{"id":5781,"date":"2012-04-28T23:52:02","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T03:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5781"},"modified":"2012-04-28T23:52:02","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T03:52:02","slug":"talkcast-131-norman-spinrad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5781","title":{"rendered":"Talkcast 131: Norman Spinrad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5795\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/norman_spinrad-150x150.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5795\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5795\" title=\"Norman Spinrad\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/norman_spinrad-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norman Spinrad<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Poll:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sci-Fi-Saturday-Night\/142340463143\">Which sci-fi doctor is LEAST likely to give you medical attention?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bostoncomiccon.com\/\">Boston Comic Con Wrap up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.airlockalpha.com\/node\/9085\/tv-star-trek-may-have-to-wait-until-after-movies.html\">Star Trek TV Series on hold again<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s fascinating guest is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sff.net\/people\/normanspinrad\/\">Norman Spinrad<\/a>: \u00a0author, essayist, and screenwriter. \u00a0Although he could not discuss his lost Star Trek script, <em>He Walked Among Us<\/em>, we could (and did) discuss his thoughts on the past, present, and future of the Sci-Fi genre. If you like what you hear, we recommend checking out Norman&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/normanspinradatlarge.blogspot.com\/\">blog<\/a>, which contains more of his thoughts as well as information about the digitization of many of his published works.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The saddest day of your life isn&#8217;t when you decide to sell out. The saddest day of your life is when you decide to sell out and nobody wants to buy.&#8221;&#8211;Norman Spinrad<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Correction: On this podcast we mistakenly state that J.J. Abrams directed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0910970\/\">Wall-E<\/a>. The film was actually directed by Andrew Stanton, but everything we said about it being awesome is still true.)<\/p>\n<span id=\"pod_audio_1\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5781-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast131.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast131.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast131.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast131.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast131.mp3&id=5781\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5781\" data-text=\"Talkcast 131: Norman Spinrad\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5781\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D5781&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa58918bee017c5e7f868ee5202be7840%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dmm%26r%3Dpg&#038;description=Talkcast%20131%3A%20Norman%20Spinrad\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poll:Which sci-fi doctor is LEAST likely to give you medical attention? 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