Chrononauts
Chrononauts
JM, Gretchen and Nate
A science fiction literature history podcast, covering popular and obscure works. Contains spoilers for all works discussed. Texts and translations: https://chrononautspodcast.blogspot.com/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1093395-chrononauts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrononautspodcast Twitter: @ChrononautsSF email: [email protected] Music and readings: https://chrononautspodcast.bandcamp.com Opening theme music by Ionas von Zezswitz Sounds and effects by Nate AI thumbnail art by DALL-E-2 and Stable Diffusion
C.L. Moore - "Greater than Gods" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.7
Containing Matters of Indecision Timestamps: non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler plot summary and spoiler discussion (8:08) Astounding July 1939 story ranking, general issue discussion (51:34) Music: Hirsch, Louis A. - "Sweet Kentucky Lady" (1914) https://www.loc.gov/resource/music.musihas-100006686/?sp=1&st=image Dodge, Mr. & Mrs John Wilson - "Moon, Moon, Moon" (1910) https://www.loc.gov/resource/musm1508.10020387.0/
Jan 19, 2024
1 hr 9 min
Amelia Reynolds Long - "When the Half Gods Go" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.6
Containing Matters of Idolatry and Interventionism Timestamps: Amelia Reynolds Long biography, non-spoiler summary (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion, "Geography for Time Travelers" non-fiction article (21:56) Bibliography: Science Fiction Encyclopedia - "Amelia Reynolds Long" https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/long_amelia_reynolds Simms, Richard - "A Tribute to Amelia Reynolds Long" amelialong.tripod.com Yaszek, Lisa - "Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction" (2016)
Jan 16, 2024
1 hr 4 min
Ross Rocklynne - "The Moth" | Chrononauts Episode 40.5
Containing Matters of Chromatic Death Timestamps: Rocklynne background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary, discussion (9:48) "Brass Tacks" letters section (26:37) Bibliography: Ellison, Harlan - "Dangerous Visions" (1967) Rocklynne, Ross - "Introducing the Author", Fantastic Adventures, May 1939 Rocklynne, Ross - "Meet the Author", Startling Stories, November 1942 Rocklynne, Ross - "PS's Feature Flash", Planet Stories, May 1943 Rocklynne, Ross - "Introducing the Author", Imagination, January 1954
Jan 14, 2024
39 min
Nelson Bond - "Lightship, Ho!" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.4
Containing Matters of Perpetual Cooking Timestamps: Nelson Bond background, "Lightship, Ho!" non-spoiler discussion (0:00) "Lightship, Ho!" spoiler summary and discussion (12:40) "Tools for Brains" non-fiction article (30:02) Bibliography: Bond, Nelson - "Introducing the Author" Fantastic Adventures, July 1939 Bond, Nelson - "Introducing the Author" Fantastic Adventures, November 1939 Locus Magazine - "Nelson S. Bond: Looking Way Back" https://www.locusmag.com/1998/Issues/10/Bond.html Reed, Betsy - "Nelson S. Bond Obituary", The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/nov/21/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries Science Fiction Encyclopedia - "Nelson S. Bond" https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bond_nelson_s
Jan 13, 2024
43 min
Nat Schachner - "City of the Cosmic Rays" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.3
Containing Matters of Harg and Rockets. Timestamps: Nat Schachner background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion (35:31) Bibliography: Asimov, Isaac - "Before the Golden Age" (1974) Moskowitz, Sam - "The Science-Fiction of Nat Schachner", Fantasy Commentator, #43, #44, #45/46 (1992) https://fanac.org/fanzines/Fantasy_Comment/ Schachner, Nat - "Introducing the Author", Fantastic Adventures, September 1939
Jan 11, 2024
1 hr 1 min
Isaac Asimov - "Trends" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.2
Containing Matters of Divine Disagreement Timestamps: Asimov background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion (54:06) Bibliography: Asimov, Isaac - "The Early Asimov" (1972) Asimov, Isaac - "Before the Golden Age" (1974) Asimov, Isaac - "In Memory Yet Green" (1979) Nevala-Lee, Alec - "Astounding" (2018) Music: Hoffman, F - "Ouverture 'Jupiter'" (1883) https://www.loc.gov/item/2023850031/
Jan 10, 2024
1 hr 13 min
A. E. van Vogt - "Black Destroyer" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.1
Containing Matters of Feline Carrier Difficulty Timestamps: introduction, opening sketch, 1939 "Union Leader Tobacco" ad read (0:00) Astounding 1939 cover, contents, ads, non-fiction piece on atomic power (5:42) A.E. Van Vogt background, "Black Destroyer" non-spoiler discussion (17:38) "Black Destroyer" spoiler summary and discussion (45:02) Bibliography: Aldiss, Brian and Wingrove, David - "Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction" (1986) Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939 issue https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v23n05_1939-07_dtsg0318/mode/2up D'Ammassa, Don - "Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction" (2005) Hartwell, David G. - "Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction" (1984) James, Edward - "The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction" (2003) Panshin, Alexei - "The Early Stories of A.E. van Vogt" https://www.panshin.com/articles/vanvogt/vanvogt1.html Platt, Charles - introduction to "The World of Null-A" (1977) Music: in order of appearance in opening sketch: Hirsch, Louis A. - "Sweet Kentucky Lady" (1914) https://www.loc.gov/resource/music.musihas-100006686/?sp=1&st=image Dodge, Mr. & Mrs John Wilson - "Moon, Moon, Moon" (1910) https://www.loc.gov/resource/musm1508.10020387.0/ Bayes, Nora and Norworth, Jack - "Falling Star" (1909) https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200004367/ "Union Leader" ad read from Astounding July 1939 issue (with "Sweet Kentucky Lady")
Jan 8, 2024
1 hr 10 min
Voivod Discography Ranking | Chrononauts Bonus Episode 5
Containing Matters of a Morgoth Diversion. Timestamps: band history, background (0:00) album picks #15-10 (37:42) album picks #9-5 (1:35:28) album picks #4-1, general discussion (2:35:35) Thumbnail art from Speed Attack #2 Links: Deceased photo history excerpt https://web.archive.org/web/20030415192525/http://www.upthetombstones.com/1986_summer_party.shtml The Corroseum fanzine archive https://thecorroseum.org/fanzines/ Zines: Anarcheology #3 Chile (1989) Barst #5 Belgium (1984) Blitzkrieg #2 Germany (1984) The Book Of Armageddon #4 USA (1988) L'ame De Fond #8/9 France (1987) Metal Madness #3 USA (1984) Metal Meltdown #8 USA (1990) Metal Warriors #2 Belgium (1987) Metallic Assault #2 Canada (1984) Sheet Metal #3 USA (1988) Slam #1 (1987) USA Sledgehammer Press #8 USA (1984) Speed Attack #2 Germany (1984)
Nov 22, 2023
4 hr 10 min
Fandom, Fanzines and Fanfiction | Chrononauts Episode 39
Containing Matters of the Community. Timestamps: introductions and recent reads (0:00) personal histories with fandom (35:26) 1930s fandom history and fanzine excerpts (49:24) Sam Moskowitz - "Why Doesn't Our Ship Move" (1937) (1:48:44) James Blish - "Pursuit into Nowhere: Adopted from the Annals of Space Patrol" (1936) (1:57:49) Ralph Milne Farley - "The Rexmel" (1935) (2:09:12) Clark Ashton Smith - "The Primal City" (1934) (2:15:12) George Hamm - "Cluck Rogers in Astounding" (1936) (2:47:21) Ruth Berman - "Star Drek" (1968) (2:55:31) Bibliography: Cowan, Zagria - "Donald A Wollheim/Darrell G Raynor (1914-1990) science fiction writer and editor, trans memoirist - Part 1" https://zagria.blogspot.com/2023/05/donald-wollheimdarrell-g-raynor-1914.html Davin, Eric Leif - "Pioneers of Wonder: Conversations With the Founders of Science Fiction" (1999) The Eldritch Dark: The Sanctum of Clark Ashton Smith http://www.eldritchdark.com/ FANAC Fan History - "Early Star Trek Fandom - Ruth Berman and Devra Langsam, Fan History Zoom" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHIpNXq6wSo FANAC - "Chronological List of Fanzines on Fanac.org" https://fanac.org/fanzines/chronological_listing_of_fanzines.html Fancyclopedia 3 https://fancyclopedia.org/Fancyclopedia_3 Fancyclopedia 3 - "First Convention" https://fancyclopedia.org/First_Convention Jamison, Anne - "Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World" (2014) https://www.wattpad.com/story/13132615-fic-why-fanfiction-is-taking-over-the-world Moskowitz, Sam - "Immortal Storm: A History of Science Fiction Fandom" (1954) Pocket 2000 bookstore https://www.facebook.com/p/Pocket-2000-libreria-100058006428228/ Profondo Rosso store http://www.profondorossostore.com/en/ Speer, Jack - "Up To Now" (1939) Music: Wagner, Ferdinand - "Little Jupiter; Polka schnell" (1881) https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1881.10566/ (interlude 2) Bayes, Nora and Norworth, Jack - "Falling Star" (1909) https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200004367/ (interlude 7)
Oct 18, 2023
3 hr 35 min
John W. Campbell - "Who Goes There?" (1938) | Chrononauts Episode 38.6
Concerning Matters of Fire and Ice. Timestamps: John Campbell biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion (34:21) John Campbell's legacy on science fiction (1:08:27) Bibliography: Ashley, Mike - "The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp magazines From the Beginning to 1950" (2001) Bleiler, Everett - "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" (1998) Davin, Eric Leif - "Pioneers of Wonder: Conversations With the Founders of Science Fiction Hardcover" (1999) Silverberg, Robert and Nevala-Lee, Alec - "Frozen Hell: Introduction and Foreword" (2019) Tymn, Marshall B. and Ashley, Mike (eds.) - "Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction magazines" (1985)
Aug 16, 2023
1 hr 34 min
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