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SCIENCE FICTION FANDOM is a series of TV shows showing activities at various Science Fiction Conventions (Cons) that have taken place in the Boston, Massachusetts, USA area. The show was created for, and originally broadcast on Malden Access TV, but is available for broadcast on other cable access stations. The shows below are in Real Player format. A broadband connection is needed to view them.
48. January 2010
Welcome To The Dollhouse
Discussion panel at ARISIA 2010. Description from the program book: "Did
"Dollhouse" improve in its second season before being canceled? Why
has this been such a hard sell for audiences that loved Joss Whedon's earlier
show, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer?" Should people be able to give up
responsibility for their actions by renting their bodies out?" Panel
members: Misty Pendragon, Howard G. Beatman, Mark L. Amidon, Brenna Levitin
& Eric "In The Elevator" Zuckerman.
Also available as a mp3 audio file.
49. March 2010
Keynote Speech at Boskone
47 .. Tom Shippey
Description from the pocket program: “Our Special Guest looks back on 50
rewarding years of being a SF fan, and 40 much less rewarding years of being a
professor of English, and asks: what created SF? And what made it so different,
and so fascinating? It’s no good asking the professors. SF has produced a
string of visions, shared and developed by a host of authors, but some of these
are now running out of conviction (like NASA). What could give SF a boost? Are
we looking at ‘Day Million’ or ‘The Dying Earth’?”
Also available as a mp3
audio file
For more information on the BOSKONE
science fiction convention click here.
For more information on the NOREASCON4 convention click here
For more information on UNITED FAN CON click here
For more information on ARISIA '07 click here
For more information on Pi-Con click here
If you are a fan of Farscape or Firefly / Serenity
you may enjoy listening to the podcasts:
The ScapeCast: http://www.scapecast.org
The Signal: http://www.serenityfirefly.com
For more information on the show, SCIENCE FICTION FANDOM, contact the producer, Richard Amirault ( ramirault_at_verizon_dot_net )
