We're back - and it's the time to review this year's Hugo-nominated short stories!

The Hugos are the awards given by members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention (whose numbers this year will include our very own Colin, who will be attending the worldcon in Glasgow).

Also in today's episode, we have a quiz. Sort of. See if you can get it before Phil has a clue what's going on...

And there's our usual round up of SF past, present and future.

For the full show notes, check out our blog:

https://101sf.blogspot.com/2024/07/hugos-where-i-goes-episode-44-of-podcast.html

We're back, with an episode about the great British SF writer John Wyndham. On many occasions we've found ourselves talking about his books - such as The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos - but now we attempt to do them justice with a closer look.

For the full show notes, visit our blog at 101sf.blogspot.com

Time for another regular episode of the podcast, and this time we have more interview goodness from the Hugo- and Nebula-winning SF writer Robert J. Sawyer. We had so much fun talking to Rob about his new novel The Downloaded (see episode 40) that we decided to gather up the more general parts of our discussion into a separate segment. So here you will hear talk of Planet of the Apes, science fiction conferences, and much much more.

We also have a mostly Star Trek quiz, but with a few Star Wars questions thrown in to trip Phil up.

And the usual recommendations of past/present/future SF.

For more detail, check out the show notes at: https://101sf.blogspot.com/2024/05/off-on-tangent-more-interview-fun-with.html

This is a bonus episode of Science Fiction 101, in which we abandon our quizzes and throw our past/present/future items out the window, and just give you a straightforward interview. It's all about staging a science fiction film festival!

Our guest is Russ Repp, who is responsible for the mammoth, eight-week, science fiction film festival currently happening in Portland, Oregon, in the city's remarkable OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry).

Russ talks us through the history of the festival, and lets us in on the secrets of how a sci-fi film festival is programmed.

Full information on the OMSI Science Fiction Festival (which continues until late May 2024) can be found here: https://omsi.edu/exhibits/sci-fi-film-fest/

Even if - like Phil - you're nowhere near Oregon, this is still a fascinating tale of how a festival is put together.

Next episode, we'll be back to our usual format, but we hope you enjoy this little bonus!

Time for a new episode of the podcast. This time Colin and Phil meet the Hugo- and Nebula-winning author Robert J. Sawyer, to discuss his new novel The Downloaded.

You may recall we reviewed the Audible Original full-cast audio version of The Downloaded a couple of episodes ago (you can find it here). We were keen to find out how the book version differs from the audio version, so we invited Rob onto the show to discuss.

And what a discussion it is!

Also in this episode, we have listener responses to our "to be a fan" episode, and our usual ramble through the past, present and future of SF.

For the full show notes, check out our website at 101sf.blogspot.com

Are you a science fiction fan? Possibly, or why else would you be listening to this podcast?

Phil and Colin ponder what it means to be a fan, and whether there are are specific rules for entry into fandom.

We also have our usual quiz, and our past/present/future discussion. For full show notes, check out our website at https://101sf.blogspot.com/

In this episode, we review The Downloaded, the new novel by multi-award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer. It's an "Audible Original", meaning that it's been published first as an audiobook - and not just any old audiobook. This has Oscar-winner Brendan Fraser as one member of a full cast.

We also have a quiz and our usual run-through of recommendations of past, present and future SF.

For more info, check out our shownotes at 101sf.blogspot.com

It's that time of year where we take a current science fiction magazine and review it from cover to cover - as something of an antidote to what we did last episode (which was to review an old magazine from the 1960s New Wave).

This time we work through one of the most successful of the current magazines, the multiple award-winning Uncanny.

If you want to read along with us, you can find the entire issue (no. 55) online for free at the official website, here: https://www.uncannymagazine.com/issues/uncanny-magazine-issue-fifty-five/

Check out our full show notes on our blog, 101sf.blogspot.com