Classic SF with Andy Johnson
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Exploring classic science fiction, with a focus on the 1950s to the 1990s. Weekly articles and podcast at andyjohnson.xyz
"There is a strangely living, unknowable quality to Hav, like a tempting mirage." Clip from podcast episode 182, on the peculiar feeling created by Last Letters From Hav.
January 16, 2026 at 8:20 PM
"There is a strangely living, unknowable quality to Hav, like a tempting mirage." Clip from podcast episode 182, on the peculiar feeling created by Last Letters From Hav.
"Intelligence is suddenly on the up - way up." Episode 181 of the podcast, covering Poul Anderson's Brain Wave (1954) is now live. Here's the opening, introducing the novel's mind-expanding premise.
January 12, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"Intelligence is suddenly on the up - way up." Episode 181 of the podcast, covering Poul Anderson's Brain Wave (1954) is now live. Here's the opening, introducing the novel's mind-expanding premise.
Episode 177 of the Classic SF with Andy Johnson podcast, the audio version of my beginner's guide to the Hainish stories of Ursula K. Le Guin, is now live. Here's your clip - full version on your favourite platform.
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Episode 177 of the Classic SF with Andy Johnson podcast, the audio version of my beginner's guide to the Hainish stories of Ursula K. Le Guin, is now live. Here's your clip - full version on your favourite platform.
This week's article/episode is under construction, in the meantime here is your sample of episode 176 - the setup for Sladek's "comic inferno", The Reproductive System (1968). Full episode available via all good podcast vendors.
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This week's article/episode is under construction, in the meantime here is your sample of episode 176 - the setup for Sladek's "comic inferno", The Reproductive System (1968). Full episode available via all good podcast vendors.