Classic SF with Andy Johnson
Exploring classic science fiction, with a focus on the 1950s to the 1990s.
Podcasting since 2020 • 154 episodes
Classic SF with Andy Johnson
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#154 Trial by fire: Rite of Passage (1968) by Alexei Panshin
Coming of age on a hollowed-out asteroidThe critic Algis Budrys said of this novel, "one feels a real shock as one realizes that Panshin after all has never been a girl growing up aboard a hollowed-out planetoid". He was praising ...
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Episode 154
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#153 Scarcity and abundance: Ring Around the Sun (1953) by Clifford D. Simak
A tall tale of impossible products, mutants, and parallel EarthsClifford D. Simak explores the parallel worlds theme to intriguing, energetic effect in his 1953 novel Ring Around the Sun. In this tall tale, origina...
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Episode 153
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#152 The last city: Cinnabar (1976) by Edward Bryant
Entropic tales from the end of time It is a bit of a truism to say that people are entranced by imagining the end of the world. But what about the end of time? In this immensely distant scenario, entropy has had its way with ...
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Episode 152
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#151 Ancient mistakes: Look to Windward (2000) by Iain M. Banks
The Culture is run by Minds - AI constructs of immense computing power, some of the greatest intelligences in the galaxy. But no amount of intelligence can prevent you from making mistakes.The sixth novel in the Culture series by Iain M...
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Episode 151
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