Podcast appearances and mentions of James Blish

I may have bitten off more than I can chew! I am joined by a pair of Marks – Mark Maddox and Mark Clark – to discuss STAR TREK: THE ANIMATED SERIES. Since episodes with either of them alone can stretch to more than two hours, putting them together with a subject this big was clearly tempting fate. We survive the show but this is easily the longest episode of The Bloody Pit ever! It might be best to listen to it in chunks. We dig into the Star Trek Animated Series and talk a bit about all twenty-two episodes. After some confusion we use the original broadcast order and give our thoughts on each one. This takes time and I complicated things by rereading the Alan Dean Foster Log Books for several of the stories. This means I can't stop myself from dropping in details that were used to flesh out the 22-minute shows until both Marks request that I stop. Rude! But then I bring up Spock Must Die by James Blish and Maddox gets reeled into the book-talk like the sucker he is! Before things are over we have chosen our favorite and least favorites from the series and pulled a couple of episodes apart looking for the tasty bits. If you listen carefully you will hear the moment we realize that this show will be far too long. You can also hear the individual moments when each of us gets our second wind and press on through the second season. You might also hear weeping. You have been warned. If you have any comments or sympathy for me thebloodypit@gmail.com is the place to send them. The plan is to get another episode out in a few weeks so keep your fingers crossed. And thank you for listening!

This week we have a look at the 1974 horror film THE BEAST MUST DIE.  This is Episode #455! The Beast Must Die is a 1974 British horror film directed by Paul Annett. The screenplay was written by Michael Winder, based on the 1950 short story "There Shall Be No Darkness" by James Blish, originally published in Thrilling Wonder Stories. The film stars Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Charles Gray, Anton Diffring, Ciaran Madden, Tom Chadbon, and Michael Gambon. The plot involves a millionaire big game hunter who gathers six people at his remote English mansion, announcing that he suspects one of them is a werewolf. The viewer is invited to unfold the mystery along with the characters.Also once more we are joined by a very special guest. This writer received the Tony award for his play Red and wrote the book for the Tony award-winning Moulin Rouge. As a screenwriter, he has been nominated for the Oscar three times and has received Golden Globe, BAFTA, WGA and Edgar awards. His film work includes Skyfall, Gladiator, The Aviator, Hugo, Rango, Sweeney Todd, They/Them, The Last Samurai, and Any Given Sunday. He also created the television series Penny Dreadful for Showtime. This November his musical Swept Away opens on Broadway and next year will see the release of his movie Michael, about Michael Jackson. We are joined tonight by JOHN LOGAN.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

This week, we have “Surface Tension,” an episode of X Minus One that first aired on August 28, 1956. The episode is based on the short story of the same name by James Blish. For more from Brick Pickle Media, visit BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Find our store at AThrillingPublication.com.

Containing Matters of the Community. Timestamps: introductions and recent reads (0:00) personal histories with fandom (35:26) 1930s fandom history and fanzine excerpts (49:24) Sam Moskowitz - "Why Doesn't Our Ship Move" (1937) (1:48:44) James Blish - "Pursuit into Nowhere: Adopted from the Annals of Space Patrol" (1936) (1:57:49) Ralph Milne Farley - "The Rexmel" (1935) (2:09:12) Clark Ashton Smith - "The Primal City" (1934) (2:15:12) George Hamm - "Cluck Rogers in Astounding" (1936) (2:47:21) Ruth Berman - "Star Drek" (1968) (2:55:31) Bibliography: Cowan, Zagria - "Donald A Wollheim/Darrell G Raynor (1914-1990) science fiction writer and editor, trans memoirist - Part 1" https://zagria.blogspot.com/2023/05/donald-wollheimdarrell-g-raynor-1914.html Davin, Eric Leif - "Pioneers of Wonder: Conversations With the Founders of Science Fiction" (1999) The Eldritch Dark: The Sanctum of Clark Ashton Smith http://www.eldritchdark.com/ FANAC Fan History - "Early Star Trek Fandom - Ruth Berman and Devra Langsam, Fan History Zoom" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHIpNXq6wSo FANAC - "Chronological List of Fanzines on Fanac.org" https://fanac.org/fanzines/chronological_listing_of_fanzines.html Fancyclopedia 3 https://fancyclopedia.org/Fancyclopedia_3 Fancyclopedia 3 - "First Convention" https://fancyclopedia.org/First_Convention Moskowitz, Sam - "Immortal Storm: A History of Science Fiction Fandom" (1954) Pocket 2000 bookstore https://www.facebook.com/p/Pocket-2000-libreria-100058006428228/ Profondo Rosso store http://www.profondorossostore.com/en/ Speer, Jack - "Up To Now" (1939) Music: Wagner, Ferdinand - "Little Jupiter; Polka schnell" (1881) https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1881.10566/ (interlude 2) Bayes, Nora and Norworth, Jack - "Falling Star" (1909) https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200004367/ (interlude 7)

A madman can be prevented frombomb-throwing—but a mad world? King of the Hill by James Blish, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. We love hearing from you! Odette wrote us an email recently, “Dear Mr. Miller,Thank you for your fantastic reading voice. Your accent and pronunciation and rhythm of the reading you do for the world is a delight to the mind. You are one of two readers who have this special resonance in your voice. Thank you, and thank you againOdette” Odette, thank you! Your kind words are music to my ears.  If you'd like to send us an email, we'd love it! scott@lostscifi.com Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV We're going live tomorrow, Thursday October 5th on YouTube. We will be live at 8 PM in London. That's 3 PM in Toronto, 2 in Kansas City and Chicago, Noon in Seattle and Los Angeles. There's a link in the description so you can join us. https://www.youtube.com/Vintagescifiaudiobooks Author James Blish makes his debut on the podcast today. Blish was born in 1921 in East Orange, New Jersey. While he was in high school, he published a sci-fi fanzine, The Planeteer. Blish became a member of the Futurian Science Fiction Society in New York City and became close friends with members Damon Knight and C. M. Kornbluth.He wrote just over 90 short stories and 9 novels. Our story can be found in the very first issue of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine in November 21955, on page 56, King of the Hill by James Blish… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Sextus Rollo Forsyte had his trouble with the bottle, but nothing out of a bottle ever produced such a hotel as the Mahoney-Plaza: only 260 rooms ... only two guests to a room ... but accommodating 5200 guests—all at the same time!... Floor please? Forsyte's Retreat by Winston Marks. That's tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Support the show

The exposition was easily the biggest John Watts had ever seen, and he'd seen them all. Yet, besides its size, there was something else strange about this fair­–it was just a little out of this world! The Elephant Circuit by Robert A. Heinlein, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Special thanks to listener J Paul Parker who bought 3 coffees along with the comment “Thank you, good narration.” Thank you, J Paul Parker!! If you'd like to show your appreciation for the podcast, there's a link in the description where you can buy us a cup of coffee. Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV We're going live again in two days on October 5th on YouTube. We will be live at 8 PM in London. There's a link in the description so you can join us and I hope you do.https://www.youtube.com/Vintagescifiaudiobooks We receive a lot of requests and many of them are for stories by Robert A. Henlein.  He was born on July 7th, 1907, in Butler Missouri. His family moved to Kansas City later that year. He was a voracious reader and using the library cards of his siblings he read all the science fiction books in the Kansas City Public Library. He was in the Navy for a short period of time before he was medically discharged. He gave politics a shot but that didn't go well so in 1938 he was unemployed and broke. A year later he wrote his first short story, “Life Line” which he sold to Astounding Science Fiction magazine for 70 dollars, equivalent to about $1,500 today. He would go on to write 32 novels and 59 short stories during his incredible career. From the pages of the October 1957 issue of Saturn magazine, let's turn to page 116 for The Elephant Circuit by Robert A. Heinlein… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A madman can be prevented from bomb-throwing—but a mad world? King of the Hill by James Blish. That's tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Support the show

David and Perry take the Hugo Time Machine back to 1970, the year that The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin won the Best Novel Hugo. David has a bone to pick, and Perry discusses the latest Indiana Jones movie. Introduction (03:46) General News (10:01) Hugo Voting ballot (04:53) Locus Awards 2023 (03:49) Death of Cormac McCarthy (01:13) Hugo Time Machine 1970 (01:13:46) Heicon '70 Convention (04:11) Short Stories (12:28) Deeper Than the Darkness by Gregory Benford (00:46) Winter's King by Ursula K. Le Guin (00:40) Not Long Before the End by Larry Niven (01:46) Passengers by Robert Silverberg (01:17) Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel R. Delany (05:19) Other possible nominees (02:12) Novellas (10:18) We All Die Naked by James Blish (00:10) A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison (01:26) Dramatic Mission by Anne McCaffrey (01:01) To Jorslem by Robert Silverberg (01:22) Ship of Shadows by Fritz Leiber (03:41) Other possible nominees (02:11) Novels (46:38) Macroscope by Piers Anthony (05:07) Up the Line by Robert Silverberg (03:23) Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad (06:11) Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (10:44) The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (18:30) Other possible nominees (02:34) What we've been watching (06:15) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (06:09) Windup (00:21) Click here for more info and indexes. Image generated by Wombo Art.

David and Perry take the Hugo Time Machine back to 1970, the year that The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin won the Best Novel Hugo. David has a bone to pick, and Perry discusses the latest Indiana Jones movie. Introduction (03:46) General News (10:01) Hugo Voting ballot (04:53) Locus Awards 2023 (03:49) Death of Cormac McCarthy (01:13) Hugo Time Machine 1970 (01:13:46) Heicon '70 Convention (04:11) Short Stories (12:28) Deeper Than the Darkness by Gregory Benford (00:46) Winter's King by Ursula K. Le Guin (00:40) Not Long Before the End by Larry Niven (01:46) Passengers by Robert Silverberg (01:17) Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel R. Delany (05:19) Other possible nominees (02:12) Novellas (10:18) We All Die Naked by James Blish (00:10) A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison (01:26) Dramatic Mission by Anne McCaffrey (01:01) To Jorslem by Robert Silverberg (01:22) Ship of Shadows by Fritz Leiber (03:41) Other possible nominees (02:11) Novels (46:38) Macroscope by Piers Anthony (05:07) Up the Line by Robert Silverberg (03:23) Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad (06:11) Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (10:44) The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (18:30) Other possible nominees (02:34) What we've been watching (06:15) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (06:09) Windup (00:21) Image generated by Wombo Art.

Colonizing Mars was hell, because of one thing—large, hungry critters. They flew, crawled, snarled, howled, burrowed up under the floors, chewed at doors and windows. And then, to make things worse, came the Monster....Monster by William Morrison, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We're thankful for you and every listener worldwide who enjoys The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast so to show our appreciation we've got a bonus episode for you in two days. Small Town by Philip K. Dick in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Today's episode wraps up our Monster double feature. William Morrison, whose real name is Joseph Sammachson wrote 56 short stories in the 1950s. Monster, the 8th of those 56 stories, appeared in Planet Stories magazine in July 1951 alongside stories by Poul Anderson, Ross Rocklynne, James Blish, Mack Reynolds and a few others. You'll find it for sale on eBay for 25 dollars. From page 27, Monster by William Morrison.In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… The first of two back-to-back episodes written by Philip K. Dick. The theme of “the man who played God” has been used many ways in many stories, but never with more tense and chilling effect than in this tight little yarn by the very able Mr. Dick. You'll like it, we're sure.Small Town by Philip K. Dick, in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

My first episode catching up both on classic works of sci-fi that I passed over before, and new works from the past 2 years. These are "short" episodes that will continue intermittently with longer ones. Book recommendation: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini Other book discussed: Cities in Flight by James Blish My review of A Case of Conscience by James Blish

The 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows from Science Fiction Selected by Ray Bradbury, one of the greatest fantasy writers of the 20th Century. Rocket into the future with “adventures in time and space, told in future tense” by Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Ray Bradbury, Gordon R. Dickson, Robert A. Heinlein, Murray Leinster, Frederik Pohl, Robert Sheckley, Theodore Sturgeon, Jules Verne, Kurt Vonnegut, H.G. Wells and other top science fiction authors. Also featured are Orson Welles' landmark War of the Worlds broadcast, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Curt Siodmak's unforgettable Donovan's Brain and a terrifying tale by Arch Oboler. Shows included: • Mercury Theatre On the Air War of the Worlds 10-30-38 • Dimension X Martian Chronicles 08-18-50 • Dimension X With Folded Hands 04-15-50 • Suspense Donovan's Brain 02-07-48 • Escape Earth Abides Part 1 11-05-50 • Escape Earth Abides Part 2 11-12-50 • X-Minus One And the Moon Be Still As Bright 09-22-55 • X-Minus One Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitorium 07-14-55 • Dimension X Report on the Barnhouse Effect 04-22-50 • X-Minus One The Veldt 08-04-55 • Lights Out Sub-Basement 08-24-43 • Dimension X Nightfall 09-29-51 • X-Minus One Martian Death March 09-08-55 • X-Minus One The Defenders 05-22-56 • CBS Radio Workshop Season of Disbelief & Hail and Farewell 02-17-56 • X-Minus One Child's Play 10-20-55 • Suspense Black Door 11-19-61• Dimension X Lost Race 05-20-50 • X-Minus One Requiem 10-27-55 • X-Minus One Marionettes, Inc. 12-21-55• Family Theatre 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 08-23-50 • X-Minus One A Logic Named Joe 12-28-55 • CBS Radio Workshop A Pride of Carrots 09-14-56 • X-Minus One The Roads Must Roll 01-04-56 • Dimension X The Embassy 06-03-50 • Dimension X Knock 05-06-50 • Suspense Frankenstein 06-07-55 • X-Minus One Skulking Permit 02-15-56 • X-Minus One Tunnel Under the World 03-14-56 • Dimension X Universe 08-02-51 • X-Minus One Lulungameena 05-29-56 • X-Minus One If You Was a Moklin 06-12-56 • Dimension X Beyond Infinity 07-21-50 • X-Minus One Project Trojan 06-19-56 • X-Minus One Bad Medicine 07-10-56 • Escape Dream of Armageddon 09-05-48 • X-Minus One The Old Die Rich 07-17-56 • X-Minus One The Stars Are the Styx 07-24-56 • Dimension X Hello Tomorrow 09-15-50 • X-Minus One The Last Martian 08-07-56 • X-Minus One Surface Tension 08-28-56 • Escape Mars Is Heaven 06-02-50 • X-Minus One Soldier Boy 10-17-56 • X-Minus One Inside Story 06-20-57 • Dimension X Time and Time Again 07-12-51 • Mysterious Traveler Zero Hour 06-22-48 • X-Minus One Hostess 12-12-56 • Dimension X Dwellers In Silence 07-19-51 • X-Minus One Saucer of Loneliness 01-09-57 • X-Minus One The Seventh Order 05-08-56 • Dimension X To the Future 05-27-50 • Mysterious Traveler Big Brain 03-14-50 • Sealed Book Beware of Tomorrow 07-29-45 • Escape Zero Hour 10-04-53 • X-Minus One The Lights on Precipice Peak 03-13-57 • Exploring Tomorrow First Contact 1957 • Suspense Second Door 05-06-62 • Theatre Royal Country of the Blind 1950s • Exploring Tomorrow Happiness Effect 1957 • X-Minus One The Category Inventor 06-27-57 1387248732000

He was one of the original chroniclers of the voyages of the starship Enterprise, but today's Sci-Fi 5 reveals that there was much more to James Blish's career - both Star Trek-related and otherwise. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dose of science-fiction history. Written by Brian Clayton Hosted by Ryan Myers Music by Devin Curry

He was one of the original chroniclers of the voyages of the starship Enterprise, but today's Sci-Fi 5 reveals that there was much more to James Blish's career - both Star Trek-related and otherwise. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dose of science-fiction history. Written by Brian Clayton Hosted by Ryan Myers Music by Devin Curry

He was one of the original chroniclers of the voyages of the starship Enterprise, but today's Sci-Fi 5 reveals that there was much more to James Blish's career - both Star Trek-related and otherwise. Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dose of science-fiction history. Written by Brian Clayton Hosted by Ryan Myers Music by Devin Curry

To celebrate the premiere of STRANGE NEW WORLDS and commemorate the passing of original STAR TREK artist James Bama, this week's topic is the novelizations of James Blish. There is a reading from the SPACE SEED short story, and Montalban/Nimoy/Shatner impressions are just barely avoided. --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

What to Read Wednesdays comes at you every other Wednesday and is your one stop for reading, watching and listening recommendations from your favorite library staff members! This week's episode features book recommendations from Mark at the Powell Branch, CJ at the Delaware Branch, Jenny from Outreach, and host Annie Pasma! Books recommended include A Case of Conscience by James Blish, A Salt Path by Raynor Winn, and Never Alone by Elizabeth Haynes. There are many more recomendations, read more from today's episode here.   To request any of these titles, just click here. Email us with book recommendations, suggestions, & feedback at whattoread@delawarelibrary.org 

My interest in Driftglass stemmed from reading a James Blish short story called Surface Tension. In that story, humans have to adapt to an ocean planet by becoming something more than human, but (if I remember correctly) certain basic human drives remain consistent, such as the need to know what lies beyond the world of comprehension. It features an exotic locale and plenty of vividly imagined creatures, and the undersea setting and the microscopic nature of the neo-humans make it a memorable science fiction story, intended to invoke the sacred sense of wonder. Driftglass is exotic as well, although in a quite different way. In the near future of this world, men and women are transformed by their government into modified amphibious human beings with gills, who traverse undersea depths at ease trying to install oil plants and such like structures deep down in the ocean. It is a far more nuanced take on transformation, and transcendence, arguing (as it seems to do) on the one hand that humans deal with change, even radical physical augmentation, in a surprisingly straightforward way, and, on the other hand, that this inability to understand the significance of what such transformation might entail becomes our own undoing. The central metaphor of the story is the eponymous 'driftglass', which are otherwise ordinary pieces of glass transformed by the ocean into beautiful objects. However, seeing beauty in such things is a tragically human initiative, not conducive to Nature and what Nature might have in store for us. This is emphasized by the ugly covering of black silica on the skin of the aquamen who are brought in after the accident out at sea, by the end of the novel, mirroring the protagonist's fate. Human notions of beauty and transcendence are not necessarily concomitant. However, during the fishing expedition, there is a hint of an exuberant, joyous thrill of the hunt, wherein the human does so while being an 'equal' to that of fish. This can be seen as one of the advantages of such a transformation, which allows the human being to become in a sense closer to his animal counterpart. The aquamen seem at ease in such a setting, suggesting that such a transformation is not necessarily completely at odds with human behaviour either. On the contrary, it reinforces the joy of the hunt, emphasizing what is very much a human endeavour. The tragic consequences that occur a day later, suggest that such a transformation requires surrender to the vagaries of Nature. Transformation does not entail control. This might seem to be an obvious enough point, but it is not a laboured one. What is an obvious gain, a new significance in a science fictional treatment, and the emphasis on 'ordinary' men and women only seeks to heighten such an understanding. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mermaids/message

Positively Trek 75: Book Club: Spock Must Die!Check Spock’s Fly! A transporter accident has presented Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise a surprising mystery: two Spocks! But which is the original, and which is the copy with murderous intent? In this special festive episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan and Bruce discuss the early Bantam Star Trek novel Spock Must Die! by James Blish. We talk about the novel’s unique place in the history of Star Trek fiction, a philosophical debate about the transporter, Spock vs. Spock, the Klingon threat, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings. Show page: http://positivelytrek.libsyn.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/positively-trek/id1501468628 Twitter: http://twitter.com/positivelytrek Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PositivelyTrek Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4457-take-a-chance License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

While a lot of readers have struggled during the pandemic, Scott had a reading breakthrough this past year. We talk about BookTube, places for readalongs, and books we've read and liked recently.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 204: BookTube Season Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify New! Listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady MartineHow Long 'Til Black Future Month by N.K. JemisinThis is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann PatchettEmpire of Wild by Cherie DimalineLast Call by Tim PowersOther mentions:The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns GoodwinAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganCoode St. Podcast with Arkady MartineForeigner by C.J. CherryhA Desolation Called Peace by Arkady MartineThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinAncillary Justice by Ann LeckieThe Killing Moon by N.K. JemisinSistah ScifiThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesThe Marrow Thieves by Cherie DimalineOn Stranger Tides by Tim PowersThe Anubis Gates by Tim PowersThe Great & Secret Show by Clive BarkerThe Fall of Hyperion by Dan SimmonsGet Booked PodcastHugos There PodcastA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter MillerThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellEveryone who Reads Must Converse (YouTube)Endymion by Dan SimmonsA Case of Conscience by James BlishWelcome Home: An Anthology of Love and Adoption edited by Eric SmithRelated episodes:Episode 009 - Pirates and Noonday DemonsEpisode 039 - Paranoid Squint with FredEpisode 058 - Wishing for a Sequel with Scott D. Danielson Episode 123 - Godlets and Forests with Lauren WeinholdEpisode 202 - Jacket Flap with Chris and Emily Shelf Wear - Book 3 - The Only Good Indians  Stalk us online: Scott on A Good Story is Hard to Find (podcast) Scott on Shelf Wear (blog and podcast)Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors, and less to Jeff Bezos. I only link to Amazon in cases where Bookshop.org does not carry a backlist title, which took place a few times for this list.

Seth is joined by Scott Danielson from A Good Story is Hard to Find and Shelf Wear, to discuss the 1959 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, A Case of Conscience, by James Blish. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 4:45 Intro/getting to know Scott 4:46 – 17:41 Non-Spoiler discussion 17:42 – end … Continue reading "Hugos There Podcast #46: A Case of Conscience, by James Blish (feat. Scott Danielson)"

Perry and David have fun talking about BIG objects in science fiction, from flying cities to spheres totally enclosing stars. Megastructures (06:36) Cities in Flight by James Blish (06:05) Feersum Endjinn by Ian M. Banks (04:32) Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (00:39) Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (00:23) The Web Between the Worlds by Charles Sheffield (03:28) Eon by Greg Bear (06:14) Marrow by Robert Reed (09:17) Pellucidar Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs (07:10) Dyson Spheres (01:50) Tabby Boyajian's Star (01:14) Star Classifications (01:36) Orbitsville by Bob Shaw (05:47) Other big objects in SF (10:19) Riverworld Series by Phillip Jose Farmer (02:15) Bowl of Heaven by Larry Niven and Greg Benford (01:32) Fleet of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner (02:11) Culture Series by Ian M. Banks (04:10) Windup (01:21) Photo by sergio souza from Pexels

Perry and David have fun talking about BIG objects in science fiction, from flying cities to spheres totally enclosing stars. Megastructures (06:36) Cities in Flight by James Blish (06:05) Feersum Endjinn by Ian M. Banks (04:32) Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (00:39) Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (00:23) The Web Between the Worlds by Charles Sheffield (03:28) Eon by Greg Bear (06:14) Marrow by Robert Reed (09:17) Pellucidar Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs (07:10) Dyson Spheres (01:50) Tabby Boyajian's Star (01:14) Star Classifications (01:36) Orbitsville by Bob Shaw (05:47) Other big objects in SF (10:19) Riverworld Series by Phillip Jose Farmer (02:15) Bowl of Heaven by Larry Niven & Greg Benford (01:32) Fleet of Worlds by Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner (02:11) Culture Series by Ian M. Banks (04:10) Windup (01:21) Click here for more information and links. Photo by sergio souza from Pexels

Nick, Andrew, James, and Evan discuss 1964’s Mothra vs. Godzilla- plus misplaced nuclear guilt, novelization quirks, dope Cossack hats, the significance of screen direction, how MvG is like the musical 1776, and a debate on who actually wins the title fight.

David and Perry, together with special guests W. H. Chong and Paul Carr, talk about how they first started to become SF/Fantasy readers, and in Paul's case, how he got into the space industry. Coping with social distancing (01:38) New Zealand World SF Con goes virtual (02:25) Hugo Awards short list (02:07) How we became SF/Fantasy readers (00:40) Perry's introduction to the field (05:27) Secret Seven and Famous Five by Enid Blyton (00:35) Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting (00:24) Astounding/Analog magazine (03:44) David's introduction to the field (08:06) The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton (01:04) The Story of the Amulet by Edith Nesbit (02:18) Cities in Flight by James Blish (00:55) Kings of Space by W. E. Johns (00:44) Edgar Rice Burroughs (00:39) The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke (00:20) Isaac Asimov (00:58) Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg (01:01) Our next episode (01:58) Interview with W. H. Chong (50:50) Interview with Paul Carr (24:13)

David and Perry, together with special guests W. H. Chong and Paul Carr, talk about how they first started to become SF/Fantasy readers, and in Paul's case, how he got into the space industry. Coping with social distancing (01:38) New Zealand World SF Con goes virtual (02:25) Hugo Awards short list (02:07) How we became SF/Fantasy readers (00:40) Perry's introduction to the field (05:27) Secret Seven & Famous Five by Enid Blyton (00:35) Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting (00:24) Astounding/Analog magazine (03:44) David's introduction to the field (08:06) The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton (01:04) The Story of the Amulet by Edith Nesbit (02:18) Cities in Flight by James Blish (00:55) Kings of Space by W. E. Johns (00:44) Edgar Rice Burroughs (00:39) The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke (00:20) Isaac Asimov (00:58) Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg (01:01) Our next episode (01:58) Interview with W. H. Chong (50:50) Interview with Paul Carr (24:13) Click here for more information and links.

En nuestra quincuagésima séptima edición abordamos dos clásicos de la C-F que tocan el tema de la religión: "Un caso de conciencia" de James Blish (1958) y "Cántico por Leibowitz" de Walter M. Miller Jr. (1959) De fondo nos acompaña el "Miserere mei, Deus" de Gregorio Allegri interpretado por el coro del New College de Oxford y despedimos con el "Christian Life" de los Louvin Brothers interpretado por los Byrds. La sintonía es el "Spectre Detector" de los Tiki Tones como de costumbre. Síguenos y contacta con nosotros a través de Facebook en https://www.facebook.com/retronautas, en Twitter en @losretronautas, o escríbenos a nuestro correo electrónico: losretronautas@yahoo.com Y si quieres ayudar a que la Retardis siga volando puedes unirte a la infantería móvil retronaútica en: https://www.patreon.com/losretronautas o aquí mismo en Ivoox. Serás informado de nuestros planes de vuelo, podrás participar en los sorteos de libros y comics y tendrás acceso a los podcast "Micronautas" exclusivos para patrocinadores.

En nuestra quincuagésima séptima edición abordamos dos clásicos de la C-F que tocan el tema de la religión: "Un caso de conciencia" de James Blish (1958) y "Cántico por Leibowitz" de Walter M. Miller Jr. (1959) De fondo nos acompaña el "Miserere mei, Deus" de Gregorio Allegri interpretado por el coro del New College de Oxford y despedimos con el "Christian Life" de los Louvin Brothers interpretado por los Byrds. La sintonía es el "Spectre Detector" de los Tiki Tones como de costumbre. Síguenos y contacta con nosotros a través de Facebook en https://www.facebook.com/retronautas, en Twitter en @losretronautas, o escríbenos a nuestro correo electrónico: losretronautas@yahoo.com Y si quieres ayudar a que la Retardis siga volando puedes unirte a la infantería móvil retronaútica en: https://www.patreon.com/losretronautas o aquí mismo en Ivoox. Serás informado de nuestros planes de vuelo, podrás participar en los sorteos de libros y comics y tendrás acceso a los podcast "Micronautas" exclusivos para patrocinadores.

On Spec Magazine Managing Editor and Sunburst Award Board of Directors Chairperson Diane Walton joins us for this episode. She talks about her first love in science fiction, Andre Norton's novel The Stars Are Ours!, and reading everything in the genre she could get her hands on, including the works of Clifford Simak and James Blish. Diane also shares the story of how an Alberta writers' group gave rise to On Spec Magazine (one of Canada's major speculative fiction magazines), and how she eventually ended up in the Editor's chair. She tells us about the challenges of finding funding for the publication, navigating a publishing universe where print and electronic versions of the magazine are available, what this means in terms of garnering a global readership, what it's like running the operation off the side of her desk, and the kinds of stories that get her excited. And we learn about how the Sunburst Award (Canada's juried award for literature of the fantastic) ignited. Diane talks about what's involved in running the award, and why Canada even needs two awards for speculative fiction. Lastly, she reflects on how Canada's sf&f scene has changed over the years. Our conversation took place in the impromptu bloginhood studio in the Dublin convention centre at the 2019 Worldcon last summer. Find out more about On Spec Magazine on its website: https://onspecmag.wpcomstaging.com And you can discover which novels and short stories have won the Sunburst Award on its page: http://sunburstaward.org   To listen to Invaders From Planet 3, or to subscribe, visit Libsyn, iTunes, or your other favourite podcatching service. Be sure to rate and review us while you're there!   *Note: In the interests of disclosure, at the time of this interview, and as of the time of the posting of this episode, I have served as a member of the Sunburst Award board of directors. This in no way influenced my line of questioning during the interview, or the editing of this episode.

How come no one has written a novel based on Solomonic magic, that neither romanticizes magic nor treats it as a game, but shows fidelity to the grimoires? Ah, not so fast - your wish was granted back in 1968 when James Blish’s novel Black Easter was published! Here’s a quick review with some quotes. Much thanks to Dr. Stephen Skinner for sharing about Black Easter in his books and in conversations. Support Glitch Bottle as a patron! ✅►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle

How come no one has written a novel based on Solomonic magic, that neither romanticizes magic nor treats it as a game, but shows fidelity to the grimoires? Ah, not so fast - your wish was granted back in 1968 when James Blish’s novel Black Easter was published! Here’s a quick review with some quotes. Much thanks to Dr. Stephen Skinner for sharing about Black Easter in his books and in conversations. Support Glitch Bottle as a patron! ✅►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle

And we're back with our 344th episode, which one of us incorrectly thought was our 343rd because we counted 342 twice. Ugh. Apologies for the confusion! This week: The rise and rise of the time travel story Dr Who has been telling time travel stories for fifty years. Robert A. Heinlein made his name with a time travel story. Kids grow up watching Back to the Future. Time travel is a well-established theme and story device, and it seems to be enjoying prominence at the moment. Kelly Robson used it in Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach. Ian McDonald used it in Time Was. What makes time travel an attractive idea? Have we changed how we're treating it as a trope in fiction?   How urbanisation is impacting how we're looking at the city in SF 7.5 billion people live on Earth, up from 1.5 billion in 1900. Likely to increase to 10 billion by 2050. Levels of urbanisation - people living in cities - are increasing, especially in Africa, China, and India. The largest cities in the world are in those places. How does this growing urbanisation appear in SFF? Has our vision of cities in SF changed from James Blish and Isaac Asimov when you now look at Paolo Bacigalupi and Sam Miller? Why are looking to move to the Arctic? Antarctica, Black Fish City, Austral, The Yiddish Policeman's Union. Climate change is heating up the world and we're heading to the poles.  Read Charlie Jane talking about climate change.  Epilogue: You don't need to read . . . The Drowned World, J G Ballard Readers don't need to read Ballard's novel if you think it 's an early climate change warning novel, because it isn't. If you want to understand Ballard's ideas about “inner space” or psychic spaces, it's a pioneering work, but it's in no way a serious precursor of "cli-fi."

In this bonus episode, host Lynn Hickernell uses leftover bits of previous episodes to explicate the word, "detritus."  Featuring excerpts from John Muir's The Yosemite, James Blish's "The Thing in the Attic," and quotations from Nick Offerman and Dwayne Johnson. Complete show notes available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/23900070.

To make up for our lack of October content, we take on a super special DOUBLE EPISODE. We cover "Court Martial" and "Tomorrow is Yesterday." Nick plays another special game of "James Blish or Sexy Fanfiction" and Sam tries to figure out just how old that star is. Really old? Old Old? Who can say?

This is a re-broadcast of Episode 11. If you grew up in the 70s, and were a Trek fan, you probably came across the Star Trek series of books by James Blish.  Co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto take a look at these books in this episode of 70s Trek. James Blish started writing the episode adaptations for Bantam Books in 1967. He is credited for writing 11 books through 1975. That's when he died from cancer. His wife Judith Lawrence finished Star Trek 12 in 1977. Blish also wrote the first Star Trek novel for adults in 1970, Spock Must Die.  It was a sequel to the episode Errand of Mercy. But more importantly, it marked the beginning of publishing original Star Trek novels that continues today. The Blish books proved that there was an audience for written Star Trek material, and it was large! From 1967 through 1975, the Blish adaptations sold over 4 million copies, which was unheard of for the science fiction genre.

Welcome back to History in Reverse, a father/daughter science fiction podcast. Today we discuss the book by Orson Scott Card "Speaker for the Dead". There are many spoilers in the podcast, so you should probably read the book first. This episode run long, because we could not stop talking about the book, even though we did leave out a lot of observations. But that's because "Speaker For the Dead" is great. In the introduction to the book, Orson Scott Card names James Blish's "A Case of Conscience" as an inspiration and a great example of anthropological science fiction. Check it out too.

Today's episode features a horrific case of sexual harassment, screaming dual Kirks, discussions of James Blish's dirty mind, and a truly dark joke from Nick about our savior, Jimmy Goldstone.

Nick and Sam take on the second story in James Blish's, "Star Trek: The Classic Episodes": "Where No Man Has Gone Before." They talk about weird supremacy vibes, odd descriptions, and truly out there character choices.

Nick and Sam take their maiden voyage as they read the short story "The Menagerie" from "Star Trek: The Classic Episodes" by James Blish. Come for the talk of flushing toilets, stay for the green women.

Sean and Mimi read The Seedling Stars (1956) by James Blish. More like Seedling Snores by James Blehhh.

April Fools! Once again we’re back with a reverse adaptation. This time as a tie-in with our previous Trek-centric episode, we discuss James Blish’s novelization of the TOS episode “Arena.” Enjoy!

April Fools! Once again we’re back with a reverse adaptation. This time as a tie-in with our previous Trek-centric episode, we discuss James Blish’s novelization of the TOS episode “Arena.” Enjoy!

On this episode of 70s Trek, co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto are celebrating the show's 75th episode.  It’s the perfect time to look back and see what we’ve covered so far and take a look at what’s around the corner. Star Trek's Specialness Throughout 70s Trek, we've discovered a very common theme.  There are many little stories and events that surround the show and its fandom that make it special.  These are things that have not happened to other other TV shows.  Just Trek! Apart from its on-screen presentations, Star Trek has a special past, a certain pedigree that sets it apart from other creations.  It's what makes the franchise unique. It's been the goal of 70s Trek to touch on some of these stories and events from the 1970s that helped shape Star Trek's rise and dramatic popular explosion. Past Moments Bob talk about the moments in the early 70s that brought attention to the show.  When the Neilsen Ratings company moved to demographics to report TV ratings rather than just the mass numbers right after Star Trek was cancelled.  Seeing how well the show performed with key demos made NBC realized it had made an incredible mistake! When the show went into syndication, it quickly became profitable and prompted Filmation's Lou Scheimer to approach Roddenberry and NBC about doing an animated version. In the meantime, fandom is growing rapidly as illustrated by the first Star Trek convention. Organizers expected 500, but 3,000 showed up! All of this, and more, prompted Paramount to invite Roddenberry back to their lot to begin work on a new Star Trek feature.  That began nearly a 27-month process of listening to multiple pitches, trying to fine the right story.   Books Of course fueling fandom's fire were the many books in the early 1970s.  Prized by Trek fans were the episode adaptations written by James Blish.  There was also the first Star Trek reference book, The Star Fleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph.  Bjo Trimble followed that book up with the Star Trek Concordance, a fan-produced episode guide that included much more.   Another fan-written reference book was the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual created by a group of friends that were associated with the Federation Trading Post, an early Star Trek store.  Part of that group was Doug Drexler.  An Academy Award winner, Drexler would go on to work on every version of Trek from 1990 forward. Interviews 70s Trek has also tried to present interviews with those that played significant roles with Star Trek in the 1970s  Richard Arnold worked directly for Gene Roddenberry.  We mentioned Doug Drexler above, and Bob Kelly also talked with Bjo and John Trimble. Looking Forward Coming up are episodes about Phase II, some other influences on Star Trek's next version and the production of The Motion Picture.  We hope you will join us.

Bantam began publishing Star Trek books in 1967 with the first James Blish episode adaptation, today known as Star Trek 1.  Of course, the Blish books were a huge success in the 1970s. After Star Trek the Animated Series left the air, Bantam began publishing the Star Trek Log series written by Alan Dean Foster.  These were episode adaptations of the Saturday morning show. But writing and publishing original stories on a regular basis hadn’t begun yet. Prior to 1976, there had only been one original Star Trek novel.  That was Spock Must Die! by James Blish released in 1970. Bantam Takes a Chance It’s hard to imagine today, but there was a time when book publishers were not sure that Star Trek fiction would sell.  It had been six years since the release of Spock Must Die! but the editors at Bantam saw the growing Trek phenomenon in the 1970s and editor Fred Pohl decided to take a chance at original Star Trek fiction. Strange New Worlds Their first attempt could be compared to just sticking a toe in the water to see how fiction would be received by fans.  Bantam decided to publish several short stories or novellas in an anthology.  What made Strange New Worlds so unique is that the stories were written by fans.  It is possibly the first time that fan fiction was ever professionally published. The editors wanted to make this collection even more special, though.  So they invited Gene Roddenberry to contribute a foreword and also asked each cast member to write an introduction to one of the stories. It is the only time the actors were involved with the novels in this way. Bantam's Star Trek Novels Strange New Worlds was a success and it emboldened Pohl to authorize professionally written fiction.  The result was 12 original novels and one more anthology released between 1976 and 1981.  Those books are: Spock Messiah! by Theodore R. Cogswell and Charles A. Spano Jr. - September 1976 The Price of the Phoenix by Sondra Marshank and Myrna Culbreath - July 1977 Planet of Judgement by Joe Haldeman - August 1977 Star Trek: New Voyages 2 (anthology) edited by Sondra Marshank and Myrna Culbreath - January 1978 Vulcan! by Kathleen Sky - September 1978 The Starless World by Gordon Eklund - November 1978 Trek to Madworld by Stephen Goldin - January 1979 World Without End by Joe Haldeman - February 1979 The Fate of the Phoenix by Sondra Marshank and Myrna Culbreath - May 1979 Devil World by Gordon Eklund - November 1979 Perry's Planet by Jack C. Haldeman II - February 1980 The Galactic Whirlpool by David Gerrold - October 1980 Death's Angel by Kathleen Sky - April 1981 Pocket Books Takes Over In 1979, Paramount decided to not to renew with Bantam and awarded Pocket Books with its publishing license.  In fact, the novelization for Star Trek The Motion Picture was released in 1979 by Pocket Books, even though Bantam would continue to publish novels under its contract through 1981. Bantam’s last Star Trek book, Death's Angel, was published in April 1981.  Pocket Books released its first novel in its new Star Trek line, The Entropy Effect, just two months later. Looking Back... The Bantam novels were significant to the Star Trek franchise because they were the first real attempt at publishing professional fiction.  The 12 novels proved that their was an audience hungry for Trek stories and that they would buy!  They are also responsible for lighting the fuse that lead to the explosion in content in the 1980s, '90s, 2000s and beyond! The gamble that Bantam made in 1976 paid off!

“What if our planet was going to be destroyed in a few days and we decided to play God?” X Minus One, Surface Tension, written by James Blish. X Minus one “Intro” and Announcing was done by Fred Collins Directed by Scott Buckley Cleaned by Capt. John Tadrzak of Misfits Audio Productions Intro Music by: Kevin MacLeod “Ghost March” and Johnny Western. This is For Entertainment Purposes Only Misfits Audio Productions copyright 2017

Fletcher Pratt’s The Blue Star first saw print in the hardcover anthology Witches Three (Twayne Publishers, 1952), which also included Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife and James Blish’s “There Shall be No Darkness”. Pratt himself was the uncredited editor of the Witches Three, which ended up being the second and final volume in the short-lived “Twayne Triplets” series of themed hardcover fantastic fiction anthologies. Witches Three and The Blue Star in particular were positively reviewed at the time by The New York Times and The Washington Post among others. The Blue Star was not republished for the mass market however and soon slipped into obscurity, perhaps partly as a result of Pratt’s death in 1956. The Blue Star would likely remain forgotten to this day had Lin Carter not picked it to be the inaugural work in 1969 of the now seminal Ballantine Adult Fantasy series. The Ballantine Adult Fantasy series (BAFS) was launched largely to follow up on the massive success of J.R.R. Tolkien’s works for Ballantine Books. Carter was tasked with bringing “fantasy novels of adult calibre” to the mass market paperback format, from original works to reprinting many rare or unjustly obscure “fantastic romances of adventure and ideas”. Although Carter did call The Blue Star “thoughtfully conceived and brilliantly accomplished”, it’s still a bit of a mystery why he thought this rather dense and allusive book was a particularly good choice to launch the series. It is worth noting that one of Carter’s literary mentors and frequent collaborators was L. Sprague de Camp, who was also Fletcher Pratt’s most frequent fiction writing partner. The BAFS edition of The Blue Star features a striking and psychedelic wraparound cover by Ron Walotsky which has almost no bearing on the story contents. After the cancellation of the BAF series The Blue Star remained sufficiently popular to be reprinted twice more by Ballantine Books in 1975 and 1981, although now with a more mundane (if accurate to the text) cover by Darrell K. Sweet. It’s hard to map any direct textual influence from The Blue Star to Dungeons and Dragons, especially given the overall passivity of The Blue Star’s protagonists Lalette Asterhax and Rodvard Bergelin. The Blue Star’s magic system, societies, religions and mores are quite well-developed though and may have appealed to the worldbuilder in Gary Gygax. Gygax the history buff and wargamer may also have felt a special affinity for Fletcher Pratt, who was even more well known during his lifetime as a popular military and naval historian (and naval wargame creator!) than as a writer of fantastic fiction.

This week co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto discuss the Star Trek Log series of books by Alan Dean Foster.  They were adaptations of the animated series episodes. Foster wrote these adaptation from 1974 to 1978.  There were three episodes per book in the first six books.  That means Foster filled in a lot of detail that never appeared in The Animated Series.  It's this aspect of the Log books that makes these books so fun to read.    In the last four books of the Log series, Foster was assigned the job of taking one 22-minute episode and making it into a novel-length story.  He did this by really writing two stories that connected at the end. After The Animated Series left the air in 1974, there was no new Trek until 1979.  Foster's Log series, along with the James Blish novelizations, gave Star Trek fans something to look forward to as they hoped for something new to get produced.  

The Roddenberry Vault: Micheal and Denise Okuda. The 50th anniversary of Star Trek has been a year of celebration of the franchise we all love. What better way to celebrate our favorite science fiction universe than to get glimpses of it that have never been seen before? The discovery of long-lost footage of Star Trek: The Original Series by Trek veterans Michael and Denise Okuda has made this possible! In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson welcome back Matthew Rushing as well as Michael and Denise Okuda to talk about The Roddenberry Vault. We discuss 50 year of TOS, the beginning of the project, the holy grail, timeline, the thrill, the James Blish connection, what's in the set, new scenes and the gift. News Be Our Guest (00:02:08) Feature: Micheal and Denise Okuda 50 Years of The Original Series (00:08:32) The Beginning (00:09:26) The Holy Grail (00:16:56) Timeline (00:24:49) The Thrill (00:27:41) The James Blish Connection (00:30:20) What's in the Set (00:32:50) New Scenes (00:37:55) A Gift (00:47:48) The Future (00:50:47) Final Thoughts (00:54:42) Hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson Guests Matthew Rushing, Michael and Denise Okuda Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer)

Shortly after recording Episode 11 about the James Blish books, Barnes and Noble released a leather-bound collection of some of his Star Trek adaptions.  Star Trek The Classic Episodes has 43 episodes adapted into novel form by Blish. The collection is part of Barnes and Noble's Collector Series and was released for the show's 50th Anniversary.  It features beautiful art work on the front and back of the leather cover.   The one drawback of this book is that it does not list James Blish as the author on the cover, or anywhere inside.  Norman Spinrad wrote the introduction and even he didn't mention Blish.  Barnes and Noble does include a card affixed to the back of the book that does state Blish adapted the stories.  Perhaps the fact that Blish was not on or in the book prompted them to add the card after printing. Despite this fact, we highly suggest Star Trek The Classic Episodes for any fan that collects Trek books.

If you grew up in the 70s, and were a Trek fan, you probably came across the Star Trek series of books by James Blish.  Co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto take a look at these books in this episode of 70s Trek. James Blish started writing the episode adaptations for Bantam Books in 1967. He is credited for writing 11 books through 1975. That's when he died from cancer. His wife Judith Lawrence finished Star Trek 12 in 1977. Blish also wrote the first Star Trek novel for adults in 1970, Spock Must Die.  It was a sequel to the episode Errand of Mercy. But more importantly, it marked the beginning of publishing original Star Trek novels that continues today. The Blish books proved that there was an audience for written Star Trek material, and it was large! From 1967 through 1975, the Blish adaptations sold over 4 million copies, which was unheard of for the science fiction genre.

Coming Up This Week 00:40 Hugos: 02:20 StarShipSofa Stories Vol 2 ToC Announcment 06:00 Fact Article: The Graphic Fan by Fred Himebaugh 21:51 Interview: Jason Sanford 21:45 Main Fiction: The Ships Like Clouds, Risen by Their Rain by Jason Sanford 39.35 Fact Article: 42 by Jim Mowatt 01:27:11 Main Fictin: One Shot by James Blish 01:34:12 Narrator: Lizanne Herd, Fred Himebaugh.