006 The Eras of Science Fiction
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006 The Eras of Science Fiction
(Set the stage by: Recap the idea of sf sing a 500 year tradition along with science fiction words used in ancient Hindu texts called the Vedas…)
If you’ll indulge me, I’m going to borrow the idea of eras from science. These eras are independent of genre as genres are closely tied to the human condition at the time rather than the technology to produce story. I expect that the eras will continue to change faster as we speed toward the Singularity. I offer free a poster of how the seminal work of a new scifi-genre maps into an era.
Eras
Period BCE – 1450 ACE
Description
Ancient
BCE-1450 ACE
Ancient Civilization Sci-Fi & 1ACE – 1500 Monastic bible industrialization
Printing
1450s-1890
The Awakening of Printing- books for those who can afford them. Major cities have a press.
Pulps
1890s to the ultra modern 1930s
Everyman sci-fi with evocative covers and gizmos.
Golden Age
1930s – to the limitless 1960s
Thrilling adventures with good characters to go with gizmos. Typewriters are the price of a carriage.
New Wave
1960s to the “congratulations we can get along enough to not nuke each other” 2000s
Autre writing style, complicated gray area topics. Word processors are the cost of a car.
Digital
2000 to the, well, pretty OK present. I mean, things are looking up with electric self driving cars and we’ve finally got space rockets landing fins down.
Websites, ebooks, smart phones, and LeanPub. Anyone can afford a computer and anyone can publish.
Next episode we’ll start a series on author Interviews at Norwescon 2018. Featuring Editor and owner, Bob Brown of B Cubed Press; author, publisher, editor, and teacher Patrick Swenson; author Manny Frishberg; and author RZ Held.
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References:
https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/trends-reading-and-publishing/publishing-timeline
https://ourworldindata.org/books
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/05/pulps-big-moment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Anne_de_Roumier-Robert
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Science_Fiction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Science_Fiction
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/medieval-europe/a/medieval-manuscripts
https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/trends-reading-and-publishing/publishing-timeline
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/European_Output_of_Books_500–1800.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas
https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vimanas/esp_vimanas_2a.htm
Attributions:
This podcast frequently uses sound effects from FreeSound.org and specifically used samples available via the Creative Commons license from the following FreeSound members:
kangaroovindaloo. Eras
Period BCE – 1450 ACE
Description
Ancient
BCE-1450 ACE
Ancient Civilization Sci-Fi & 1ACE – 1500 Monastic bible industrialization
Printing
1450s-1890
The Awakening of Printing- books for those who can afford them. Major cities have a press.
Pulps
1890s to the ultra modern 1930s
Everyman sci-fi with evocative covers and gizmos.
Golden Age
1930s – to the limitless 1960s
Thrilling adventures with good characters to go with gizmos. Typewriters are the price of a carriage.
New Wave
1960s to the “congratulations we can get along enough to not nuke each other” 2000s
Autre writing style, complicated gray area topics. Word processors are the cost of a car.
Digital
2000 to the, well, pretty OK present. I mean, things are looking up with electric self driving cars and we’ve finally got space rockets landing fins down.
Websites, ebooks, smart phones, and LeanPub. Anyone can afford a computer and anyone can publish.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/05/pulps-big-moment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Anne_de_Roumier-Robert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Science_Fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Science_Fiction https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/medieval-europe/a/medieval-manuscripts https://www.biblica.com/resources/bible-faqs/how-was-the-bible-distributed-before-the-printing-press-was-invented-in-1455/ https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/trends-reading-and-publishing/publishing-timeline https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/European_Output_of_Books_500–1800.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vimanas/esp_vimanas_2a.htm Attributions: This podcast frequently uses sound effects from FreeSound.org and specifically used samples available via the Creative Commons license from the following FreeSound members: kangaroovindaloo. Eras Period BCE – 1450 ACE Description Ancient BCE-1450 ACE Ancient Civilization Sci-Fi & 1ACE – 1500 Monastic bible industrialization Printing 1450s-1890 The Awakening of Printing- books for those who can afford them. Major cities have a press. Pulps 1890s to the ultra modern 1930s Everyman sci-fi with evocative covers and gizmos. Golden Age 1930s – to the limitless 1960s Thrilling adventures with good characters to go with gizmos. Typewriters are the price of a carriage. New Wave 1960s to the “congratulations we can get along enough to not nuke each other” 2000s Autre writing style, complicated gray area topics. Word processors are the cost of a car. Digital 2000 to the, well, pretty OK present. I mean, things are looking up with electric self driving cars and we’ve finally got space rockets landing fins down. Websites, ebooks, smart phones, and LeanPub. Anyone can afford a computer and anyone can publish.
