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The newest What Mad Universe?!? looks at SLAN, by A. E. Van Vogt, about the telepathic mutants who lurk among us! (Don't worry, they're good guys) (Except for the ones who are bad guys) what-mad-universe.pinecast.co/episode/334a...

S4E117 -Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen: The Life of the Mind!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On SLAN, by A. E. Van Vogt

New What Mad Universe?!? is here, as we look at the second and third most popular characters created by Johnston McCulley. They're not QUITE as well known as his most famous one, Zorro. But hey, it happens. what-mad-universe.pinecast.co/episode/6540...

S4E114 -Chapter One Hundred and Fourteen: A Fool And His Money!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On THUBWAY THAM MEETS THE CRIMSON CLOWN, by Johnston McCulley

The fans are revolting! The latest What Mad Universe?!? takes a turn into the world of whodunnits and fandom with BIMBOS OF THE DEATH SUN by Sharyn McCrumb: what-mad-universe.pinecast.co/episode/e370...

S4E113 -Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen: Get a Life!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On BIMBOS OF THE DEATH SUN, by Sharyn McCrumb

A new What Mad Universe?!? weerds the langwitch with a look at the post-apocalyptic Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban: what-mad-universe.pinecast.co/episode/5dcf...

S4E112 -Chapter One Hundred and Twelve: Sharna Pax and Get the Poal!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On RIDDLEY WALKER by Russell Hoban

What Mad Universe?!? has returned once more from far away journeys to lost kingdoms, to discuss a French pulp novel that turns out to cast an intriguing lens on Vernean Sci-Fi and its undertones of colonialism: what-mad-universe.pinecast.co/episode/6d0e...

S4E111 -Chapter One Hundred and Eleven: In Cold Blood!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On THE PEOPLE OF THE POLE, by Charles Derennes

A new What Mad Universe?!? has arrived! A sweeping look at Iain M. Banks' Culture Novels, this one covers AI, writing aliens, space economies, and exactly how much war a "utopian future" can withstand: what-mad-universe.pinecast.co/episode/51f6...

S4E110 -Chapter One Hundred and Ten: Culture War!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On THE CULTURE NOVELS by Iain M. Banks

A new chapter of What Mad Universe?!? is up, on a truly seminal bit of genre writing, The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish--both foundational and feminist! what-mad-universe.pinecast.co/episode/0dfe...

S4E109 -Chapter One Hundred and Nine: Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On THE BLAZING WORLD by Margaret Cavendish

Late night notification, a new What Mad Universe?!? is up with @ingforart.bsky.social, the first of a series (hopefully) discussing Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. This time out: Granny Weatherwax! what-mad-universe.pinecast.co/episode/4f8b...

S4E108 -Chapter One Hundred and Eight: The Maiden, The Mother, The Other One!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On Terry Pratchett's DISCWORLD series

A new episode of What Mad Universe?!? is here, looking at the Neustrian Cycle, an obscure but pretty excellent fantasy (ish) series from the 20s: what-mad-universe.pinecast.co/episode/c81f...

Chapter One Hundred and Seven: The Harrowing of Hell!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On THE NEUSTRIAN CYCLE by Leslie Barringer

New episode of WMU is up! We take a look at Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light, a scifi recreation of Hindu and Buddhist mythology with some superheroic undertones. It also had a huge impact on the Iranian Hostage Crisis, of all things. Check it out here:

S4E104 -Chapter One Hundred and Four: Knower of the Many Worlds!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On LORD OF LIGHT by Roger Zelazny

Hey, we've been absent for a little while but we're back, a little late, with a new episode on Kim Stanley Robinson's epic MARS trilogy (this is a lot of me monologue-ing): what-mad-universe.pinecast.co/episode/4b43...

S4E103 -Chapter One Hundred and Three: Life on Mars!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On THE MARS TRILOGY by Kim Stanley Robinson

New episode! We take a look at Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, a guy who's had an even bigger impact on our culture than is sometimes acknowledged, mostly for the worse: what-mad-universe.pinecast.co/episode/9347...

S4E102 -Chapter One Hundred and Two: One Thing After Another!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On WHO GOES THERE? By John W. Campbell

A new What Mad Universe?!? is here, looking at a somewhat prescient 19th century French space opera, with Adam rambling a lot about history! It's STAR (PSI CASSEOPEIA) by Charlemagne Ishir DeFontenay (yes, really)

S4E101 -Chapter One Hundred and One: Second Star To The Right, and Straight On Until Morning!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On STAR (PSI CASSIOPEIA), by C. I. DeFontenay

Hello, Bluesky, we're making our debut here with our 100th episode, on Doc Savage and the Wold Newton universe! https://what-mad-universe.pinecast.co/episode/ebec2fba/chapter-one-hundred-empire-of-bronze-

S4E100 -Chapter One Hundred: Empire of Bronze!what-mad-universe.pinecast.co On DOC SAVAGE by Kenneth Robeson and DOC SAVAGE: HIS APOCALYPTIC LIFE by Philip Jose Farmer

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