masterworks quiz? Also in this episode we review the short story that just won the Nebula Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, plus one of the leading runners-up. And we do our usual run through the past, present and future of science fiction. We hope you enjoy the show: listen below and let us know what you think. Or pick us up on your podcast app - scroll down to see links to all the podcast places that carry us.       Show Notes The Gollancz SFMasterworks quiz is online here: https://www.gollancz.co.uk/science-fiction/2012/11/20/the-gollancz-sf-masterwork-quiz/ The list of Nebula Award winners for works published in 2020: https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2020/ File 770 's handy list of where to find all the Nebula free reads o...