Science Fiction 101

In the latest episode of our Science Fiction 101 podcast, w e review a classic of science fiction: Destination Moon . No, not the 1950 George Pal film (although Phil does mention it a few times in this episode). But the 1950s Tintin books by Hergé! Joining us is our special Francophone guest, podcaster Emmanuel Dubois (producer and host of La Fayette, We Are Here! )   And we have a Moon-inspired quiz, and our usual round-up of recommendations of past/present/future sci-fi.   Discussed in today's show: Tintin books - available from Amazon US and Amazon UK French film Cabbage Soup Forthcoming TV anthology series Extrapolations SciFi History website Season 2 of Foundation Clarkesworld magazine swamped by AI-composed fiction submissions Octavia Butler interviewed about the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster Free SF! Analog readers' poll stories and Asimov's readers' polls stories   Podcast platforms carrying Science Fiction 101 include:   Amazon M...

We're up to episode four of the podcast, and Phil has vowed to stop counting beyond this point! Our theme this time is "ex-science fiction" - in other words things that have gone from fiction to fact. If you can identify Phil's mystery sound, post a comment down below. And if you have any questions or comments on this episode, do the same, and we'll answer you on the show.      Show Notes  The Locus Awards are listd here . The two non-fiction books Phil recommended from the shortlist are Bradbury Beyond Apollo by Jonathan R. Eller and The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom from First Fandom. Destination Moon was the first "serious" attempt to show a Moon landing in a Hollywood movie. Colin is eagerly anticipating Andy Weir's new book . Phil is looking forward to the new adaptation of John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos. Phil suggests you re-visit the works of the great L. Sprague de Camp . Colin, mea...