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.:Slice of SciFi “Search Engine”:.
Have you racked your brain wondering where an article on your favorite subject might be located here on the Slice of SciFi website? As the news manager I know I sure have. I have written and posted from our reporters literally hundreds of articles over the past 15 months that even I loose track of where a particular story might be found.
Located just in the upper right hand corner of the home page is the SoSF Index Tool Bar where you can find a Search Window. You can type in a key word or sentence pertaining to the subject you are interested in and then click GO. If we have done a story on it, the engine will take you to every article pertaining to your interested subject.
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.:What is Slice of Sci-Fi?:.
“Slice of SciFi” originally began as the voice of the SAVE ENTERPRISE campaign of Spring 2005, when loyal Star Trek fans rallied to the cause of saving a cancelled “Star Trek: Enterprise” series, and garner it a previously highly-anticipated 5th season. When that campaign fell on deaf Paramount ears, despite its success in generating fan support and unprecedented fan funding, “Slice of SciFi” continued to support the Star Trek fan base that had given it it’s starting point, but branched out into the wider arena of science fiction, fantasy and horror media: television, film, comics, and new media such as fan films, audio dramas, online animated comics and more.
The show was so popular, and garnered so much fan feedback that eventually, it was necessary to spin off the Voicemail Show, dedicated just to fan feedback, in order to keep the original show from consistently hitting running times of 90 minutes or more! Both “Slice of SciFi” and it’s Voicemail Show are fan favorites, and appeal to SF media geeks of all ages.
The funny, irreverent but always relevent discussion from show hosts Michael R. Mennenga, Summer Brooks and Brian Brown always make for lively entertainment. Interviews with today’s top stars and genre production professionals, such as Ira Steven Behr, Walter Koenig, Jim Butcher, Samuel L. Jackson, Katee Sackhoff and an array of other who’s who in show business, are always on the cutting edge and timely.
In December 2005, “Slice of SciFi” made the jump to broadcast, finding an additional home on XM Satellite Radio, Channel 163 (Sonic Theater), and opening up a whole new fan base at the same time. The program has also found a place on terrestrial FM radio stations.
The show’s website doubles as an online news magazine, with FarPoint Media’s executive
news director Samuel K. Sloan managing a team of reporters dedicated to bringing fans the latest news and developments in SF television and film, in science, technology, space exploration, and more. Sam also puts together the script for each week’s show.
.:What’s it about podcasting ?:.
Podcasting has become one of those litmus tests that separates the geeks from those less technically savvy. Which kinda ticks me off, ‘cuz it’s ain’t that hard. The problem is that it’s REALLY bleeding edge, and no one has put it into simple terms.
I’m a simple guy, so I’ll take up the task at hand and ’splain it for you. And I’ll try and use small words and the fewest number of acronyms as possible.
What is Podcasting?
Hey, I already covered that. If you want to know what it is, read the post I made earlier in October for a completely non-technical overview of Podcasting. If you want to know how to listen to a podcast, read on!
Listening to a podcast
This is no different from listening to anything pre-recorded. For example: You listen to taped recordings with… a tape player. You listen to records (remember records?) with… a record player. You listen to CDs with… a CD player. And you listen to podcasts with… a podcast player.
1. Find a podcast player.
There are plenty around. ITunes might surely be among the most popular, and most RSS readers are able to catch podcast feeds nowadays as well.
2. Feed your podcast player
The mechanics here are 1) copying a link 2) pasting it in your podcast feeder. How uncomplicated.
That’s it! You have to do NOTHING else. Other than wait. It take a little time for the podcaster to go to the site and check us out. You can hit the [Check feeds] button and it may speed things up, but you kinda have to wait. Be patient and it will come in.
3. Go get more!
There are several directories which show what’s online today. Search, look and find. You’ll see more and more in the coming weeks and months.
4. Check it when you feel like it!
The beauty of podcasting is to allow you to listen to your favorite shows on YOUR schedule. You can transfer them to your mp3 player of choice (I don’t even have one) or just listen on your computer. That’s what I do.
5. Enjoy your moments of Zen.
See you on the podcast!
.:What is a “podiobook”?:.
Podiobooks is a term coined by Evo Terra, formally of The Dragon Page and Slice of Scifi, to describe serialized audio books which are made available in podcast format. Subscribers to the podcast feed for each book will receive a new chapter each and every week. Some listeners keep it on their computers, some transfer the book to CD, but most (hopefully) transfer the file on to their mp3 player so they can listen no matter where they are.
All the books you’ll find on podiobooks.com are provided by the authors to you for free. Many authors do this to get exposure for their work, others do it in the hopes you’ll buy their next work in development. Still others simply do it for the sheer joy of writing. And while it’s not required, you have the option to donate money to the author of your choice. When you consider that audio books run usually 50% more than their hard cover counterparts… we hope you’ll be generous. Authors receive one half of all the proceeds from the donations from listeners. The other half goes to the maintenance and upkeep of podiobooks.com.
Thanks for giving our site a try. We hope you find podiobooks as infectious as we have!
