EPISODE · Sep 23, 2020 · 2H 43M
Selenomania! | Chrononauts Episode 5
from Chrononauts · host JM, Gretchen and Nate
Containing several incidents of Selenomania, that partickular Moon Madness which has so captivated the Minds and Pens of Authors since the Ancient Times, including the early works of Messers Verne and Wells, considered by Many to be the Greatest and Most Influential voices in the beginnings of the Science Fiction genre in that excellent nineteenth Century, as well as several shorter Works spanning the scientific and the pseudoscientific, as well as a brief Sketch of that wonderful invention Radio, which we hope does not incense the Appreciators of our Goode Balkan Friend. Timestamps: Introduction, Edgar Allan Poe - "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" (1835), Richard Locke - "The Great Moon Hoax" (1835) (0:00) Jules Verne - "From the Earth to the Moon" (1865), "Around the Moon" (1869) (22:44) H.G. Wells - "The First Men in the Moon" (1901) (1:00:56) Konstantin Tsiolkovsky - "On the Moon" (1893) (2:19:24) Bibliography: Butcher, William. "Jules Verne: The Definitive Biography". 2006 Carlson, Bernard. "Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age". 2015 Sherborne, Michael. "H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life". 2010 White, Thomas H. "Nikola Tesla: The Guy Who DIDN'T 'Invent Radio'". 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20201002065253/https://earlyradiohistory.us/tesla.htm
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