Chrononauts

Chrononauts

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Chrononauts episodes

  • "Dangerous Visions" (1967), vol. 3, Part 1 | Chrononauts Episode 55.3

    Containing Matters of Miscreancy


    Timestamps:

    Theodore Sturgeon - "If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?" (0:00)

    Larry Eisenberg - "What Happened to Auguste Clarot?" (35:31)

    Henry Slesar - "Ersatz" (46:13)

    Sonya Dorman - "Go, Go, Go, Said the Bird" (51:36)

    John Sladek - "The Happy Breed" (1:08:58)

    Jonathan Brand - "Encounter with a Hick" (1:48:32)

    Kris Neville - "From the Government Printing Office" (1:51:34)

    R. A. Lafferty - "Land of the Great Horses" (2:06:17)

    J. G. Ballard - "The Recognition" (2:12:46)


    Bibliography:

    Yaszek, Lisa - "Sonya Dorman" https://womensf.loa.org/sonya-dorman/

    2 hr 21 min
  • "Dangerous Visions" (1967), vol. 2 | Chrononauts Episode 55.2

    Containing Matters of Miscreancy


    Timestamps:

    Howard Rodman - "The Man Who Went to the Moon - Twice" (0:00)

    Philip K. Dick - "Faith of Our Fathers" (17:08)

    Larry Niven - "The Jigsaw Man" (54:33)

    Fritz Leiber - "Gonna Roll the Bones" (1:03:14)

    Joe L. Hensley - "Lord Randy, My Son" (1:14:00)

    Poul Anderson - "Eutopia" (1:20:06)

    David R. Bunch - "Incident in Moderan" and "The Escaping" (1:32:43)

    James Cross - "The Doll-House" (2:01:04)

    Carol Emshwiller - "Sex and/or Mr. Morrison" (2:05:58)

    Damon Knight - "Shall the Dust Praise Thee?" (2:13:37)


    Bibliography:

    Nette, Andrew & McIntyre, Iain (eds.) - "Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985" (2021)

    2 hr 18 min
  • "Dangerous Visions" (1967), vol. 1 | Chrononauts Episode 55.1

    Containing Matters of Miscreancy


    Timestamps:

    introductions, non-podcast reads (0:00)

    "Dangerous Visions" background (14:28)

    Lester del Rey - "Evensong" (39:41)

    Robert Silverberg - "Flies" (51:18)

    Frederik Pohl - "The Day After the Day the Martians Came" (1:00:17)

    Philip José Farmer - "Riders of the Purple Wage" (1:04:43)

    Miriam Allen deFord - "The Malley System" (1:46:40)

    Robert Bloch - "A Toy for Juliette" (1:59:04)

    Harlan Ellison - "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World" (2:07:32)

    Brian W. Aldiss - "The Night That All Time Broke Out" (2:11:58)


    Bibliography:

    Farmer, Philip José - introduction to "The Black Tower" (1988)

    Nette, Andrew & McIntyre, Iain (eds.) - "Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985" (2021)

    2 hr 18 min
  • Oscar Varsavsky - "The Crimes of the LIO" (1953-54) | Chrononauts Episode 54.5

    Containing Matters of Hostile Work Environment


    Timestamps:

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

    spoiler summary and discussion (16:41)


    Bibliography:

    Abraham, Carlos - "Las revistas argentinas de ciencia ficción" (2018)

    Rietti, Sara (ed) "Oscar Varsavsky: Una Lectura Postergada" (2007)

    Schoijet, Mauricio - "Ultra-left science policy and anti-modernization in Argentina: Oscar Varsavsky", Science and Policy, Feb 2002

    Varsavsky - "Hacia Una Politica Cientifica Nacional" (1972)

    35 min
  • Más Allá and the Oesterhelds | Chrononauts Episode 54.4

    Containing Matters of Miscalculation


    Timestamps:

    Más Allá background (0:00)

    Héctor Germán and Jorge Oesterheld background (24:13)

    "Beware of the Dog" (1953) (34:43)

    "Boomerang" (1953) (52:50)


    Bibliography:

    Abraham, Carlos - "Las revistas argentinas de ciencia ficción" (2018)

    Archivo Histórico de Revistas Argentinas, "Más Allá de la Ciencia y de la Fantasía" archive, https://ahira.com.ar/revistas/mas-alla-de-la-ciencia-y-de-la-fantasia/

    Capanna, Pablo - "La sci-fi en Argentina", El taco en la brea, May 2018

    de Pedro, Roque - "Los Primeros Pasos de la Ciencia Fiction Argentina: Acá también hay un más allá”", pp. 20-22, Expreso Imaginario #38, Sept 1979

    Ferreira, Rachel Haywood - "How Latin America Saved the World and Other Forgotten Futures", Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 43, No. 2 (July 2016), pp. 207-225

    Ferreira, Rachel Haywood - "Más Allá, El Eternauta, and the Dawn of the Golden Age of Latin American Science Fiction (1953-59)", Extrapolation 51.2 (2010), pp. 281-303

    Hennum, Shea - "The Interrupted Eternity: How the ’70s Argentinian Government Removed Rebel Cartoonist Héctor Germán Oesterheld", Paste Magazine, 18 November 2025 https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/the-interrupted-eternity-how-the-argentinian-governme

    Lambiek Comicylopedia - "Hector German Oesterheld" entry https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/oesterheld_hg.htm

    Noguerol, Claudio Omar - "A History of Science Fiction and Fandom in Argentina" (1989) https://fanac.org/Fan_Histories/Argentina/history_sf_fandom_in_argentina.pdf

    Porrúa, Francisco - unpublished letter to Forrest J Ackerman, October 22, 1955, Box 133, "Porrúa, Francisco 1954-1955, 1957, 1960" folder, Forrest J Ackerman Papers, Syracuse University Libraries Special Collections Research Center https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/a/ackerman_fj.htm

    Quereilhac, Soledad - "Más Allá de la Ciencia y de la Fantasía: Revista mensual de aventuras apasionantes en el mundo de la magia científica (1953-1957)", Archivo Histórico de Revistas Argentinas https://ahira.com.ar/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Presentaci%C3%B3n-M%C3%A1s-All%C3%A1-SQ.pdf

    Standal, CJ - "Comics’ Own Martyr: Héctor Oesterheld’s Life and Death", Cartoonist Cooperative, August 2023 https://cartoonist.coop/journal/comics-own-martyr-hector-oesterhelds-life-and-death/

    Tercera Fundacion, "Nueva Dimensión 49 (1973)" entry https://tercerafundacion.net/biblioteca/ver/ficha/7825

    Thielman, Sam - "The Comic-Strip Writer Who Became a Legend", The New Yorker, 26 April 2023 https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-comic-strip-writer-who-became-a-legend

    1 hr 5 min
  • Sandro Sandrelli - "The Prototype" (1961) | Chrononauts Episode 54.3

    Containing Matters Of Manifestations


    Bibliography:

    Barbieri, Daniele - "Ricordando Sandro Sandrelli" (2018) https://www.labottegadelbarbieri.org/ricordando-sandro-sandrelli/

    Biblioteca di via Senato Fondazione - "Fondo Fantascienza" https://bibliotecadiviasenato.it/patrimonio/fondo-fantascienza/

    Jarok, Andrea - "1963/1968: la nascita del fandom"

    Proietti, Salvatore - "Un viaggio nella narrativa di uno dei padri della fantascienza italiana" (2010) https://www.fantascienza.com/13483/la-scienza-l-assurdo-e-i-mille-mondi-sandro-sandrelli

    Sandrelli bibliography at fantascienza.com https://www.fantascienza.com/catalogo/autori/NILF14680/sandro-sandrelli/


    15 min
  • Luigi Cozzi - "Rainy Day Revolution No. 39" (1965) | Chrononauts Episode 54.2

    Containing Matters of Mass Transit


    Timestamps:

    Luigi Cozzi background (0:00)

    "Rainy Day Revolution No. 39" discussion (27:31)


    Bibliography:

    Bałaga, Marta, interview with Luigi Cozzi (2024) https://cineuropa.org/es/interview/470204/

    Frau, Fabio Secchi "Il principe della fantascienza italiana" https://www.mymovies.it/persone/luigi-cozzi/52276/

    DeSentis, John "Talking COZZILLA: An Interview with Italian GODZILLA Director Luigi Cozzi", (2009) https://www.scifijapan.com/godzilla-toho/talking-cozzilla-an-interview-with-italian-godzilla-director-luigi-cozzi

    de Voogd, Barend, interview with Luigi Cozzi (2011) https://www.flashbackfiles.com/luigi-cozzi-interview

    Torretti, Barbara, interview with Luigi Cozzi (2006) https://www.darkveins.com/en/interview-with-luigi-cozzi/

    46 min

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