49 min listen
Pure speculation
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Oct 18, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Speculative fiction — the catch-all term for non-realist genres — in its many forms. Remembering the irascible speculative fiction writer Harlan Ellison. How reading a sex scene in an Isaac Asimov book changes an adolescent’s understanding of gender identity. Colson Whitehead reads from his zombie novel “Zone One.” And tracing the sci-fi-themed Afrofuturist tradition in music, from Sun Ra to Janelle Monáe.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Oct 18, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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