Containing an Introduction to the Series, in which the Listener is acquainted with the Character of the Hosts, with numerous Discussions on matters concerning Genre, History, Fiction, Literature, the Natural Sciences, and with the Conclusion of which containing a Preview of the subsequent Episode.
Books referenced, on Goodreads:
"Foundation", by Isaac Asimov (USA, 1951) : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29579.Foundation
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court", by Mark Twain: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37810588-mark-twain---a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthur-s-court
"The Martian Chronicles", by Ray Bradbury (USA, 1950): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76778.The_Martian_Chronicles
"Fahrenheit 451", by Ray Bradbury (USA, 1953): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42609095-fahrenheit-451-by-ray-bradbury-essay-for-studying-by-lukas
"Kaleidoscope", by Ray Bradbury (USA, 1951): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12525512-ray-bradbury-s-kaleidoscope
"The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith: A Vintage from Atlantis" (USA, 1926-61): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41812484-the-collected-fantasies-of-clark-ashton-smith
"The Once and Future King", by T.H. White (UK. 1958): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43545.The_Once_and_Future_King
"The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick", by Philip K. Dick (USA, 2011): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10887550-the-exegesis-of-philip-k-dick
"Ubik", by Philip K. Dick (USA, 1969): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22590.Ubik
"Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus", by Mary Shelley (UK, 1818): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein
"Dune", by Frank Herbert (USA, 1965): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234225.Dune
"Rendezvous with Rama", by Arthur C. Clarke (UK, 1973): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31548627-rendezvous-with-rama
"Childhood's End", by Arthur C. Clarke (UK, 1953): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50783631-childhood-s-end
"As I Lay Dying", by William Faulkner (USA, 1930): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77013.As_I_Lay_Dying
"The Collected Stories of William Faulkner" (USA, 1950): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1184102.Collected_Stories_of_William_Faulkner
"Gormenghast" novels, by Mervyn Peake (UK, 1946-59): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39058.The_Gormenghast_Novels
"Ender's Game", by Orson Scott Card (USA, 1985): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/375802.Ender_s_Game
"New Worlds: An Anthology", edited by Michael Moorcock (vars., 1965-95) (content from the infamous "new-wave" oriented zine: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1532128.New_Worlds
"Voyage of the Space Beagle", by A.E. Van Vogt (CAN, 1950): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/546454.The_Voyage_of_the_Space_Beagle
"The Mote in God's Eye", by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (USA, 1974): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100365.The_Mote_in_God_s_Eye
"Hyperion", by Dan Simmons (USA, 1989): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion
"The Canterbury Tales", by Geoffrey Chaucer (Kingdom of England, 1387-1400): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2696.The_Canterbury_Tales
Facebook Groups:
Offbeat: B-movies, Cult, Grindhouse, Old-school Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/613178365804624?refid=46
Science Fiction Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/9990182714?refid=18
Films:
"Cat Women of the Moon" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045609/
"The Black Hole", https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078869/
Misc:
Arthur C. Clarke's essay "Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination", from which "Clarke's Law" is derived: http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/Sci-Tech-Society/stored/futurists_hazards_of_prophecy.pdf
Morbid Angel: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Morbid_Angel/68
