As January’s icy grip tightens, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson find sanctuary in the thrilling days of yesteryear. This time out they have procured the services of Jamie Todd Rubin to act as their guide for their voyage back in time to the Golden Age!

Generally defined as the period between 1939 and 1950, the Golden Age was dominated by John W. Campbell’s editorship at Astounding. It was when Science Fiction acquired a degree of depth and characterization through the works of Isaac Asimov, Lester Del Rey, C.L. Moore, L. Sprague De Camp, Leigh Brackett, A. E. Van Vogt, Robert Heinlein, Jack Vance, and Clifford Simak. Jamie talks about reading those issues of Astounding and what he learned about SF and fandom, then and now.

Also discussed are Jamie’s latest Analog column, plotting-vs-pantsing, and pre-internet flame wars.

And the Hoarsemen start the year with a MASSIVE list of books, comics, and TV consumed.

Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Jamie Todd Rubin

City, by Clifford D. Simak

Ray Bradbury Unbound, by Jonathan Eller

Carbide Tipped Pens, edited by Ben Bova and Eric Choi

All Those Vanished Engines, by Paul Park

The Kick-Ass Writer, by Chuck Wendig

Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Volume 1, by Robbie Morrison & Dave Taylor

Additional Show Notes:

2015: The Year in Books

2015: The Year in Shorts

About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters and Five Interviews, by Samuel R. Delany

Finding My Elegy: New and Selected Poems, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Love, Volume 1: The Tiger, by Federico Bertolucci

Farrago’s Wainscot (Issue 13, January 2015)

Strong Female Protagonist, by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag

Star Trek/Planet of the Apes 1

Conan/Red Sonja 1

Star Wars 1

Amazon — Clifford D. Simak

The Samurai Trilogy

Throne of Blood