New Science Books Podcasts
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Peter Kropotkin
12 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a book by Peter Kropotkin on the subject of mutual aid, written while he was living in exile in England. It was first published by William Heinemann in London i...
Anthem by Ayn Rand
12 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe title 'Anthem' is derived as an anthem to sense of self and self-governing thoughts. Anthem is a story of Equality 7-2521 who is a young man living in some unspecified future time and place. ...
This Crowded Earth by Robert Bloch
12 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years agoRobert Bloch was a prolific writer in many genres. As a young man he was encouraged by his mentor H. P. Lovecraft, and was a close friend of Stanley G. Weinbaum. Besides hundreds of short stories a...
Star Hunter by Andre Norton
13 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsA science fiction novella depicting a thrilling cat-and-mouse game which plays out between a credulous young man and an interstellar safari leader, as the two take up an unanticipated adventure on ...
Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein
13 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 16 ratingsEinstein wrote this book for people who are interested in understanding the Theory of Relativity but aren't experts in scientific and mathematical principles. I'm sure many people have heard about ...
Triplanetary by E.E. “Doc” Smith
13 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 7 ratings“Doc” E.E. Smith pretty much invented the space opera genre, and Triplanetary is a good and well-known example. Physics, time, and politics never stand in the way of a plot that gallops ahead witho...
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
14 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPublished in 1920, Thuvia, Maid of Mars is the fourth book in the Barsoom series and concentrates on Carthoris, the son of infamous John Carter, and Thuvia, the princess of Ptarth, as they find the...
Masters of Space by Edward Elmer Smith
14 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years agoThe Masters had ruled all space with an unconquerable iron fist. But the Masters were gone. And this new, young race who came now to take their place–could they hope to defeat the ancient Enemy of ...
Star Surgeon by Alan Edward Nourse
14 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years agoA thrilling intergalactic adventure, Star Surgeon follows the journey of Dal Timgar as he strives to achieve his lifelong goal of becoming a physician. Published in 1959, the novel explores themes ...
Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman
14 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsChicago, May 4, 1886. In the Haymarket region of the city, a peaceful Labor Day demonstration suddenly turns into a riot. The police intervene to maintain peace, but they soon use violence to quell...
Badge of Infamy by Lester Del Rey
15 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years agoShifting between Earth and Mars, Badge of Infamy focuses on the gripping tale of a former doctor who becomes a pariah due to being temporarily governed by emotion and compassion, rather than comply...
Curiosities of the Sky by Garrett P. Serviss
15 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years agoIs there intelligent life on Mars? Why are there starless gaps in the Milky Way? What creates the Aurora Borealis or the Northern Lights? These and more are the interesting questions that are aske...
Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs
16 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsPellucidar is a fictional “Hollow Earth” milieu invented by Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories. The stories initially involve the adventures of mining heir David Innes an...
Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
16 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsWarlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs was first published in 1913. It was the third book in an eleven part series known as the Barsoom Chronicles which relate to a sequence of exciting adventure ...
How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types by Elsie Lincoln Benedict
16 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this popular American book from the 1920s, accomplished public speaker and self-help charlatan Elsie Lincoln Benedict outlines her pseudo-scientific system of "Human Analysis". She proposes that...
At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs
16 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThis is the first book in the Pellucidar series. Pellucidar is a fictional Hollow Earth milieu invented by Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories. The stories initially invol...
The Time Traders by Andre Norton
18 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIf it is possible to conquer space, then perhaps it is also possible to conquer time. At least that was the theory American scientists were exploring in an effort to explain the new sources of know...
Star Born by Andre Norton
18 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIf you've read and enjoyed The Stars Are Ours, you will certainly enjoy this exciting sequel! Star Born by Andre Norton was first published in 1957, two years after the previous book and is in itse...
Key Out of Time by Andre Norton
18 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★ - 1 ratingThis is Book 4 in the Time Traders Series, In this book Ross Murdock and Arthur Ashe continue their adventures in Time and Space on the World of Hawaika. Hawaiian and Polynesian settlers help Ross ...
Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison
19 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOnce in a generation, a man is born with a heightened sense of empathy. Brion Brandd used this gift to win the Twenties, an annual physical and mental competition among the best and smartest people...
From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
27 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsOne of the earliest examples of literature written in the science fiction genre, From the Earth to the Moon is a part of the Voyages Extraordinaires series by French novelist Jules Verne. Written m...
Deathworld by Harry Harrison
28 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years agoJason dinAlit, an inhabitant of the planet Porgostrosaand, is a fast talking, conniving, tough as nails, gun toting gambler whose ethics wax and wane with each planet he travels to. He also has ama...
After London, or Wild England by Richard Jefferies
33 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years agoFirst published in 1885, After London, or Wild England is considered to be one of the earliest instances of post-apocalyptic fiction, describing the effects of an unspecified catastrophe that drama...
Meteorology; or Weather Explained by J.G. M'Pherson
35 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWeather Explained: Fog, clouds, rain, haze, thunder, cyclones, dew point and how to count dust motes are just a few of the 35 topics covered in short, easy to read and understand chapters in this b...
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
47 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 17 ratingsAn early science fiction novel written by the second most translated author, French writer Jules Verne, the classic tale depicts an incredible sea expedition on board a state-of-the-art submarine. ...
That's What I'm Tolkien About
257 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 191 ratingsJoin Mary Clay Watt on her first journey through Lord of the Rings. Each episode is a chapter discussion of the books with fans, featuring mispronounced names, outlandish theories, and praise (or c...
Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
192 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 77 ratingsCory Doctorow's Literary Works
Tales From The Arcanist
179 episodes - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsA fiction podcast focusing on flash fiction by the editors of The Arcanist. Each episode contains four or more science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from flash fiction writers across the glo...
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