Classic SF with Andy Johnson
Exploring classic science fiction, with a focus on the 1950s to the 1990s.
Podcasting since 2020 • 142 episodes
Classic SF with Andy Johnson
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#142 Tipping the scales: Dreamsnake (1978) by Vonda N. McIntyre
A unique and moving feminist post-apocalyptic taleTo win the Hugo Award for Best Novel is one thing, but to secure the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Locus Awards is another thing entirely. Vonda N. McIntyre's 1978 novel Dreams...
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Episode 142
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#141 A horrorshow cure: A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess
"When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man."Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange was as controversial as it was profitable. Its depiction of a dystopian near future terrorised by ultraviolent teenage gangs made a sta...
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Episode 141
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#140 Plucked from the past: Picnic on Paradise (1968) by Joanna Russ
A feminist subversion of SF adventure on a snowbound world.Joanna Russ was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy best known for her strident feminist perspective. Her most acclaimed book is The Female Man fro...
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Episode 140
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#139 In the days of their strength: Pavane (1968) by Keith Roberts
Exploring a unique alternate history and a classic of British SF.It is the late 20th century - but not as we know it. There is no electricity, let alone nuclear energy. Steam-powered road trains are the fastest means of transport...
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Episode 139
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#138 Death is no obstacle: The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977) by John Varley
Hundreds of years from now, there is not a single human being on Earth. The species has been exiled to the moon, Mars, and other worlds of the solar system. A powerful alien race has reserved the planet we think of as "ours", and given it over ...
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Episode 138
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