Chrononauts

Chrononauts

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Chrononauts episodes

  • Jagadish Chandra Bose - "Runaway Cyclone" (1896/1921) | Chrononauts Episode 15.7

    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

    18 min
  • Nilo María Fabra - "Teitan the Proud - Tale of Things to Come" (1895) | Chrononauts Episode 15.4

    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)

    14 min
  • Clarín - "Future Story" (1892) | Chrononauts Episode 15.3

    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/


    23 min
  • Ten Steps on the Quest for Genre: Introduction and a history of the magazine | Chrononauts Episode 15.1

    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

    18 min
  • The Interplanetary Gnosis, part 2: Out of the Silent Planet | Chrononauts Episode 14

    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


    1 hr 22 min
  • The Interplanetary Gnosis, part 1: A Voyage to Arcturus | Chrononauts Episode 13

    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


    2 hr 24 min

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A science fiction literature history podcast, covering popular and obscure works. Contains spoilers for all works discussed.

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