List of podcast episodes:
| # | Title | Author | Year | Adaptations | Date Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 149 | Jumanji | Chris Van Allsburg | 1981 | Jumanji (1995 movie) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017 movie) |
October 2024 |
| 148 | R.U.R., or Rossum's Universal Robots | Karel Capek | 1920 | R.U.R. (local theater production) | September 2024 |
| 147 | Adapted Games & Video Games | Various Writers | Various Dates | Battleship (2012 movie) Doom (2005 movie) Clue (1985 movie) |
August 2024 |
| 146 | A Situation of Gravity | Samuel W. Taylor | 1943 | The Absent-Minded Professor (1961 movie) Flubber (1996 movie) |
July 2024 |
| 145 | Roadside Picnic | Boris & Arkady Strugatsky | 1972 | Stalker (1979 film) | June 2024 |
| 144 | A Wrinkle in Time | Madeline L'Engle | 1962 | A Wrinkle In Time (2003 Disney Channel movie) A Wrinkle In Time(2018 movie) |
May 2024 |
| 143 | Spaceman of Bohemia | Jaroslav Kalfar | 2017 | Spaceman (2024 film) | April 2024 |
| 142 | Dune | Frank Herbert | 1965 | Dune: Part Two (2024 film) | March 2024 |
| 141 | The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan | 2005 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season One (2023 TV series) | February 2024 |
| 140 | The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan | 2005 | Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010 movie) | January 2024 |
| 139 | The Shepherd | Frederick Forsyth | 1975 | The Shepherd (2023 short film) | January 2024 |
| 138 | The War of the Worlds | H.G. Wells | 1898 | The War of the Worlds (1938 Radio Play) The War of the Worlds(1953 movie) War of the Worlds (2005 movie) The War of the Worlds (2019 limited series) |
December 2023 |
| 137 | Dracula | Bram Stoker | 1897 | Van Helsing (2004 movie) Renfield (2023 movie) Love At First Bite (1979) Dracula Untold (2014 movie) and a bunch of other crapula |
November 2023 |
| 136 | Dracula | Bram Stoker | 1897 | Dracula (1931 film) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film) |
October 2023 |
| 135 | On The Beach | Nevil Shute | 1957 | On The Beach (1959 film) On The Beach (2000 TV movie) |
September 2023 |
| 134 | The Crystal Egg | H.G. Wells | 1897 | The Crystal Egg (1951 episode of Tales of Tomorrow) The Crystal Egg (2023 short film by the Planet Zoom Players) |
August 2023 |
| 133 | Dracula, Chapter 7 Captain's Log | Bram Stoker | 1897 | The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023 movie) | August 2023 |
| 132 | Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror | Steve Alten | 1997 | Meg (2018 movie) | July 2023 |
| 131 | Nightfall | Isaac Asimov | 1941 | Nightfall (1988 movie) Nightfall (2000 Movie) |
June 2023 |
| 130 | A Voice in the Night | William Hope Hodgson | 1907 | A Voice in the Night (1959 Episode of Suspicion TV series) Matango (1963 Movie) |
May 2023 |
| 129 | Weapon | Robert Mason | 1989 | Solo (1996 Movie) | April 2023 |
| 128 | Cocaine Bear | News Story | 1985 | Cocaine Bear (2023 Movie) | April 2023 |
| 127 | Timecop | Dark Horse Comics | 1992 | Timecop (1994 Movie) | March 2023 |
| 126 | The Cabin at the End of the World | Paul Tremblay | 2018 | Knock at the Cabin (2023 Film) | February 2023 |
| 125 | The Most Dangerous Game | Richard Connell | 1924 | A Game of Death (1945 Film) Hard Target (1993 Movie) Surviving The Game (1994 Movie) The Hunt (2020 Movie) |
January 2023 |
| 124 | Follow-ups to A Christmas Story & A Christmas Carol | N/A | N/A | A Christmas Story Christmas (2022 Movie) Spirited! (2022 Movie) |
December 2022 |
| 123 | The Most Dangerous Game | Richard Connell | 1924 | The Most Dangerous Game (1932 Film) Most Dangerous Game (2020 Quibi Series/Movie) The Most Dangerous Game (2022 Movie) |
November 2022 |
| 122 | Weird (trailer) | Funny Or Die | 2010 | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022 movie) | November 2022 |
| 121 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Ray Bradbury | 1962 | Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983 film) | October 2022 |
| 120 | Samaritan | Bragi Schut | 2014 | Samaritan (2022 movie) | October 2022 |
| 119 | The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists | Gideon Defoe | 2004 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012 film) | September 2022 |
| 118 | Make Room! Make Room! | Harry Harrison | 1966 | Soylent Green (1973 film) | August 2022 |
| 117 | The Black Phone | Joe Hill | 2004 | The Black Phone (2022 film) | July 2022 |
| 116 | Escape From Spiderhead | George Saunders | 2010 | Spiderhead (2022 movie) | June 2022 |
| 115 | Firestarter | Stephen King | 1980 | Firestarter (2022 remake) | May 2022 |
| 114 | The Game of X | Robert Sheckley | 1965 | Condorman (1981 Movie) | April 2022 |
| 113 | Immortality, Inc. | Robert Sheckley | 1959 | Freejack (1992 Movie) | March 2022 |
| 112 | The Prize of Peril | Robert Sheckley | 1958 | Das Millionenspiel (1970 German TV Movie) Le Prix Du Danger (1983 French Movie) |
February 2022 |
| 111 | Rendezvous With Rama | Arthur C. Clarke | 1973 | Proposed Adaptation from Denis Villeneuve | January 2022 |
| 110 | 8-Bit Christmas | Kevin Jakubowski | 2013 | 8-Bit Christmas (2021 film) | December 2021 |
| 109 | Needle in a Timestack | Robert Silverberg | 1966 | Needle in a Timestack (2021 film) | November 2021 |
| 108 | The Invisible Man | H.G. Wells | 1897 | The Invisible Man (1933 film) Hollow Man (2000 movie) The Invisible Man (2021 film) |
October 2021 |
| 107 | Dune | Frank Herbert | 1965 | Dune (2021 film) | October 2021 |
| 106 | Button, Button | Richard Matheson | 1970 | Button, Button (1986 Twilight Zone episode) The Box (2009 movie) |
September 2021 |
| 105 | The Running Man | Stephen King | 1982 | The Running Man (1987 film) | August 2021 |
| Bonus! | Take Me To Your Eater: S'Mores Blossoms | none | N/A | none | August 2021 |
| 104 | The Cold Equations | Tom Godwin | 1954 | Stowaway (2021 film) | July 2021 |
| 103 | The Cold Equations | Tom Godwin | 1954 | The Cold Equations (1987 Twilight Zone episode) The Cold Equations (1996 TV movie) The Stowaway (2014 short film) |
June 2021 |
| 102 | The Map of Tiny Perfect Things | Lev Grossman | 2016 | The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021 film) | May 2021 |
| 101-B | The Body Snatchers | Jack Finney | 1954 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film) Body Snatchers (1993 film) The Invasion (2007 film) |
April 2021 |
| Bonus! | Rankings Analysis | none | N/A | none | April 2021 |
| 101-A | The Body Snatchers | Jack Finney | 1954 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film) | March 2021 |
| 100 | Red Alert & Fail-Safe | Peter George & Eugene Burdick/Harvey Wheeler | 1958 & 1962 | Dr. Strangelove (1964 film) Fail-Safe (1964 film) Fail-Safe (2000 live teleplay) |
February 2021 |
| 99 | Good Morning, Midnight | Lily Brooks-Dalton | 2016 | The Midnight Sky (2020 film) | January 2021 |
| 98 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Dr. Suess | 1957 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966 TV special) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) Disney's The Grinch (2018 film) Dr Suess's The Grinch Musical Live (2020 TV special) |
December 2020 |
| 97 | Harrison Bergeron | Kurt Vonnegut | 1961 | Harrison Bergeron (1995 film) 2081 (2009 short film) |
November 2020 |
| 96 | Slaughterhouse-Five | Kurt Vonnegut | 1969 | Slaughterhouse-Five (1972 film) | October 2020 |
| 95 | World War Z | Max Brooks | 2006 | World War Z (2013 film) World War Z (screenplay by JMS) |
September 2020 |
| 94 | Jaws | Peter Benchley | 1974 | Jaws (1975 film) | August 2020 |
| 93 | The Black Cauldron | Lloyd Alexander | 1964 | The Black Cauldron (1985 film) | July 2020 |
| 92 | Iphigenia in Aulis | M.R. Carey | 2012 | The Girl With All the Gifts (2014 novel) The Girl With All the Gifts (2016 film) |
June 2020 |
| 91 | A Princess of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1912 | John Carter (2012 film) | May 2020 |
| 90 | Bird Box | Josh Malerman | 2014 | Bird Box (2018 film) | April 2020 |
| 89 | Frozen Hell | John W. Campbell | 2019 | No adaptations yet | April 2020 |
| 88 | Johnny Mnemonic | William Gibson | 1981 | Johnny Mnemonic (1995 film) | March 2020 |
| 87 | Reel Future Retrospective | February 2020 | |||
| 86 | Logan's Run | William F. Nolan | 1967 | Logan's Run (1976 film) Logan's Run (1977 TV series) |
January 2020 |
| 85 | The Polar Express | Chris Van Allsburg | 1985 | The Polar Express (2004 film) | December 2019 |
| 84 | The Andromeda Strain | Michael Crichton | 1968 | The Andromeda Strain (1971 film) The Andromeda Strain (2008 TV mini-series) |
November 2019 |
| 83 | The Andromeda Evolution, Interview with author Daniel H. Wilson | November 2019 | |||
| 82 | Conjure Wife | Fritz Leiber | 1943 | Weird Woman (1944 film) Burn, Witch, Burn!/Night of the Eagle (1962 film) Witches' Brew (1980 film) |
October 2019 |
| 81 | The Illustrated Man | Ray Bradbury | 1951 | The Illustrated Man (1968 film) | September 2019 |
| 80 | Damnation Alley | Roger Zelazny | 1967 | Damnation Alley (1977 film) | August 2019 |
| 79 | Air Raid | John Varley | 1977 | Millennium (1989 film) | July 2019 |
| 78 | The Seventh Victim | Robert Sheckley | 1953 | La Decima Vittima/The 10th Victim (1965 Italian film) | June 2019 |
| 77 | The Wandering Earth | Cixin Liu | 2000 | The Wandering Earth (2019 film) | May 2019 |
| 76 | “When the Yogurt Took Over”, “Alternate Histories” and “Three Robots” | John Scalzi | 2017 | Love, Death & Robots episodes (2019) | April 2019 |
| 75 | Brave New World | Aldous Huxley | 1932 | Brave New World (1980 TV mini-series) Brave New World (1998 film) |
March 2019 |
| 74 | This Island Earth | Raymond F. Jones | 1952 | This Island Earth (1955 film) | February 2019 |
| 73 | Empire of the Ants | H.G. Wells | 1905 | Empire of the Ants (1977 film) | January 2019 |
| 72 | The Greatest Gift | Philip Van Doren Stern | 1939 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946 film) | December 2018 |
| 71 | Herbert West--Reanimator | H.P. Lovecraft | 1921 | Re-Animator (1985) | November 2018 |
| 70 | The Halloween Tree | Ray Bradbury | 1973 | The Halloween Tree (1993 film) Colonial Radio Theater adaptation (2008 radio play) |
October 2018 |
| 69 | Armageddon 2419 A.D. | Philip Francis Nowlan | 1928 | Buck Rogers (1938 serial) Planet Outlaws (edited-down 1953 film) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979 TV series) |
September 2018 |
| 68 | Nightmare at 20,000 Feet | Richard Matheson | 1961 | Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1962 Twilight Zone episode) Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) |
August 2018 |
| 67 | Paladin of the Lost Hour | Harlan Ellison | 1986 | Paladin of the Lost Hour (1986 Twilight Zone episode) | July 2018 |
| 66 | Soldier from Tomorrow | Harlan Ellison | 1957 | Soldier (1964 Outer Limits episode) | June 2018 |
| 65 | Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | 1953 | Fahrenheit 451 (2018 film) | May 2018 |
| 64 | Ready Player One | Ernest Cline | 2011 | Ready Player One (2018 film) | April 2018 |
| 63 | "Arena" novelization, by James Blish | March 2018 | |||
| 62 | Arena | Fredric Brown | 1944 | Arena (1964 Outer Limits episode) Arena (1967 Star Trek TOS episode) The Last Outpost (1987 Star Trek TNG episode) |
March 2018 |
| 61 | Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro | 2005 | Never Let Me Go (2010 film) | February 2018 |
| 60 | All the Troubles of the World | Isaac Asimov | 1958 | Eagle Eye (2008 film) | January 2018 |
| 59 | In God We Trust; All Others Pay Cash | Jean Shepherd | 1966 | A Christmas Story (1983 film) A Christmas Story Live! (2017 TV special) |
December 2017 |
| 58 | The Children of Men | P.D. James | 1992 | Children of Men (2006 film) | December 2017 |
| 57 | Blade Runner 2049 | October 2017 | |||
| 56 | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Phillip K Dick | 1968 | Blade Runner (1982 film) | September 2017 |
| 55 | Second Variety | Phillip K Dick | 1953 | Screamers (1995 film) | August 2017 |
| 54 | The Adjustment Team | Phillip K Dick | 1954 | The Adjustment Bureau (2011 film) | July 2017 |
| 53 | The Golden Man | Phillip K Dick | 1954 | Next (2007 film) | June 2017 |
| 52 | Paycheck | Phillip K Dick | 1953 | Paycheck (2003 film) | May 2017 |
| 51 | The Last Starfighter | April 2017 | |||
| 50 | Dune | Frank Herbert | 1965 | Dune (1984 film) Frank Herbert's Dune (2000 TV mini-series) |
March 2017 |
| 49 | Firestarter | Stephen King | 1980 | Firestarter (1984 film) | February 2017 |
| 48 | Steel | Richard Matheson | 1956 | “Steel” (1963 Twilight Zone episode) Real Steel (2011 film) |
January 2017 |
| 47 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | James Thurber | 1939 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) |
December 2016 |
| 46 | Story of Your Life | Ted Chiang | 1998 | Arrival (2016 film) | November 2016 |
| 45 | I Am Legend | Richard Matheson | 1954 | The Last Man on Earth (1964 film) The Omega Man (1971 film) I Am Legend (2007 film) |
October 2016 |
| 44 | The Nostalgist | Daniel H Wilson | 2009 | The Nostalgist (2014 short film) | September 2016 |
| 43 | Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | 1953 | Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film) | August 2016 |
| 42 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio play) | Douglas Adams | 1978 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979 novel) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981 TV series) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film) |
July 2016 |
| 41 | The Prestige | Christopher Priest | 1995 | The Prestige (2006 film) | May 2016 |
| 40 | Supercut: Year Two! | May 2016 | |||
| 39 | The Sentinel | Arthur C Clarke | 1951 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968 film) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968 novel) |
April 2016 |
| 38 | Colossus | D. F. Jones | 1966 | Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970 film) | March 2016 |
| 37 | The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | 2008 | The Hunger Games (2012 film) | February 2016 |
| 36 | I Remember the Future | Michael A Burstein | 2008 | I Remember the Future (2014 short film) | January 2016 |
| 35 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Roderick Thorp | 1979 | Die Hard (1988 film) | December 2015 |
| 34 | Top 3 Expanded Universe Entries | December 2015 | |||
| 33 | Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus | Mary Shelley | 1818 | Frankenstein (1931 film) Bride of Frankenstein (1935 film) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994 film) Frankenstein (2004 TV mini-series) Victor Frankenstein (2015 film) |
December 2015 |
| 32 | Top 3 SF Books | November 2015 | |||
| 31 | The Iron Man | Ted Hughes | 1968 | The Iron Giant (1999 film) | November 2015 |
| 30 | The Martian | Andy Weir | 2012 | The Martian (2015 film) | October 2015 |
| 29 | Jumper | Stephen Gould | 1992 | Jumper (2008 film) | September 2015 |
| 28 | A Sound of Thunder | Ray Bradbury | 1952 | “A Sound of Thunder” (1989 Ray Bradbury Theater episode) A Sound of Thunder (2005 film) |
August 2015 |
| 27 | Interview with The Heinlein Society's Keith Kato | August 2015 | |||
| 26 | Starship Troopers | Robert Heinlein | 1959 | Starship Troopers (1997 film) | July 2015 |
| 25 | I, Robot | Isaac Asimov | 1950 | I, Robot (2004 film) | June 2015 |
| 24 | Jurassic World | June 2015 | |||
| 23 | The Stepford Wives | Ira Levin | 1972 | The Stepford Wives (1975 film) The Stepford Wives (2004 film) |
May 2015 |
| 22 | Rollerball Murder | William Harrison | 1973 | Rollerball (1975 film) Rollerball (2005 film) |
April 2015 |
| 21 | Supercut! | April 2015 | |||
| 20 | Total Recall Novelization | April 2015 | |||
| 19 | We Can Remember It For You Wholesale | Phillip K Dick | 1966 | Total Recall (1990 film) Total Recall (2012 film) |
March 2015 |
| 18 | I, Robot | Eando Binder | 1939 | I, Robot (1964 Outer Limits episode) I, Robot (1995 Outer Limits episode) |
March 2015 |
| 17 | Contact | Carl Sagan | 1985 | Contact (1997 film) | February 2015 |
| 16 | The Minority Report | Phillip K Dick | 1956 | Minority Report (2002 film) | January 2015 |
| 15 | __All You Zombies | Robert Heinlein | 1959 | Predestination (2015 film) | January 2015 |
| 14 | A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens | 1851 | Scrooge (1951 film) Scrooged (1988 film) Muppet Christmas Carol (1992 film) A Christmas Carol (1999 film) |
December 2014 |
| 13 | A Boy and His Dog (short story) | Harlan Ellison | 1969 | A Boy and His Dog (1976 film) | November 2014 |
| 12 | Who Goes There? | John W Campbell Jr. | 1938 | The Thing from Another World (1951 film) The Thing (1982 film) The Thing (2011 film) |
October 2014 |
| 11 | Enemy Mine | Barry B. Longyear | 1979 | Enemy Mine (1985 film) | September 2014 |
| 10 | Day of the Triffids | John Wyndham | 1951 | Day of the Triffids (1962 film) Day of the Triffids (1980 TV series) Day of the Triffids (2009 TV mini-series) |
August 2014 |
| 9 | All You Need Is Kill | Hiroshi Sakurazaka | 2004 | Edge of Tomorrow (2014 film) | July 2014 |
| 8 | Jurassic Park | Michael Crichton | 1990 | Jurassic Park (1993 film) | June 2014 |
| 7 | The Racer | Ib Melchior | 1956 | Death Race 2000 (1975 film) Death Race (2008 film) |
May 2014 |
| 6 | Timeline | Michael Crichton | 1999 | Timeline (2003 film) | May 2014 |
| 5 | Odd Thomas | Dean Koontz | 2003 | Odd Thomas (2013 film) | May 2014 |
| 4 | Eight O'Clock in the Morning | Ray Nelson | 1963 | They Live (1988 film) | April 2014 |
| 3 | The Fly (Short story) | Henry Langelaan | 1957 | The Fly (1958 film) The Fly (1986 film) |
April 2014 |
| 2 | Planet of the Apes | Pierre Boule | 1963 | Planet of the Apes (1968 film) Planet of the Apes (2001 film) Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011 film) |
March 2014 |
| 1 | Farewell to the Master | Harry Bates | 1940 | The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film) The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) |
March 2014 |