Sci-Fi Saturday Night

Mime Very Own Book Facebook Poll Mal Reynolds is the most macho man in sci fi. RIP Nicol Williamson. The 10 Most Undignified Deaths in Sci-Fi. Casting for Green Arrow. ABC orders Beauty and the Beast pilot. NBC orders pilot for Beautiful People. Divorce destroys Star Trek Dream Home, which took 10 years to build. Starship Enterprise Table. Iron Sky debuts at Berlin Film Festival. “Ever Wonder What Uranus Tastes Like?” Doug Jones joins us to talk about his new book, Mime Very Own Book, a coffee table book in which he depicts famous and infamous people and events in classic Doug Jones fashion. We talked about his previous work, including the just wrapped Neighborhood Watch, which opens in July, 2012. We also discussed why At The Mountains of Madness was shelved. He shares some “secrets” of his prosthetic work in Hellboy and the choices between special effects and makeup, and gives us a little tease about Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Frankenstein project.

 This week’s Facebook poll: The Raven is our readers’ favorite Poe story. The CW orders Green Arrow pilot and a reboot of Beauty and the Beast. SyFy’s Swamp Volcano & Arachnoquake. Will George Lucas stop making movies? Spielberg on Robopocalypse. Eight years ago, Paramount lost the rights to John Carter of Mars. Marcus Nispel directing Hack/Slash. BBC’s Sherlock confirmed for a third season. FDR American Badass, the most recent alternate history film. MMA Fighter Gina Carano vies to play Wonder Woman. Our guest is writer and artist Ben Templesmith. We reminisced about meeting Ben two years ago at Boston Comic Con, and his participation in our Jeanne Robinson fundraiser jam sketches. (Adding color isn’t cheating Ben!) We examined why 30 Days of Night (the book and/or the movie) didn’t feel like a huge career boost. Ben mentioned that Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse would definitely be continued, and when asked about his artistic inspiration, didn’t miss a beat in naming Ralph Steadman. Meet Ben in April, at Boston Comic Con.

Facebook poll: According to our listeners the best movie of 2011 was Super 8. Robert Downey Jr.’s plans for Iron Man III. J.J.Abrams revelas more about Star Trek 2. New Star Wars live action TV show to be named Underworld. Invent the real Star Trek Tricorder to win the next X Prize. Fox announces the end of Fringe. Face Off Season Two. Lost Girl on SyFy. Unicorn Poop Cookies and Darth Vader Burgers. Resa Nelson returns to the talkcast to talk about the release of book two in her Drangonslayer Series, The Iron Maiden. In addition to her new book, she discussed the metaphoric similarities between the process of writing and blacksmithing. Her stories of her own blacksmithing experience are as engaging as her books.

Edgar's Comics by David Johnson In this week’s SFSN Facebook Poll, The Restaurant At The Edge Of The Universe is the finest place to have a drink on New Years Eve.  The Alien Brothel. Dollhouse’s Dichen Lachman is a new character on SyFy’s Being Human. Kickstarter Project fully funded for Lachman’s  film, Sunday Punch. Benedict Cumberpatch and Noel Clarke cast in the new Star Trek. Star Trek Online is now free. Raiders of the Lost Ark compared to older adventure movies. Our guest, David Johnson, is the writer, producer and director of the film Edgar’s Comics. The movie is a narrative documentary which explores two influential events in comic book collecting history. The first, is the accumulation of Edgar Church’s collection, and the second is it’s discovery by Chuck Rozanski. A Kickstarter Project is David’s effort to continue this movie to completion.

Huldufolk by Rob Watts This week’s  SFSN Facebook Poll reveals Patrick Stewart should play The Dome in his biopic! The Top 5 Hard Science Retractions of 2011. Ghost Rider creator loses lawsuit. Buy a Batman print and help a talented artist with her medical bills. Pirates of Penzance meets Firefly. The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe hits record low ratings. Cruise ships follow The Titanic. Doctor Who MMO Worlds In Time. Neverending Story E-Reader cover. The Hobbit trailer. Our guest is Rob Watts author of Huldufolk, a horror novel set in both Iceland and Massachusetts. He is also a musician and songwriter for The Traffic Lights, an Icelandic Trance band whose music is integral to the book. Currently, the book and CD can only be purchased together. Go watch the teaser to get a taste of the book’s deliciously creepy setting.

Kasey Shoemaker Last Minute Geek Gifts: Dead RedHead – Plush Cthulhu Illustrator X – Creations from Mike Brown  Lance Henriksen Near Dark print AwakeByJava – The Olloclip Dome – Ben Bova’s Power Play Nancy Drew Vampire Slayer Doctor Who updates for Amy and Rory, Matt Smith, and a hint about a new Doctor. STOS solar powered mailbox 3-D movies, Joss’ opinion and The Avengers. NYCC Geek Speed Dating update on TLC. Edgar’s Comics, the movie. Author Kasey Shoemaker joined us to talk about her new novel, Silver Vengeance, the first of four books in The Silver Series. She discussed the setting in New England and why it is important to this series.We also talked about writers moving out from behind their computers into the public, and different reactions from their audience.

Kristi Petersen Schoonover This week’s SFSN FaceBook Poll result: The ultimate Joker was Mark Hamill. This week’s Holiday Geeky Gift Ideas: Dead RedHead - The Walking Dead graphic novels. AwakeByJava – Glitch, the snarky fun (free) MMORPG. Dome – Smallville: The Complete Series on DVD. Kriana – Soft Kitty Singing Plush. Illustrator X – Classic Shogun Warriors. Zombrarian – Keyboard Cat: The Toy. Double Midnight Comics: ‘Twas The Wednesday Before Christmas Marvel to release four issue canon prequel to The Avengers movie. RIP  Joe Simon, co-creator of Capt. America. Portman angry at being fired from Thor 2. Two classic Doctor Who episodes discovered! Kavalier and Clay to become a mini-series. George Takei asks us to “Kill Twilight”. Dracula 3-D with Rutger Hauer. Raiders of The Lost Ark opening in stop motion animation. Incredible trailer for The Narrative of Victor Karloch. Community has been conjuring Beetlejuice for 3 seasons. American Horror Story house is for sale. Our guest tonight is author Kristi Petersen Schoonover. We talked about, her writing style, what makes her stories so unique and briefly about her upcoming book, Bad Apple. Also check out our review of her current novel,  Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole - Tales from Haunted Disney World.

This week’s Holiday Gift Ideas: Dome – Futurama Monopoly Kriana -Knitted Superhero Finger Puppets Java – glif and gorillapod Dead RedHead – Fritz Leiber This week’s SFSN Facebook Poll: Favorite Animated Sci-Fi Movie was a tie between Heavy Metal and The Incredibles. BBC’s Sherlock Holmes returns. Starship Troopers director also did The Fast and the Furious. Guy Ritchie to direct The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Another Philip K. Dick movie in pre-production. Harrison Ford begins a film set in space for the first time since Star Wars. Star Trek Two Cabin In The Woods trailer. RIP Jerry Robinson, creator of The Joker. Justin Bieber kills Steampunk. Legendary actor Lance Henriksen and writer Joe Maddrey join us to talk about their new book, Not Bad for a Human: the uncensored, unabashed and amazing story of Lance’s life and times. We discuss the process of putting the book together. Lance also told us about his “Alimony Movies”, Aliens, Millennium, Pumpkinhead, and a new project called Bring Me The Head of Lance Henriksen. Check out the Millennium fan site, Back To Frank Black. Also, get your limited edition copy of Not Bad for a Human while supplies last!

Blood Feud by Steven Roman Rocky Horror Picture Show voted Best Musical in this week’s SFSN Facebook Poll. Previous Guest Michael J. Sullivan’s book launched this week. Watchmen 2. Why are ghosts so horny on American Horror Story? Original work print of Manos: Hands of Fate found. Mid-Season Finale of The Walking Dead. Action Comics #1 sells for 2.16 Million. The Munsters has a director. Holiday Gift Ideas: Kriana – iPad Illustrator X – Rare Harlan Ellison Book Sale Dead RedHead – Han Solo in Carbonite Chocolate AwakeByJava – Multi-touch Keyboard and Mouse Dome – Batman Cosplay Slanket Steven Roman Our guest is Steven Roman, author of the series The Saga of Pandora Zwieback. He talks about the process of putting together his series and his association with artist Bob Larkin. We also discussed the genesis of the main character, Pandora, and the New York underground in which much of the first book is set. We also talk about his work in the comic industry, his own art, and his company Starwarp Concepts.  

Coderunner This week’s SFSN Facebook Poll reveals that our listeners believe Audrey II is the hungriest Sci Fi character. Diablo Cody says the new Evil Dead has maximum gore. Spider Man the Musical in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. No one injured – this time. David Mack’s Kabuki featured in Dexter.  Twilight movie causes seizures. The Walking Dead. Anne McCaffery dies at age 85. H.R. Gigier’s Aliens On Ice. Grimm vs. Once Upon A Time. Area 51 Mocumentary comes to TV. Will there be Tribbles in the next Star Trek movie? Jeff Macpherson as DeepFive Our guest is Jeff MacPherson, the infamous Doctor Tiki, from Tikibar TV. He reminisces about his days at the Tiki bar and introduces us to his new game for iPhone and iPad, Coderunner.  In Coderunner, you are a spy for the government in an Orwellian world. The game combines elements of augmented reality and classic dystopian themes in a way that creates a very personal and unique experience.  You can find Coderunner on Facebook, Twitter and it’s official website. Also stay tuned for AwakeByJava’s upcoming review.

This week’s SFSN Facebook Poll. Silver Circle submitted to thet SXSW Film Festival. Doctor Who Movie will have NOTHING to do with the TV series. Hunger Games releases their first trailer. Asa Butterfield will be Ender in Ender’s Game. M.Night Shymalan teams up with  Will and Jayden Smith. Bryan Fuller is re-booting The Munsters. Kristen Stewart in Akira. Star Trek II will not be called Star Trek II. Our guest, author Michael J. Sullivan, talks candidly about the trials of bringing his writing to the public. He shared with us the process of his 6 self published books being picked up by a publisher and combined into 3. He also answered our questions about his style and the choices he made with his characters and narrative. Check Michael out at Goodreads, and purchase Theft of Swords.  

Third Wave by Dave Gordon   This week’s SFSN Face book Poll. We are in love with Boston Comic Con. Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham. Once More With Feeling, the most musical episode of Buffy turns 10.  Godzilla. again. Marvel’s ALIAS coming to TV. SyFy will begin airing Lost Girl in January. Ridley Scott’s Bladerunner sequel is starting up and he discusses the Prometheus prequel. It’s an ubercool Farnsworth iPhone app. DS9 now available on Netflix. Stephen King’s Under The Dome comes to Showtime. J.J. Abrams wants Benicio del Toro  as the next Trek villain. Will Tennant star in Fright Night 2? AwakeByJava suggests you see the Babbage Analytical Engine.   Our guest is Dave Gordon whom we met at The Great New England Steampunk Exhibition. Dave talks about his career and how science fiction and steampunk have influenced him. He discusses his Muybridge Online Archive as well as his various installations and his current residency at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation. As a bonus, Zombrarian has found a Muybridge Knitting Pattern.

This Week’s SFSN Facebook Poll: Our fans’  favorite character to come back from the dead is Buffy Summers. RIP – Richard Gordon, creator of Fiend Without A Face and Dragstrip Girl. Kate Beckinsale is 3D in Underworld Awakening. Networks see Grimm and Once Upon A Time as the same? Women have their pick of guys at comic cons… but do they want them? American Horror Story renewed as ratings continue to grow. The next Twilight Zone movie produced by Leo DiCaprio. I, Frankenstein stars Aaron Eckhart. A British man thought the moon was a UFO. Your flying car is waiting, Mr. Jetson. Anne Rice picks a fight with Stephanie Meyer. Our guest is long time friend of the show, Bob Shaw: the man behind Comic Art House, and one of the coordinators of Boston ComicCon. Tonight he brings us the first official news about this event. One of the biggest additions to the show is an original art auction, the sole purpose of which is to help defray the rising costs of a quickly expanding convention. We also discussed part of the list of confirmed guests. Boston Comic Con will be held on April 21-22 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The confirmed guests include: Skottie Young David Peterson Craig Rousseau Billy Tucci Todd DeZago Norman Lee Herb Trimpe Cliff Chaing Sergio Aragones Sara Richard Jason Pierson Tim Sale Renee De Liz (Womanthology) Roger Andrews TJ Dort & Joe Haley Ken Branch Charles Paul Wilson III

This week’s Facebook SFSN Poll winner is The Gunslinger. The new Miyazaki Trailer. Dark Tower headed to HBO. Alice Cooper to be in Dark Shadows. Steven Spielberg hated Indiana Jones IV. Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing. The official website. Ender’s Game release date announced. The theory behind building a space station on an asteroid. Once Upon A Time. The Walking Dead  Season 3. Romero’s The Zombie Autopsies. Great New Product: Open the pod bay doors, iPhone.

Kathleen Marden & The Dome This week’s SFSN Facebook Poll – Name your favorite evil robot. The Walking Dead, Season begins with 2 record ratings. American Horror Story Scarlett Johansson’s catsuit and other Marvel(s) for sale. Michael Bay says no to Transformers 4. BSG – The Movie to be written by John Orloff. Joss Whedon and Warren Ellis together for the new Wastlanders web-series. Jupiter Ascending by the Wachowski Brothers. Will an Americanized version of Misfits work? Our guest is Kathleen Marden, niece of Betty and Barney Hill. She is the trustee of The Hill’s estate and conservator of the vast amount of files and documents generated by this event.  (the Hill collection is part of  the Milne Archives at the University of New Hampshire Library in Durham, NH.). She is a lecturer and co-authored 2 books with Stanton Friedman. During our interview she talks about the use and misuse of hypnosis in investigations and the abuse inherent in disinformation within UFO investigations.