On Episode 74 of the Paperback Warrior Podcast, the guys discuss a genre they know very little about - Science Fiction! Listen and learn as Eric and Tom review several vintage SF paperbacks and give their candid impressions. Join the fun on your favorite podcast app or www.paperbackwarrior.com or download directly HERE.
A fun episode! Your somewhat limited knowledge of vintage science fiction actually led to interesting selections that include several I wasn't aware of -- and I read a LOT of science fiction novels and magazines back in the '50s, '60s and '70s.
If you guys want to do some reading on the history of science fiction, I can recommmend a couple of books:
Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, by Alec Nevala-Lee
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction, ed. by Leigh Grossman. This one has a great selection of fiction from throughout the 20th Century, along with essays to give them historical context. Two of those essay are brilliant. I know, because I wrote them.
I'd like to also recommend the original novela-length version of Damnation Alley. Zelazny expanded it into a novel when the movie came out, but the novella is much better and much more tightly written.
A fun episode! Your somewhat limited knowledge of vintage science fiction actually led to interesting selections that include several I wasn't aware of -- and I read a LOT of science fiction novels and magazines back in the '50s, '60s and '70s.
ReplyDeleteHow about calling this "Science Fiction BY Dummies"?
ReplyDeleteJust kidding, now I have to listen to this fine podcast...
Great Episode as usual.
ReplyDeleteIf you guys want to do some reading on the history of science fiction, I can recommmend a couple of books:
Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, by Alec Nevala-Lee
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction, ed. by Leigh Grossman. This one has a great selection of fiction from throughout the 20th Century, along with essays to give them historical context. Two of those essay are brilliant. I know, because I wrote them.
I'd like to also recommend the original novela-length version of Damnation Alley. Zelazny expanded it into a novel when the movie came out, but the novella is much better and much more tightly written.
Please, more SF!
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