• Z*Con Harlem Shake
• Poll:  Space elevator music?  What’s the most appropriate song?
• Jayne Hat Crackdown
• Why wear Jayne Cobb’s hat when you can dress as Jayne’s hat?
• Robot Combat League
• Syfy Developing Two Miniseries Based ‘Ringworld’ And ‘Childhood’s End’
• Blake’s got a personal vendetta in SyFy’s Blake’s 7

Tonight’s show is backwards! Before we do the news and the poll, we talked to Mike Dougherty, the producer and director of the upcoming movie Z*Con. They just finished a marathon weekend of shooting for their Proof of Concept reel, which includes hundreds of extras, lots of stunts, and some SFSN swag if you look closely!

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Best April 1 Prank:
Dome – J. J.  Abrams Developing Star Wars/Star Trek Animated Crossover
Swedish Archaeologists find Thors Hammer
Kriana: Deejays suspended for “dihydrogen monoxide” April Fools joke
Zombrarian: YouTube no longer accepting submissions
RIP:
RIP Jane Henson 1934-2013    a tribute to her
R.I.P. Don Payne, writer of both Thor movies, The Simpsons and more
RIP comics legend Carmine Infantino
Roger Ebert Is Dead: Thumbs down
Disney shuts down LucasArts

Tonight’s guests are so amazing we ended the news portion early to give you 15 extra minutes of awesome! We had the great pleasure of talking to Tracy Hickman and Richard Garriott about their new MMORPG, Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues. They also told us some behind-the-scenes stories about their Sci Fi movie, Apogee to Fear.  Tracy wrote it  and Richard went to SPACE to film it!

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Michael Laine

• RIP Malachi Throne
• Did you see Doug Jones sing on The Neighbors?
• Hawkeye Initiative cosplay lets the guys show off their rears for a change
• The Death Star Explosion was an “inside job”.
• Zombie perfume
• Warm Bodies
• Peter Jackson offers to direct an episode of Doctor Who…for free
• Help rebuild Cobra Island on Kickstarter
• Poll: which is your favorite Wizard of Oz spinoff?

Tonight’s guest is Michael Laine of the Liftport project. He tells us about the history of the project, their future goals, and his very successful Kickstarter campaign.

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Errick A. Nunnally

• George Lucas says Luke, Han and Leia will all be back for Star Wars: Episode VII
• Goodbye, Captain Rex: Lucasfilm calls an end to Clone Wars
• DC artist quits Adventures of Superman over Orson Scott Card controversy
• Torchwood Revival doubtful
• POLL: What actress should play She-Hulk?

Tonight’s guest is author Errick A. Nunnally, who likes maple hamburgers, being a jock, double letters, and long walks on the beach. Let’s see what he has to say for himself:

Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Errick A. Nunnally served one tour in the Marine Corps before deciding art school would be a safer—and more natural—profession. He always strives to develop his strengths in storytelling and remains permanently distracted by art, comics, science fiction, history, and horror. Trained as a graphic designer, he studies Krav Maga and Muay Thai kickboxing in his spare time. Errick’s successes include: the upcoming publication of his book, Blood For The Sun; a comic strip collection, Lost in Transition; first prize in one hamburger contest; the short story Who Bears The Lathe? in eFiction’s inaugural SciFi issue; the sci-fi short, Legion, in the anthology Doorways to Extra Time; two lovely children; and one beautiful wife.

 

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• Megan Fox is the new April O’Neil
• Kathy Bates is going to be on Season 3 of AHS…as Jessica Lange’s frenemy
• There will be NO Planet Hulk movie
• Buffy’s mom was on The Following this week
• Walking Dead Season 4 news!
• Poll: Who is your favorite Disney Villian
• San Diego hotel rooms sell out in two minutes

Tonight’s guest is Dick Cheney, who was just friended by Dome on Facebook.

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Our Guest, Jamie Vick

• Terry Pratchett and other fantasy authors score at this year’s ALA Awards
• Cybils awards given to 3 graphic novels
• 2013 Inkwell Awards
• Nominees for the Nebula Awards
• 2013 Saturn Awards Announced
• Arrow
• Jack Kirby’s sketches for the real life Argo fake movie
• Robot Combat League debuts next week

Tonight’s guest is Jamie Vick of the webseries Santa Carla Sunset, which is currently in production. The series follows fictional paranormal investigators and the website features articles written by the actors in character about famous paranormal sites. Jamie will be back (hopefully soon!) when the Kickstarter campaign to fund the series is launched.

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Ashley in the Ahsoka Tano hoodie available at HerUniverse.com

• Spring Debuts and Restarts
• The Following retraction: It’s not Jinksie, it’s his twin brother!
• Nick Brendon latest guest for Rhode Island Comic Con
• Lords of Salem coming to the US
• Arrow Mia Culpa
• PKD’s The Man in the High Castle comes to SyFy
• Poll of the week: How will Sean Bean die?

Tonight’s guest is the multitalented Ashley Eckstein: actor and clothing designer.  Ashley is the voice of  Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and will be hosting Disney’s Star Wars Weekend. She is also the creator and founder of Her Universe:

Her Universe is a place for fangirls to step into the spotlight and be heard, recognized and rewarded. Female sci-fi fans are growing in numbers and have largely gone unnoticed until now. Hoping to change the perception that science fiction and fantasy is not just for the boys, Her Universe, has joined forces with Lucasfilm and Syfy to create merchandise exclusively for female fans. Starting out with apparel, accessories and cosmetics, Her Universe will make fangirls “geek chic” from head to toe!

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Poor Daniel Can’t catch a break!

• RIP Stuart Freeborn
• Stargate!
• The Following
• The BBC has canceled the original Being Human
• Orphan Black on BBCA
• New SyFy reality series Stranded
• Robot Combat League
• How will Sean Bean get killed in the Wachowski’s Jupiter Ascending?
• The new Face Off make-up folks are quite good

Jeff and Silent Jay, the organizers of the Queen City Kamikaze Con joined us to share how they’ve made their event bigger and better than ever! Join their mascot, Chester the Squirrel, on February 16 at Manchester Memorial High School between 10AM to 7PM.

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• ‘Neighbors’ Gets George Takei
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• New Zeland will have a Dr. Who coin!
• JJ has “more than enough time” for Trek and Wars
• The Justice League movie depends on Man of Steel not sucking
• Arrow
• This week’s poll: Who’s the next Marvel superhero who should get the big screen live-action treatment?

Tonight’s guest is author Tracy Hickman. We talk to him about his novel Wayne of Gotham and his new project Dragons of the Confederacy. The picture for this post is a fake pulp novel cover Tracy made using Pulp-o-Mizer, which we recommend you check out. You can also listen to Tracy become a GoodReads Author live on air!

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