Episode 24. Part Two of Hardcover Theater's 2006 stage production of “A Princess of Mars.” Written and directed by Steve Schroer. Jami Rassmussen as John Carter. Amber Swenson as Dejah Thoris. Jesse Ray as Tars Tarkas. Terri Elofson Bly as Sola.

Episode 23 Carl Sagan describes Barsoom in the Cosmos episode, “Blues for a Red Planet.” Part One of Hardcover Theater's 2006 stage production of “A Princess of Mars.” Written and directed by Steve Schroer. Jami Rassmussen as John Carter. Amber Swenson as Dejah Thoris. Jesse Ray as Tars Tarkas. Terri Elofson Bly as Sola.

Episode 22. Opens with the “Yodel Song” created by Elmo from various Tarzan yells, mixed with “A Tribe of One” by Doctor Awkward from the Podsafe Music Network. During the 2006 Windy Con, Robert Weinberg and science fiction author Jack McDevitt discuss early science fiction in pulp magazines. From 1970 to 1981, Weinberg edited and published Pulp, a fanzine devoted to pulp magazines. He died Sept. 25, 2016.

Episode 21. The full 2006 interview with science fiction author Mike Resnick. He talks about his many trips to Africa. “Almost no place that Burroughs describes exists,” he says. “My first four Hugo winners were all African stories. I've never been able to create any civilization as alien as some of the ones in Africa.” He discusses his many inspirations and his own success. Why science fiction pays the bills while you can starve writing “mainstream.” And much more in this wide-ranging interview. Mike tells a story about Isaac Asimov at a convention. Mike died on Jan. 9, 2020 at age 77.

Episode 20. Opening bit: Superfans discuss Da Bears versus da horde of Warhoon. A clip from the “X-Minus One radio show” that's relevant to your host, Elmo. Huck Huckenpohler speculates on Professor Archimedes Q. Porter's back story. Was he a historian? Archaeologist? Anthropologist? What was Tarzan's birth year? Did John Carter and Professor Porter cross paths? Carl Sagan quote.