Chrononauts

Containing Matters of Vacancy

Timestamps:

W.E.B. Du Bois background (0:00)

"The Comet" non-spoiler discussion (41:54)

spoiler summary and discussion (52:07)

Bibliography:

Horne, Gerald - "W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography" (2009)

VanderMeer, Jeff and Ann (eds.) - "The Big Book of Science Fiction" (2016)

Containing Matters of Regression

Timestamps:

S. Belsky biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler summary and discussion (23:07)

Bibliography:

Laboratory of Fantastika - "S. Belsky" https://fantlab.ru/autor10001

Music:

Bellak, James - "Comet Schottisch" (1853) https://www.loc.gov/item/2023806609

Containing Matters of Canine Convincing.

Timestamps:

introductions, non-podcast reads, background on the apocalypse (0:00)

Amado Nervo's "The Last War" non-spoiler discussion, plot summary, spoiler discussion (19:00)

Bibliography:

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

Tres Cuentos Literary Podcast #41 - "The Last War - Amado Nervo" https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/tres-cuentos/41-the-last-war-amado-nervo-1czSFyqr9Mh/

Music:

Scott, Charles P. - "The Cat with the Baritone Voice" (1903) https://www.loc.gov/resource/musapschmidt.10006914/

Containing Matters of Cable Management

Timestamps:

James Tiptree, jr. biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

plot summary and spoiler discussion (49:56)

Bibliography:

Phillips, Julie - "James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon" (2007)

Containing Matters of Mercy

Timestamps:

Harlan Ellison biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

plot summary and spoiler discussion (49:58)

Bibliography:

Segaloff, Nat - "A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison" (2017)

Containing Matters of Distant Demands.

Timestamps:

Frederik Pohl biography, non-spoiler discussion (0:00)

spoiler plot summary and discussion (38:57)

Bibliography:

Pohl, Frederik - "The Way the Future Was: A Memoir" (1978)

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 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)

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)

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

Timestamps:

non-podcast reads, non-fiction background favorites (0:00)

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