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TBD - To Be Determined
by Bill Williamson, Dan Kamm
Classic scifi short stories ... some you know, some you don't. But all of them are worthy of another look.
Episodes
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Episode 33 - The Wreck of the Ship John B (Frank Robinson)
Theme: This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on. Episode Connections Authors, stories. “The Cold Equations.” Films. The Towering Inferno. The Poseidon Adventure. Sharknado. The Island at the Top of the World. The Black Hole. Alien. Pitch Black. Aliens. Castaway. Passengers. The Martian. Ad Astra....
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Episode 32 - Wanders and Travelers (Arkady Strugotsky)
Theme: Does this RFID tag make me look inferior? Episode Connections Authors, stories. R.A. Lafferty, “Encased in Ancient Rind.” Arthur C. Clarke, “The Sentinel.” Murray Leinster. “First Contact.” TV episodes, series. Star Trek. Star Trek: Next Generation. Babylon 5. Ideas. Soviet-era science...
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Episode 31 - The Forest of Zyl (Chis Neville)
Theme: It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature. Episode Connections Authors, stories. Murray Leinster, The Lonely Planet. Ursula K. LeGuin, “Vaster Than Empires and More Slow.” Stanislaw Lem, Solaris. Tom Godwin, “The Cold Equations.” Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game. Jack McDevitt. Robert Heinlein,...
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Episode 30 - Captive Audience (Ann Warren Griffith)
Theme: Paying your debt to Capitalism Episode Connections Authors, stories. Ann Warren Griffith, “Zeritsky’s Law.” Henry Cuttner, “Nothing But Ginger Bread Left.” Arthur C. Clarke, “The Ultimate Melody.” Fritz Leiber, “The Girl With the Hungry Eyes.” Frederic Pohl, The Space Merchants. Neal...
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Episode 29 - 10:01 AM (Alexander Malac)
Theme: Justice, fast-food style Episode Connections Authors, stories. Alexander Malac, Extrapolosis. Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat series. Daniel H. Wilson, Where’s My Jetpack? Alice Glaser, “The Tunnel Ahead.” Films. Star Wars. Running Man. Judge Dread. RoboCop. Blade Runner. TV...
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Episode 28 - Chicago (Thomas F. Monteleone)
Theme: If I had a million robots ... Episode Connections Authors, stories. Dean Koontz. Monteleone, The Time Swept City. Fritz Lieber, “A Pail of Air.” Roger Zelazny, “For a Breath I Tarry.” Tom Godwin, “The Cold Equations.” Ray Bradbury, “There Will Come Soft Rains.” Cyril Kornbluth, “Marching...
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Episode 27 - For a Breath I Tarry (Roger Zelazny)
Theme: What does it mean to be human? Episode Connections Authors, stories. Roger Zelanzny, Chronicles of Amber. Neil Gaiman, Sandman. The Bible. Isaac Asimov, Bicentennial Man. Jack Williamson, “With Folded Hands.” Films. Bicentennial Man. AI. Blade Runner. I, Robot. Finch. TV episodes, series....
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Episode 26 - There Will Come Soft Rains (Ray Bradbury)
Theme: Our house … is a very, very, very smart house Episode Connections Authors, stories. Sara Teasdale, “There Will Come Soft Rains.” Dean Koontz, The Demon Seed. Alan Weisman, The World Without Us. James Tiptree Jr., “The Last Flight of Dr. Ain.” McSweeney’s.com. Fritz Lieber, “A Pale of Air.”...
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Episode 25 - The Last Flight of Dr. Ain (James Tiptree, Jr)
Theme: A plague of humans. Episode Connections Authors, stories. Lynn Margulis, the Gaia Hypothesis. Stephen King, The Stand. Richard Matheson, I Am Legend. Richard Preston, The Hot Zone. Albert Robina, The War in the Twentieth Century. Aldo’s Huxley, Brave New World. H.G. Wells, “The Stolen...
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Episode 24 - Inconstant Moon (Larry Niven)
Theme: It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel … angst. Episode Connections Authors, stories. Larry Niven, Ringworld series. Fritz Lieber, “A Pail of Air.” Arthur C. Clarke, “Rescue Party,” and “The Star.” Jerry Pournelle. Ursula K. LeGuin. Films. Finch. Castaway. Solar Flare.…
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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 Connections Authors, stories. Fritz Lieber, Newhon series. James M. Ward & Rob Kuntz, Deities & Demigods (TSR, AD&D). Stephen King, “The Jaunt.” Jerome Bixby, The Holes Around Mars. Hal Clement, Mission of…
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Episode 22 - Encased in Ancient Rind (R.A. Lafferty)
Theme: Does more life bring greater wisdom? Episode Connections Authors, stories. Neil Gaiman, Sandman series. Phillip K. Dick. Samuel R. Delaney & Marilyn Hacker, Quark series. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. Stephen R. Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Jerome Bixby, “Old...
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Episode 21 - The Tunnel Ahead (Alice Glaser) & 2BR02B (Kurt Vonnegut)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle, Slaughterhouse 5. Paul Ehrlich, Population Bomb, Population Explosion. Stephen Emmott, Ten Billion. Dr. Danny Dorling, Population 10 Billion. Harry Harrison, Make Room, Make Room. John Brunner, Stand On Zanzibar. Isaac Asimov…
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Episode 20 - The Jaunt (Stephen King)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination. Clive Barker, “Hellraiser.” Dan Simmons, Hyperion. Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time series. Fred T. Jane, To Venus in Five Seconds. Films. The Langoliers. Back to the Future. Galaxy Quest. Stargate. Contact. The Fly...
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Episode 19 - Altar Boy (Dean Koontz)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Dean Koontz, Star Quest, Odd Thomas series. Harlan Ellison. Dean Koontz, Midnight. Harry Harrison, Soylent Green. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World. John W. Campbell, “Who Goes There?” Films. Odd Thomas. Logan’s Run. Star Wars. TV episodes, series. Quantum Leap....
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Episode 18 - Inferiority (James Causey)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Frederic Brown, “Arena.” Flash Gordon series. Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter/Barsoom series. Cyril Kornbluth, “The Marching Morons.” Films. Independence Day. Battlefield Earth. Signs. War of the Worlds. TV episodes, series. Star Trek. Ideas. Cultural...
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Episode 17 - Old Testament (Jerome Bixby)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. The Bible, and other spiritual texts. Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker. Erich von Daniken, Chariots of the Gods. Robin Hood stories. King Arthur stories. Jack Williamson. Robert Heinlein, “They.” Arthur C. Clarke, “The Sentinel.” Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s…
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Episode 16 - Pots (C.J. Cherryh)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Isaac Asimov, Foundation series. Upton Sinclair, “I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked.” Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers’s Guide to the Galaxy series. Lewis Padgett, “Mimsy Were the Borogoves.” Films. Star Trek: The Motion Picture. TV episodes, series....
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Episode 15 - The Marching Morons (Cyril Kornbluth)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Cyril Kornbluth, “Little Black Bag.” William Gibson, “Johnny Mnemonic.” Paul Erlich, The Population Bomb and The Population Explosion. Douglas Adams Hitchiker’s Guide series. Films. Idiocracy. Water World. Mad Max. Ideas. Social stratification based on...
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Episode 14 - Sam Hall (Poul Anderson)
Episode Connections Films. Raiders of the Lost Ark. No Way Out. Enemy of the State. Minority Report. Running Man. Gattaca. TV episodes, series. X-Files. Music. Johnny Cash, “Sam Hall.” Ideas. Authoritarian societies. Data-driven society. Control of data, control of information. Mythology of the...
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Episode 13 - The Voices of Time (J.G. Ballard)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. William Gibson, “Johnny Mnemonic.” Arnold J. Toynbee, A Study of History. Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West. Murray Leinster, “First Contact.” Sigmund Freud. Carl Jung. Erich von Daniken. Films. Sphere. Inner Space. Godzilla series. Gamera series. The...
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Episode 12 - First Contact (Murray Leinster)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Buck Rogers stories. Terry Bisson, “They’re Made Out of Meat.” Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide series. Films. Star Wars films. Stargate. Contact. Star Trek: First Contact. TV episodes, series. Star Trek. Star Trek: Enterprise. George Carlin, “Seven Dirty...
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Episode 11 - Who Goes There? (John W. Campbell)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Astounding Science Fiction. Kenneth Robeson, Doc Savage series. Clarke, “The Sentinel.” H.P. Lovecraft, “At the Mountains of Madness.” William Golding, Lord of the Flies. Films. The Thing from Another World. The Thing (1982). The Thing (2011). MovieTone news...
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Episode 10 - War Veteran (Philip K. Dick)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Philip K. Dick “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” Asimov, “The Dead Past.” Films. Blade Runner. Impostor. Minority Report. The Rocketeer. Starship Trooper. TV episodes, series. The Man in the High Castle. Ideas. Classic sci fi visions of Mars and Venus....
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Episode 9 - They (Robert Heinlein)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Starship Troopers. Philip K. Dick, “Time Out of Joint.” Films. Them. Sunshine. The Matrix. The Truman Show. Memento. Shutter Island. 12 Monkeys. Fight Club. Contact. The Hitchhiker’s...
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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.
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Episode 8 - Mimsy Were the Borogoves (Lewis Padgett)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass. Clifford D. Simak, “Desertion.” Stephen King. Ray Bradbury. CS Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, That Hideous Strength, Out of a Silent Planet, Perelandra. Madeline L’Engle, A Wrinkle In Time…
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Episode 7 - Johnny Mnemonic (William Gibson)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Bruce Sterling. Harlan Ellison. J.G. Ballard. Phillip K. Dick. Martin Caiden, Cyborg. Gordon R. Dickson, The Forever Man. Frederick Pohl, Man Plus. William Gibson, “Burning Chrome.” Dick Hebdige, Punk: The Subculture of Style. Clifford D. Symak, “Desertion.”...
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Episode 6 - Desertion (Clifford Simak)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Terry Bisson, “They’re Made Out of Meat.” Damon Knight, “To Serve Man.” Harlan Ellison, “I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream.” Anne McCaffrey,’s Ship series. Spider Man. Fantastic Four. Wes Jackson. Jack Williamson, “With Folded Hands.” Arthur C. Clarke, "The...
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Episode 5 - They’re Made Out of Meat (Terry Bisson) & To Serve Man (Damon Knight)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Arther C. Clarke, “The Sentinel.” Damon Knight, “Time Enough.” Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Harlan Ellison, “I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream.” Terry Pratchett. Arthur C. Clarke, Ender’s Game. Films. Spaceballs. Galaxy Quest.…
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Episode 4 - I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Damon Knight. Ray Bradbury. Harlan Ellison, “Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman.” Dan Simmons, “Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams,” Hyperion Chronicles. Jack Williamson, “With Folded Hands.” Arthur C. Clarke, “The Sentinel.” Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s…
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Episode 3 - With Folded Hands (Jack Williamson)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Asimov, Robot stories. Films. The Matrix. Jurassic Park. TV episodes, series. Star Trek, the Next Generation. Ideas. Jack Williamson's sci-fi legacy. Robotic central intelligence. A life of leisure v. a life of work. What does it mean to be happy? Asimov’s...
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Episode 2 - The Cold Equations (Tom Godwin)
Episode Connections Films. 28 Days Later. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The Fellowship of the Ring. Star Wars films. Stowaway. TV episodes, series. Star Trek (the original series). Ideas. Math-driven decision making & resource management. Artificially intelligent capitalism. Space stowaways....
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Episode 1 - The Dead Past (Isaac Asimov)
Episode Connections Authors, stories. Ayn Rand. Despair.com. Films. The Terminator. Timeline. Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Easy A. 1984. The Truman Show. TV episodes, series. Dr Who. Continuum. Travelers. The Jetsons. Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Black Mirror. Ideas. Implications of time peeking. Asimov the...
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Pilot Episode - The Sentinel (Arthur C. Clarke)
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....
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Classic scifi short stories ... some you know, some you don't. But all of them are worthy of another look.
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Bill Williamson, Dan Kamm
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