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On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 774), I discuss four recent works about #ScienceFiction that are perfect for your 2026 #TBR list.
#Biography #History #OctaviaButler #JulesVerne #VintageSF #StarTrek #Books #Bookstodon #OctaviaEButler #SFF

Here is the link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starshipsofa-774-caren-gussoff-sumption/id166360307?i=1000746000785

2025 Wrap-Up: Podcasts

Thanks to the #podcasts that invited me on this year!

My "Looking Back on Genre History" #ScienceFiction segment ran each month on #StarShipSofa.

I narrated "The Liar" by #DarcieLittleBadger for Episode 651 of #CastOfWonders.

I also gave two talks -- "Why You Should Read #DarkAcademia" and "Why You Should Read #TheHungerGames" -- on separate March episodes of #TheMcConnellCenter podcast with #TheUniversityOfLouisville.

Links to all of these: https://www.amyhsturgis.com/?page_id=9

Happy October! 🎃 On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 766), I celebrate the #Dracula "group read" experience. 🦇 #DailyDracula #ReDracula #BramStoker #Gothic #Books #Bookstodon #SFF

Here is the link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starshipsofa-766-jay-caselberg/id166360307?i=1000729457545

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 762), I talk about #DoctorWho, #History, #TimeTravel, and the new Who novel #ShirleyJackson and the Chaos Box by #KalynnBayron. #ScienceFiction #SFF

Here is the link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starshipsofa-762-gustavo-bondini/id166360307?i=1000720842746

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 760), I discuss the new book On Edge: #Gender and #Genre in the Work of #ShirleyJackson, #PatriciaHighsmith, and #LeighBrackett by #AshleyLawson.

Here is the link: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-ax3zr-26648ea9

#ScienceFiction #SFF #CrimeFiction #Gothic #SpeculativeFiction #Books #Bookstodon

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 756), I discuss two pioneering #dystopian novels -- published 50 years apart! -- that have a great deal to say to each other and to us in 2025: #TheSpaceMerchants by #FrederikPohl and #CMKornbluth and #Feed by #MTAnderson.

#Dystopia #Resist #SFF #Books #Bookstodon #ScienceFiction

Here is the link!
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-u89eb-25675237

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 756), I discuss two pioneering #dystopian novels -- published 50 years apart! -- that have a great deal to say to each other and to us in 2025: #TheSpaceMerchants by #FrederikPohl and #CMKornbluth and #Feed by #MTAnderson.

#Dystopia #Resist #SFF #Books #Bookstodon #ScienceFiction

Here is the link!
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-u89eb-25675237

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 756), I discuss two pioneering #dystopian novels -- published 50 years apart! -- that have a great deal to say to each other and to us in 2025: #TheSpaceMerchants by #FrederikPohl and #CMKornbluth and #Feed by #MTAnderson.

#Dystopia #Resist #SFF #Books #Bookstodon #ScienceFiction

Here is the link!
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-u89eb-25675237

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 756), I discuss two pioneering #dystopian novels -- published 50 years apart! -- that have a great deal to say to each other and to us in 2025: #TheSpaceMerchants by #FrederikPohl and #CMKornbluth and #Feed by #MTAnderson.

#Dystopia #Resist #SFF #Books #Bookstodon #ScienceFiction

Here is the link!
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-u89eb-25675237

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 756), I discuss two pioneering #dystopian novels -- published 50 years apart! -- that have a great deal to say to each other and to us in 2025: #TheSpaceMerchants by #FrederikPohl and #CMKornbluth and #Feed by #MTAnderson.

#Dystopia #Resist #SFF #Books #Bookstodon #ScienceFiction

Here is the link!
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-u89eb-25675237

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 754), I discuss (in a spoiler-free way!) #SunriseOnTheReaping by #SuzanneCollins, intellectual history, and genre references.
#Dystopia #Resist #SFF #Books #Bookstodon #HungerGames #ScienceFiction

Here is the link!
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-x4stk-24e9ddfa

2024 Wrap-Up: Podcasts

Thanks to all of the #podcasts that invited me on this year!

My "Looking Back on Genre History" #ScienceFiction segment ran each month on #StarShipSofa.

I talked to #Potterversity about my book chapter "Dark Arts & Secret Histories: Investigating #DarkAcademia"; to #TrashCompactor & #NewBooksNetwork about my book #StarWars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away; & to #NewBooksNetwork about my book #StarTrek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier.

I also talked #Tocqueville with the #VitalRemnants podcast & #MaryShelley twice with #TheMcConnellCenter podcast.

Links to all of these: https://www.amyhsturgis.com/?page_id=9

2024 Wrap-Up: Podcasts

Thanks to all of the #podcasts that invited me on this year!

My "Looking Back on Genre History" #ScienceFiction segment ran each month on #StarShipSofa.

I talked to #Potterversity about my book chapter "Dark Arts & Secret Histories: Investigating #DarkAcademia"; to #TrashCompactor & #NewBooksNetwork about my book #StarWars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away; & to #NewBooksNetwork about my book #StarTrek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier.

I also talked #Tocqueville with the #VitalRemnants podcast & #MaryShelley twice with #TheMcConnellCenter podcast.

Links to all of these: https://www.amyhsturgis.com/?page_id=9

2024 Wrap-Up: Podcasts

Thanks to all of the #podcasts that invited me on this year!

My "Looking Back on Genre History" #ScienceFiction segment ran each month on #StarShipSofa.

I talked to #Potterversity about my book chapter "Dark Arts & Secret Histories: Investigating #DarkAcademia"; to #TrashCompactor & #NewBooksNetwork about my book #StarWars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away; & to #NewBooksNetwork about my book #StarTrek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier.

I also talked #Tocqueville with the #VitalRemnants podcast & #MaryShelley twice with #TheMcConnellCenter podcast.

Links to all of these: https://www.amyhsturgis.com/?page_id=9

2024 Wrap-Up: Podcasts

Thanks to all of the #podcasts that invited me on this year!

My "Looking Back on Genre History" #ScienceFiction segment ran each month on #StarShipSofa.

I talked to #Potterversity about my book chapter "Dark Arts & Secret Histories: Investigating #DarkAcademia"; to #TrashCompactor & #NewBooksNetwork about my book #StarWars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away; & to #NewBooksNetwork about my book #StarTrek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier.

I also talked #Tocqueville with the #VitalRemnants podcast & #MaryShelley twice with #TheMcConnellCenter podcast.

Links to all of these: https://www.amyhsturgis.com/?page_id=9

2024 Wrap-Up: Podcasts

Thanks to all of the #podcasts that invited me on this year!

My "Looking Back on Genre History" #ScienceFiction segment ran each month on #StarShipSofa.

I talked to #Potterversity about my book chapter "Dark Arts & Secret Histories: Investigating #DarkAcademia"; to #TrashCompactor & #NewBooksNetwork about my book #StarWars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away; & to #NewBooksNetwork about my book #StarTrek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier.

I also talked #Tocqueville with the #VitalRemnants podcast & #MaryShelley twice with #TheMcConnellCenter podcast.

Links to all of these: https://www.amyhsturgis.com/?page_id=9

On my latest “Looking Back at Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 745), I discuss the #NewWave in #ScienceFiction and the #DangerousVisions anthologies, including the newly-published #TheLastDangerousVisions. #SFF #HarlanEllison #JMichaelStraczynski #Books #Bookstodon

Here is the link!
https://podcasts.apple.com/lv/podcast/starshipsofa-745-john-kessel/id166360307?i=1000676531798

On my latest “Looking Back at Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 745), I discuss the #NewWave in #ScienceFiction and the #DangerousVisions anthologies, including the newly-published #TheLastDangerousVisions. #SFF #HarlanEllison #JMichaelStraczynski #Books #Bookstodon

Here is the link!
https://podcasts.apple.com/lv/podcast/starshipsofa-745-john-kessel/id166360307?i=1000676531798

On my latest “Looking Back at Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 745), I discuss the #NewWave in #ScienceFiction and the #DangerousVisions anthologies, including the newly-published #TheLastDangerousVisions. #SFF #HarlanEllison #JMichaelStraczynski #Books #Bookstodon

Here is the link!
https://podcasts.apple.com/lv/podcast/starshipsofa-745-john-kessel/id166360307?i=1000676531798

On my latest “Looking Back at Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 745), I discuss the #NewWave in #ScienceFiction and the #DangerousVisions anthologies, including the newly-published #TheLastDangerousVisions. #SFF #HarlanEllison #JMichaelStraczynski #Books #Bookstodon

Here is the link!
https://podcasts.apple.com/lv/podcast/starshipsofa-745-john-kessel/id166360307?i=1000676531798

On my latest “Looking Back at Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 745), I discuss the #NewWave in #ScienceFiction and the #DangerousVisions anthologies, including the newly-published #TheLastDangerousVisions. #SFF #HarlanEllison #JMichaelStraczynski #Books #Bookstodon

Here is the link!
https://podcasts.apple.com/lv/podcast/starshipsofa-745-john-kessel/id166360307?i=1000676531798

My latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment is now available on Episode 741 of the #StarShipSofa #podcast. I discuss the #RadiumAge imprint of reissued #ScienceFiction classics from 1900-1935 published by #MITPress.

#SFF #Books #Bookstodon #RadiumAge

Here is the link!

https://shows.acast.com/starshipsofa/episodes/starshipsofa-no-741-matthew-kressel

My latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment is now available on Episode 741 of the #StarShipSofa #podcast. I discuss the #RadiumAge imprint of reissued #ScienceFiction classics from 1900-1935 published by #MITPress.

#SFF #Books #Bookstodon #RadiumAge

Here is the link!

https://shows.acast.com/starshipsofa/episodes/starshipsofa-no-741-matthew-kressel

My latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment is now available on Episode 741 of the #StarShipSofa #podcast. I discuss the #RadiumAge imprint of reissued #ScienceFiction classics from 1900-1935 published by #MITPress.

#SFF #Books #Bookstodon #RadiumAge

Here is the link!

https://shows.acast.com/starshipsofa/episodes/starshipsofa-no-741-matthew-kressel

My latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment is now available on Episode 741 of the #StarShipSofa #podcast. I discuss the #RadiumAge imprint of reissued #ScienceFiction classics from 1900-1935 published by #MITPress.

#SFF #Books #Bookstodon #RadiumAge

Here is the link!

https://shows.acast.com/starshipsofa/episodes/starshipsofa-no-741-matthew-kressel

My latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment is now available on Episode 741 of the #StarShipSofa #podcast. I discuss the #RadiumAge imprint of reissued #ScienceFiction classics from 1900-1935 published by #MITPress.

#SFF #Books #Bookstodon #RadiumAge

Here is the link!

https://shows.acast.com/starshipsofa/episodes/starshipsofa-no-741-matthew-kressel

My new "Looking Back on Genre History" segment is now available on Episode 734 of the #StarShipSofa #podcast. I discuss four important but lesser-known #dystopian novels from the 20th century that are back in new editions thanks to #ValancourtBooks.

Here is the link!
http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2024/06/05/starshipsofa-no-734-molly-tanzer/

#Dystopia #ScienceFiction #SFF #FeministSF #Feminism #Books #Bookstodon

My latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment is now available on Episode 730 of the #StarShipSofa #podcast. I discuss two new publications related to the #MaryShelley classic #TheLastMan.

Here is the link!
http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2024/04/10/starshipsofa-730-paul-jessup/

#ScienceFiction #SFF #Gothic #PostApocalyptic #Books #Bookstodon

My latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment is now available on Episode 726 of the #StarShipSofa #podcast. I discuss the concept of the #timeslip.

#ScienceFiction #SFF #Books #Bookstodon #Film #TV

Here is the link!

https://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2024/02/14/starshipsofa-726-rudy-vener/

In my latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast, I discuss some contemporary revisitings of the classic THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE.

#SFF #JekyllAndHyde #ScienceFiction #FeministSF #TheSocietyForSoullessGirls #MyDearHenry #RobertLouisStevenson #Gothic #YALit #DarkAcademia #StarTrek #Books #Bookstodon

http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2023/07/12/starshipsofa-716-tara-campbell/

I've been contributing my "Looking Back on Genre History" segments to the #StarShipSofa #podcast for 15 years now. All of my past segments are listed (with their topics and links!) on the "Podcasting" page of my website. (Scroll down to the "Looking Back on Genre History" section.)

#ScienceFiction #ScienceFictionStudies #SFStudies #GenreHistory #ScienceFictionHistory #SFF #Podcasting
https://www.amyhsturgis.com/?page_id=9

In my latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast, I discuss #LibraryOfAmerica's recent "Back to #TheFutureIsFemale" event and some of the works of #ScienceFiction related to it.

#SFF #WomensSF #FeministSF #Feminism #LisaYaszek #PamelaSargent #ShereeReneeThomas #ChelseaQuinnYarbro #Books #Bookstodon

http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2023/06/14/starshipsofa-714-william-meikle/

In my latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast, I discuss #LibraryOfAmerica's recent "Back to #TheFutureIsFemale" event and some of the works of #ScienceFiction related to it.

#SFF #WomensSF #FeministSF #Feminism #LisaYaszek #PamelaSargent #ShereeReneeThomas #ChelseaQuinnYarbro #Books #Bookstodon

http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2023/06/14/starshipsofa-714-william-meikle/

In my latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast, I discuss #LibraryOfAmerica's recent "Back to #TheFutureIsFemale" event and some of the works of #ScienceFiction related to it.

#SFF #WomensSF #FeministSF #Feminism #LisaYaszek #PamelaSargent #ShereeReneeThomas #ChelseaQuinnYarbro #Books #Bookstodon

http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2023/06/14/starshipsofa-714-william-meikle/

In my latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast, I discuss #LibraryOfAmerica's recent "Back to #TheFutureIsFemale" event and some of the works of #ScienceFiction related to it.

#SFF #WomensSF #FeministSF #Feminism #LisaYaszek #PamelaSargent #ShereeReneeThomas #ChelseaQuinnYarbro #Books #Bookstodon

http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2023/06/14/starshipsofa-714-william-meikle/

In my latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast, I discuss #LibraryOfAmerica's recent "Back to #TheFutureIsFemale" event and some of the works of #ScienceFiction related to it.

#SFF #WomensSF #FeministSF #Feminism #LisaYaszek #PamelaSargent #ShereeReneeThomas #ChelseaQuinnYarbro #Books #Bookstodon

http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2023/06/14/starshipsofa-714-william-meikle/

My “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the latest episode of the StarShipSofa podcast focuses on #JoannaRuss.

#SFF #ScienceFiction #FeministSF #Feminism #SpeculativeFiction #StarShipSofa #Books #Bookstodon #GenreHistory

http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2023/03/22/starshipsofa-708-steve-rasnic-tem/