Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age

Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age - Season 1 Episode 1 Mary Shelley to Isaac Asimov

2025-04-24 48 minutes.
9.00 2 votes

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1 Season 1 Apr 03, 2025

Overview

This episode explores early science-fiction writers, including Mary Shelley (Frankenstein), Jules Verne (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) and HG Wells (Things to Come and The Time Machine). Plus, the possibility of nuclear apocalypse, as portrayed in works including Herman Kahn's On Thermonuclear War, Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove, Sidney Lumet's Fail Safe, Nevil Shute's On the Beach and Peter Watkins' The War Game.

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