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Classic SF with Andy Johnson

Andy Johnson

Exploring classic science fiction, with a focus on the 1950s to the 1990s.

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#115 Faith in the stars: To Open the Sky (1967) by...

Classic SF with Andy Johnson ·

2024/05/24

Get in touch with a text message!Robert Silverberg's To Open the Sky (1967) combines five pre-planned stories originally published in Galaxy magazine in 1965 and 1966, it is an interestingly structured piece of work published at a time when Silverberg was just entering his own personal golden age. It also combines themes of religion, psychic powers, terraforming, immortality, and political conflict into a unique take on the "future history" subgenre of SF. Support the Show.For lots more writi...

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11:20

#114 A Thousand Worlds: Dying of the Light (1977) and...

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2024/05/16

Get in touch with a text message!George R.R. Martin is easily one of the best-known, most successful, and wealthiest genre writers still working today - albeit slowly. While Martin is a giant of modern fantasy writing, even some of his ardent fans may not be aware that he first made an impact in science fiction. This episode first covers his debut novel from 1977, Dying of the Light. It's a gloomy, mournful story of lost love and personal obligations set on a dying, rogue planet. Next, I'll t...

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#113 A pair of Aces: The Atlantic Abomination (1960)...

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2024/05/07

Get in touch with a text message!John Brunner was a startlingly prolific British writer of science fiction, whose reputation rests on four acclaimed books he published from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. However, earlier in his career he wrote many SF adventures which while less ambitious, are a rich source of pulp excitement.This episode focuses on two of these many novels. The Atlantic Abomination and Sanctuary in the Sky were both published in 1960 by Ace Books. They represent only half ...

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7:34

#112 Empire in time: The Fall of Chronopolis (1974)...

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2024/05/01

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#111 SF’s greatest partnership? Three novels by...

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2024/04/25

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#110 Outside context problem: Excession (1996) by...

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2024/04/17

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10:45

#109 No brakes: Tau Zero (1970) by Poul Anderson

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2024/04/10

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#108 Fashion victim: The Garments of Caean (1976) by...

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2024/04/03

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#107 Living with the dead: The Falling Woman (1986)...

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2024/03/27

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#106 Raising Titans: Imperial Earth (1975) by Arthur...

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2024/03/22

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#105 Pulling the trigger: Use of Weapons (1990) by...

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2024/02/23

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#104 Finding a place in the future: China Mountain...

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2024/01/30

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#103 A dishonourable discharge? Commandos: Strike...

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2024/01/05

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#102 A methodical masterpiece - Commandos 2: Men of...

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2023/11/07

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#101 Uncontrolled evolution: Blood Music (1985) by...

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2023/10/31

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#100 (!) There won’t be many coming home: The Forever...

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2023/10/24

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#99 High stakes: The Player of Games (1988) by Iain...

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2023/10/16

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9:57

#98 Newly remastered, Quake II is again the pinnacle...

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2023/10/09

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#97 Streets of New Bordeaux - what I played in May 2023

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2023/06/06

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#96 Out of time: Behold the Man (1969) by Michael...

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2023/06/01

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