“Firefly” Star Nathan Fillion Appears In Podcast Novel
November 1, 2006 || Category: Podcasting | 6 Comments
Sci-fi action star makes cameo in hit “podiobook” series, 7th Son
Fresh from the first-ever launch party for a novel in the online community Second Life, the 7th Son podcast novel trilogy has achieved another “first” in podcast history: Actor Nathan Fillion, star of the TV sci-fi series “Firefly” and film “Serenity,” will appear in the [...]
Joe and Miranda, those fine folks from Fireflytalk and The Signal, now bring you the first podcast dedicated to the new hit NBC SF drama “Heroes called, The NINTH - A Heroes Podcast.
The cast is designed to keep all lovers of Heroes up-to-date weekly, airing every Monday before a new episode of the [...]
DragonPage.com Website Gets New Dynamic Makeover
September 19, 2006 || Category: Podcasting | 2 Comments
The Dragon Page, the site that started it all for fans of literary SF and Fantasy has been given a brand new look and total overhaul by Nina, our Webmistress and a former Slice of Scifi staff reporter Les Pole, The Dragon Page’s new News Manager.
The Dragon Page, one of many podcasts in the Farpoint [...]
7th Son, Book Two: Deceit - Launch Party
September 16, 2006 || Category: Podcasting | Leave a Comment
Six months ago, the story of the hit 7th Son sci-fi podiobook trilogy began: Seven clones were ripped away from their “normal” lives to hunt a ruthless criminal — the man they were cloned from, the man who masterminded the assassination of the President … John Alpha.
Listeners met John, Father Thomas, Kilroy2.0, Michael and the [...]
The Podcast & Portable Media Expo (PPME) is the place to be if you are in anyway involved with podcasting. This year, Tim Bourguin (director of PPME), has announced that the keynote speaker will be none other than Ronald D. Moore, executive producer of the Peabody Award winning show “Battlestar Galactica.”
Ron has his own [...]
Locus Online Features Parsec Awards Short List
August 9, 2006 || Category: Podcasting | Leave a Comment
We want to send out a special thanks to Locus Online and Locus Magazine for the wonderful write-up they did about the upcoming Parsec Awards for DragonCon, September 1 -4, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia (USA).
We also want to send out a congratulations to everyone at Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas, nominated for Best Fan Podcast Parsec Award. [...]
Podcasting Gains an Important Foothold Among U.S. Adult Online Population, According to Nielsen//NetRatings
July 12, 2006 || Category: Podcasting | Leave a Comment
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings & PRNEWSWIRE
From: Les Posen
Submitted by: Evo Terra (SoSF Co-host)
Podcasters Most Likely to Be Young, Apple Fans
NEW YORK, July 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Nielsen//NetRatings, a global leader in Internet media and market research, announced today that 6.6 percent of the U.S. adult online population, or 9.2 million Web users, have recently downloaded an audio podcast; [...]
I have no idea how they managed it, but the crazies at Tiki Bar TV snagged Nicki Clyne (Cally on Battlestar Galactica) to guest star in their most recent episode.
It’s Episode #17 called, coincidentally, Space Cadet.
Note: Tiki Bar TV is a light hearted show in which various forms of alcohol are featured. I think [...]
Trek Core and The Omega Sector is putting out it’s first Premiere Podcast on 15 June 2006. The show will cover all the latest Star Trek & Sci Fi News, TrekCore and Omega Sector news and events, Gaming News, a special review of the unaired TOS pilot “The Cage,” what’s going on in the [...]
I gotta a note from Julius of The Silent Universe and he asked me to make some things clear that may not have been so obvious from my original story.
It is apparent from the comments and emails I have been receiving that our readers may not be aware that there are both a FREE version [...]
The Silent Universe, which in my opinion, is one of the best dramatic podcasting programs on the net today has released its second episode and Slice of SciFi is honored to be the proud sponsors of this episode along with The Dragon Page.
Episode One, “Mission 256″ released in February 2006, was a huge success and [...]
The International Federation of Trekkers, the New Voyages Fan Club, is currently developing a new podcast for STAR TREK fans everywhere.
In its very early pre-production stages, the podcast is expected to feature IFT News and Events, Star Trek: New Voyages updates, general STAR TREK news and lots of other fun stuff.
The club has put the [...]
Submitted by: Summer Brooks (SoSF Producer)
In just a couple of months, when Ronald D, Moore and the creative writing and production staff behind the awarding winning SciFi Channel hit Battlestar Galactica get together to brainstorm about next season’s show, their entire session will be recorded for a podcast.
Recording sitdowns with cast and crew of a [...]
The Silent Universe To Offer Up More Format Choices
April 16, 2006 || Category: Podcasting | Leave a Comment
Written by: J. Marcus Xavier (of The Silent Universe)
After a successful premiere on February 15th, 2006 (a debut that earned about 2,500 downloads) the Silent Universe dramatic podcast is now available in two formats: as a (free) lo-fi mono podcast, and in CD-quality stereo ($2.49 to download, $1.49 per episode to subscribe). Listen and Compare!
Special [...]
Free Culture does an interview with our very own Michael R. Mennenga and Evo Terra of DragonPage podcasts : Slice of SciFi, Cover to Cover, Wingin It and PodioBooks. This was recorded in real time at the DracoVista Studios and professionally engineered by Mike himself.
Michael’s books, the different Dragon Page podcasts, and the [...]
Comics Publisher/Writer Larry Young Interviewed On Sturgeon’s Law Podcast
January 29, 2006 || Category: Podcasting | Leave a Comment
AiT/PlanetLar creator Larry Young sat down for a telephone interview with Sturgeon’s Law producer and editor R. Francis Smith this week, resulting in an audio interview podcast episode posted as Sturgeon’s Law #022 at the Sturgeon’s Law website and available via for podcast clients via its RSS feed as well as via iTunes, [...]
Scifi artist Tim Callender, actor Jeffrey Willerth and our very own Summer Brooks are bringing to all of us who loved and still miss Babylon 5 a brand new and shiny podcast dedicated to, what is in my opinion, one of the greatest scifi programs ever brought to any size screen.
If you feel the way [...]
If you have listened to our show here at Slice of Sci-Fi for any length of time then you are aware that Mike, Evo and all the staff love Sci-Fi and just about anything connected to it. Also, we enjoy promoting new avenues that can further bring the genre to a wider audience. [...]
Slice of Sci-Fi’s New Webpage Look - Tell Us What You Think
July 16, 2005 || Category: Podcasting | 1 Comment
As you can see, our new Webpage design is now a reality. I want to thank everyone that made suggestions, ideas and gave input. A special thanks goes out to our Department Head and Web-Queen Nina. Without her expertise and wizardry, none of this would have come to pass.
So, tell us what you think and [...]
Slice of Scifi nominated for Podcasts awards
July 15, 2005 || Category: Podcasting | Leave a Comment
Yesterday, the nominees for the podcast awards were announced at podcastconnect.com
Slice of Scifi has been nominated in two categories:
People Choice Podcast of the Year
Top Rated
Voting will start today at www.podcastawards.com.
So everybody go there and VOTE!!!
Slice of Sci-Fi Server Problems Have Been Resolved
July 14, 2005 || Category: Podcasting | 1 Comment
OH HAPPY DAY!
It appears that our server problems might be over. So far, two days in a roll have passed with the site not experiencing any problems and has been operating properly; accepting all news print without complication.
Tim Brazeal and his staff at Trek United (TU) have been working hard trying to resolve this [...]
Meet The Signal: the first podcast dedicated to the ‘verse of Firefly and Serenity.
Les Howard and Brad LeClerq seem to have something interesting and fun going. I know I’ll be listening…
Received an email today from a fan telling me they’ve nominated us for the 2005 TopCast awards. How very cool.
It appears as though anyone can nominate, though it isn’t clear if multiple nominations has any impact on the the outcome of individual awards. And while there is not “best sci-fi podcast”, there are a variety [...]
