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Episode 31 - The Forest of Zyl (Chis Neville)
Theme: It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.Episode ConnectionsAuthors, stories. Murray Leinster, The Lonely Planet. Ursula K. LeGuin, “Vaster Than Empires and More Slo...
Episode 30 - Captive Audience (Ann Warren Griffith)
Theme: Paying your debt to CapitalismEpisode ConnectionsAuthors, stories. Ann Warren Griffith, “Zeritsky’s Law.” Henry Cuttner, “Nothing But Ginger Bread Left.” Arthur...
Episode 29 - 10:01 AM (Alexander Malac)
Theme: Justice, fast-food styleEpisode ConnectionsAuthors, stories. Alexander Malac, Extrapolosis. Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat series. Daniel H. Wilson, Wh...
Episode 28 - Chicago (Thomas F. Monteleone)
Theme: If I had a million robots ...Episode ConnectionsAuthors, stories. Dean Koontz. Monteleone, The Time Swept City. Fritz Lieber, “A Pail of Air.” Roger Zelazny, “F...
Episode 27 - For a Breath I Tarry (Roger Zelazny)
Theme: What does it mean to be human?Episode ConnectionsAuthors, stories. Roger Zelanzny, Chronicles of Amber. Neil Gaiman, Sandman. The Bible. Isaac Asimov, Bicentenn...
Episode 26 - There Will Come Soft Rains (Ray Bradbury)
Theme: Our house … is a very, very, very smart houseEpisode ConnectionsAuthors, stories. Sara Teasdale, “There Will Come Soft Rains.” Dean Koontz, The Demon Seed. Ala...
Episode 25 - The Last Flight of Dr. Ain (James Tiptree, Jr)
Theme: A plague of humans.Episode ConnectionsAuthors, stories. Lynn Margulis, the Gaia Hypothesis. Stephen King, The Stand. Richard Matheson, I Am Legend. Richard Pres...
Episode 24 - Inconstant Moon (Larry Niven)
Theme: It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel … angst.Episode ConnectionsAuthors, stories. Larry Niven, Ringworld series. Fritz Lieber, “A Pail of Air.” A...
Episode 23 - A Pail of Air (Fritz Lieber)
Theme: I can see my breath. I can scoop mine with a bucket. Now that’s COLD!Episode ConnectionsAuthors, stories. Fritz Lieber, Newhon series. James M. Ward & Rob Kuntz...
Episode 22 - Encased in Ancient Rind (R.A. Lafferty)
Theme: Does more life bring greater wisdom?Episode ConnectionsAuthors, stories. Neil Gaiman, Sandman series. Phillip K. Dick. Samuel R. Delaney & Marilyn Hacker, Quark...
Episode 21 - The Tunnel Ahead (Alice Glaser) & 2BR02B (Kurt Vonnegut)
If you can’t control yourselves, someone’s gonna have to do it for you
Episode 20 - The Jaunt (Stephen King)
Don't hold your breath
Episode 19 - Altar Boy (Dean Koontz)
Vote or die. Or, vote AND die. You pick.
Episode 18 - Inferiority (James Causey)
Mars needs artists
Episode 17 - Old Testament (Jerome Bixby)
What if God was one of us?
Episode 16 - Pots (C.J. Cherryh)
Once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away …
Episode 15 - The Marching Morons (Cyril Kornbluth)
Someone forgot to change the filter in the gene pool
Episode 14 - Sam Hall (Poul Anderson)
Information IS power
Episode 13 - The Voices of Time (J.G. Ballard)
Could it be … the final countdown?
Episode 12 - First Contact (Murray Leinster)
There once was a human from Earth/ Who saved everybody through mirth
Episode 11 - Who Goes There? (John W. Campbell)
Who invited that thing? Oh yeah, we did.
Episode 10 - War Veteran (Philip K. Dick)
The road to war is paved with intrigue
Episode 9 - They (Robert Heinlein)
The world is an idiot's dream
Episode 8 - Sampler Platter from Mimsy Were the Borogoves
This 5 minute teaser offers a sampler platter of moments from our discussion of Mimsy. Try it out for a little taste of TBD with Bill and Dan.
Episode 8 - Mimsy Were the Borogoves (Lewis Padgett)
We have met the aliens, and they are … kids
Episode 7 - Johnny Mnemonic (William Gibson)
Welcome to CyberMart
Episode 6 - Desertion (Clifford Simak)
We don’t understand what we don’t understand.
Episode 5 - They’re Made Out of Meat (Terry Bisson) & To Serve Man (Damon Knight)
Who wants to meet meat?
Episode 4 - I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
It’s always darkest before the abyss.
Episode 3 - With Folded Hands (Jack Williamson)
We will make you happy, whether you like it or not.