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Chrononauts

by 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-chrononautsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrononautspodcastTwitter: @ChrononautsSFemail: [email protected] and readings: https://chrononautspodcast.bandcamp.comOpening theme music by Ionas von ZezswitzSounds and effects by NateAI thumbnail art by DALL-E-2 and Stable Diffusion

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  1. "Dangerous Visions" (1967), vol. 3, Part 2 | Chrononauts Episode 55.4

    Containing Matters of Miscreancy Timestamps: John Brunner - "Judas" (0:00) Keith Laumer - "Test to Destruction" (15:09) Norman Spinrad - "Carcinoma Angels" (23:44) Roger Zelazny - "Auto-da-Fé" (41:16) Samuel R. Delany - "Aye, and Gomorrah..." (56:19) closing reflections (1:16:15)

  2. "Dangerous Visions" (1967), vol. 3, Part 1 | Chrononauts Episode 55.3

    Containing Matters of Miscreancy Timestamps: Theodore Sturgeon - "If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?" (0:00) Larry Eisenberg - "What Happened to Auguste Clarot?" (35:31) Henry Slesar - "Ersatz" (46:13) Sonya Dorman - "Go, Go, Go, Said the Bird" (51:36) John Sladek…

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  3. "Dangerous Visions" (1967), vol. 2 | Chrononauts Episode 55.2

    Containing Matters of Miscreancy Timestamps: Howard Rodman - "The Man Who Went to the Moon - Twice" (0:00) Philip K. Dick - "Faith of Our Fathers" (17:08) Larry Niven - "The Jigsaw Man" (54:33) Fritz Leiber - "Gonna Roll the Bones" (1:03:14) Joe L. Hensley - "Lord Randy, My Son" (1:14:00) Poul...

  4. "Dangerous Visions" (1967), vol. 1 | Chrononauts Episode 55.1

    Containing Matters of Miscreancy Timestamps: introductions, non-podcast reads (0:00) "Dangerous Visions" background (14:28) Lester del Rey - "Evensong" (39:41) Robert Silverberg - "Flies" (51:18) Frederik Pohl - "The Day After the Day the Martians Came" (1:00:17) Philip José Farmer - "Riders of…

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  5. Francisco Baltzer - "Summer Vacation" (1955) | Chrononauts Episode 54.6

    Containing Matters of Mimicry Bibliography: Abraham, Carlos - "Las revistas argentinas de ciencia ficción" (2018)

  6. Oscar Varsavsky - "The Crimes of the LIO" (1953-54) | Chrononauts Episode 54.5

    Containing Matters of Hostile Work Environment Timestamps: Varsavsky background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion (16:41) Bibliography: Abraham, Carlos - "Las revistas argentinas de ciencia ficción" (2018) Rietti, Sara (ed) "Oscar Varsavsky: Una Lectura Postergada"...

  7. Más Allá and the Oesterhelds | Chrononauts Episode 54.4

    Containing Matters of Miscalculation Timestamps: Más Allá background (0:00) Héctor Germán and Jorge Oesterheld background (24:13) "Beware of the Dog" (1953) (34:43) "Boomerang" (1953) (52:50) Bibliography: Abraham, Carlos - "Las revistas argentinas de ciencia ficción" (2018) Archivo Histórico de...

  8. Sandro Sandrelli - "The Prototype" (1961) | Chrononauts Episode 54.3

    Containing Matters Of Manifestations Bibliography: Barbieri, Daniele - "Ricordando Sandro Sandrelli" (2018) https://www.labottegadelbarbieri.org/ricordando-sandro-sandrelli/ Biblioteca di via Senato Fondazione - "Fondo Fantascienza" https://bibliotecadiviasenato.it/patrimonio/fondo-fantascienza/...

  9. Luigi Cozzi - "Rainy Day Revolution No. 39" (1965) | Chrononauts Episode 54.2

    Containing Matters of Mass Transit Timestamps: Luigi Cozzi background (0:00) "Rainy Day Revolution No. 39" discussion (27:31) Bibliography: Bałaga, Marta, interview with Luigi Cozzi (2024) https://cineuropa.org/es/interview/470204/ Frau, Fabio Secchi "Il principe della fantascienza italiana"...

  10. Arkady and Boris Strugatsky - "Wanderers and Travellers" (1963) | Chrononauts Episode 54.1

    Containing Matters of Marine Movement Timestamps: introductions, non-podcast reads, "International Science Fiction" background (0:00) "Wanderers and Travellers" discussion, spoiler summary (21:40) Bibliography: WSFA Journal #51, Jan...

  11. Theodore Sturgeon - "Slow Sculpture" (1970) | Chrononauts Episode 53.6

    Containing Matters of Cultivation Timestamps: Sturgeon background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion (26:52) Bibliography: Delany, Samuel - introduction from "The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon (Vol. II)" Ellison, Harlan - introduction from "The Complete Stories…

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  12. Margaret St. Clair - "Roberta" (1962) | Chrononauts Episode 53.5

    Containing Matters of Misappropriation Timestamps: St. Clair biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion (34:20) Bibliography: St. Clair, Margaret - "Wight in Space: An Autobiographical Sketch" from "Fantastic Lives - Autobiographical Essays by Notable Science Fiction...

  13. R.A. Lafferty - "Rainbird" (1961) | Chrononauts Episode 53.4

    Containing Matters of Falconry Timestamps: Lafferty biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion (34:14) Bibliography: Arrive at Easterwine blog https://www.arriveateasterwine.com/portfolio Jackson, Tom - "My interview with R.A. Lafferty"...

  14. Zenna Henderson - "Something Bright" (1960) | Chrononauts Episode 53.3

    Containing Matters of Matronly Materialization Timestamps: Henderson biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion (10:43) Bibliography: Mormon Literature and Creative Arts - "Zenna Chlarson Henderson"...

  15. C.M. Kornbluth - "The Marching Morons" (1951) | Chrononauts Episode 53.2

    Containing Matters of Mental Minusculity Timestamps: Kornbluth background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion (24:06) Bibliography: Knight, Damon - "The Futurians: The Story of the Science Fiction 'Family' of the 30's That Produced Today's Top SF Writers and Editors"...

  16. Katherine MacLean - "Contagion" (1950) | Chrononauts Episode 53.1

    Containing Matters of Manhood Timestamps: introductions, non-podcast reads (0:00) Galaxy magazine background (16:46) Katherine MacLean biography, non-spoiler discussion (35:07) plot summary, spoiler discussion (56:36) Bibliography: Ashley, Mike - "Transformations; The Story of the Science-Fiction...

  17. Suzette Haden Elgin - "Native Tongue" (1984) | Chrononauts Episode 52

    Containing Matters of Talks, Trips, and Tubies Timestamps: introductions, non-podcast reads (0:00) Elgin biography, non-spoiler discussion (12:49) spoiler summary (46:56) spoiler discussion (1:58:13) Bibliography: Elgin, Suzette Haden - "Song at the Ready" https://youtu.be/SlElFLJqW_0 (1984)…

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  18. Karel Čapek - "War with the Newts" (1936) | Chrononauts Episode 51

    Containing Matters of Continental Drift timestamps: introductions, non-podcast reads (0:00) "War with the Newts" background, non-spoiler discussion (13:41) spoiler summary and discussion (34:35) general spoiler discussion and audio adaptations (1:48:11) Music: German, Edward - "In Praise of...

  19. Leigh Brackett - "Enchantress of Venus" (1949) | Chrononauts Episode 50.3

    Containing Matters of Falconry Timestamps: Planet Stories background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion (33:39) Bibliography: Brackett, Leigh - introduction to "Enchantress of Venus" from "The Space Opera Renaissance" (2006) Hartwell, David G. and Cramer, Kathryn -...

  20. C.L. Moore - "Shambleau" (1933) | Chrononauts Episode 50.2

    Containing Matters of Medusas Timestamps: non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion (18:14) Bibliography: Luminist "Weird Tales" archive https://www.luminist.org/archives/SF/WT.htm

  21. Edgar Rice Burroughs - "A Princess of Mars" (1912) | Chrononauts Episode 50.1

    Containing Matters of the Gentleman Timestamps: introductions, non-podcast reads (0:00) background on space opera and planetary romance (16:40) "Princess of Mars" non-spoiler discussion (39:16) spoiler summary and discussion (1:03:06) spoiler general discussion, film discussion (2:14:01) Music:...

  22. Arkady and Boris Strugatsky - "Roadside Picnic" (1972) | Chrononauts Episode 49

    Containing Matters of Monkey Timestamps: introductions, non-podcast reads (0:00) Strugatsky brothers biography, non-spoiler discussion (24:56) spoiler summary and discussion (1:01:13) "Stalker" film discussion (1:51:27) Bibliography: Cordasco, Rachel - "Fantastic Fiction: The Strugatsky Brothers…

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  23. Ted Chiang - "Story of Your Life" (1998) | Chrononauts Episode 48.4

    Containing Matters of Mapping Memory Timestamps: Ted Chiang background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary, spoiler discussion, "Arrival" discussion (17:21) Bibliography: Brady, Amy - "Barack Obama’s 2019 Summer Reading List", Chicago Review of Books,...

  24. Samuel Delany - "Babel-17" (1966) | Chrononauts Episode 48.3

    Containing Matters of Masque and Basque Timestamps: Delany bio, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler plot summary (26:37) spoiler discussion (52:29) Bibliography: Delany, Samuel R. - "Silent Interviews" (1994) Delany, Samuel R. - "Why I Write: Getting ready not to be", The Yale Review...

  25. Jack Vance - "The Languages of Pao" (1958) | Chrononauts Episode 48.2

    Containing Matters of Merchants Timestamps: Jack Vance bio (0:00) non-spoiler discussion (38:14) spoiler plot summary (53:21) spoiler discussion (1:39:33) Bibliography: Vance, Jack - "This is Me, Jack Vance" (2009)

  26. Ursula K. Le Guin - "Author of the Acacia Seeds" (1974) | Chrononauts Episode 48.1

    Containing Matters of Milkweeds. Timestamps: introductions, recent non-podcast reads (0:00) general overview and discussion of linguistics and science fiction (28:28) Ursula K. Leguin - "Author of the Acacia Seeds" (1974) (1:06:09) Bibliography: Akmajian, Adrian et al. - "Linguistics: An...

  27. Hawkwind: 1980-1995 | Chrononauts Bonus Episode 7.2

    Containing More Matters of Metaphysical Musical Mastery. Timestamps: "Levitation" (1980), "Sonic Attack" (1981), "Church of Hawkwind" (1982), "Choose Your Masques" (1982) (0:00) "Chronicle of the Black Sword" (1985), "The Xenon Codex" (1988) (58:30) "Space Bandits" (1990), "Electric Tepee"…

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  28. Hawkwind: 1969-1979 | Chrononauts Bonus Episode 7.1

    Containing Matters of Metaphysical Musical Mastery. Timestamps: personal experiences with Hawkwind, band background, "Hawkwind" (1970) (0:00) interlude 1: "The Dream" (54:07) "X In Search of Space" (1971), "Doremi Fasol Latido" (1972) (59:26) interlude 2: "The Entropic Passing of An Electric...

  29. Philip K. Dick - "The Last of the Masters" (1954) | Chrononauts Episode 47.5

    Containing Matters of Maintenance Timestamps: Philip K. Dick biography, general discussion, "Last of the Masters" non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion 38:55 Bibliography: Capanna, Pablo - "Idios Kosmos - Claves para una biograpfia de Philip K. Dick" (1992) Luminist…

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  30. Isaac Asimov - "Nightfall" (1941) | Chrononauts Episode 47.4

    Containing Matters Maladapted and Malconstructed. Timestamps: non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary (38:15) spoiler discussion and film adaptations (1:00:13)

  31. W.E.B. Du Bois - "The Comet" (1920) | Chrononauts Episode 47.3

    Containing Matters of Vacancy Timestamps: W.E.B. Du Bois background (0:00) "The Comet" non-spoiler discussion (41:54) spoiler summary and discussion (52:07) Bibliography: Horne, Gerald - "W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography" (2009) VanderMeer, Jeff and Ann (eds.) - "The Big Book of Science Fiction" (2016)

  32. S. Belsky - "Under the Comet" (1910) | Chrononauts Episode 47.2

    Containing Matters of Regression Timestamps: S. Belsky biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion (23:07) Bibliography: Laboratory of Fantastika - "S. Belsky" https://fantlab.ru/autor10001 Music: Bellak, James - "Comet Schottisch" (1853)...

  33. Amado Nervo - "The Last War"(~1906) | Chrononauts Episode 47.1

    Containing Matters of Canine Convincing. Timestamps: introductions, non-podcast reads, background on the apocalypse (0:00) Amado Nervo's "The Last War" non-spoiler discussion, plot summary, spoiler discussion (19:00) Bibliography: Ferreira, Rachel Haywood - "The Emergence of Latin American…

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  34. James Tiptree, jr - "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" (1973) | Chrononauts Episode 46.6

    Containing Matters of Cable Management Timestamps: James Tiptree, jr. biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) plot summary and spoiler discussion (49:56) Bibliography: Phillips, Julie - "James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon" (2007)

  35. Harlan Ellison - "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" (1967) | Chrononauts Episode 46.5

    Containing Matters of Mercy Timestamps: Harlan Ellison biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) plot summary and spoiler discussion (49:58) Bibliography: Segaloff, Nat - "A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison" (2017)

  36. Frederik Pohl - "We Purchased People" (1974) | Chrononauts Episode 46.4

    Containing Matters of Distant Demands. Timestamps: Frederik Pohl biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler plot summary and discussion (38:57) Bibliography: Pohl, Frederik - "The Way the Future Was: A Memoir" (1978)

  37. Gerald Kersh - "The Brighton Monster" (1948) | Chrononauts Episode 46.3

    Containing Matters of Disorienting Displacement. Timestamps: Kersh biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary and discussion (23:22) Bibliography: The Nights And Cities Of Gerald Kersh https://web.archive.org/web/20160212044247/https://harlanellison.com/kersh/

  38. Sakyo Komatsu - "The Savage Mouth" (1979) | Chrononauts Episode 46.2

    Containing Matters of Grotesque Gastronomy. Bibliography: Gregory, Sinda and McCaffery, Larry - "Not just a Gibson Clone: An Interview with Goro Masaki" https://web.archive.org/web/20070927045310/http://www.centerforbookculture.org/review/02_2_inter/interview_masaki.html Tatsumi, Takayuki -...

  39. Kylas Chunder Dutt - "A Journal of 48 Hours In The Year 1945" (1835) | Chrononauts Episode 46.1

    Containing Matters most Revolting. Bibliography: Banerjee, Suparno - "Other tomorrows: postcoloniality, science fiction and India" (2010) Banerjee, Suparno - "Indian Science Fiction: Patterns, History and Hybridity" (2020) Bhattacharya, Atanu and Hiradhar, Preet - "Own Maps/Imagined Terrain: The...

  40. Best and Worst of the Last 14 Episodes | Chrononauts Bonus Episode 6

    Timestamps: non-podcast reads, non-fiction background favorites (0:00) worst 3 and best 5 of episodes 32-45, future plans (47:25) Bookstores mentioned: Family Book Shop, 1301 N Woodland Blvd, DeLand, FL 32720 RBC Video, 269 Brighton Beach Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11235 (I said RBC Books by mistake and...

  41. Edward Page Mitchell - "The Man Without a Body" (1877) | Chrononauts Episode 45.5

    Containing Matters of Malformed Materialization. Switching sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M406arpS7ZA

  42. W.C. Morrow - "The Monster Maker" (1887) | Chrononauts Episode 45.4

    Containing Matters of Malpractice. Bibliography: Joshi, S.T. - "The Evolution of the Weird Tale" (2004) Mobile, AL First National Bank - "Highlights of 75 Years in Mobile" (1940) https://archive.org/download/75yearsinmobile/75yearsinmobile.pdf Morrow, W.C. - "Some Queer Experiences" (1891)...

  43. Ronald Ross - "The Vivisector Vivisected" (1882) | Chrononauts Episode 45.3

    Containing Matters of Fluidics. Bibliography: Haining, Peter - biography on Ronald Ross from "The Monster Makers" anthology (1974) Nobel Prize and Laureates - "Ronald Ross" https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1902/ross/biographical/ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - "Biography...

  44. H.G. Wells - "The Island of Doctor Moreau" (1896) | Chrononauts Episode 45.2

    Containing Matters of Mammals. Timestamps: non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler plot summary and discussion (22:18) general discussion and film adaptaions (1:08:13) Bibliography: Philmus, Robert (ed.) - "The Island of Doctor Moreau: a variorum text" (1993) Rieder, John - "Colonialism and the...

  45. H.G. Wells - "Under the Knife" (1896) | Chrononauts Episode 45.1

    Containing Matters of Morphine. Timestamps: introductions, recent reads (0:00) general discussion on the legacy of "Frankenstein" (15:25) "Under the Knife" discussion (25:55) Bibliography: Gaping Blackbird - "The Purple Pileus"...

  46. P.D. James - "The Children of Men" (1992) | Chrononauts Episode 44.4

    Containing Matters of Midwives and Miracles. Timestamps: PD James biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler plot summary and commentary (33:40) spoiler discussion (1:12:30) Bibliography: James, P.D. - "Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography" (2001)

  47. E.M. Forster - "Little Imber" (1961) | Chrononauts Episode 44.3

    Containing a Matters which arrive at a decisive Finish. Bibliography: Moffat, Wendy - "A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E. M. Forster" (2010)

  48. Judith Merril - "That Only a Mother" (1948) | Chrononauts Episode 44.2

    Containing a Matter of Mutation. Timestamps: Judith Merril biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler plot summary and discussion (35:09) Bibliography: Knight, Damon - "The Futurians" (1977) Merril, Judith and Pohl-Weary, Emily - "Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril" (2002)

  49. David H. Keller, MD - "Unto Us a Child is Born" (1933) | Chrononauts Episode 44.1

    Containing the matter of the Junior Philosopher. Timestamps: introductions, recent non-podcast reads, general discussion of the concept of "the family" (0:00) David H. Keller, MD background, non-spoiler discussion (29:51) plot summary and spoiler discussion (51:41) Bibliography: Hicks, Mar -...

  50. Anna Barkova - "A Steel Husband" (1926) | Chrononauts Episode 43.5

    Containing Matters of an Organic System of Movement Music: Valiashchik, Leon - "Elektro-Miss, or; the Electric Girl Fox-Trot" (c. 1920s) https://dpul.princeton.edu/slavic/catalog/cf95jf74s Bibliography: Fedotova, Margarita and Taganov, Leonid - introduction to "Eight Chapters of Madness"…

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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-chrononautsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrononautspodcastTwitter: @ChrononautsSFemail: [email protected] and readings: https://chrononautspodcast.bandcamp.comOpening theme music by Ionas von ZezswitzSounds and effects by NateAI thumbnail art by DALL-E-2 and Stable Diffusion

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