Pilot Episode - The Sentinel (Arthur C. Clarke)
Is there anybody out there?
Episode Connections
Authors, stories. Poul Anderson, High Crusade. Star Trek series. Isaac Asimov, Foundation series. C.S. Lewis Perelandra, Out of a Silent Planet, That Hideous Strength. H.G. Wells. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes stories. Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama, Rama 2. Claire Winger Harris, “The 16 Possible Science Fiction Plots.” H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds. Carl Sagan, Contact. Robert E. Heinlein, Starship Troopers.
Films. Star Wars. 2001 A Space Odyssey. The Planet of the Apes. The Blob. The War of the Worlds. Independence Day. Battlefield Earth. Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Contact. The Arrival. Starship Troopers. Space Jam. Return to the Planet of the Apes. Battle for the Planet of the Apes.
TV episodes, series. Star Trek. Battlestar Galactica. Buck Rogers. Space 1999. MST3K. V.
Ideas. Welcome to the podcast, where classic sci fi short stories are the topic of conversation. Space opera. Sci fi B-movies. The series will focus on the roots of modern sci fi. Characteristics of early sci fi. Sci fi plots. Lunar exploration. Epic time scales in sci fi. The aura of awe around atomic power. Might aliens be jealous of humans?
Next episode: Isaac Asimov, “The Dead Past”
Music Credit: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Link: Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Authors, stories. Poul Anderson, High Crusade. Star Trek series. Isaac Asimov, Foundation series. C.S. Lewis Perelandra, Out of a Silent Planet, That Hideous Strength. H.G. Wells. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes stories. Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama, Rama 2. Claire Winger Harris, “The 16 Possible Science Fiction Plots.” H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds. Carl Sagan, Contact. Robert E. Heinlein, Starship Troopers.
Films. Star Wars. 2001 A Space Odyssey. The Planet of the Apes. The Blob. The War of the Worlds. Independence Day. Battlefield Earth. Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Contact. The Arrival. Starship Troopers. Space Jam. Return to the Planet of the Apes. Battle for the Planet of the Apes.
TV episodes, series. Star Trek. Battlestar Galactica. Buck Rogers. Space 1999. MST3K. V.
Ideas. Welcome to the podcast, where classic sci fi short stories are the topic of conversation. Space opera. Sci fi B-movies. The series will focus on the roots of modern sci fi. Characteristics of early sci fi. Sci fi plots. Lunar exploration. Epic time scales in sci fi. The aura of awe around atomic power. Might aliens be jealous of humans?
Next episode: Isaac Asimov, “The Dead Past”
Music Credit: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Link: Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/