New episode - and it's our modern mag read: we review the Nov/Dec 2025 issue of ASIMOV'S science fiction magazine. How good are the stories? How does the magazine of today compare with how it was when it started, 40-odd years ago? Colin and Phil investigate... 101sf.blogspot.com/2026/02/asim...

Welcome to the future...

Due to a glitch in them thar Googles, we weren't receiving notification of comments on our blog - 101sf.blogspot.com This has now been fixed. If you've commented in the past but not seen your comment appear, my apologies. But normal service has now (I believe) been restored. - Phil

As promised, our new episode, reviewing an old issue of ASIMOV'S magazine from 1982. 101sf.blogspot.com/2025/12/gimm...

Coming soon on Science Fiction 101, we do our "let's review an old magazine" thing. If you want to read along, here's the issue we're covering: Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Feb 15 1982 - which is available from Luminist using this download link: s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/...

New episode! In which our intrepid co-hosts act upon the recommended reading and viewing suggested by each other! 101sf.blogspot.com/2025/10/toyn...

Our latest episode - with Colin's Worldcon report, and a trivia quiz from returning guest Seth (Hugos There) Heasley. Any resemblance between Seth and the depicted SETH-3P0 is purely coincidental... 101sf.blogspot.com/2025/09/triv...

New episode! In which we review the 1970s Terry Nation-created BBC post-apocalyptic drama series SURVIVORS! 101sf.blogspot.com/2025/08/surv...

Our next episode will drop on 28 August, and here's a heads-up on our topic: BBC series SURVIVORS (1975-7), created by Dalek creator Terry Nation! It's about a plague and its aftermath. Click the link for our playlist of online SURVIVORS episodes. 101sf.blogspot.com/2025/08/get-...

Of course, it may just be a temporary glitch in the matrix... but Feedspot has promoted us to number FOUR in its list of "25 Best UK Sci-Fi Podcasts"!

While you're waiting for the next SF101 (coming real soon now!), check out our OTHER podcasts. Colin and friends discuss Murderbot on TAKE ME TO YOUR READER: pavementpodcast.com/archives/pod... Phil discusses Ray Bradbury's short stories on BRADBURY 100: bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2025/08/new-...

New episode! In which your humble co-hosts serve up things we think each other hasn't read but should! 101sf.blogspot.com/2025/07/serv...

New episode from us! We talk about science AND fiction! 101sf.blogspot.com/2025/07/scie...

New Episode! Our annual review of the short stories in the Hugo Award shortlist! 101sf.blogspot.com/2025/06/revi...

Coming soon... our annual review of the shortlisted Hugo short stories! Episode drops Thursday, 12 June 2025.

Hey, did we really forget to share this link? Our most recent episode, all about IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (1953). 101sf.blogspot.com/2025/05/it-c...

New episode! This time we review the beautiful animated film FLOW and have our fingers crossed that Apple TV's MURDERBOT isn't a sitcom. Available wherever you get your pods, and from here: 101sf.blogspot.com/2025/04/go-w...

Anyone who has used the Tube in London will be familiar with the repeated phrase "Mind the gap!" Quatermass is always drawn to a gap...in knowledge, in the fossil record, you name it. Our new episode, looking at the finest Quatermass movie and its TV precursor: 101sf.blogspot.com/2025/03/mind...

Coming very soon: SF101 goes underground... five million years underground...😁

Check out our latest podcast episode, in which we assess the cracking sci-fi that is... Wallace & Gromit! 101sf.blogspot.com/2025/02/crac...

We're back - first episode of 2025, and our 50th episode overall! This time we review a recent issue of ANALOG science fiction magazine. How does it stack up against its online competitors? How does it stack up against the Analog of old? Find out here: 101sf.blogspot.com/2025/01/anal...

Continuing our countdown to Xmas with some out-takes...

Counting down to Xmas with some out-takes 😀

Our latest podcast episode... ...in which we travel back 50 years to read and review a 1974 issue of Analog Science Fiction magazine. Be like that robot: don your flares, grab your ghettoblaster, and ride back with us! 101sf.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-d...

And here's our latest episode, on the subject of: books! Well, what did you THINK "uniquely portable magic" referred to? 😆 101sf.blogspot.com/2024/11/uniq...

Here's our podcast episode from October. Go ape! 101sf.blogspot.com/2024/10/lets...

New episode! Colin gives an eyewitness account of the 2024 Worldcon, while Phil tries to britsplain cockney rhyming slang... Available wherever podcasts are given away. 101sf.blogspot.com/2024/09/conv...

Our latest podcast episode, looking at two great women science fiction writers: Zenna Henderson and Pauline Ashwell! 101sf.blogspot.com/2024/08/zenn...