Classic SF with Andy Johnson
Exploring classic science fiction, with a focus on the 1950s to the 1990s.
Podcasting since 2020 • 150 episodes
Classic SF with Andy Johnson
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#150 The First Classic SF with Andy Johnson Q&A
Answering listener questions about all things classic SF.Can you believe it, it's episode 150! To mark this milestone, this episode is a special Q&A. Questions and answers take a tour of Ursula K. Le Guin, J. G. Ballard, ...
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Episode 150
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#149 Celebration of wounds: Crash (1973) by J. G. Ballard
A shocking collision of warped sexuality and twisted metal"I wanted to rub the human face in its own vomit - and force it to look in the mirror." With these words, J.G. Ballard described the aim of his 1973 novel Crash...
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Episode 149
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#148 Out of the darkness: Flowers for Algernon (1966) by Daniel Keyes
Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction classic which crossed over into the mainstream. Originally published in novel form in 1966, Daniel Keyes' only fully-fledged SF book not only won a Nebula, but was adapted to film, and f...
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Episode 148
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#147 Armed to the teeth: The Jagged Orbit (1969) by John Brunner
A plea for human connection in a computerised worldThe reputation of John Brunner rests largely on his four "tract novels" published between 1968 and 1975. Complex and imposing, they are fictional explorations of issues and crises...
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Episode 147
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#146 Digging up the future: Icehenge (1984) by Kim Stanley Robinson
A moving meditation on revolution, knowledge, and human longevityKim Stanley Robinson has been a major fixture of American SF for 30 years. Best known for his Mars trilogy from the 1990s, each of his recent novels has been a major...
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Episode 146
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