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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)

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)

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/

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/

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)

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

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

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

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

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.