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Chrononauts

Chrononauts

By JM, Gretchen and Nate

A science fiction literature history podcast, covering popular and obscure works. Contains spoilers for all works discussed.

Texts and translations: chrononautspodcast.blogspot.com/
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/group/show/1093395-chrononauts
Facebook: www.facebook.com/chrononautspodcast
Twitter: @ChrononautsSF
email: chrononautspodcast@gmail.com
Music and readings: chrononautspodcast.bandcamp.com

Opening theme music by Ionas von Zezswitz
Sounds and effects by Nate
AI thumbnail art by DALL-E-2 and Stable Diffusion
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The Interplanetary Gnosis, part 1: A Voyage to Arcturus | Chrononauts Episode 13

ChrononautsMay 07, 2021

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02:23:26
Jim Mortimore - "Eye of Heaven" (1998) | Chrononauts Episode 41.2

Jim Mortimore - "Eye of Heaven" (1998) | Chrononauts Episode 41.2

Containing Matters of Punishment.


Doctor Who personal background and novel history (0:00)

"Eye of Heaven" chapter 8 reading excerpt (47:51)

non-spoiler discussion (55:45)

spoiler plot summary and discussion (1:23:53)


Music:

Jim Mortimore - "Red Ghost of the Sun", from "Ghosts of the Sun" album, 2018 (used in ch. 8 reading excerpt with permission)

https://jimmortimore.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts-of-the-sun


Jim Mortimore Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/%C2%ADgroups/%C2%AD1908597789294796


Jim Mortimore Bandcamp:

http://jimmortimore.bandcamp.com/music


Mar 06, 202402:25:51
Diane Duane - "The Wounded Sky" (1983) | Chrononauts Episode 41.1

Diane Duane - "The Wounded Sky" (1983) | Chrononauts Episode 41.1

Containing Matters In which the Captain goes Once more unto the Breach.


Timestamps:

a brief overview and recommenations of non-literature SF media before 1965 (0:00)

personal backgrounds with Star Trek (25:58)

Diane Duane background, Star Trek novel history, non-spoiler discussion (47:51)

spoiler summary and spoiler discussion (1:20:36)


Bibliography:


Ayers, Jeff - "Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion" (2006)

Bacon-Smith, Camille - "Enterprising women: television fandom and the creation of popular myth" (1992)

Benson, Michael - "Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949" (1985)

Costa, Jordi - "Hay Algo Ahí Afuera: Una Historia del Cine de Cine-Ficción, 1895-1959" (1997)

McGilligan, Patrick - "Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast" (1997)

Solomon, Matthew (ed.) "Fantastic Voyages of the Cinematic Imagination: Georges Méliès's Trip to the Moon" (2011)

Verba, Joan Marie - "Boldly Writing: A Trekker Fan and Zine History, 1967 - 1987" (1996)

Wade, John - "The Golden Age of Science Fiction: A Journey into Space with 1950s Radio, TV, Films, Comics and Books" (2019)


Diane Duane personal websites:

https://www.dianeduane.com/about-the-author/

https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2022/08/30/on-becoming-a-star-trek-novelist/

https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/117189937126/whats-the-name-of-the-book-about-the-spider

https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/742571028615725056/the-alien-and-the-pajamas-happened-in-the?source=share

https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2006/10/28/star-trek-the-next-generation-where-no-one-has-gone-before/


JM's Star Trek streams on John Gill's channel:https://www.youtube.com/@johngill6290

Mar 01, 202402:17:12
C.L. Moore - "Greater than Gods" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.7

C.L. Moore - "Greater than Gods" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.7

Containing Matters of Indecision


Timestamps:

non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler plot summary and spoiler discussion (8:08)

Astounding July 1939 story ranking, general issue discussion (51:34)


Music:

Hirsch, Louis A. - "Sweet Kentucky Lady" (1914) https://www.loc.gov/resource/music.musihas-100006686/?sp=1&st=image

Dodge, Mr. & Mrs John Wilson - "Moon, Moon, Moon" (1910) https://www.loc.gov/resource/musm1508.10020387.0/

Jan 19, 202401:09:06
Amelia Reynolds Long - "When the Half Gods Go" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.6

Amelia Reynolds Long - "When the Half Gods Go" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.6

Containing Matters of Idolatry and Interventionism

Timestamps:

Amelia Reynolds Long biography, non-spoiler summary (0:00)

spoiler summary and discussion, "Geography for Time Travelers" non-fiction article (21:56)


Bibliography:

Science Fiction Encyclopedia - "Amelia Reynolds Long" https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/long_amelia_reynolds

Simms, Richard - "A Tribute to Amelia Reynolds Long" amelialong.tripod.com

Yaszek, Lisa - "Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction" (2016)

Jan 16, 202401:04:10
Ross Rocklynne - "The Moth" | Chrononauts Episode 40.5

Ross Rocklynne - "The Moth" | Chrononauts Episode 40.5

Containing Matters of Chromatic Death


Timestamps:

Rocklynne background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler summary, discussion (9:48)

"Brass Tacks" letters section (26:37)


Bibliography:

Ellison, Harlan - "Dangerous Visions" (1967)

Rocklynne, Ross - "Introducing the Author", Fantastic Adventures, May 1939

Rocklynne, Ross - "Meet the Author", Startling Stories, November 1942

Rocklynne, Ross - "PS's Feature Flash", Planet Stories, May 1943

Rocklynne, Ross - "Introducing the Author", Imagination, January 1954

Jan 14, 202439:47
Nelson Bond - "Lightship, Ho!" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.4

Nelson Bond - "Lightship, Ho!" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.4

Containing Matters of Perpetual Cooking


Timestamps:

Nelson Bond background, "Lightship, Ho!" non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

"Lightship, Ho!" spoiler summary and discussion (12:40)

"Tools for Brains" non-fiction article (30:02)


Bibliography:

Bond, Nelson - "Introducing the Author" Fantastic Adventures, July 1939

Bond, Nelson - "Introducing the Author" Fantastic Adventures, November 1939

Locus Magazine - "Nelson S. Bond: Looking Way Back" https://www.locusmag.com/1998/Issues/10/Bond.html

Reed, Betsy - "Nelson S. Bond Obituary", The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/nov/21/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries

Science Fiction Encyclopedia - "Nelson S. Bond" https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bond_nelson_s


Jan 13, 202443:57
Nat Schachner - "City of the Cosmic Rays" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.3

Nat Schachner - "City of the Cosmic Rays" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.3

Containing Matters of Harg and Rockets.


Timestamps:

Nat Schachner background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler summary and discussion (35:31)


Bibliography:

Asimov, Isaac - "Before the Golden Age" (1974)

Moskowitz, Sam - "The Science-Fiction of Nat Schachner", Fantasy Commentator, #43, #44, #45/46 (1992) https://fanac.org/fanzines/Fantasy_Comment/

Schachner, Nat - "Introducing the Author", Fantastic Adventures, September 1939

Jan 11, 202401:01:15
Isaac Asimov - "Trends" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.2

Isaac Asimov - "Trends" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.2

Containing Matters of Divine Disagreement


Timestamps:

Asimov background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler summary and discussion (54:06)


Bibliography:

Asimov, Isaac - "The Early Asimov" (1972)

Asimov, Isaac - "Before the Golden Age" (1974)

Asimov, Isaac - "In Memory Yet Green" (1979)

Nevala-Lee, Alec - "Astounding" (2018)


Music:

Hoffman, F - "Ouverture 'Jupiter'" (1883) https://www.loc.gov/item/2023850031/

Jan 10, 202401:13:60
A. E. van Vogt - "Black Destroyer" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.1

A. E. van Vogt - "Black Destroyer" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 40.1

Containing Matters of Feline Carrier Difficulty


Timestamps:

introduction, opening sketch, 1939 "Union Leader Tobacco" ad read (0:00)

Astounding 1939 cover, contents, ads, non-fiction piece on atomic power (5:42)

A.E. Van Vogt background, "Black Destroyer" non-spoiler discussion (17:38)

"Black Destroyer" spoiler summary and discussion (45:02)


Bibliography:

Aldiss, Brian and Wingrove, David - "Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction" (1986)

Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939 issue https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v23n05_1939-07_dtsg0318/mode/2up

D'Ammassa, Don - "Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction" (2005)

Hartwell, David G. - "Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction" (1984)

James, Edward - "The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction" (2003)

Panshin, Alexei - "The Early Stories of A.E. van Vogt" https://www.panshin.com/articles/vanvogt/vanvogt1.html

Platt, Charles - introduction to "The World of Null-A" (1977)


Music:

in order of appearance in opening sketch:

Hirsch, Louis A. - "Sweet Kentucky Lady" (1914) https://www.loc.gov/resource/music.musihas-100006686/?sp=1&st=image

Dodge, Mr. & Mrs John Wilson - "Moon, Moon, Moon" (1910) https://www.loc.gov/resource/musm1508.10020387.0/

Bayes, Nora and Norworth, Jack - "Falling Star" (1909) https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200004367/


"Union Leader" ad read from Astounding July 1939 issue (with "Sweet Kentucky Lady")

Jan 08, 202401:10:10
Voivod Discography Ranking | Chrononauts Bonus Episode 5

Voivod Discography Ranking | Chrononauts Bonus Episode 5

Containing Matters of a Morgoth Diversion.


Timestamps:

band history, background (0:00)

album picks #15-10 (37:42)

album picks #9-5 (1:35:28)

album picks #4-1, general discussion (2:35:35)


Thumbnail art from Speed Attack #2


Links:

Deceased photo history excerpt https://web.archive.org/web/20030415192525/http://www.upthetombstones.com/1986_summer_party.shtml

The Corroseum fanzine archive https://thecorroseum.org/fanzines/


Zines:

Anarcheology #3 Chile (1989)

Barst #5 Belgium (1984)

Blitzkrieg #2 Germany (1984)

The Book Of Armageddon #4 USA (1988)

L'ame De Fond #8/9 France (1987)

Metal Madness #3 USA (1984)

Metal Meltdown #8 USA (1990)

Metal Warriors #2 Belgium (1987)

Metallic Assault #2 Canada (1984)

Sheet Metal #3 USA (1988)

Slam #1 (1987) USA

Sledgehammer Press #8 USA (1984)

Speed Attack #2 Germany (1984)

Nov 22, 202304:10:03
Fandom, Fanzines and Fanfiction | Chrononauts Episode 39

Fandom, Fanzines and Fanfiction | Chrononauts Episode 39

Containing Matters of the Community.


Timestamps:

introductions and recent reads (0:00)

personal histories with fandom (35:26)

1930s fandom history and fanzine excerpts (49:24)

Sam Moskowitz - "Why Doesn't Our Ship Move" (1937) (1:48:44)

James Blish - "Pursuit into Nowhere: Adopted from the Annals of Space Patrol" (1936) (1:57:49)

Ralph Milne Farley - "The Rexmel" (1935) (2:09:12)

Clark Ashton Smith - "The Primal City" (1934) (2:15:12)

George Hamm - "Cluck Rogers in Astounding" (1936) (2:47:21)

Ruth Berman - "Star Drek" (1968) (2:55:31)


Bibliography:

Cowan, Zagria - "Donald A Wollheim/Darrell G Raynor (1914-1990) science fiction writer and editor, trans memoirist - Part 1" https://zagria.blogspot.com/2023/05/donald-wollheimdarrell-g-raynor-1914.html

Davin, Eric Leif - "Pioneers of Wonder: Conversations With the Founders of Science Fiction" (1999)

The Eldritch Dark: The Sanctum of Clark Ashton Smith http://www.eldritchdark.com/

FANAC Fan History - "Early Star Trek Fandom - Ruth Berman and Devra Langsam, Fan History Zoom" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHIpNXq6wSo

FANAC - "Chronological List of Fanzines on Fanac.org" https://fanac.org/fanzines/chronological_listing_of_fanzines.html

Fancyclopedia 3 https://fancyclopedia.org/Fancyclopedia_3

Fancyclopedia 3 - "First Convention" https://fancyclopedia.org/First_Convention

Jamison, Anne - "Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World" (2014) https://www.wattpad.com/story/13132615-fic-why-fanfiction-is-taking-over-the-world Moskowitz, Sam - "Immortal Storm: A History of Science Fiction Fandom" (1954)

Pocket 2000 bookstore https://www.facebook.com/p/Pocket-2000-libreria-100058006428228/

Profondo Rosso store http://www.profondorossostore.com/en/

Speer, Jack - "Up To Now" (1939)


Music:

Wagner, Ferdinand - "Little Jupiter; Polka schnell" (1881) https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1881.10566/ (interlude 2)

Bayes, Nora and Norworth, Jack - "Falling Star" (1909) https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200004367/ (interlude 7)

Oct 18, 202303:35:52
John W. Campbell - "Who Goes There?" (1938) | Chrononauts Episode 38.6

John W. Campbell - "Who Goes There?" (1938) | Chrononauts Episode 38.6

Concerning Matters of Fire and Ice.


Timestamps:

John Campbell biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler summary and discussion (34:21)

John Campbell's legacy on science fiction (1:08:27)


Bibliography:

Ashley, Mike - "The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp magazines From the Beginning to 1950" (2001)

Bleiler, Everett - "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" (1998)

Davin, Eric Leif - "Pioneers of Wonder: Conversations With the Founders of Science Fiction Hardcover" (1999)

Silverberg, Robert and Nevala-Lee, Alec - "Frozen Hell: Introduction and Foreword" (2019)

Tymn, Marshall B. and Ashley, Mike (eds.) - "Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction magazines" (1985)

Aug 16, 202301:34:01
Harry Bates - "Alas, All Thinking!" (1935) | Chrononauts Episode 38.5

Harry Bates - "Alas, All Thinking!" (1935) | Chrononauts Episode 38.5

Containing Matters of a Preponderance of Ponderance.


Timestamps:

Harry Bates biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler summary and discussion (18:00)


Bibliography:

"The Astounding Harry Bates" featurette, from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" DVD (2008)

Schwartz, Julian and Weisinger, Mortimer - "Titans of Science Fiction: Interview with Harry Bates", Science Fiction Digest #6, February 1933 https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Digest_2/SF_Digest_0106-09.html?

Aug 14, 202301:03:34
Raymond Z. Gallun - "Old Faithful" (1934) | Chrononauts Episode 38.4

Raymond Z. Gallun - "Old Faithful" (1934) | Chrononauts Episode 38.4

Containing Matters of Binary Flashes and Semaphore Dashes.


Timestamps:

Gallun biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler summary and discussion (30:27)


Bibliography:

Ashley, Mike - "The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp magazines From the Beginning to 1950" (2001)

Bleiler, Everett - "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" (1998)

Davin, Eric Leif - "Pioneers of Wonder: Conversations With the Founders of Science Fiction Hardcover" (1999)

Pierce, J.J. - introduction to "The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun" (1978)

Tymn, Marshall B. and Ashley, Mike (eds.) - "Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction magazines" (1985)


Aug 13, 202301:00:23
Murray Leinster - "Sidewise in Time" (1934) | Chrononauts Episode 38.3

Murray Leinster - "Sidewise in Time" (1934) | Chrononauts Episode 38.3

Containing Matters of Romans and Confederates.


Timestamps:

Tremaine-era Astounding background, Murray Leinster background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler summary and discussion (19:50)


Bibliography:

Ashley, Mike - "The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp magazines From the Beginning to 1950" (2001)

Bleiler, Everett - "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" (1998)

Davin, Eric Leif - "Pioneers of Wonder: Conversations With the Founders of Science Fiction Hardcover" (1999)

Duncan, Andy - "It's All SF: Science Fiction, Southern Fiction, and the Case of Murray Leinster" (2000)

Science Fiction Book Club - "Interview with Steven Silver and Billee Stallings" (2022) https://middletownpubliclib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Interview-about-Murray-Leinster-website.pdf

Tymn, Marshall B. Tymn and Ashley, Mike (eds.) - "Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction magazines" (1985)


Music:

Beck, Sam - "Neptune Rondo" (1845) https://www.loc.gov/resource/sm1845.050900.0?st=gallery

Aug 11, 202353:16
Sophie Wenzel Ellis - "Creatures of the Light" (1930) | Chrononauts Episode 38.2

Sophie Wenzel Ellis - "Creatures of the Light" (1930) | Chrononauts Episode 38.2

Containing Matters in which Proteus transforms the Species.


Timestamps:

Sophie Wenzel Ellis background and non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler summary and discussion (24:42)


Bibliography:

Adams, M.B. - "The politics of human heredity in the USSR, 1920-1940" (1989)

Ashley, Mike - "The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers" (2015)

Bleiler, Everett - "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" (1998)

Davin, Eric Leif - "Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965" (2005)

Gilbert, James B. - "Collectivism and Charles Steinmetz" (1974)


Music:

Dodge, Mr. & Mrs John Wilson - "Moon, Moon, Moon" (1910) https://www.loc.gov/resource/musm1508.10020387.0/


Aug 09, 202358:11
Captain S. P. Meek - "The Cave of Horror" (1930) | Chrononauts Episode 38.1

Captain S. P. Meek - "The Cave of Horror" (1930) | Chrononauts Episode 38.1

Containing Matters in which Mutton is a Joy to All.


Timestamps:

introductions, non-podcast reads (0:00)

Astounding Stories background, Captain S.P. Meek biography, non-spoiler discussion (14:52)

spoiler plot summary/spoiler discussion (39:06)


Bibliography:

Astounding Stories of Super Science, January 1930 issue https://archive.org/details/Astounding_Stories_of_Super_Science_1930/asf1930-01/

Ashley, Mike - "The History of the Science Fiction Magazine - Part 1 (1926-1935)" (1976)

Ashley, Mike - "The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the Beginning to 1950" (2001)

Bleiler, Everett - "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" (1998)

Nevala-Lee, Alec - "Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction" (2018)


Music:

Robelen, Harry - "Pluto Polka" (1874) https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1874.04744/

Aug 06, 202354:04
Renato Pestriniero - "A Night of 21 Hours" (1960) | Chrononauts Episode 37.3

Renato Pestriniero - "A Night of 21 Hours" (1960) | Chrononauts Episode 37.3

In which the Heavens provide a Relax of the Mind.


Timestamps:

background on Italian science fiction (0:00)

Pestriniero biography and non-spoiler discussion (30:47)

spoiler summary and discussion, "Planet of the Vampires" discussion (44:54)


Bibliography:

Catalogo Vegetti della letteratura fantastica - "Renato Pestrinero" https://www.fantascienza.com/catalogo/autori/NILF14184/renato-pestriniero/

Edizioni Solfanelli - "Renato Pestriniero" https://www.edizionisolfanelli.it/renatopestriniero.htm

Delos Books - "A Mestre omaggio a Renato Pestriniero" (2008) https://www.fantascienza.com/11588/a-mestre-omaggio-a-renato-pestriniero

Saiber, Arielle - "Flying Saucers Would Never Land in Lucca: The Fiction of Italian Science Fiction", California Italian studies, 2011

Brioni, Simone and Comberiati, Daniele - "Italian Science Fiction: The Other in Literature and Film" (2019)

Lucas, Tim - "Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark" (2007)

Science Fiction Encyclopedia - "Italy" https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/italy

Jul 05, 202301:19:30
Graal Arelsky - "Tales of Mars" (1925) | Chrononauts Episode 37.2

Graal Arelsky - "Tales of Mars" (1925) | Chrononauts Episode 37.2

Containing Matters of Radium, Evolution and Revolution.

Timestamps:

Arelsky biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

"Professor Dagin's Observatory" spoiler summary/discussion 23:20

"Two Worlds" spoiler summary/discussion 36:35

"Towards a New Sun" spoiler summary/discussion 52:06


Bibliography:

Imperia Auctions, Auction 95, Lot 220, June 24, 2022 http://www.auction-imperia.ru/wdate.php?t=booklot&i=79580

Kons - "Stefan Graal Arelsky", Laboratory of Fantastika https://fantlab.ru/autor12055

Nikolskaya, T. L. - "Graal Arelsky: Biographical Information", Library of Maxim Moshkov, http://az.lib.ru/g/graalxarelxskij/text_1994_bio.shtml


Jul 04, 202301:23:28
Harry Martinson - "Aniara" (1956) | Chrononauts Episode 37.1

Harry Martinson - "Aniara" (1956) | Chrononauts Episode 37.1

Containing Matters which keep the Human race Preserved.


Timestamps:

introductions, recent non-podcast reads (0:00)

Harry Martinson biography and non-spoiler discussion (17:46)

plot summary and spoiler discussion (48:08)

opera and film discusion (1:35:42)


Bibliography:

Generation Spaceship Project - text and notes of "Aniara" https://gsproject.edublogs.org/gs-texts/texts-used-in-2017/aniara-by-harry-martinson-3/

Johannesson, Eric O. - "Aniara: Poetry and the Poet in the Modern World" Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 32, No. 4 (November, 1960)

Klass, Stephen - introduction to "Aniara" (1999)

Sjöberg, Leif - "Harry Martinson: From Vagabond to Space Explorer", Books Abroad, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Summer, 1974)

Sjöberg, Leif - translator's note to "Aniara" (1999)

Smith, William Jay and Sjöberg, Leif - "On Harry Martinson", The American Poetry Review, Vol. 14, No. 4 (July/August 1985)

Titelman, David - "On Nomadic Shores Inward - Harry Martinson’s Journey to Late-Life Suicide", The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 90:2, 2021

Vowles, Richard Beckman - "Harry Martinson, Sweden's Seaman-Poet", Books Abroad, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Autumn, 1951)

Jul 02, 202301:57:56
Fitz-James O'Brien - "The Wondersmith" (1859) | Chrononauts Episode 36.4

Fitz-James O'Brien - "The Wondersmith" (1859) | Chrononauts Episode 36.4

Containing Matters in which the Toys play Poorly.


Timestamps:

O'Brien background and non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

plot summary and spoiler discussion (20:52)


Bibliography:

Hoppenstand, Gary - "Robots of the Past: Fitz-James O'Brien's 'The Wondersmith'", the Journal of Popular Culture, Spring 1994


Jun 09, 202301:09:02
Robotics in the Soviet Union and Russian Empire | Chrononauts Episode 36.3

Robotics in the Soviet Union and Russian Empire | Chrononauts Episode 36.3

Containing Matters in which Benefit the Working and the Leisure Classes.


Timestamps:

Volodymyr Vladko - "The Defeat of Jonathan Govers" (1929) (0:00)

Edward Page Mitchell - "The Ablest Man in the World" (1879) (37:46)


Bibliography:

Karatsupa, Vitaly - "Vladko, Volodymyr Mikolaiovich", Archive of Fantastika, http://archivsf.narod.ru/1900/vladimir_vladko/index.htm

Laboratory of Fantastika - "Volodymyr Vladko", https://fantlab.ru/autor2735

Jun 07, 202301:10:37
Karel Čapek - "Rossum's Universal Robots" (1920) | Chrononauts Episode 36.2

Karel Čapek - "Rossum's Universal Robots" (1920) | Chrononauts Episode 36.2

Containing Matters in which the Tragedy and the Comedy of the Mechanized Worker is Performed.


Timestamps:

Karel Čapek biography/non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler plot summary/discussion (46:25)


Bibliography:

Klíma - Ivan - "Karel Čapek: Life and Work" (2002)

Kussi, Peter (ed.) - "Toward the Radical Center: A Karel Čapek Reader" (1990)

Jun 03, 202301:21:45
E.M. Forster - "The Machine Stops" (1909) | Chrononauts Episode 36.1

E.M. Forster - "The Machine Stops" (1909) | Chrononauts Episode 36.1

Containing Matters of The Worms


Timestamps:

introductions, recent reads (0:00)

E.M. Forster background, non-spoiler discussion (12:38)

spoiler plot summary, spoiler discussion (49:59)


Bibliography:

Lago, Mary - "Forster on E. M. Forster", Twentieth Century Literature, Summer - Autumn (1985)

Moffat, Wendy - "A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E. M. Forster" (2010)

Rau, Santha Rama - "Remembering E. M. Forster", Grand Street , Summer, 1986, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Summer, 1986)

Stone, Wilfred and Forster, EM - "Some Interviews with E. M. Forster", Twentieth Century Literature , Spring, 1997, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Spring, 1997)

Jun 02, 202301:17:49
Robotics and the Domestic Sphere | Chrononauts Episode 35.3

Robotics and the Domestic Sphere | Chrononauts Episode 35.3

Containing Matters of Cooking, Cleaning and Marriage.


Timestamps:

Elizabeth W. Bellamy - "Ely's Automatic Housemaid" (1899) (0:00)

Alice W. Fuller - "A Wife Manufactured to Order" (1895) (20:04)


Bibliography:

Ashley, Mike - "The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers" (2015)

Ashley, Mike - "The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women" (2011)

Apr 24, 202351:12
Karl Hans Strobl - "The Triumph of Mechanics" (1907) | Chrononauts Episode 35.2

Karl Hans Strobl - "The Triumph of Mechanics" (1907) | Chrononauts Episode 35.2

Containing matters of Self-Replication.

Bibliography:

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - "Karl Hans Strobl" https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/strobl_karl_hans

Schoolfield, George C. - "Young Rilke and His Time" (2009)

Strobl, Karl Hans - "My Debt to Books", Books Abroad vol. 13 no. 2, Spring 1939

VanderMeer, Ann and Jeff (eds.) - "The Big Book of Science Fiction" (2016)


Apr 23, 202336:31
Samuel Butler - "Erewhon" (1872) | Chrononauts Episode 35.1

Samuel Butler - "Erewhon" (1872) | Chrononauts Episode 35.1

Containing Matters concerning the Evolution of Inorganics towards a new Revolution.


Timestamps:

introductions, recent non-podcast reads (0:00)

historical background on computing and calculating machines, plus artificial intelligence (16:50)

Samuel Butler background/biography (34:45)

"Erewhon" discussion and summary (50:16)


Bibliography:

Boole, George - "Collected Logical Works" (1916) https://archive.org/details/collectedlogical02booluoft/mode/2up

Ceruzzi, Paul - "Inventing the Computer" https://ethw.org/Inventing_the_Computer

Columbia University Computing History - "The Jacquard Loom" http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/jacquard.html

Economist, the - "The Power of Seven", Dec 20th, 2001 http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/week.htm

Garnett, R.S. - "Samuel Butler and His Family Relations" (1926)

Harris, John F. - "Samuel Butler, Author of Erewhon - The Man and His Work" (1916)

Hyman, Anthony - "Charles Babbage: pioneer of the computer" (1982) https://archive.org/details/charlesbabbagepi0000hyma_j5s4/page/192/mode/2up

International Slide Rule Museum (ISRM) https://www.sliderulemuseum.com/

Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation - "Blaise Pascal: Pascaline Calculator" https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/blaise-pascal

Martin, Ernst - "The calculating machines (Die Rechenmaschinen): their history and development" (1925) https://archive.org/details/calculatingmachi00mart/mode/2up

Mudford, Peter - introduction and notes to "Erewhon" (1970)

Nagai, Toshiya - "Why Did Sumerians Use the Sexagesimal System?" (2013) https://www.nagaitoshiya.com/en/2013/sexagesimal/

Napier, John - "Rabdologiæ, seu numerationis per virgulas libri duo" (1617) https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/rabdologiaseunu00napi

Pugh, Emerson - "Early Punched Card Equipment, 1880-1951" https://ethw.org/Early_Punched_Card_Equipment,_1880_-_1951

Stephenson, Steve - "Ancient Computers" https://ethw.org/Ancient_Computers

Williams, Michael - "Differential Analyzers" https://ethw.org/Differential_Analyzers


Music:

Butler, Samuel - "Ulysses" (1904), as excerpted by John F. Harris in "Samuel Butler, Author of Erewhon - The Man and His Work" (segment 2)

Handel, George Frideric - excerpted harpsichord suite from "Erewhon", chapter 5 (1733) (segment 3)


Apr 21, 202302:22:55
C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner - "Vintage Season" (1946) | Chrononauts Episode 34.3

C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner - "Vintage Season" (1946) | Chrononauts Episode 34.3

Containing Matters of an Aristocratic Prerogative.


Timestamps:

C.L. Moore background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler plot summary (26:39)

spoiler discussion, film adaptation (42:34)


Bibliography:

Del Rey, Lester - introduction to "The Best of C. L. Moore" (1977)

Moore, C.L. - "Footnote to ‘Shambleau’...and Others" in "The Best of C. L. Moore" (1975)

Science Fiction Bookclub - interview with Allen Muller on Kuttner and Moore (2019) https://middletownpubliclib.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Discussion-of-Kuttner.Moore-Aug-2019.pdf

Yaszek, Lisa - "Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction" (2016)

Yaszek, Lisa - "The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women" (2018)

Mar 26, 202301:07:48
Poul Anderson - "The Man Who Came Early" (1956) | Chrononauts Episode 34.2

Poul Anderson - "The Man Who Came Early" (1956) | Chrononauts Episode 34.2

Containing Matters into which Realism is Introduced.

Timestamps:

Anderson background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler plot summary and discussion (19:38)


Bibliography:

Martin, Douglas - "Poul Anderson, Science Fiction Novelist, Dies at 74". The New York Times, August 3, 2001

Nevala-Lee, Alec - "Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction" (2018)

Shippey, Tom - "Science Fiction and the Idea of History" in "Hard Reading: Learning from Science Fiction" (2016)

Mar 25, 202340:45
L. Sprague de Camp - "Lest Darkness Fall" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 34.1

L. Sprague de Camp - "Lest Darkness Fall" (1939) | Chrononauts Episode 34.1

Containing Matters which are best Discussed with Brandy.


Timestamps:


introductions, de Camp background (0:00)

non-spoiler discussion, historical background (42:02)

spoiler summary, discussion (1:12:09)


Bibliography:


Ashley, Mike and Tymn, Marshall - "Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines: (Historical Guides to the World's Periodicals and Newspapers)" (1985)

Cassiodorus - "The Letters of Cassiodorus" (6. c) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/18590/pg18590-images.html

de Camp, L. Sprague - "Time and Chance: An Autobiography" (1996)

Hodgkin, Thomas - "Theodoric the Goth - Barbarian Champion of Civilisation" (1897) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/20063/pg20063-images.html

Hodgkin, Thomas - "Italy and Her Invaders" (1892) https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/_Texts/HODIHI/home.html

Nevala-Lee, Alec - "Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction" (2018)

Pringle, David - "The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: The Definitive Illustrated Guide" (1996)

Procopius - "The Secret History of the Court of Justinian" (558) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12916/pg12916.html

Shippey, Tom - "Science Fiction and the Idea of History" in "Hard Reading: Learning from Science Fiction" (2016)

Stableford, Brian - "Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia" (2006)



Mar 24, 202302:05:31
Mark Twain - "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1889) | Chrononauts Episode 33

Mark Twain - "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1889) | Chrononauts Episode 33

Containing matters in which the Boss locates the Root of ills.

Timestamps:

introductions (0:00)

Mark Twain biography, background on Arthurian cycle (7:42)

non-spoiler discussion (1:09:44)

spoiler plot summary (1:27:38)

spoiler general discussion (2:59:28)


Bibliography:

Canavan, Gerry (ed.) - "The Cambridge History of Science Fiction" (2019)

Great Courses: King Arthur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDfHlZ3_LSY&list=PL0IAN1A2ENLxjsGLproWiknUfRq1fU22W

Loving, Jerome - "Mark Twain: The Adventures of Samuel L. Clemens" (2010)

Malory, Sir Thomas - "Le Morte D'Arthur" (original uncorrected text) https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:4?rgn=div1;view=toc

Powers, Rot - "Mark Twain: A Life" (2005) 

Scharnhorst, Gary - "The Life of Mark Twain: The Middle Years, 1871–1891" (2019)

Twain, Mark - "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" original 1889 printing https://archive.org/details/connecticutyanke1889twai


Music:

Webster, Joseph P. - "In the Sweet By-and-By" (1868) http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/i/n/t/s/intsbab.htm

Feb 20, 202303:42:18
Octavia E. Butler - "Kindred" (1979) | Chrononauts Episode 32

Octavia E. Butler - "Kindred" (1979) | Chrononauts Episode 32

Containing Matters in which the Past reaches the Present.


Timestamps:

introductions, Butler biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler plot summary (48:17)

spoiler general discussion, tv show discussion (1:57:58)


Bibliography:

Behrent, Megan -"The Personal is Historical: Slavery, Black Power, and Resistance in Octavia Butler's Kindred", College Literature, volume 46, issue 4 (2019)

Butler, Octavia E. - "Positive Obsession" in "Bloodchild and Other Stories" (1995)

Donaldson, Eileen - "A contested freedom: The fragile future of Octavia Butler's Kindred" English Academy Review, volume 31, issue 2 (2014)

Flagel, Nadine, “It's Almost Like Being There”: Speculative Fiction, Slave Narrative, and the Crisis of Representation in Octavia Butler's Kindred, Canadian Review of American Studies, volume 42, issue 2 (2012)

Francis, Conseula (ed.) - "Conversations with Octavia Butler" (2010)

Guha-Majumdar, Jishnu - "The Dilemmas of Hope and History: Concrete Utopianism in Octavia E. Butler's Kindred" Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International, volume 6, issue 1 (2017)

Hua, Linh U. - "Reproducing Time, Reproducing History: Love and Black Feminist Sentimentality in Octavia Butler’s Kindred", African American Review, volume 44, issue 3 (2011)

LaCroix, David - "To Touch Solid Evidence: The Implicity of Past and Present in Octavia E. Butler's Kindred", The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, volume 40, issue 1 (2007)

Levecq, Christine - "Power and Repetition: Philosophies of (Literary) History in Octavia E. Butler's Kindred", Contemporary Literature, volume 41, issue 3 (2000)

Long, Lisa A. - "A Relative Pain: The Rape of History in Octavia Butler's Kindred and Phyllis Alesia Perry's Stigmata", College English, volume 64, issue 4 (2002)

Miletic, Philip - "Octavia E. Butler’s Response to Black Arts/Black Power Literature and Rhetoric in Kindred" African American Review, volume 49, issue 3 (2016)

Mitchell, A. - "Not Enough of the Past Feminist Revisions of Slavery in Octavia E. Butler's Kindred", MELUS, volume 26, issue 3 (2001)

Octavia E. Butler official website https://www.octaviabutler.com/

Parham, Marisa - "Saying “Yes”: Textual Traumas in Octavia Butler’s Kindred", Callaloo, volume 32, issue 4 (2009)

Popescu, Irina - "Empathetic Trappings: Revisiting the Nineteenth Century in Octavia Butler's Kindred", Journal of Human Rights (2017)

Robertson, Benjamin - "Some Matching Strangeness: Biology, Politics, and the Embrace of History in Octavia Butler's Kindred", Science Fiction Studies, volume 37, issue 3 (2010)

Rowell, Charles H. and Butler, Octavia E. - "An Interview with Octavia E. Butler", Callaloo (1997)

Rushdy, Ashraf H. A. - "Families of Orphans: Relation and Disrelation in Octavia Butler's Kindred", College English, volume 55, issue 2 (1993)

West, C. S. Thembile - "The Competing Demands of Community Survival and Self-Preservation in Octavia Butler's Kindred", Femspec, volume 7, issue 2 (2006)

Jan 13, 202302:59:10
2022 Review | Chrononauts Bonus Episode 4

2022 Review | Chrononauts Bonus Episode 4

Containing matters concerning the Program Itself.


Timestamps:

recent non-podcast reads, podcast music (0:00)

bottom 3/top 5 of 2022 podcast titles (1:09:20)

an arbitrary imposed break/top 5 cont./2023 plans (1:52:05)


Works mentioned:

Agustina Bazterrica - "Tender is the Flesh"

Ray Bradbury - "Something Wicked This Way Comes"

Antoni Careta i Vidal - "The Accusing Eye"

Leonora Carrington - "The Hearing Trumpet"

Charles Dickens - "Our Mutual Friend"

George Eliot - "Middlemarch"

Stephen Graham Jones - "The Only Good Indians"

James Joyce - "Ulysses"

Gerald Kersh - "The Song of the Flea"

Jamaica Kincaid - "Annie John"

Lisa Koznak - unpublished manuscripts

Edward Lee - "City Infernal"

Brian Lumley - various short stories in  "Screaming Science Fiction"

Florence McLandburgh - "The Automaton Ear and other Stories"

Tayeb Salih - "Season of Migration to the North"

J.R.R. Tolkien - "The Lord of the Rings"

unknown - "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

Douglas E. Winter - "Run"

Dec 09, 202202:55:45
Leigh Brackett - "No Man's Land in Space" (1941) | Chrononauts Episode 31.6

Leigh Brackett - "No Man's Land in Space" (1941) | Chrononauts Episode 31.6

Containing Matters concerning proper Disposal of vars. chemical Wastes.


Timestamps:

background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler plot summary and discussion (16:18)


Bibliography:

Amazing Stories, July 1941 issue https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v15n07_1941-07_cape1736

Brackett, Leigh - "Meet the Authors", Amazing Stories, July 1941


Music:

Sharplie, Gus - "Asteroid polka" (1883) https://www.loc.gov/resource/sm1883.15920.0

Nov 16, 202201:10:45
Jack Williamson - "The Prince of Space" (1931) | Chrononauts Episode 31.5

Jack Williamson - "The Prince of Space" (1931) | Chrononauts Episode 31.5

Containing Matters in which the Highwayman assails his Celestial Neighbor.


Timestamps:

background, non-spoiler discussion, a reading (0:00)

spoiler plot summary (49:36)

spoiler general discussion (1:36:28)


Bibliography:

Amazing Stories, January 1931 https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v05n10_1931-01_Missing_ifc

Server, Lee - "Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers" (2002)

Williamson, Jack - "Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction" (1984)

Williamson, Jack - essays in "The Early Williamson" (1975)


Music:

Hern, Herrman - "The Comet Polka" (1857) https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1857.340930/

Nov 13, 202202:03:60
Minna Irving - "The Moon Woman" (1929) | Chrononauts Episode 31.4

Minna Irving - "The Moon Woman" (1929) | Chrononauts Episode 31.4

Containing Matters pertaining to the Cadillac pulling out of the Graveyard.


Timestamps:

Minna Irving: various readings (0:00)

- "Sea-Wind" (1937)

- "Legend of the Moonflower" (1924)

- "Via the Ouija Board" (1920)

Irving background/non-spoiler discussion (6:09)

plot summary and spoiler discussion (19:50)


Bibliography:

Amazing Stories, November 1929 issue https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v04n08_1929-11_Missing_ifc-674ibcbc_AK

Bleiler, Everett - "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" (1998)

The Daily Times, Mamaroneck, New York, August 2, 1962, page 12.

Hanley, Terence E. "Minna Irving" (2022) https://tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2017/04/minna-irving-1857-1940.html

"Minna Irving Upholds History", New York Sun, October 9, 1894, page 6.

obituary, New York Times, July 7, 1940.

Times-Democrat of New Orleans, January 17, 1909, page 27.

"On the War Path", Yonkers Statesman, December 1, 1885, page 3.


Music:

Woolf, Edward - "Mercury Polka" (1851) https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1851.150610/ For Ralph.

Nov 09, 202244:23
Leslie F. Stone - "Out of the Void" (1929) | Chrononauts Episode 31.3

Leslie F. Stone - "Out of the Void" (1929) | Chrononauts Episode 31.3

Containing matters pertaining to a Ruby, a Rocket and a Romance.

Timestamps:

background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler plot summary (38:26) 

spoiler general discussion (1:49:00)


Bibliography:

Amazing Stories, August 1929 issue https://archive.org/details/AmazingStoriesVolume04Number05

Amazing Stories, September 1929 issue https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v04n06_1929-09_jvh-sas

Davin, Eric Leif - "Partners in wonder - Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965" (2005)

Jerry eBooks - introduction to "Leslie F. Stone Collected Tales" (2020)


Music:

Davis, Auguste - "Neptune Mazurka" (1874) https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1874.14975/

Nov 07, 202202:15:18
Lucile Taylor Hansen - "The Undersea Tube" (1929) | Chrononauts Episode 31.2

Lucile Taylor Hansen - "The Undersea Tube" (1929) | Chrononauts Episode 31.2

Containing matters pertaining to vars. Cylinders passing in a most novel Fashion through our Old Friend Atlantis (incl. the Ethics of such Voyages).


Timestamps:

Hansen bio/background and non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler plot summary and discussion (24:15)


Bibliography:

Amazing Stories, November 1929 issue https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v04n08_1929-11_Missing_ifc-674ibcbc_AK

Bleiler, Everett - "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" (1998)

Davin, Eric Leif - "Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965" (2005)

Yaszek, Lisa - "Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction" (2016)


Music: 

Sousa, John Philip - "Transit of Venus March" (1894) https://www.loc.gov/resource/ihas.100010997.0

Nov 02, 202257:54
Hugo Gernsback, Amazing Stories and H.G. Wells' "New Accelerator" | Chrononauts Episode 31.1

Hugo Gernsback, Amazing Stories and H.G. Wells' "New Accelerator" | Chrononauts Episode 31.1

Containing Matters pertaining to an extraordinary Publication that conducted its Business in Scientifiction and hitherto established a Forum to further the Discussion of Such.


Timestamps:

introduction, Amazing Stories history, genre discussion (0:00)

H.G. Wells - "The New Accelerator" (1901) (1:02:15)


Bibliography:

Amazing Stories, April 1926 issue https://archive.org/details/amazing_stories_april_1926

Ashley, Michael - "The History of the Science Fiction Magazine - Part 1 (1926-1935)" (1977)

Ashley, Michael - "The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the Beginning to 1950" (2001)

Perry, Thomas - "An Amazing Story: Experimenter in Bankruptcy", Amazing Stories, May 1978

"A History of Science Fiction Criticism: Collective Works Cited and Chronological Bibliography", Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Jul., 1999), pp. 263-283

World Radio History, "Hugo Gernsback Library" https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Bookshelf_Gernsback.htm


Music:

Dister, Valentine - "Saturn Polka Mazurka", 1872 https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1872.10507/

Oct 31, 202201:41:52
William Hope Hodgson - "Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder", pt. 2 | Chrononauts Episode 30.2

William Hope Hodgson - "Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder", pt. 2 | Chrononauts Episode 30.2

Containing matters pertaining to a direct Continuation of the previous.

Timestamps:

"The Thing Invisible" (1912) (0:00)

"The Haunted Jarvee" (1929) (17:23)

"The House Among the Laurels" (1910) (41:31)

"The Searcher of the End House" (1910) (1:00:39)

"The Find" (1947) (1:06:41)

"The Hog" (1947) and other fanfiction (1:13:58)


Oct 03, 202201:59:58
William Hope Hodgson - "Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder", pt. 1 | Chrononauts Episode 30.1

William Hope Hodgson - "Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder", pt. 1 | Chrononauts Episode 30.1

Containing matters pertaining to the most novel Methods of Detection, Repulsion and Attraction, in which the practical Applications of the Edison Effect is Manifested for divers Purposes in Investigation.


Timestamps:

introductions (0:00)

psychic/occult detective background (10:53)

"The Gateway of the Monster" (1910) (29:19)

"The Horse of the Invisible" (1910) (53:07)

"The Whistling Room" (1910) (1:14:09)


Bibliography:

Announcement and Warning regarding "The Whistling Room" https://williamhopehodgson.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/carnacki-3-the-whistling-room/

Ashley, Mike - "Fighters of Fear: Occult Detective Stories" (2020)

Gustainis, Justin - "Those Who Fight Monsters: Tales of Occult Detectives" (2011)

Prasil, Tim - "The Chronological Bibliography of Early Occult Detectives – 1800s" https://brombonesbooks.com/for-fun/the-chronological-bibliography-of-early-occult-detectives/

Sep 30, 202201:41:51
H.P. Lovecraft - "Herbert West - Reanimator" (1922) | Chrononauts Episode 29.3

H.P. Lovecraft - "Herbert West - Reanimator" (1922) | Chrononauts Episode 29.3

Containing matters pertaining to several Remembrances of things Past after vars. Installments of Lost Time.


Timestamps:

background/non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler plot summary and discussion (19:26)


Bibliography:

Joshi, S.T. - "I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H.P. Lovecraft" (1996)

Sep 03, 202201:12:36
Reanimated Severed Heads | Chrononauts Episode 29.2

Reanimated Severed Heads | Chrononauts Episode 29.2

Containing matters in which vars. Experiments pertaining to Cranial Rejuvenation are performed by the Empire and the People.


Timestamps:

Carl Grunert - "Mr. Vivacius Style" (1908) (0:00)

Alexander Belyaev - "Professor Dowell's Head" (1925) - background and non-spoiler discussion (28:45)

"Professor Dowell's Head" spoiler summary and discussion (55:28)


Bibliography:

Andrienko, Anna - "The Unknown Alexander Belyaev" (2012)

Banerjee, Anindita (ed.) - "Russian Science Fiction Literature And Cinema: A Critical Reader" (2018)

Bar-Sella, Zeev - "Alexander Belyaev" (2013)

Krementsov, Nikolai - "Off with your heads: isolated organs in early Soviet science and fiction", Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, June 2009

O'Brien, Frank - "The Story of the Sun, 1833-1918" (1918)

Rottensteiner, Franz (ed.) "The Black Mirror and Other Stories: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Germany and Austria" (2008)

Aug 31, 202201:45:25
Olaf Stapledon - "Sirius" (1944) | Chrononauts Episode 29.1

Olaf Stapledon - "Sirius" (1944) | Chrononauts Episode 29.1

Containing matters in which the Frankenstein story is extrapolated from the Wolf, hitherto known as Wolfenstein.


Timestamps:

introductions (0:00)

Olaf Stapledon biography/non-spoiler discussion (6:25)

spoiler plot summary (24:42)

general discussion (1:08:06)


Bibliography:

McCarthy, Patrick A. - "Olaf Stapledon" (1982)

Moskowitz, Sam - "Far future calling: Uncollected science fiction and fantasies of Olaf Stapledon" (1974)

Swanson, Roy Arthur - "The Spiritual Factor in Odd John and Sirius", Science Fiction Studies Vol. 9, No. 3, The Science Fiction of Olaf Stapledon (Nov., 1982)

Aug 30, 202201:38:24
Souls, Beasts and Squids | Chrononauts Episode 28.2

Souls, Beasts and Squids | Chrononauts Episode 28.2

Containing matteres in which vars. Elements of the Skull are continued from the Previous part in a Fashion that includes the Metaphysical, the Mysterical and the Tragical.


Timestamps:

Amado Nervo - "The Soul Giver" (1899) (0:00)

George Schuyler - "The Beast of Bradhurst Avenue" (1934) (40:00)

Edward Page Mitchell - "Old Squids and Little Speller" (1885) (1:36:25)


Bibliography:

Canavan, Gerry and Link, Eric Carl - "The Cambridge History of Science Fiction" (2019) 

Delany, Samuel R - "Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction and Some Comics - A Collection of Written Interviews" (1994)

Dery, Mark - "Black to the Future: Interviews with Samuel R. Delany, Greg Tate and Tricia Rose", in "Flame Wars: The Discourse of Cyberculture" (1994)

Ferreira, Rachel Haywood - "The Emergence of Latin American Science Fiction" (2011)

Jet Magazine, December 11, 1952, page 45

Kim, Myungsung - "Afrofuturism, Science Fiction, and the Reinvention of African American Culture" (2017)

Hefner, Brooks E. - "Black Pulp: Genre Fiction in the Shadow of Jim Crow" (2021)

Schuyler, George - "Black and Conservative" (1966)

Syracuse University, George S. Schuyler Papers paper index and biography https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/s/schuyler_gs.htm

Villoro, Juan - "The Transmigration of Desire: The Soul-Giver of Amado Nervo", in original Spanish text of "The Soul Giver" at "La Novela Corta" (2017), https://www.lanovelacorta.com/novelas-en-transito/el-donador-de-almas.pdf (in Spanish)

Jul 23, 202202:01:28
Mikhail Bulgakov - "A Dog's Heart" (1925) | Chrononauts Episode 28.1

Mikhail Bulgakov - "A Dog's Heart" (1925) | Chrononauts Episode 28.1

In which the Best Friend of Man becomes the Best Friend of the Party.


Timestamps:

intro and neurology history (0:00)

Mikhail Bulgakov biography (10:26)

discussion and plot summary (33:11)


Bibliography:

Aminoff, Michael J., Boller, François, and Swaab, Dick F. (eds.) - Handbook Of Clinical Neurology, vol. 95, "History of Neurology" (2010)

Andrusz, Gregory D. - "Housing and Urban Development in the USSR" (1984)

Lakshin, Vladimir - "Bulgakov's Fate: Fact And Fiction" (1990)

Milne, Lesley (ed.) "Bulgakov: The Novelist-Playwright" (1995)

Jul 20, 202201:30:38
Charles H. Hinton - "An Unfinished Communication" (1885) | Chrononauts Episode 27.3

Charles H. Hinton - "An Unfinished Communication" (1885) | Chrononauts Episode 27.3

Containing Matters in which vars. Points converge upon the Watery Part of the World.

Timestamps:

bio, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler plot summary/discussion (18:30)


Bibliography:

Blacklock, Mark - "The four-dimensional life of mathematician Charles Howard Hinton", BBC Science Focus, May 7, 2020 https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/the-four-dimensional-life-of-mathematician-charles-howard-hinton/

Clarke, Bruce - "A Scientific Romance: Thermodynamics and the Fourth Dimension in Charles Howard Hinton's 'The Persian King'" Weber: The Contemporary West, Vol. 14.1, Winter 1997 https://www.weber.edu/weberjournal/Journal_Archives/Archive_B/Vol_14_1/BClarkeEss.html

Graham, Elyse - "Charles Howard Hinton: He Wrote Science Fiction Before the Genre Existed", Princeton Alumni Weekly, November 13, 2019 https://paw.princeton.edu/article/charles-howard-hinton-he-wrote-science-fiction-genre-existed

Rucker, Rudy - introduction to "Speculations on the Fourth Dimension: Selected Writings of Charles H. Hinton" (1980) https://www.rudyrucker.com/pdf/rucker_charles_hinton_intro.pdf


Jun 25, 202201:03:11
The Funnelheads' Magic Mirror | Chrononauts Episode 27.2

The Funnelheads' Magic Mirror | Chrononauts Episode 27.2

Containing Matters pertaining to divers Calculations with particular Respect to the Dimensions most commonly labelled Three and Four.

Timestamps:

Algernon Blackwood - "The Pikestaffe Case" (1924) (0:00)

Paul Scheerbart - "Malvu the Helmsman: A Story of Vesta" (1912) (39:22)


Bibliography:

Cardin, Matt - "Blackwood, Algernon" in "Horror Literature Through History: An Encyclopedia of the Stories That Speak to Our Deepest Fears" (2017)

McElheny, Josiah and Burgin, Christine (eds.) - "Glass! Love!! Perpetual Motion!!!: A Paul Scheerbart Reader"

Moose, Kate "Horror in the Shadows" (2007) https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/oct/27/featuresreviews.guardianreview32

Rottensteiner, Franz (ed.) - "The Black Mirror and Other Stories: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Germany and Austria" (2008)

Vandermeer, Jeff and Ann (eds.) - "The Big Book of Science Fiction" (2016)

Jun 24, 202201:02:12
William Hope Hodgson - "The House on the Borderland" (1908) | Chrononauts Episode 27.1

William Hope Hodgson - "The House on the Borderland" (1908) | Chrononauts Episode 27.1

Containing Matters pertaining to vars. Doors (which perhaps should be Examined by Those holding relevant Expertise).


Timestamps:

introduction (0:00)

a reading of "Grief", from "The House on the Borderland" (10:59)

non-spoiler discussion (13:57)

plot summary (27:04)

general spoiler discussion (1:30:33)

Jun 23, 202202:02:35
The Hidden Martians Among Us | Chrononauts Episode 26.2

The Hidden Martians Among Us | Chrononauts Episode 26.2

Containing Matters which Pertain to the Concealment of Persons in an extramartian Environment henceforth engaged to certain Purposes.

Timestamps:

Carl Grunert - "The Martian Spy" (1908) (0:00)

Clare Winger Harris - "The Fate of the Poseidonia" (1927) (22:06)


Bibliography:

Amazing Stories, June 1927 issue https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v02n03_1927-06_015/mode/2up

Ashley, Mike and Tymn, Marshall B. - "Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines" (1985)

Davin, Eric Leif - "Partners in wonder - Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965" (2005)

Rottensteiner, Franz - introduction to "The Martian Spy" in "The Black Mirror and Other Stories: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Germany & Austria" (2008)

May 28, 202201:34:54