In this, the second podcast, the Baker sister discuss Slan by A.E. Van Vogt, first published in 1940 and never been out of print since.  It won a retro Hugo in 2016. This madly paced science fiction dystopia won admiration and but did we truly love it? Listen and find out.  

 

Want to skip a bit or jump to your favorite part?  Here are the time markers for this episode:

00:51  History Lesson

03:40  Astounding Magazine

06:19  Open discussion

12:28  We go over the the characters

29:51  Tackling some of the big ideas in the book

46:39  The Five Questions

 

Music by Carl Miles