{"id":4435,"date":"2024-06-26T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningspaces.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeuniculture\/?p=4435"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:46:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:46:29","slug":"science-fiction-the-us-podcast-charts-and-dundee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/science-fiction-the-us-podcast-charts-and-dundee\/","title":{"rendered":"Science fiction, the US podcast charts and Dundee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reader in English Keith Williams from the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law is taking the US by storm. A podcast he recently took part in on the 1933 Invisible Man<\/em> adaptation is riding very high in the US Apple podcast charts<\/a> – at the time of writing it was number 3.<\/p>\n

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Keith stars in an episode in Ayesha Khan\u2019s popular Every Single Sci Fi Film series (which is available \u00a0on the every podcasting app)<\/a> discussing the 1933 film The Invisible Man <\/em>and the original 1897 novel by H G Wells. He explores how scientific and technological advances influence literature and film making, particularly when dealing with futuristic concepts. More information, context and links can be found on Ayesha Khan\u2019s website: website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Keith’s book\u00a0H G Wells: Modernity and the Movies<\/em> explores these themes further.<\/p>\n

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Keith and Ayesha are planning another podcast on Keith’s forthcoming co-edited book of Robert Duncan Milne\u2019s pioneering SF stories, click on the image for more information – maybe this will reach number 1!<\/p>\n

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