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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
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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
50. April 2010
The
Ethics Of First Contact
Description from the Boskone 47 pocket program: "First
Contact between humans and aliens is one of the lasting tropes of
SF. "Lasers first" or "We come in Peace"?
Sometimes the advanced aliens contact us primitive humans, and
sometimes space-faring humans are doing the contacting. But once
contact has happened, what is the moral dimension? Should an
advanced race always hide itself from markedly less advanced
races for fear of stunting their natural growth? Can it ever be
moral to leave individuals in primitive poverty simply in hopes
that their descendants might one day develop their own culture?
Is the Prime Directive nothing but heartless selfishness? Can
advanced peoples colonize a planet inhabited by primitives and
live in peace with them? Is there any right answer here?
Are there any useful object lessons from Terran history?"
Panel members: Walter H. Hunt (m), Allen M. Steele, Vernor Vinge
Also
available as a mp3 audio file
51. May 2010
The
Best Science Fiction Of 2009
Description from the ARISIA 2010 program schedule.
"What's outstanding in SF this year? Discuss the books and
short fiction you're likely to hear about as nominations for
Hugos and other awards for 2009 are made. What might you miss
without the recommendations from our panelists?" Panel
members: Gardner
Dozois, James L.
Cambias, Alexander
Jablokov, Candra Gill
Also
available as a mp3 audio file
52. June 2010
Live
at the Sci Fi Saturday Night Podcast
From the Brighton / Allston Hellmouth studios outside of
Boston, MA the May 22, 2010 episode of Sci Fi Saturday
Night with special guest Michael Dougherty, Producer
/ Director of the upcoming Firefly universe fan film BROWNCOATS REDEMPTION.
Also
available as a mp3 audio file
53. July 2010
Fangs
For The Memories
Panel discussion at ARISIA 2010. Description from the
program guide ...What makes "True Blood" distinctive
among movies and TV shows about vampires? Is it just an
"alternate lifestyle?" Can't we all just get along? And
why are vampires so hot right now? Is this the best of the best,
or do they have some toothy competition? Panel members: Karen
Purcell DVM, Misty
Pendragon, Susan
Hanniford Crowley (m), Mark
L. Amidon, Aimee
Bouchard
Also
available as a mp3 audio file
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