The Three Hoarsemen (Episode 18) – Vacationing in the Golden Age with Jamie Todd Rubin

As January’s icy grip tightens, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson find sanctuary in the thrilling days of yesteryear. This time out they have procured the services of Jamie Todd Rubin to act as their guide for their voyage back in time to the Golden Age!

Generally defined as the period between 1939 and 1950, the Golden Age was dominated by John W. Campbell’s editorship at Astounding. It was when Science Fiction acquired a degree of depth and characterization through the works of Isaac Asimov, Lester Del Rey, C.L. Moore, L. Sprague De Camp, Leigh Brackett, A. E. Van Vogt, Robert Heinlein, Jack Vance, and Clifford Simak. Jamie talks about reading those issues of Astounding and what he learned about SF and fandom, then and now.

Also discussed are Jamie’s latest Analog column, plotting-vs-pantsing, and pre-internet flame wars.

And the Hoarsemen start the year with a MASSIVE list of books, comics, and TV consumed.

Total run time: Approx 1 hour 49 minutes

• CITY by Clifford Simak
• RAY BRADBURY UNBOUND by Jonathan Eller
• CARBIDE TIPPED PENS Edited by Ben Bova & Eric Choi

• ALL THOSE VANISHED ENGINES by Paul Park
• THE KICK-ASS WRITER by Chuck Wendig
• Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Vol.1 by Robbie Morrison & Dave Taylor (Titan)

Links:

• Jamie Todd Rubin’s Vacation in the Golden Age
• About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews – Samuel R. Delany
• Finding My Elegy: New and Selected Poems – Ursula K. Le Guin
• Love, Volume 1: The Tiger – Federico Bertolucci
• Farrago’s Wainscot, Issue 13 (January 2015)
• Strong Female Protagonist – Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag
• Star Trek/Planet of the Apes #1 (IDW/Boom)
• Conan/Red Sonja #1 (Dark Horse)
• Star Wars #1 (Marvel)
• Amazon – Clifford Simak
• The Samurai Trilogy
• Throne of Blood

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