Following the last season of Doctor Who Series 6 (aired in the sates by BBC America), Stephen Moffat and the BBC announced that the new/next/2012 season would not air until the Fall. This didn’t sit well with a lot of fans of the show, including me. It felt like a really long break to take, which meant that when the show came back, it would need to rebuild the momentum from the previous seasons, and deliver some truly strong episodes to propel it forward into the 50th anniversary year.
Did it?
I’m not so sure…
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In episode 155 of the SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester chats at WorldCon with author, editor and small press publisher Jennifer Brozek.
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In episode 154 of the SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester gathers a group of SFSignal folks to discuss: History That Never Happened, Our Favorite Alternate History Stories.
Alternate histories play a big part in SF&F – what are some of your favorites?
Why? What made them stand out to you?
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In episode 153 of the SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester chats with author Patrick Rothfuss.
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In episode 152 of the SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester gathers authors James Enge and Howard Andrew Jones along with Blackgate Magazine’s Publisher and Editor John O’Neill for a very special Live Panel at WorldCon / Chicon 7. Together, we discuss: Middle Eastern culture and fantasy, Tolkien, European-centric fantasy, Sinbad, Disney movies (specifically, Jafar), the history of Black Gate Magazine, sword and sorcery, being a short story editor, critiquing, Worldcon and much, much more.
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Growing up in Fresno, I had to make a choice when it came to afternoon cartoons. Two fantastic shows were opposite each other on the local independent stations; Transformers on one, Robotech on the other. Having seen a lot of Transformers already, I chose Robotoech. Here’s a great capture of the opening credits…
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Oh, brother. I remember this cartoon! Do you?
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In episode 151 of the SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester presents the first of many WorldCon interviews. Today, he chats with award winning author Jay Lake.
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A new trailer is out for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey!
“…far to the east, over ranges and rivers, lies a single, solitary peak…”
Check it out after the jump!
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I have absolutely no memory of this cartoon whatsoever, but it looks cool!
“Eyes of the hawk, strength of the bear, speed of the puma!”
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I can see it now – in a Hollywood exec’s office, someone said, “Let’s see how far we can stretch a few catch phrases…”
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In episode 150 of the SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester gathers a panel to discuss the 2012 WorldCon (Chicon7), their experiences, panels and the Hugo Awards.
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I’ve always said, we need more cowboys in space…
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Wow. This is one I don’t remember ever seeing!
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In episode 149 of the SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester sits down to chat with Ari Marmell, author of the Corvis Rebaine Novels from Spectra, the Widdershins Novels from PYR and several role playing game tie-in novels including Darksiders: The Abomination Vault and Agents of Artifice.
Edit: All frontlist PYR eBooks are available in the Kindke store the same day as the OFFICIAL release date. This has been the case for some time. They are working their way through a huge backlist but there are now 105+ PYR eBooks in the Kindle and Nook store.
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In episode 148 of the SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester sits down to chat with Singer/Songwriter John Anealio
About John Anealio:
With little more than an alternate-tuned acoustic guitar and a dog-eared copy of The Hobbit, Sci-Fi Songwriter John Anealio composes and performs geeky anthems for writers, librarians, lovers of Science Fiction, Best Buy customers, and robots. His music sounds like John Mayer, Weezer, and James Taylor playing Dungeons and Dragons together on their iPhones. He is the Co-Host of The Functional Nerds Podcast
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What happens when you take Nolan’s Batman and Bane and add in a little Burt Ward Robin?
In a word…awwwkward!
And NSFW.
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In episode 147 of the SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester gathers a panel to discuss: The Best Debut Novel You Have Ever Read, Part 2:
Everyone has to start somewhere, even authors. With so many debut books being published every year, they can’t all be spectacular, although they’re entertaining. But there’s always a few that stand out from the pack and make you go, “Whoa!” after you finish.
Q: What’s the best debut novel you’ve ever read?
Why? What made it stand out to you?
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Time and the Associated Press are reporting a story about a Pakistani engineer who claims to have invented a water-fueled car. That would definitely be science fiction becoming science fact right before our eyes (if it’s true).
From the story:
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials who have failed for years to fix the country’s rampant energy shortages have latched on to a local engineer’s dubious claim to have invented a water-fueled car, sparking criticism from experts who bemoan what the episode says about the sorry state of the government.
Excitement over the supposed discovery has been fueled by sensationalist TV talk show hosts, who have hailed the middle-aged engineer, Agha Waqar Ahmed, as a national hero and gushed about the billions of dollars Pakistan could save on oil imports.
Okay.
But while a water-fueled car would be cool (it’s not a freaking jet-pack people!), I can’t seem to get the sound of Hyde’s voice out of my head. (From That 70′s Show)
“I’m telling you. The government has a car that runs on water, man…”
(check it out after the cut)
What do you think? Water-fueled car yes or no?
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