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James Gunn filmed this interview with Damon Knight sometime in the 1960s, it features Knight discussing Science Fiction from a time when there was no name for it. He begins with stories of of moon voyages (Lucian, Cyrano de Bergerac)… Read moreDamon Knight discusses early Science Fiction
I’ve created a |PDF| from the printing in the December 1926 issue of Amazing Stories. I’ve created a |PDF| from the printing in the October 1933 issue of Amazing Stories. In his introductory essay “Expanding The Lens“, found in to… Read moreThe Diamond Lens by Fitz James O’Brien
KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR station, recorded an interview with Noël Sturgeon, James Gunn and Elspeth Healey talking about “the life, works and literary papers of Theodore Sturgeon.” Here’s the file |MP3| [via aboutsf.com] Posted by Jesse Willis
Michael Swanwick has posted a fascinating hour-long convention monologue by Murray Leinster‘s daughter, Billee Stallings. I’m betting that a lot of folks today, even Science Fiction folks, don’t know who Leinster was. I don’t see any of his books in… Read moreMy Father, Murray Leinster
Some stories adapt better than others. I think a straight narration of an audiobook of Daniel Keyes’ novelette of Flowers For Algernon would be an easy and natural way to experience most of the story’s power. Sadly, that’s still yet… Read moreBBCR4 + RA.CC: Daniel Keyes’ Flowers For Algernon RADIO DRAMA
Back in 2003, for our features page, I wrote the following about Seeing Ear Theatre: In the United States, radio drama is virtually dead. But just after the internet blossomed, “radio” drama briefly revived itself. Between 1997 and 2001 dozens… Read moreSeeing Ear Theatre