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Hawkwind: 1980-1995 | Chrononauts Bonus Episode 7.222 May 202502:08:25

Containing More Matters of Metaphysical Musical Mastery.


Timestamps:

"Levitation" (1980), "Sonic Attack" (1981), "Church of Hawkwind" (1982), "Choose Your Masques" (1982) (0:00)

"Chronicle of the Black Sword" (1985), "The Xenon Codex" (1988) (58:30)

"Space Bandits" (1990), "Electric Tepee" (1992), "It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous" (1993), "White Zone" (1995), "Alien 4" (1995) (1:18:44)


Bibliography:

Banks, Joe - "Hawkwind: Days of the Underground: Radical Escapism in the Age of Paranoia" (2020)

Clerk, Carol - "The Saga of Hawkwind" (2004)

Tait, Kris - "This Is Hawkwind - Do Not Panic!" (1984)



Hawkwind: 1969-1979 | Chrononauts Bonus Episode 7.111 May 202503:42:18

Containing Matters of Metaphysical Musical Mastery.


Timestamps:

personal experiences with Hawkwind, band background, "Hawkwind" (1970) (0:00)

interlude 1: "The Dream" (54:07)

"X In Search of Space" (1971), "Doremi Fasol Latido" (1972) (59:26)

interlude 2: "The Entropic Passing of An Electric Oracle" (1:37:30)

Michael Moorcock - "Black Corridor" (1969), Bob Calvert solo records, "Space Ritual" (1973), "Hall of the Mountain Grill" (1974) (1:42:33)

interlude 3: "The Demon" (2:30:01)

"Warrior on the Edge of Time" (1975), "Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music" (1976), "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" (1977), "25 Years On" (1978), "PXR5" (1979) (2:33:15)


Bibliography:

Banks, Joe - "Hawkwind: Days of the Underground: Radical Escapism in the Age of Paranoia" (2020)

Clerk, Carol - "The Saga of Hawkwind" (2004)

Hard n Heavy "Trick or Treat" interview with Lemmy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52sjYBglBsI

Tait, Kris - "This Is Hawkwind - Do Not Panic!" (1984)

Gerald Kersh - "The Brighton Monster" (1948) | Chrononauts Episode 46.310 Nov 202400:51:10

Containing Matters of Disorienting Displacement.


Timestamps:

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

spoiler summary and discussion (23:22)


Bibliography:

The Nights And Cities Of Gerald Kersh https://web.archive.org/web/20160212044247/https://harlanellison.com/kersh/


Five Brief Theorems | Chrononauts Episode 19.230 Sep 202101:35:41

Containing Matters which pertain to Brevity in approaching vars. Aspects of the mathematical Discipline, including novel Solutions to Problems, ethical Concerns and Methods of Discovery. 

Timestamps:

Edward Page Mitchell - "The Tachypomp" (1874) (0:00)

Henry A. Hering - "Silas P. Cornu's Dry Calculator" (1898) (17:03)

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - "An Old Arithmetician" (1885) (35:25)

Nikolai Georgievich Mikhailovsky - "The Genius" (1901) (1:03:10)

Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer - "The Sirdar's Chess-Board" (1885) (1:18:06)


Bibliography:

Carper, Steve. Flying Cars and Food Pills. commentary on "Silas Cornu's Dry Calculator". https://www.flyingcarsandfoodpills.com/silas-p-cornu-s-dry-calculator

Fundamental Electronic Library. "Garin, N." http://www.feb-web.ru/feb/kle/kle-abc/ke2/ke2-0663.htm?cmd=p&istext=1 (in Russian)

Garin, Mikhailovsky, N.G. "Collected works in five volumes." (in Russian)

Gorky, Maxim. "About Garin Mikhailovsky" https://web.archive.org/web/20060516223250/http://www.maximgorkiy.narod.ru/garin-m.htm (in Russian)

Kasman, Alex. "The Sirdar's Chess Board" https://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf630

Kaylin, Jeff. Works of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. http://wilkinsfreeman.info/

Mathematics and 'Pataphysics | Chrononauts Episode 19.129 Sep 202101:06:52

Concerning Matters related to the Foundational system of Mathematics and its recent Progressions, with a Focus on the Science of Imaginary Solutions.

Timestamps:

introduction, mathematics background (0:00)

Alfred Jarry biography and background (9:12)

Alfred Jarry - "Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician" (1898) (23:01)


Bibliography: 

Fell, Jill. "Alfred Jarry" (2010)

Ford, Mark. "The King of Charisma", The New York Review, May 10, 2012. https://nybooks.com/articles/2012/05/10/alfred-jarry-king-charisma/

Glenn, Josh. "Radium Age (Proto-)Sci-fi: 100 Best" https://www.hilobrow.com/radium-age-100/

Kasman, Alex. Mathematican Fiction: https://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/

Shattuck, Roger and Taylor, Simon Watson. Introduction and notes to "Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician", Exact Change (1996)

Struik, Dirk J. Struik. "Concise History of Mathematics, Volume II: The Seventeenth Century - The Nineteenth Century" (1948)

Arthur Conan Doyle - "The Maracot Deep" (1928-29) | Chrononauts Episode 18.303 Sep 202100:51:20

In which the ancient lost City related by Plato is Discovered by means of Ingenuity and Explored by means of the Spirit.

Timestamps:

background, plot summary (0:00)

general discussion (33:31)


Bibliography:

The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia: "Complete Works" https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Sir_Arthur_Conan_Doyle:Complete_Works#All_fictions

Oshikawa Shunrō - "The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventure" (1900) | Chrononauts Episode 18.202 Sep 202100:58:24

In which the Ascent of the Rising Sun is marked by the Descent of the Lightning.

Timestamps:

background, plot summary (0:00)

general discussion, adaptations (46:12)


Bibliography:

Blackwood, T. "Bushido Baseball? Three 'Fathers' and the Invention of a Tradition". Social Science Japan Journal, Vol. 11, issue 2, 2008.

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, "Oshikawa Shunrō" http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/oshikawa_shunro

Matthew, Robert. "Japanese Science Fiction: A View of a Changing Society", 1989

Tama Cemetery, bio of Kiyoshi Oshikawa (in Japanese) http://www6.plala.or.jp/guti/cemetery/PERSON/A/oshikawa_k.html

The Submarine and Jules Verne | Chrononauts Episode 18.102 Sep 202101:46:34

Concerning Matters pertaining to Submersible carriages most oft used in the Destruction of vars. Vessels hitherto consigned to Float, including the History of such, in Addition to a most Celebrated figure deigning to Conduct himself in a matter most contrast to the expected Behaviors of the Overworld.

Timestamps:

introduction, submarine history (0:00)

Jules Verne - "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: A World Tour Underwater" (1869-70), background, book one plot summary/discussion (10:20) 

book two plot summary/discussion (54:06)

general discussion (1:19:00)


Bibliography:

Bradbury, Ray. introduction to "20000 Leagues Under the Sea", Bantam, 1962.

Butcher, William. introduction to and notes to "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas", Oxford World's Classics, 1998.

Horton, Edward. "The Illustrated History of the Submarine", 1974

Keeline, James D. "Jules Verne, Bracebridge Hemyng, AND Edward Stratemeyer: A Case of Nineteenth-Century Plagiarism", Dime Novel Roundup Feb. 1997, https://www.scribd.com/document/419924466/Jules-Verne-Bracebridge-Hemyng-and-Edward-Stratemeyer-A-Case-of-Nineteenth-Century-Plagiarism

Rudyard Kipling's Aerial Board of Control | Chrononauts Episode 17.230 Jul 202101:44:42

Concerning matters pertaining to the oft-repeated Philosophy of "Transportation is Civilisation" and the divers affects such a Speculation may be permitted to induce towards Society as a whole.

Timestamps:

Rudyard Kipling biography/background (0:00)

Rudyard Kipling - "With the Night Mail" (1905) (23:32)

Rudyard Kipling - "As Easy as A.B.C." (1912) (1:00:46)


Bibliography:

Carrington, Charles - "Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work" (1955)

McGivering, John, notes on "As Easy as A.B.C." Kipling Society. (2012) http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/rg_easyabc1.htm

Rowland, Marcus L. (ed) - "With The Night Mail & As Easy As A.B.C.", by Rudyard Kipling, Forgotten Futures ed. http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/ff1/nm-abc.pdf

Stoddard, William H. - "Every Crowd is Crazy: Kipling’s Political Theme in As Easy as A.B.C". Prometheus, Newsletter of the LFS, Vol. 29, No. 4, Summer, 2011


George Griffith - "The Angel of the Revolution" (1893) | Chrononauts Episode 17.129 Jul 202102:05:10

Containing henceforth the Continuation of the previous Installment pertaining to Aerial Navigation, in which vars. Military applications are considered, including the Application of a clandestine Society, whose Rosters enjoy an incredibly large Membership.

Timestamps:

introduction, George Griffith biography (0:00)

plot summary/discussion, beginning - chapter 19 (10:02)

plot summary/discussion, chapter 20 - end (1:04:18)


Bibliography:

Apocalist Book Club. "Olga Romanoff or The Syren of the Skies by George Griffith" https://apocalistbookclub.libsyn.com/ep-6-olga-romanoff-or-the-syren-of-the-skies-by-george-griffith

McLean, Steven. introduction to "Angel of the Revolution", Victorian Secrets reprinting, 2012.

Herrmann Lang - "The Air Battle" (1859) | Chrononauts Episode 16.302 Jul 202101:56:31

In which the sophisticated Saharans take a great Interest in the barbaric English (for what Reason is not altogether Clear).

Timestamps:

the Herrmann Lang authorship mystery (0:00)

plot summary (17:27)

general discussion (1:27:06)

Bibliography:

Bleiler, Everett F. - "Science Fiction: The Early Years: A Full Description of More Than 3,000 Science Fiction Stories"

Heckethorn, Charles William - "Lincoln's Inn fields and the localities adjacent"

Suvin, Darko - "Narrative Logic, Ideological Domination, and the Range of Science Fiction: A Hypothesis with a Historical Test"

H.G. Wells - "The War in the Air" (1908)| Chrononauts Episode 16.230 Jun 202101:40:21

In which an ordinary Fellow finds himself Swept Up in an extraordinary Conflict (which has the unfortunate Resolution to be the End of Life as we Know It)

Timestamps:

background, plot summary (0:00)

general discussion (1:05:09)


Bibliography:

Berghahn, Volker R. - "Europe in the Era of Two World Wars: From Militarism and Genocide to Civil Society, 1900-1950"

Emmerson, Charles - "1913: In search of the world before the great war"

Sherborne, Michael - "H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life "

The Aeroplane: An introduction, a history, and a reading | Chrononauts Episode 16.130 Jun 202100:35:51

Containing matters which pertain to that wonderful Phenomenon most-oft referred to as Flight, in which through the aid of vars. Devices (including those both of a composition of Lesser and Greater Density than its surrounding Medium), humanity is Raised into the Heavens (though it May be a cause of Concern of what happens when It gets there).

Timestamps:

A reading of Hans Christian Andersen - "In a Thousand Years" (1852) (0:00)

Introduction, flight history (7:39)


Bibliography:

Jarrett, Philip (ed.) - "Pioneer Aircraft: Early Aviation Before 1914"

Sakyo Komatsu - "The Savage Mouth" (1979) | Chrononauts Episode 46.230 Oct 202400:31:43

Containing Matters of Grotesque Gastronomy.


Bibliography:

Gregory, Sinda and McCaffery, Larry - "Not just a Gibson Clone: An Interview with Goro Masaki" https://web.archive.org/web/20070927045310/http://www.centerforbookculture.org/review/02_2_inter/interview_masaki.html

Tatsumi, Takayuki - "Generations and Controversies - An Overview of Japanese Science Fiction, 1957-1997", Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Mar., 2000)


An Additional Assessment | Chrononauts Bonus Episode 218 Jun 202101:50:31

Conserning Matters pertaining to the Works previously Discussed, in which an Attempt is made to Numerically sort by Quality (and Henceforth the Reverse Likewise), a Sketch of the Immediacy is constructed (though, perhaps, in a rather obtuse Fashion), and matters irrelevant to the Programme.

Nictzin Dyalhis - "When the Green Star Waned" (1925) | Chrononauts Episode 15.1107 Jun 202100:44:04

In which an Interplanetary Alliance confronts an Intradimensional Force.

Miguel de Unamuno - "Mechanopolis" (1913) | Chrononauts Episode 15.1006 Jun 202100:21:30

In which a fully mechanized City teaches a partickular Human how to Love his own Kind.

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford - "The Ray of Displacement" (1903) | Chrononauts Episode 15.906 Jun 202100:21:02

In which the Ability to Conceal oneself and pass betwixt the Atoms of Terrestrial and Heavenly Matter is made Available.

Bibliography:

Holloway, Laura Carter. "The Woman's Story: As Told by Twenty American Women" 

L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace - "Where the Air Quivered" (1898) | Chrononauts Episode 15.805 Jun 202100:29:29

In which one of Our World's major Religions employs Assassination by Novel Methods.

Jagadish Chandra Bose - "Runaway Cyclone" (1896/1921) | Chrononauts Episode 15.705 Jun 202100:17:42

In which Our Corporate Sponsors divert a catastrophic Tempest in a most amusing Fashion.

Bibliography:

Chattopadhyay, Bodhisattva. Notes on translation of "Runaway Cyclone". https://web.archive.org/web/20140905235504/http://strangehorizons.com/2013/20130930/3bose-f.shtml

Mahanti, Subodh. Vigyan Prasar Science Portal: Acharya Jagadis Chandra Bose. https://www.webcitation.org/66u29FUM5?url=http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/JCBOSE.htm

Charles Epheyre - "Professor Bakermann's Microbe" (1890) | Chrononauts Episode 15.604 Jun 202100:22:20

Containing a moral Caution regarding the development Biological Weapons, with a Fair consideration given to the Ethical Mode.

J.-H. Rosny - "Tornadres" (1888) | Chrononauts Episode 15.504 Jun 202100:17:15

Describing that Which is Descending from the Heavens (whither this Cosmological Construction be of a Divine or Alien nature is Unclear)

Nilo María Fabra - "Teitan the Proud - Tale of Things to Come" (1895) | Chrononauts Episode 15.403 Jun 202100:13:45

In which Saturn gives Thought to the Devourment of his Child for perhaps the Second time (though we may Suggest that his Dress be far more Genteel than the Excellent Mr. Goya depicts)

Bibliography:

Garcia-Siino, Leimar. "Recovered texts: Two newly translated 19th spanish science fiction stories". Hélice: Reflexiones Críticas Sobre Ficción Especulativa, June 2013, vol. 2, no. 2.

Schneider, Ingrid-Schulze. "From Dictatorship to Democracy", in "The Globalization of News", (eds. Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Terhi Rantanen)

Clarín - "Future Story" (1892) | Chrononauts Episode 15.303 Jun 202100:22:43

In which a curious Case of Heliophobia reveals the Location of Paradise (which we shall Note is the very same Garden of Eden of the Bible)

Bibliography:

Garcia-Siino, Leimar. "Recovered texts: Two newly translated 19th spanish science fiction stories". Hélice: Reflexiones Críticas Sobre Ficción Especulativa, June 2013, vol. 2, no. 2.

Gullón, Germán. "Biografía de Leopoldo Alas «Clarín»". http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/leopoldo_alas_clarin/autor_biografia/


Kylas Chunder Dutt - "A Journal of 48 Hours In The Year 1945" (1835) | Chrononauts Episode 46.127 Oct 202400:42:13

Containing Matters most Revolting.


Bibliography:

Banerjee, Suparno - "Other tomorrows: postcoloniality, science fiction and India" (2010)

Banerjee, Suparno - "Indian Science Fiction: Patterns, History and Hybridity" (2020)

Bhattacharya, Atanu and Hiradhar, Preet - "Own Maps/Imagined Terrain: The Emergence of Science Fiction in India", Extrapolation, vol. 55, no. 3 (2014)

Chattopadhyay, Bodhisattva - "Aliens of the same world: The Case of Bangla Science Fiction" (2011) https://humanitiesunderground.org/2011/11/07/aliens-of-the-same-world-the-case-of-bangla-science-fiction/

Chattopadhyay, Bodhisattva - introduction to "The Inhumans and other stories" (2024)

Harder, Hans - "Indian and International: Some Examples of Marathi Science Fiction Writing", South Asia Research, 21, 1, 2001

Khanna, Rakesh - "The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction", vols 1-3 (2008-2017)

Kuhad, Urvashi - "Science Fiction and Indian Women Writers: Exploring Radical Potentials" (2021)

Mondal, Mini - "A Short History of South Asian Speculative Fiction: Part I" (2018) https://reactormag.com/a-short-history-of-south-asian-speculative-fiction-part-i/

Mondal, Mini - "A Short History of South Asian Speculative Fiction: Part II" (2018) https://reactormag.com/a-short-history-of-south-asian-speculative-fiction-part-ii/

Mund, Subhendu - "Kylas Chunder Dutt: The First Writer of Indian English Fiction", in "The Making of Indian English Literature" (2021)

Phondke, Bal - preface to "It Happened Tomorrow" (1993)

Saint, Tarun K. (ed) - "The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction" (2019)

Sengupta, Debjani - "Sadhanbabu’s Friends: Science Fiction in Bengal from 1882-1961" in "Sarai Reader 03: Shaping Technologies" (2003)

Tickell, Alex - "Terrorism, Insurgency and Indian-English Literature, 1830-1947" (2012)

Tickell, Alex - "Midnight’s Ancestors: Kylas Chunder Dutt and the Beginnings of Indian-English Fiction", Wasafiri Vol. 21, No. 3 November 2006


Robert W. Chambers - "The Repairer of Reputations" (1895) | Chrononauts Episode 15.203 Jun 202100:54:46

Containing matters in Which Malevolent Works Manifest in militarized Manhattan.

Ten Steps on the Quest for Genre: Introduction and a history of the magazine | Chrononauts Episode 15.103 Jun 202100:17:05

Containing matters pertaining to Fiction of a not altogether Lengthy Volume in which the Origins of the Serialized Periodical are Examined with a partickular Focus on those Engage in the Printing of Genre Works, concluding in the Temporal Space which Occupies the Predescent to the Naming Event of the Genre.

Bibliography:

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

Moskowitz, Sam (ed.) - Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History and Anthology of Science Fiction in the Popular Magazines, 1891-1911

The Interplanetary Gnosis, part 2: Out of the Silent Planet | Chrononauts Episode 1408 May 202101:21:04

Containing the Continuation and the Conclusion to the Previous Installment in Which the nature of the Divinity is revealed to the Reader with respect to the Cosmology of the Heavens, in addition to divers topics on Linguistics, Morality and Empire, the latter of Which will no doubt be Comfortable in the Drawing Room of Mr. Wells. 


Timestamps:

intro, biography of C.S. Lewis, background to "Out of the Silent Planet" (1938) (0:00)

C.S. Lewis - "Out of the Silent Planet" (1938) - plot summary (15:41)

C.S. Lewis - "Out of the Silent Planet" (1938) - general discussion (1:03:09)


Bibliography:

Downing, David C. "Planets in peril: a critical study of C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy", 1992

Edwards, Bruce L. "C.S. Lewis: Life, Works, and Legacy", 2007

Green, Roger Lancelyn and Hooper, Walter. "C.S. Lewis: a biography", 1963

Hart, Dabney Adams. "Through the Open Door: A New Look at C.S. Lewis", 2010

Poe, Harry Lee. "Becoming C. S. Lewis: A Biography of Young Jack Lewis, 1898-1918", 2019

Schwartz, Sanford. "C. S. Lewis on the Final Frontier: Science and the Supernatural in the Space Trilogy", 2009


The Interplanetary Gnosis, part 1: A Voyage to Arcturus | Chrononauts Episode 1307 May 202102:23:25

Containing a Portion which Constitutes the First in partickular Duality of a Series of two Bipartites that Relate a Comparison of wonderful Voyages to vars. distant Worlds, the Spiritual (which in This Case it should derive more from the Gnosis than the Protestant) constitution, and its far Influence (though it may be Suggested that the Financial Shareholders of the Publisher were not altogether Pleased).


Timestamps:

introduction, biography of David Lindsay, background on "A Voyage to Arcturus" (1920) (0:00)

David Lindsay - "A Voyage To Arcturus" (1920) - plot summary (14:48)

David Lindsay - "A Voyage To Arcturus" (1920) - general discussion (1:43:13)


Bibliography:

Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic. "Celebrating the Centenary of 'A Voyage to Arcturus'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6HpKWSLuBM

Hume, Kathryn "Visionary Allegory in David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus", The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 77, No. 1, Jan., 1978

Rabkin, Eric S. "Conflation of Genres and Myths in David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus", The Journal of Narrative Technique, Vol. 7, No. 2, Spring, 1977

Wolfe, Gary K. "David Lindsay", 1982


The Spiritualist Revelation | Chrononauts Episode 1208 Apr 202102:48:16

Concerning matters pertaining to that great Movement of Divine Reform known as Spiritualism, orginating from those Excellent Fox Sisters from the Splendid Upstate New York, in which Contact had been made with the Dead in a most Useful fashion that (as We shall see) spread Hither with must Haste across the Country and the Philosophies and Theologies and Phenomena of Such manifest themselves into fictional Narratives in which a balance between Hallucination, the Sciences and Religion is Struck.

Timestamps:

An introduction to Spiritualism (0:00)

Leopoldo Lugones - "An Inexplicable Phenomenon" (1906) (28:54)

Leopoldo Lugones - "The Psychon" (1906) (41:17)

Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg - "The Marvelous Voyage of Mr. Nic-Nac" (1875-76) (50:48)

Marie Corelli - "A Romance of Two Worlds" (1886) (1:37:13)


Bibliography:

Ayres, Brenda and Maier, Sarah E. (Eds.)  "Reinventing Marie Corelli for the Twenty-First Century" (2019)

Bennett, Bridget - "Transatlantic Spiritualism and Nineteenth-Century American Literature" (2007)

Braude, Ann - "Radical Spirits: Spiritualism and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America" (1989)

Carr, Kent "Miss Marie Corelli" (1901)

Doyle, Arthur Conan - "The History of Spiritualism, Vol. I and II" (1926)

Ferguson, Christine - "Determined Spirits: Eugenics, Heredity and Racial Regeneration in Anglo-American Spiritualist Writing, 1848–1930" (2012)

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

Kontou, Tatiana and Willburn, Sarah - "The Ashgate Research Companion to Nineteenth-Century Spiritualism and the Occult" (2012)

McGarry, Molly - "Ghosts of futures past: spiritualism and the cultural politics of nineteenth-century America" (2008)

Nevins, Jess - "The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana" 2nd ed. (2019)

Page, Joanna - "Science Fiction in Argentina: Technologies of the Text in a Material Multiverse" https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dcbooks/13607062.0001.001/1:5/--science-fiction-in-argentina-technologies-of-the-text?g=dculture;rgn=div1;view=fulltext;xc=1

Salmonson, Jessica Amanda - "Marie Corelli and her Occult Tales" (1998), Victorian Web, https://victorianweb.org/authors/corelli/salmonson1.html

The Mesmeric Trance | Chrononauts Episode 1111 Mar 202103:58:56

Containing Facts, Experiments and Matters conserning that wonderful Science of Mesmerism (Of which We do prefer Animal Magnetism as Classification in Strong Preference to the Vulgate Hypnotism) of which Demonstrations are presented through the Northern and Southern Americas (in Addition to those European Fellows) Illuminating Delightlful Portraits of Inheritance and Clarevoyanse.


Timestamps:

A reading of Percy Shelley - "The Magnetic Lady to Her Patient" (1822) (0:00) 

an introduction to Mesmerism (4:33)

Edgar Allan Poe - "Mesmeric Revelation" (1844) (43:43)

Edgar Allan Poe - "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" (1845) (58:34)

Edgar Allan Poe - "Tale of the Ragged Mountains" (1844) (1:15:55)

Juana Manuela Gorriti - "He Who Listens May Hear — To His Regret: Confidence of a Confidence" (1865) (1:26:40)

Juana Manuela Gorriti - "Herbs and Pins" (1876) (1:46:37)

Arthur Conan Doyle - "The Parasite" (1894) (1:56:49)

Honoré de Balzac - "Ursule Mirouët" (1841) (2:47:02)


Bibliography:

Baker, William D., Jr - "The influence of mesmerism in nineteenth century American literature"

Binet and Ferre - "Animal Magnetism"

Darnton, Robert - "Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France"

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

Gregory, William - "Animal magnetism or, Mesmerism and its phenomena"

Masiello, Francine - introduction and notes to "Dreams and Realities, selected fiction of Juana Manuela Gorriti" 

Sandford, Christopher - "The Man who Would be Sherlock - The Real Life Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle"

Stashower, Daniel - "Teller of Tales - The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle"

Willis, Martin and Wynne, Catherine - "Victorian Literary Mesmerism"

The Feminist Utopia and the Anti-feminist Dystopia | Chrononauts Episode 1011 Feb 202103:53:20

Containing matters Conserning those deliberate Constructions of vars. Societies which are most frequently (though not altogether Always we may discover) considered Utopias, in partickular chuzing to focus on Those relating to the Subject of Women's Rights, in which many delightful Dreams, Adventures, Philosophies, and the Reactions hitherto are explored.


Timestamps:

introduction, Margaret Cavendish - "The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World" (1666) (0:00)

Mary Griffith - "Three Hundred Years Hence" (1836) (46:06)

Annie Denton Cridge - "Man's Rights; Or, How Would You Like It?" (1870) (1:19:40)

Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain - "Sultana's Dream" (1905) (1:50:11)

Anna Bowman Dodd - "The Republic of the Future: or, Socialism a Reality" (1887) (2:04:33)

Two Women of the West - "Unveiling a Parallel: A Romance" (1893) (2:31:34)

Charlotte Perkins Gilman - "Herland" (1915) (3:12:38)


Bibliography of works cited:

Calvin, Ritch. Feminist Science Fiction and Feminist Epistemology: Four Modes 

Chalmers, Hero. "Dismantling the myth of 'mad madge': the cultural context of Margaret Cavendish's authorial self-presentation". Women's Writing, 4:3, 323-340, 1997

Cox, Robt. "A Spontaneous Flow: The Geological Contributions of Mary Griffith, 1772-1846". Earth Sciences History (1993) 

Kessler, Carol Farley, ed. Daring to dream : Utopian fiction by United States women before 1950. 

Lilley, Kate. Introduction to "The Blazing World", Penguin, 2014 ed.

Pepys, Samuel. Diary, 1667

Ockerbloom, Mary Mark. A Celebration of Women Writers. https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/

Parrington, Vernon L. American Dreams: A Study of American Utopias 

Pfaelzer, Jean. The Utopian Novel in America 1886–1896: The Politics of Form

Pohl, Nicole. "'Of Mixt Natures': Questions of Genre in Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World", , in "A princely brave woman: essays on Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle", ed. Stephen Clucas

Purdy, Lillian M.  "Mary Griffith’s Three Hundred Years Hence: Utopia, Women, and Marriage". The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 22 November 2018

Sarasohn, Lisa T. The Natural Philosophy of Margaret Cavendish: Reason and Fancy during the Scientific Revolution

Sargent, Lyman Tower. British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985: An Annotated Chronological Bibliography

Schlosser, Lise Mae. "Mrs. Dalloway and the Duchess: Virginia Woolf Reads and Writes Margaret Cavendish", Literature Compass, 2008, no 5 

Smith, Becca C. Forgotten Female Fiction: Two Women of the West. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdtvt4NWTaY

Vanguard. At International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals. http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/vanguard/

Walters, Lisa. Margaret Cavendish: Gender, Science and Politics


For a list of Gilman studies, see the helpful list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman#Academic_studies

The Hollow Earth, part 2: Adventures at the Center | Chrononauts Episode 914 Jan 202103:35:19

Containing matters which Extend those contained in the previous Episode, chuzing to Focus on matters of Adventure of great Delight, in which vars Persons engage in Journeys of Leisure, as well as for Profit, and in an unexpected Fashion, the nature of the mysterious Identity of the Goode Captain Adam Seaborn is discussed, the Conclusions of which may surprize the Listener, as they are in no Accordance with contemporary electromechanical Analyses of such.

Timestamps:

The "Symzonia" authorship question (0:00)

Edward Page Mitchell - "The Inside of the Earth: A Big Hole through the Planet from Pole to Pole" (1876) (48:48)

Jules Verne - "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1864) (56:47)

Edgar Rice Burroughs - "At the Earth's Core" (1912) (2:05:01)


Bibliography:

Chaplow, L.I. "Tales of a Hollow Earth". University of Canterbury. 2011 

Collins, Paul. "A Quest to Discover America’s First Science-Fiction Writer". New Yorker, Nov 2020.

Eder, Maciej. "Does Size Matter? Authorship Attribution, Small Samples, Big Problem",  Digital Humanities, 2010

Janke, Karen L. and Dill, Emily. "New shit has come to light: Information seeking behavior in The Big Lebowski". The Journal of Popular Culture, 2010. 

Juola, Patrick. "The Rowling Case: A Proposed Standard Analytic Protocol for Authorship Questions" Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, Vol. 30, Supplement 1, 2015

Lang, Hans-Joachim and Lease, Benjamin. "The Authorship of Symzonia: The Case for Nathaniel Ames", The New England Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Jun., 1975)

The Literary Gazette; or, Journal of Criticism, Science and the Arts." Review of Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery". 1(1): 6–8. 1821. 

Miller, Marion. “The Theory of Concentric Spheres” (1947)

The North American Review. "Review of Symzonia, a Voyage of Discovery by Captain Adam Seaborn". Vol. 13, No. 32 (Jul., 1821), pp. 134-143, 254

O'Brien, Frank Michael. The Story of The Sun: New York, 1833–1918 (1918) 

Standish, David. "Hollow Earth : the Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth’s Surface". 2006

Yost, Michelle Kathryn. "American Hollow Earth Narratives From the 1820s to 1920". University of Liverpool. 2013

The Hollow Earth, part 1: Preliminary Drillings | Chrononauts Episode 817 Dec 202003:04:54

Concerning Matters pertaining to the Geological construct of a Number of solid Concentrick Spheres which hitherto have been Bound within the Confines of the Earth, and the Entrances to such may be found amongst the Many caves and Caverns stretched across our Great Globe, as well as the Notion that the Poles (at this time it does not matter Which, and has even been Speckulated that there are, in fact, Four, that is, Twice the Number of the Two usually Perceived), and of the Societies, Creatures and Beings found within the Depths, which We shall see greatly varies in Terms of the overall Qualities and Character.

Timestamps:

introduction (0:00)

Ludvig Holberg - "Niels Klim's Journey Under the Ground" (1741) (16:36)

authorship disputed - "Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery" (1820) (50:47)

Edward Bulwer-Lytton - "The Coming Race" (1871) (1:48:26)


Bibliography:

Standish, David. "Hollow Earth : the Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth’s Surface". 2006

Automata | Chrononauts Episode 719 Nov 202003:02:21

Containing matters to Persons or Devices Automated to perform those various Tasks, sometimes of a Benign Nature, representing the delightful Performances of wonderful Music and Dances, the pulling, transportation and otherwise Safeguarding of various Precious Metals, and Others of a Gravely serious Tone, manifested in the Unconsented imitation of Humanity itself for Purposes divers though with Most having a Tendency to be rooted, that is Originating, in the Mode of the Unethical. 

Timestamps:

E.T.A Hoffmann - "The Automata" (1814) (00:00)

Edward S. Ellis - "The Steam Man of the Prairies" (1868) (19:50)

Florence McLandburgh - "The Automaton Ear" (1876) (53:18)

Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg - "Horacio Kalibang or the Automata" (1879) (1:11:47)

Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam - "Tomorrow's Eve" (1886) (1:32:17)


Bibliography:

Ferreira, Rachel Haywood. "The Emergence of Latin American Science Fiction." 2011

Nickels and Dimes. Northern Illinois University Libraries. https://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/

Best and Worst of the Last 14 Episodes | Chrononauts Bonus Episode 623 Oct 202402:01:46

Timestamps:

non-podcast reads, non-fiction background favorites (0:00) worst 3 and best 5 of episodes 32-45, future plans (47:25)

Bookstores mentioned: Family Book Shop, 1301 N Woodland Blvd, DeLand, FL 32720 RBC Video, 269 Brighton Beach Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11235 (I said RBC Books by mistake and didn't catch it until after I uploaded this - sorry!)

Initial reflections | Chrononauts Bonus Episode 104 Nov 202001:13:33

Containing matters pertaining to the Programme Itself, including Discussions of Omissions (both by Design and by Circumstance), potential Avenues of exploration in the Future, and Works Most Enjoyed up to this partickular point in Time.

Bibliography:

Roberts, Adam. "The History of Science Fiction" 2016

The Temporal Traveller | Chrononauts Episode 622 Oct 202003:29:30

Containing matters related to that Quaternary Dimension, most frequently referred to by Mathematicians and Scholars as Time (though We dare suggest it has other Names in other locations on its own Axis), including transportation by Magickal means, a reflection of the Instrument recursively pushing forward its Influence on the World it Measures, three Journeys encapsulated in vars. Vessels, and concluding with an unfortunate Retraction.


Timestamps:

Introduction, general discussion of time and time travel (0:00)

unknown author(s) - "Urashima Tarō" (8th - 15th c folklore) (35:50)

Edward Page Mitchell - "The Clock that Went Backward" (1881) (51:20)

Enrique Lucio Eugenio Gaspar y Rimbau - "El Anacronópete" (1887) (1:21:43)

H.G. Wells - "The Time Machine" (1895) (2:27:56)

H.G. Wells - "The Chronic Argonauts" (1888) (3:12:39)


Bibliography:

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

Gleick, James. "Time Travel: A History". 2016

Main, Michael. Translation of "El Anacronópete". https://www.ittdb.com/fiction/gaspar-el-anacronopete-english.pdf

Molina-Galivan, Yolanda and Bell, Andrea L. Introduction to "The Time Ship: A Chrononautical Journey" Wesleyan University. 2012

Selenomania! | Chrononauts Episode 523 Sep 202002:43:03

Containing several incidents of Selenomania, that partickular Moon Madness which has so captivated the Minds and Pens of Authors since the Ancient Times, including the early works of Messers Verne and Wells, considered by Many to be the Greatest and Most Influential voices in the beginnings of the Science Fiction genre in that excellent nineteenth Century, as well as several shorter Works spanning the scientific and the pseudoscientific, as well as a brief Sketch of that wonderful invention Radio, which we hope does not incense the Appreciators of our Goode Balkan Friend.


Timestamps:

Introduction, Edgar Allan Poe - "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" (1835), Richard Locke - "The Great Moon Hoax" (1835) (0:00)

Jules Verne - "From the Earth to the Moon" (1865), "Around the Moon" (1869) (22:44)

H.G. Wells - "The First Men in the Moon" (1901) (1:00:56)

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky - "On the Moon" (1893) (2:19:24)


Bibliography:

Butcher, William. "Jules Verne: The Definitive Biography". 2006

Carlson, Bernard. "Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age". 2015

Sherborne, Michael. "H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life". 2010

White, Thomas H. "Nikola Tesla: The Guy Who DIDN'T 'Invent  Radio'". 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20201002065253/https://earlyradiohistory.us/tesla.htm

Ten Steps on the Quest for the Ideal | Chrononauts Episode 426 Aug 202003:35:00

Containing discussions of ten individual Stories, represented by Eight authors, concerning three Modes of the Ideal; the First encapsulating Sketches of the Mad Scientist, pursued thither in Grains granulating on the Gradient from the Coarse to the Refined; the Second presenting an Understanding and an Excitement of Sound, Music, Acoustics and Art; and the Third in the preaching of Doomsday in the Russian Orthodox tradition, in which a passionate Defense of the Character of Constance Garnett is offered by one of the Hosts (though Whom at this Time we will not say), which may surprize the Listener.


Timestamps:


The First Steps: The Mad Scientist's Miscellany

Introduction, background on Nathaniel Hawthorne (0:00)

Nathaniel Hawthorne - "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" (1837) (16:11)

Nathaniel Hawthorne - "Rappacini's Daughter" (1844) (27:16)

E.T.A. Hoffman - "The Sandman" (1816) (46:38)

Fitz-James O'brien - "The Diamond Lens" (1858) (1:18:46)


The Second Steps: Acoustical Resonations

James Davenport Whelpley - "The Atoms of Chladni" (1860) (1:42:55)

Honoré de Balzac - "Gambara" (1837) (2:12:40)


The Third Steps: Russian Doomsday

Semyon Dyachkov - "A Trip to the Moon in a Wonderful Machine With a Description of the Countries There, Customs and Various Rarities" (1844) (2:42:40)

Dmitry Sigov - "Journey to the Sun and the Planet Mercury and All the Visible and Invisible Worlds " (1832), and "The Talk of Moscow Citizens about the Comet of 1832" (1832) (2:55:54)

Vladimir Odoevsky - "The Year 4338: The Petersburg Letters" (3:15:14)


Bibliography:

Boczkowska, Kornelia. "Space exploration in 20th century American and Soviet literature and art". Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu 2015

The Mummy from Star Psi! | Chrononauts Episode 304 Aug 202001:29:52

Containing two Works filling the Interval Of Time between the Excellent Lady Mary Shelley and the equally Good Frenchman Jules Verne, the Former consisting of Reanimation through means of Electricity, A Civil War in Spain, Exquisite and Novel Devices, and a not insignificant Number of Humorous Dialog, the Latter consisting of Alien Civilizations, their Poetry, Prose and Drama.

Timestamps:

Jane Webb - "The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century" (1827) 0:00

C.I. Defontenay - "Star ou Psi de Cassiopée" (1854) 40:50


Mary Shelley | Chrononauts Episode 230 Jun 202002:06:01

Containing Matters concerning the Works and Life of Mary Shelley, that exceptional Individual whose series of Published Novels in the Gothic Fashion are considered by Some (and revered by Others) to encompass the Inceptual Origin of the Emergent Progression of Tropes of the Genre of Science Fiction, in Partickular the oft-staged Frankenstein, that through its Persistence is completely doubtlessly thoroughly and without Question, Embedded in the thinking Spheres of our Arts and Cultures, that is, Well-Known, and the hither to obscured and suppressed Last Man, in which its delightful Ruminations dutifully serve (as best We can hope Them to) to provide and deliver henceforth the Reader with a series of Portraits illustrating the Depths, Souls and Feelings of many noted Poets, both considering between the Modality of the Verbal and the Modality of the Mathematickal.

Timestamps:

Introductions, Mary Shelley - "Frankenstein" (1818) - 0:00

Mary Shelley - "The Last Man" (1826) - 45:01

Richard Brinsley Peake  - "Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein" (1823) and film adaptations - 1:17:26

The Imaginary Traveller | Chrononauts Episode 102 Jun 202001:32:58

Containing extensive Discussions of the Imaginary Traveller, the  Literary Trope which Some consider antecedent to the Genre of Science  Fiction (while Others Still, however, do not altogether), with the  Beginning commencing forth from Their first known Appearance in the  Greek Tongue, the Progression of Their Voyage to the Middle Era,  continuing with Their Explorations during the Reformed and Enlightened  Times, and concluding with a Preview of the next Episode.

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Opening Theme, Antiquity and Lucian's "A True Story" (150) (0:00)

The Middle ages: Dante's "Divine Comedy" (1308-20) and "Arabian Nights" (800-1300) (23:13)

Johannes Kepler's "Somnium" (1608) (32:44)

Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis" (1628) (42:19)

Francis Godwin's "The Man in the Moone" (1638) (49:41)

Cyrano de Bergerac's "Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon" (1657) and "The States and Empires of the Sun" (1662) (56:23)

Voltaire's "Micromegas" (1752), outro and preview for next episode (1:11:08)



Introductions, Genre and Scope | Chrononauts Episode 031 May 202001:43:58

Containing an Introduction to the Series, in which the Listener is acquainted with the Character of the Hosts, with numerous Discussions on matters concerning Genre, History, Fiction, Literature, the Natural Sciences, and with the Conclusion of which containing a Preview of the subsequent Episode.

Books referenced, on Goodreads:

"Foundation", by Isaac Asimov (USA, 1951) : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29579.Foundation

"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court", by Mark Twain: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37810588-mark-twain---a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthur-s-court

"The Martian Chronicles", by Ray Bradbury (USA, 1950): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76778.The_Martian_Chronicles

"Fahrenheit 451", by Ray Bradbury (USA, 1953): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42609095-fahrenheit-451-by-ray-bradbury-essay-for-studying-by-lukas

"Kaleidoscope", by Ray Bradbury (USA, 1951): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12525512-ray-bradbury-s-kaleidoscope

"The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith: A Vintage from Atlantis" (USA, 1926-61): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41812484-the-collected-fantasies-of-clark-ashton-smith

"The Once and Future King", by T.H. White (UK. 1958): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43545.The_Once_and_Future_King

"The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick", by Philip K. Dick (USA, 2011): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10887550-the-exegesis-of-philip-k-dick

"Ubik", by Philip K. Dick (USA, 1969): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22590.Ubik

"Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus", by Mary Shelley (UK, 1818): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein

"Dune", by Frank Herbert (USA, 1965): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234225.Dune

"Rendezvous with Rama", by Arthur C. Clarke (UK, 1973): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31548627-rendezvous-with-rama

"Childhood's End", by Arthur C. Clarke (UK, 1953): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50783631-childhood-s-end

"As I Lay Dying", by William Faulkner (USA, 1930): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77013.As_I_Lay_Dying

"The Collected Stories of William Faulkner" (USA, 1950): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1184102.Collected_Stories_of_William_Faulkner

"Gormenghast" novels, by Mervyn Peake (UK, 1946-59): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39058.The_Gormenghast_Novels

"Ender's Game", by Orson Scott Card (USA, 1985): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/375802.Ender_s_Game

"New Worlds: An Anthology", edited by Michael Moorcock (vars., 1965-95) (content from the infamous "new-wave" oriented zine: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1532128.New_Worlds

"Voyage of the Space Beagle", by A.E. Van Vogt (CAN, 1950): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/546454.The_Voyage_of_the_Space_Beagle

"The Mote in God's Eye", by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (USA, 1974): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100365.The_Mote_in_God_s_Eye

"Hyperion", by Dan Simmons (USA, 1989): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion

"The Canterbury Tales", by Geoffrey Chaucer (Kingdom of England, 1387-1400): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2696.The_Canterbury_Tales

Facebook Groups:

Offbeat: B-movies, Cult, Grindhouse, Old-school Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/613178365804624?refid=46

Science Fiction Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/9990182714?refid=18

Films:

"Cat Women of the Moon" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045609/

"The Black Hole", https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078869/

Misc:

Arthur C. Clarke's essay "Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination", from which "Clarke's Law" is derived: http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/Sci-Tech-Society/stored/futurists_hazards_of_prophecy.pdf

Morbid Angel: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Morbid_Angel/68

Edward Page Mitchell - "The Man Without a Body" (1877) | Chrononauts Episode 45.503 Sep 202400:35:40

Containing Matters of Malformed Materialization.


Switching sounds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M406arpS7ZA

W.C. Morrow - "The Monster Maker" (1887) | Chrononauts Episode 45.402 Sep 202400:25:01

Containing Matters of Malpractice.


Bibliography:

Joshi, S.T. - "The Evolution of the Weird Tale" (2004)

Mobile, AL First National Bank - "Highlights of 75 Years in Mobile" (1940) https://archive.org/download/75yearsinmobile/75yearsinmobile.pdf

Morrow, W.C. - "Some Queer Experiences" (1891) https://archive.org/details/1891somequeerexperiencesmorrowargonaut

Moskowitz, Sam - "Forgotten Master of Horror - The First Phase" in "Discovering Classic Horror Fiction I" (1992)


Ronald Ross - "The Vivisector Vivisected" (1882) | Chrononauts Episode 45.301 Sep 202400:20:14

Containing Matters of Fluidics.


Bibliography:

Haining, Peter - biography on Ronald Ross from "The Monster Makers" anthology (1974)

Nobel Prize and Laureates - "Ronald Ross" https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1902/ross/biographical/

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - "Biography of Sir Ronald Ross" https://web.archive.org/web/20140202111525/http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives/ross/biography/

Sinden, Robert E. - "Malaria, mosquitoes and the legacy of Ronald Ross", Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2007 Nov; 85(11): 894–896

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636258/


H.G. Wells - "The Island of Doctor Moreau" (1896) | Chrononauts Episode 45.231 Aug 202401:38:44

Containing Matters of Mammals.


Timestamps:

non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler plot summary and discussion (22:18)

general discussion and film adaptaions (1:08:13)


Bibliography:

Philmus, Robert (ed.) - "The Island of Doctor Moreau: a variorum text" (1993)

Rieder, John - "Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction" (2008) Sherborne, Michael - "H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life" (1988)

Shippey, Tom - "Hard Reading: Learning from Science Fiction" (2016)

Music:

Heiné, Joseph - "Madeira polka" (1874) https://www.loc.gov/item/2023820380

H.G. Wells - "Under the Knife" (1896) | Chrononauts Episode 45.130 Aug 202400:42:18

Containing Matters of Morphine.


Timestamps:

introductions, recent reads (0:00)

general discussion on the legacy of "Frankenstein" (15:25)

"Under the Knife" discussion (25:55)


Bibliography:

Gaping Blackbird - "The Purple Pileus" https://gapingblackbird.wordpress.com/2018/06/22/the-purple-pileus-by-h-g-wells

Haining, Peter - introduction to "The Monster Makers" anthology (1974)

various articles from "The dental and surgical microcosm" (1891-1893) https://archive.org/details/dentalsurgicalmi03na/mode/2up


Music:

Dayton, J. - "The Mary Jane Polka" (1857) https://www.loc.gov/item/2023811721/

P.D. James - "The Children of Men" (1992) | Chrononauts Episode 44.414 Jul 202401:35:54

Containing Matters of Midwives and Miracles.


Timestamps:

PD James biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler plot summary and commentary (33:40)

spoiler discussion (1:12:30)


Bibliography:

James, P.D. - "Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography" (2001)

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