This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. This is a look at the early history of science fiction, focusing on the Golden Age, which is roughly the decade from 1939-1950. This is when many of the great authors developed their craft and became famous, and in turn set the ground for science fiction going forward. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_True_Story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Seas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bellamy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Gernsback https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Electrics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electrical_Experimenter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_News https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_124C_41%2B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Campbell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Goes_There%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_dreadful https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiographies_of_Isaac_Asimov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Pohl https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1117714.The_Way_the_Future_Was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Puppies https://www.vulture.com/article/hugo-awards-china-censorship-controversy.html https://www.dragoncon.org/ https://boskone.org/ https://2024.penguicon.org/ https://www.palain.com/science-fiction/the-golden-age/ Provide feedback on this episode.
This is a look at the early history of science fiction, focusing on the Golden Age, which is roughly the decade from 1939-1950. This is when many of the great authors developed their craft and became famous, and in turn set the ground for science fiction going forward. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_True_Story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Seas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bellamy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Gernsback https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Electrics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electrical_Experimenter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_News https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_124C_41%2B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Campbell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Goes_There%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_dreadful https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiographies_of_Isaac_Asimov