Hi Sam, On 4/27/07 you posted a story about upcoming work on developing Star Trek type “shields” for spacecraft. See LINK. Their first experiment was surprisingly successful. “Quirks and Quarks” on the CBC recently interviewed one of the lead scientists on the project, and their story is available as an mp3 (22mb) (about 10... 

Hi guys. I’ve been a long time listener of Slice and wanted to drop you all a note to thank you for the great podcast. A while back, I heard about “Star Trek: Continuing Mission” by an interview done on one of your shows, and I recently got in touch with the producers. It seems like they have launched a new web site called “TCM... 

OK, Fellow Geeks, I have a resolution for all of you old enough to have jobs and know what stuff costs. It’s time to start the “Five Bucks a Month” campaign for our friends at Slice of SciFi (SoSF)! Our friends Mike, Summer, Sam and Brian work their butts off every week to bring us news, movies and a lot of laughs. This doesn’t... 

Hey Sam, I didn’t see this posted yet so I thought I’d give you a heads up. As part of the ongoing WGA strike, a group of show-runners gathered and decided to give the fans a target for all there pent-up frustrations. According to a post by Joss Whedon over at Whedonesque.com, fans are being encouraged to send pencils to the six... 

I saw no need to spruce this up as an article. The fanmail I received said it all: To: Sam - From MacWorld (http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/11/13/marvel/index.php?lsrc=mcrss) Marvel Comics offers digital archive subscriptions By Peter Cohen Marvel Comics on Tuesday announce the launch of Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited(http://www.marvel.com/digitalcomics).... 

Hi Sam! I noticed your site has been on top of news surrounding the new X-Files movie and I was wondering if you knew about the X-Files Complete Collector’s Edition. Basically Fox is releasing the entire series — all nine seasons — plus the movie in one huge DVD box set, and we’d love to get your honest review of the series. The set... 

Written by: Macgyver (SoSF Fan Contributor) A history of fans getting their gorram show back, and the latest campaign that you can help out with – The letter writing campaign It’s 1968, your a geek, and you have one thing to obsess over. Gene Roddenberry’s “wagon train to the stars” Star Trek. The opening titles promise... 

Michael Tiernan was one of our lucky winners in the recent Naked Archaeologist Contest we ran. Here was his reaction to the prize arriving at his front door. Oh MY GOD!!!!!!!! I can’t believe I won a backpack!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS SO COOL!!!!!!!!! while [ grateful ] ; do echo “Thank you!!!!!” done –Michael C Tiernan  Read More →

MY NAME IS BRUCE! I’d have called it in for the voicemail show, but my phone isn’t working. Check out this plot description – B Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon. -Brian Webber Thanks for the tip Brian. I did some checking... 

Can I humbly suggest that you run, not walk, to go see “Stardust” this week? It’s everything you loved about the first “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie plus a great Neil Gaiman twist on a fairy tale. It’s been fairly well reviewed by the mainstream media, though they really don’t get it. My non-geek husband... 

Submitted by: Kurt (SoSF Fan) Bloomsbury Publishing is delighted to announce that now everyone will be able to hear J K Rowling read from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, in a live webstream from the Natural History Museum in London at the precise moment it is published - 12.01am bst on Saturday 21st July 2007 Ten years after publication of Harry... 

Hey Slicers, I’m a new listener to your Farpoint podcasts, and have to say I am very impressed. I am forty nine and have just recently been given a iPod for my birthday from my twelve year old daughter. (I bought it myself, after her telling me. “Dude, you SOOOOO need this”) yes, I reached that point in my life where I went from dad... 

I’m writing this since I couldn’t get through on the voice mail line. You guys have had a couple errors in your reporting on Transformers the Movie and Transformers: Heroes. First off, Peter Cullen and Frank Welker only did the voices for Optimus Prime and Megatron respectively in the Original 1984 cartoon. The new movie and associated video... 

Hello Mike and Slicers, Like me you all like “Torchwood” — of course we know it aired late last year (around December in the U.K.) and I remember this quote from your December show: ” Eric in Sydney highly recommends “Torchwood”… too bad it’ll never air on US television” Well I just found out that BBC... 

Sam, Could you please advise your multitude of Aussie readers that Season 3 of Doctor Who starts this week in Australia. The Doctor Who Christmas 2006 episode ‘The Runaway Bride’ is on at 8:30pm tomorrow (Thursday) and the first episode of Season 3 is on at 7:30pm this Saturday, coincidentally the day the final episode shows in the UK. ... 

Hey Gang, Just wanted to say thanks for the interview with Tanya Huff and the information on Blood Ties. I must admit that when I first heard about this series I, incorrectly, assumed since it was on Lifetime that it was some romance style show with a vampire or two thrown in as a plot device. After hearing from the author and the recommendations... 

Hi Mike, In a recent Voicemail show a listener sent a comment about how Blockbuster had supposedly gone bankrupt in Brazil due to competition from pirate DVDs. I don’t know where he heard that, but it’s not true, the chain is actually growing. My sister is a regular customer, and you can find the Brazilian Blockbuster website at www.blockbuster.com.br Still,... 

Submitted by: Sharon Snyder (SoSF Fan Contributor) James Marsters (”Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel”) will be playing a one-off concert in Cardiff on Saturday, July 21. He will be appearing at The Point in Mount Stuart Square in Cardiff. Tickets cost £20 (subject to booking fee) and are now on sale from The Point. Full... 

Dear Mike, Summer, and Sam, My kids have started to make me wait to listen to your podcast when they are in the van and wanted me to send you the pix I took of them with R2D2. Sam if you happen to get to Omaha some time it is at the corner of dodge and 50th street. Keep up the good work! Emily [Click on Image to Enlarge View]  Read More →

Our good friend Lora Friedenthal sent us a piece of neat info about some other downloading options for your TiVo. Here is what she had to say, followed by the link that will tell you a lot more about it. You can now sign up to have videos from Unbox download to your tivo. However, if you buy a rental, you have 30 days from the purchase date to watch... 

To: Sam This Business Week article ‘Google Steps Into Microsoft’s Office’ is interesting because it is the first time I have seen a rather large corporate entity (Pixar/Disney) express an interest in moving to a non-Microsoft, Web-based platform like Google Apps for your Domain. The other interesting point to note is published user-base... 

To Slice of Sci Fi: I thought you guys might get a kick out of these photographs of an Acura NSX concept. In my opinion, the rear end of the car looks somewhat like Cylon raider. Check out the full design of the 2008 Acura NSX HERE: I’ve been listening to you for about one year. You guys do a great job! Give my best to Joe. I attended Dragon*Con... 

We received this from our Slice Fan Mailbag and, on a certain level, we agree with the writer. The re-imagined “Battlestar Galactica” is not your 1970’s BSG and is not intended for all members of the family. It is darker, grittier, sexier and more realistic to the basic flaws of real human nature, where, like in real life, it is hard... 

One of our U.K. Slice of SciFi fans from Bristol by the name of Liam massaged our egos with an email lauding our work here and on the show, but above and beyond that he shared an article from the BBC that sounds very promising. Here it is straight off of the BBC Newswire: BBC moves to file-sharing sites Hundreds of episodes of BBC programmes will be... 

Marc Waldman wrote: Mike, Just wanted to let you know that I have been listening to your show for about 2 months now (Just recently got into listening to podcast) and thoroughly enjoy every episode. Recently the Sci Fi channel has been promoting their new up and coming lineup (I specifically have eagerly been waiting for the Dresden Files, I am a... 

Trek To The Troops is in the forefront of helping GI’s, airmen and sailors all over the world receive care packages that allow them to get a small taste of home, while they are so very far away. Here is just one sample of the many letters sent by soldiers and Marines who wish to thank Chris Mulrooney and all the hard working staff at Trek To The... 

Written by: Paul (SoSF Fan) If you read Whedonesque, then you know what’s been happening with Universal, but if not, here’s the scoop: Universal has started sending “cease and desist” orders to Browncoats who are producing unofficial merchandise. It’s come to a head with 11th Hour, who really kicked off the original guerilla... 

Source: World Screen Submitted by: Greg & Alison of Australia (SoSF Fans) SYDNEY - FOXTEL is set launch a science fiction channel in Australia on December 1 featuring content such as the acclaimed series The 4400 and the entire Star Trek library. The 24-hour SCI FI channel will also feature Medium, all of the Star Trek franchise television series... 

Written by: Tom Feran (Cleveland Plain Dealer Columnist) Submitted by: Roger (SoSF Fan) After five years and a few more days, maybe enough time has passed to bring up an odd fact about Sept. 11, 2001, and the attack they said no one possibly could have imagined. Six months before it happened, it was on TV. Imagine that. It was such an eerie coincidence,... 

Submitted by: Kurt Armbruster (SoSF Fan) Source: © CBC News [The Associated Press] Universal Music Group, the world’s largest record company, contends the wildly popular Web sites YouTube and MySpace are violating copyright laws by allowing users to post music videos and other content involving Universal artists. “We believe these new... 

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