Genre is a conversation. The stories of today not only don’t exist without what came before, but they’re often written as responses to the stories we love. This is great news! It means that if you loved Ursula K. LeGuin’s explorations on feminism and gender, there are whole shelves of modern books written with her in mind. The conversation Octavia Butler started on climate change is still happening in modern bookstores today. Robert Heinlein’s take on military science fiction is being explored from a hundred different angles. The Golden Age wasn’t the start of the conversation we call the science fiction and fantasy genres, but it’s not the end of it, either. Join author Anthony W. Eichenlaub as we explore the science fiction and fantasy classics of yesterday and today.

