The first women to appear (as "soloists") on the ballot for science fiction's Hugo Awards were Zenna Henderson and Pauline Ashwell, in 1959. (Catherine L. Moore had appeared on an earlier ballot, but for a collaboration with Henry Kuttner.)

Fearing that Henderson and Ashwell might be drifting into obscurity, Colin and Phil set out to review their Hugo-nominated novelettes:

Zenna Henderson's "Captivity" - find it here: https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v014n06_1958-06_PDF/page/n3/mode/2up

Pauline Ashwell's "Unwillingly to School" - find it here: https://archive.org/details/sim_astounding-science-fiction_1958-01_60_5/page/8/mode/2up

We also have the obligatory fiendish sci-fi quiz, and our usual round-up of recommendations of past/present/future SF.

For full show notes, check out our blog - https://101sf.blogspot.com/2024/08/zennas-people-and-paulines-lizzie.html

We're back - and it's the time to review this year's Hugo-nominated short stories!

The Hugos are the awards given by members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention (whose numbers this year will include our very own Colin, who will be attending the worldcon in Glasgow).

Also in today's episode, we have a quiz. Sort of. See if you can get it before Phil has a clue what's going on...

And there's our usual round up of SF past, present and future.

For the full show notes, check out our blog:

https://101sf.blogspot.com/2024/07/hugos-where-i-goes-episode-44-of-podcast.html

We're back, with an episode about the great British SF writer John Wyndham. On many occasions we've found ourselves talking about his books - such as The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos - but now we attempt to do them justice with a closer look.

For the full show notes, visit our blog at 101sf.blogspot.com