What Mad Universe?!?

All things must die...and that includes the planet Earth. In the vastly distant future, under a swollen red sun, mankind still struggles and strives against each other in a world vastly different than ours, yet also alike. The "Dying Earth" subgenre--which is subtly different from the post-apocalyptic genre--has been around for over a century, but the books that give it its name came along in the 1950s in a series of fix-up novels by Jack Vance. This week we're peering into that dark and brutal future to examine this seminal work that joins together several eras of fantasy and SF.

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Say hello once again to the devil you know, on this first What Mad Universe?!? of 2022. Here we're looking at Arthur C. Clarke's book Childhood's End, one of the heavy hitters of post-WWII Sci-Fi and a massive influence on everything going forward. We're also joined by special guest Andrew Hickey of the History of Rock Music in 500 Songs podcast.

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Fandom! The word sends chills up the spine of anyone who's spent any time in Fantasy and Science Fiction spaces...for a pretty wide variety of reasons. But what if fandom turns...to murder? Actually, that seems pretty plausible. Sharyn McCrumb explored this very idea in the murder mystery Bimbos of the Death Sun (published by TSR!) and we're joined in this episode by our pal Filbi to talk about it!

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