FantaSci Cafe: Knowledgy

This was supposed to be the 'quick' episode, but it still stretches to almost 30 minutes. When I get talking I just can't stop.

For those who want to read the Twenty Things for themselves, you can find them here at Discover Magazine and if you want to see this torn apart, the io9.com article is here .

The Guild can be found here and God, Inc. is right here.

FantaSci Cafe: Shadowy Flight

This week's discussion is all over the board. First Sean discusses what he feels is bloating of Sci-Fi books. He quotes all sorts of statistics that he mainly got from the website Beneath the Cover. He goes on to say Harry Potter did a disservice to the Fantasy genre and claims Asimov hates the money he earned by selling the rights to his stories and books to have them turned into movies that had nothing to do with the original works. Yeah, if you want to beat up on him, his email address is sdf2008@gmail.com.

The books mentioned were Ilium by Dan Simmons, Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton, Web of Angels by John M. Ford, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr., and Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein.

Knight Rider swoops in to save the day and prevent the villagers from storming the cafe with pitchforks and torches. The trailer for the new series is located here.

For the Best of the Week Sean mentions http://www.piratesonline.com and Jane Espenson's Blog.

FantaSci Cafe: BD Terminator

Ahh... the show notes for the second episode of FantaSci Cafe: BD Terminator.

First the important link... the tea: Moroccan Pomegranate Red served with orange peel and sweetened with marmalade. Quite tasty and has nothing to do with Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror.

For more information and discussion about Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles I refer you to the following sites.

http://sarahconnor.wetpaint.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator:_The_Sarah_Connor_Chronicles

And if you are hankering for screenshots and information about the Hellboy videogame, you can find it here.

FantaSci Cafe: Dragons and Monday

Here it is, the very first episode of FantaSci Cafe: Dragons and Monday

In the premiere episode, I discuss the movies Dragonlance and The Girl from Monday. The opening music is provided by Eric Seilnacht from Podsafe Music Network. While I state that I learned about Dragonlance from Whedonesque.com, I really learned about it first way back in June from Dimfuture.net.

The YouTube videos I mentioned are linked below.

Dragonlance live action trailer
Impossible Cast for Dragonlance

The two books I mention in relation to The Girl from Monday are Scorch by A.D. Nauman and Jennifer Government by Max Barry - both good reads for those who like dystopia fiction regarding the near future.