Talkcast 27 – The Missing Man

Posted by Kriana | Closed | April 12th, 2010 | Posted in Podcast


It was the best of times, it was the worst of times:

Upcoming events:

It’s official: Harlan Ellison booked for May 29th!

Browncoats Redemption coming to GraniteCon Manchester on May 23rd.

May 8th, Robert Heinlein Retrospective featuring Spider Robinson.

In Movies some very interesting independent stuff.

Beyond The Iron Sky looks very intense. Piranha 3-D‘s director Alexandre Aja promises 3-D Double-D boobs and more bloody violence than Quenton Tarentino.IronMan has a new viral site.

In Genre Television:

Flash Forward continues to have great acting and scripts and shitty numbers and may not make the cut for next season. Chuck gets good numbers and lots of fun. Fringe has its best episode yet! Smallville returns; nothing happens. Are we surprised? Lost, is anyone still watching the Flash Sideways?

Some amazing  April Fools Web Jokes. The best ones we found were League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1988, Canned Unicorn Meat and Google Translate for Animals.

 

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Thank you Boston Comic Con artists!

Posted by Illustrator X | Closed | April 12th, 2010 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants, Events, Sitely News


A big, BIG thank-you from all of us at Sci Fi Saturday Night to all the artists who generously took the time out of their packed schedules to contribute to our Jeanne Robinson charity jam sketches!  Thanks also to all of you who donated original artwork, prints, posters, and well-wishes to our fundraiser.  The outpouring of love, concern and generosity has been nothing short of outstanding!  Scans of all the items will be going up shortly; keep an eye on the site and as always tune in to Sci Fi Saturday Night every Saturday night at 8pm eastern time for further updates on our May 8th charity auction.  Keep it sci fi!

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PKD’s (and David Mack’s) ELECTRIC ANT

Posted by Illustrator X | Closed | April 9th, 2010 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants


The first issue of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Ant hit the stores this week like a psychic invasion.  Reading more like a copy of Heavy Metal than the latest release from Marvel Comics (which it is), Electric Ant hits all the right notes in introducing the reader to the mind of Philip K. Dick.  What a frightening, fascinating mind it is!

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Trivia for 4.3.10

Posted by Kriana | 2 | April 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Trivia Contests


Answer the following question in the comments to win a NO LONGER AVAILABLE autographed copy of Robin Sloan’s book Annabelle Scheme.

What kind of cars were used on the 70s Gerry Anderson live action series UFO?

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Talkcast 26: Death of a Legend – Bazinga!

Posted by The Dome | 1 | March 29th, 2010 | Posted in Podcast


DC Comic Legend Dick Giordano dies at 77.

The return of Flash Forward: The 2 hour reopening was surprisingly good, but the numbers suck.

Caprica wraps.

Chuck More solid episodes.

The new Dr Who Trailer is up

Dr. Horrible II is for real but it will NOT be online. It, according to NPH will be a major motion picture.

Review of David Niall Wilsons Orffeyreus Wheel and and 30% off coupon for our listeners.

Our first guest is an artist and good friend of the show, Sara Richard, who will have a new sketchbook available at Boston Comic Con.

Our second guest is Mike from www.sheldonsshirts.com.

 

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Trivia for 3.27.10

Posted by Kriana | 1 | March 27th, 2010 | Posted in Daily Rants


To win a Rocketeer print by the amazing Sara Richard answer the following question in the comments:

In the continuing adventures of The Howard Foundation Books by Robert Heinlein, what is the name of the cat who walks through walls?

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Talkcast 25 -Underburbs & Browncoats

Posted by Kriana | Closed | March 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Podcast


Attention – This  cast has an explicit warning for language in both English and Chinese.

Welcome newest member of SFSN — Phoebe!

Thank you to everyone at Granite State Comic Con for Jeanne Robinson jam sketch art; thanks to all artists volunteering for Boston Comic Conart — The auctions will take place starting on our Heinlein tribute episode w/Spider Robinson.

Friend of SFSN Frankie B. Washington releases new sketchbook

Paperback Book Lost Nugget Of The Week:

Invasion America by Christie Golden

The Underburbs Guys: TJ Dort and Joe Haley are with us live to talk about their newest project.

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Michael Dougherty, Director/Producer of Browncoats -Redemption The Fan Movie

“I am a Browncoat” Campaign video includes Nathan Fillion at the end and the Cast of the Guild

 

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Review: The Orffyreus Wheel

Posted by Kriana | 1 | March 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Literature


Title: The Orffyreus Wheel

Author: David Niall Wilson

Format: E-book (epub format)

Summary: The Orffyreus Wheel is written around the historical figure Johann Bessler (1680-1745), or as he called himself, Orffyreus. Bessler was known for allegedly creating a perpetual motion machine in the form of a wheel. The story intersperses glimpses of Bessler’s life with the main plot surrounding his descendants and their recreation of his work and the consequences thereof.

The Good: The Orffyreus Wheel utilizes historic fact and intrigue a la The Da Vinci Code while maintaining a secular point of view. The plot alternates between action packed spy scenes and moral contemplation.

The Bad: The book uses almost every fact listed on the Wikipedia page for Bessler – perhaps not much more about his life is known, but it would have been nice to learn even more about him in the context of the story. The plot about his descendants seemed to end rather abruptly.

In Conclusion: A thoroughly entertaining read. I want a sequel.

Rating: 4.5/5 Pulsars

Where to buy: Macabre Ink (5.99) (Available as  pdf, prc, epub, or kindle format) **Special! From now until 3.30.2010 get 30% off using the coupon code: SciFiSat **

What Happened To Sarah?

Posted by Illustrator X | Closed | March 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Daily Rants, Movies, Websites


What exactly is What Happened To Sarah? Visitors to www.whathappenedtosarah.com have been asking this question for over a week now, and the buzz is growing.  At first glance, it seems like a typical short sci-fi film:  a young woman wakes up, pads downstairs and down a hill to a lake where… something… is waiting for her.  What is it?  What happened?  There are damnably few clues.  And that’s the point of this film — we don’t know.  As a first chapter, it’s a great intro; you’re intrigued and want to learn more about this woman and what that… thing… is.  And no, it doesn’t hurt that we first see her (ahem) getting out of bed.  But the director seems to be taking great care to linger on seemingly innocent items, like a business card with… is that website info?  And Sarah’s college shirt — Thelema?  Is this a deliberate Crowley reference?   If so, it’s a welcome replacement from Miskatonic University, where every sci-fi fan of the past fifty years has apparently graduated from.  Speaking of references, people are already making comparisons between What Happened To Sarah? and Twin Peaks, or 2001: A Space Odyssey.  Myself, I am strongly reminded of the cult classic Picnic At Hanging Rock, in which three young girls disappear under mysterious and ambiguous circumstances.  Picnic At Hanging Rock is a film so good that it makes you like the Zamfir soundtrack, and there’s every indication that What Happened To Sarah? will follow suit.

Do yourself a favor and check out What Happened To Sarah? — and see where the mystery takes you.

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Trivia for 3.20.10

Posted by Kriana | 1 | March 20th, 2010 | Posted in Trivia Contests


Answer the following question to win a Browncoat’s Redemption T-shirt.

Name the actress that appeared in both Firefly and Angel?

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