Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #starshipsofa, aggregated by home.social.
On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 787), I wish #StarTrek a happy 60th birthday and give a peek at my research on #Enterprise (and specifically the subversive character arc of #MalcolmReed).
#ScienceFiction #SFF #StarTrekEnterprise
Here is the link: https://starshipsofa.com/starshipsofa-787-kit-sedia/
On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 785), I remember the remarkable #SamNeill and his many contributions to genre storytelling.
#ScienceFiction #SFF #Horror
Here is the link: https://starshipsofa.com/starshipsofa-785-jeremy-szal/
On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 783), I remember #AnthonyStewartHead, his many contributions to genre storytelling, and in particular his pathbreaking series #VR5.
#ScienceFiction #SFF #AnthonyHead
Here is the link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starshipsofa-783-t-k-rex/id166360307?i=1000777826696
On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 780), I discuss the books of #FrankTallis, the series #ViennaBlood, and the phenomenon of #SigmundFreud in #GenreFiction. #ScienceFiction #HistoryOfScience #Mystery #CrimeFiction #Gothic #Horror #HistoricalFiction #SFF #ForensicScience #Books #Bookstodon
Here is the link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starshipsofa-780-p-a-cornell/id166360307?i=1000770891894
On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 776), I revisit #Andor Season 1. #ScienceFiction #StarWars #SFF
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starshipsofa-776-sandra-mcdonald/id166360307?i=1000750268152
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
On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 772), I discuss early #Feminist #ScienceFiction utopias and focus on A Few Hours in a Far-Off Age (1883) by #HenriettaDugdale. #Utopia #AustralianLit #Books #Bookstodon #Feminism #SFF
Here is the link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starshipsofa-772-jeremy-szal/id166360307?i=1000742558497
On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 770), I discuss some #ScienceFiction works that describe #YoungAdult protagonists being "played" by "the game," works that set the stage for #TheHungerGames. (This represents Part 2 of a 2-parter. Part 1 is in Episode 768.) #Dystopia #YA #Books #Bookstodon #SFF
Here is the link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starshipsofa-770-jeffrey-thomas/id166360307?i=1000738477099
On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 768), I talk about some #ScienceFiction works that describe #YoungAdult protagonists being "played" by "the game," works that set the stage for #TheHungerGames. #Dystopia #YA #Books #Bookstodon #SFF
Here is the link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starshipsofa-768-rudy-vener/id166360307?i=1000734001196
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
The pathbreaking interactive series #CaptainPower and the Soldiers of the Future first aired 38 years ago today. I remember it so well! I discussed the unique history and political debates surrounding the show in Episode 32 of the #StarShipSofa #podcast.
#ScienceFiction #Dystopia #Television #GenreHistory
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starshipsofa/id166360307?i=1000387029088
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 758), I discuss #ScienceFiction, #NuclearWeapons, and the ongoing relevance of the classic #Level7 by #MordecaiRoshwald.
#Dystopia #PostApocalyptic #SFF #NuclearWar #Books #Bookstodon
Here is the link!
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
That same #StarShipSofa episode 754 (from @drahsturgis's post I just boosted) leads with an interesting linguistics/infection SF story, "Cyclic Amplification, Meaning Family" http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2025/04/15/starshipsofa-754-bogi-takacs/ (includes playable audio button).
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
On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 750), I revisit the work of #ScienceFiction scholar #HBruceFranklin and #YA author #JohnMarsden. #SFF #Books #Bookstodon #TomorrowWhenTheWarBegan
Here is the link!
https://shows.acast.com/starshipsofa/episodes/starshipsofa-750-eris-young
On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 748), I revisit the brilliant #TheTwilightZone series and discuss #MonstersOnMapleStreet: The Twilight Zone and the Postwar American Dream by #DavidJBrokaw.
Here is the link!
https://shows.acast.com/starshipsofa/episodes/starshipsofa-748-jeremy-tolbert
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
I've been on a #MaryShelley roll lately! On my latest “Looking Back at Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 747), I revisit the brilliant #Frankenstein.
#ScienceFiction #SFF #Gothic #Horror #Books #Bookstodon
Here is the link!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starshipsofa-747-donyae-coles/id166360307?i=1000680000637
On November 18, 1897, junior student Bertha Lane Mellish vanished from Mount Holyoke College. Her disappearance remains an unsolved mystery.
I'm currently working on a book project that involves the Mellish case. (I shared a related presentation as my history segment on #StarShipSofa Ep. 732, linked below.) I'll be posting more! But today it feels especially important to say her name. #BerthaMellish #TrueCrime #Mystery #History
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/starshipsofa-732-chris-balliet/id166360307
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 743), I recommend four new books for the #Halloween season related to genre history. #SFF #Horror #Gothic #Books #Bookstodon
Here's a link!
https://shows.acast.com/starshipsofa/episodes/starshipsofa-no-743-marie-vibbert
My short story "Movie Night" is out today over at StarShipSofa narrated by Will Stagl! In “Movie Night,” Ricardo is a door-to-door salesman who sells AI replicas of dead people to their still-living loved ones. http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2024/09/18/starshipsofa-no-741-matthew-kressel/
#shortstory #ai #podcast #scifi #future #dystopianfiction #starshipsofa #fiction #sciencefiction
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 739 of the #StarShipSofa #podcast. I discuss #ScienceFiction, #DoctorWho, #Dystopia, and the anthology Academia and Higher Learning in Popular Culture.
#SFF #Books #Bookstodon #HigherEd
Here is the link!
http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2024/08/14/starshipsofa-no-739-edward-m-lerner/
My latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment is now available on Episode 736 of the #StarShipSofa #podcast. I discuss the anthology #WritingTheFuture.
#ScienceFiction #SFF #Books #Bookstodon #Writing
Here is the link!
http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2024/07/03/starshipsofa-no-736-adam-troy-castro/
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 new "Looking Back on Genre History" segment is now available on Episode 734 of the #StarShipSofa #podcast. I discuss my latest research project and my presentation "Missing Students and Their Fictional Afterlives: #TrueCrime, #CrimeFiction, and #DarkAcademia."
Here is the link!
http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2024/05/08/starshipsofa-732-chris-balliet/