Some say there are certain works & authors in SF/F/H that one Must Read in order to appreciate or understand the genres. But with all the amazing new work coming out from new voices around the world, are the so-called "canonical" works even relevant anymore? How can fans navigate the world of speculative fiction in a way that makes it meaningful (and let's not forget FUN) for them? We get into it with two fantastic guests: 2019 Astounding Award winner & author of Under the Pendulum Sun, Jeannette Ng, and Georgia Tech Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies & author of The Future is Female, Dr. Lisa Yaszek. Heads up: there may be some discussion of gross '70s Jell-O molds.
Jeannette Ng: Website and UNDER THE PENDULUM SUN
Dr. Lisa Yaszek: Website & Amazon author page
Octavia Butler on Devil Girls from Mars:
https://www.blackhistory.mit.edu/archive/transcript-devil-girl-mars-why-i-write-science-fiction-octavia-butler-1998
Hugo Gernsback and Amazing Stories
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Stories
Lost Transmissions:
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Transmissions-History-Science-Fiction/dp/1419734652
Jeanette Ng’s Astounding Award Acceptance Speech: https://medium.com/@nettlefish/john-w-campbell-for-whom-this-award-was-named-was-a-fascist-f693323d3293
We Have Always Fought
http://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-article/2013/05/we-have-always-fought-challenging-the-women-cattle-and-slaves-narrative-by-kameron-hurley/
Big Book of Science Fiction (edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer):
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Science-Fiction/dp/1101910097
Milton Davis:
https://www.mvmediaatl.com/
Balogun Ojetade:
https://chroniclesofharriet.com/
Margaret Cavendish:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/one-of-the-earliest-science-fiction-books-was-written-in-the-1600s-by-a-duchess
The Last Man by Mary Shelley:
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Wordsworth-Classics/dp/1840224037
Brian Aldiss on Mary Shelley:
https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/brian-w-aldiss/
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