Ep#101 Galaxies by Barry N. Malzberg a Conversation with authors James Reich & D. Harlan Wilson

Barry N. Malazberg and his multiple Science Fiction personalities were on the frontlines as eras shifted from Asimovian ideas to a  counter-culture middle finger held high novels filled with sex, drugs,  and political points of view. One of his weirdest meta- SF novels was the thin 1974 masterpiece Galaxies. The novel is the story of a  40th-century starship captain and the science fiction writer creating her and the novel at the same time.  Galaxies was reprinted a few years ago by Professor D. Harlan Wilson’s Anti-Oedipus Press. So who better to  join me for this discussion...   In this episode, we talk about why Barry Malzberg is a genius,  underrated, and vastly more important to 20th-century Science Fiction than given credit for.  Why he alone was in a position to make this commentary, we go on tangents about Philip K. Dick, John Brunner and some on this panel argue that Ursula K. Leguin is overrated.   D. Harlan Wilson is a researcher, publisher, and author. His fiction  includes a dozen novels and plays including Dr. Idenity and Jackanape and the Fingerman. His non-fiction includes the Modern Masters of   Science Fiction series book on J.G. Ballard and a critical companion to  the Stars, My Destination. James Reich is the author of Soft Invasions  and The Song My Enemies Sing.   These are two of my favorite writers and I  loved every stinking minute spent talking with them, I hope you will  too.   •You can find my books here:  Amazon-https://www.amazon.com/David-Agranoff/e/B004FGT4ZW     •And me here:  Goodreads-http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2988332.David_Agranoff   Twitter-https://twitter.com/DAgranoffAuthor    Blog-http://davidagranoff.blogspot.com/