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Janet Stilson’s The Juice, and Universe of Lost Messages are brought to you by Dragon Moon Press. Announcement:The first three people to sign up for Janet’s sci-fi and fantasy newsletter will receive a free ebook version of “The Juice.” Sign up by writing Janet at newsletter (at) janetstilson.com Find out more about Janet, her novels, […]

Janet Stilson’s The Juice, and Universe of Lost Messages are brought to you by Dragon Moon Press. Announcement:The first three people to sign up for Janet’s sci-fi and fantasy newsletter will receive a free ebook version of “The Juice.” Sign up by writing Janet at newsletter (at) janetstilson.com Find out more about Janet, her novels, […]

Free Giveaway: The first three people to sign up for Janet’s sci-fi and fantasy newsletter will receive a free ebook version of “The Juice.” Sign up by writing Janet at: [email protected] Find out more about Janet, her novels, newsletter and blog stories at http://janetstilson.com Janet Stilson doesn’t just write about the future—she reports on it. […]

See the movie here: The Xenophobes https://watch.amazon.com/detail?gti=amzn1.dv.gti.c94da764-374d-439d-a9c7-1168dd8b815d Get your Xenophobes social media banners here:  lancerkind.com/the-xenophobes-latest-news About the movie: I’ve got some big news I’ve been waiting to share: my science fiction film THE XENOPHOBES is going to be available for rental on Amazon Prime Video starting March 6th. You can rent it for just $4. Some of you have […]

See the movie here: The Xenophobes https://watch.amazon.com/detail?gti=amzn1.dv.gti.c94da764-374d-439d-a9c7-1168dd8b815d Get your Xenophobes social media banners here:  lancerkind.com/the-xenophobes-latest-news About the movie: I’ve got some big news I’ve been waiting to share: my science fiction film THE XENOPHOBES is going to be available for rental on Amazon Prime Video starting March 6th. You can rent it for just $4. Some of you have […]

See the movie here: The Xenophobes https://watch.amazon.com/detail?gti=amzn1.dv.gti.c94da764-374d-439d-a9c7-1168dd8b815d&territory=US&ref_=share_ios_movie&r=web Get your Xenophobes social media banners here:  lancerkind.com/the-xenophobes-latest-news Links About Sterling Mathew Oliver: https://www.sterlingmoliver.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SterlingMOliver BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sterlingmoliver.bsky.social Twitter: https://x.com/SterlingMOliver IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12154489/?ref_=fn_t_1 About the movie: I’ve got some big news I’ve been waiting to share: my science fiction film THE XENOPHOBES is going to be available for rental on […]

Get your Xenophobes social media banners here:  lancerkind.com/the-xenophobes-latest-news Links About Svetlana: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/svetlanatulasi/posts/the-wait-is-over-the-xenophobes-is-out-now-on-amazon-primevideo-it-would-mean-th/1477320270426192/ Dance company: https://www.svetlanatulasi.com YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/svetlanatulasi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svetlanatulasi/ She had a part in Tamasha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamasha_(2015_film) About the movie: I’ve got some big news I’ve been waiting to share: my science fiction film THE XENOPHOBES is going to be available for rental on Amazon Prime […]

If you’re a superfan, download our movie banners and “wear” it on your profile for the month. The cast and crew would love that! See the banners at the bottom of lancerkind.com/the-xenophobes-latest-news. I’ve got some big news I’ve been waiting to share: my science fiction film THE XENOPHOBES is going to be available for rental on Amazon Prime […]

Concurrent news: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bruce-springsteens-streets-minneapolis-anti-ice-protest-song-hits-no-1-rcna256711 Mentioned in this episode: Ground News is a news aggregator that lists the biases of what you’re reading so that you are aware and can reduce your blind spots: https://ground.news The Fine Art of Propaganda (out of print): https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/EzVMAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjms7j0lO6SAxULlWoFHSDqKYwQ7_IDegQICxAC Sources of the above: https://www.abebooks.com//servlet/SearchResults?tn=The+Fine+Art+of+Propaganda:+A+Study+of+Father+Coughlin%27s+Speeches About the same topic of the above: Chicago […]

The audio player is at the bottom of this webpage so scroll to the bottom to listen to the show.Concurrent news: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bruce-springsteens-streets-minneapolis-anti-ice-protest-song-hits-no-1-rcna256711 Working definitions: About Fascism: Websites that rate how our nation-states are doing: Website that evaluates your political biases https://www.politicalcompass.org Science Fiction and Fascism SciFi Thoughts Fascism Model The following table is a model […]

Concurrent news: Bruce Springsteen’s Streets of Minneapolis : https://x.com/mariashriver/status/2016618469740204114?s=61 https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bruce-springsteens-streets-minneapolis-anti-ice-protest-song-hits-no-1-rcna256711 Working definitions: With a framework of Retrospective, Contemporary, and Speculative, we can identify examples of works that portray fascism. Retrospective is science fiction that looks back at past fascist events, generally WW2. Contemporary is science fiction that was written to look at what’s happening in […]

Concurrent news: Bruce Springsteen’s Streets of Minneapolis : https://x.com/mariashriver/status/2016618469740204114?s=61 https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bruce-springsteens-streets-minneapolis-anti-ice-protest-song-hits-no-1-rcna256711 Working definitions: With a framework of Retrospective, Contemporary, and Speculative, we can identify examples of works that portray fascism. Retrospective is science fiction that looks back at past fascist events, generally WW2. Contemporary is science fiction that was written to look at what’s happening in […]

1/30/2026 events: Bruce Springsteen’s Streets of Minneapolis : https://x.com/mariashriver/status/2016618469740204114?s=61 Streets of Minneapolis hits #1: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bruce-springsteens-streets-minneapolis-anti-ice-protest-song-hits-no-1-rcna256711 Working definitions: Political theorist Roger Griffin proposes that a myth of palingenesis, or national rebirth, is a minimum requirement for any “true fascism”, in combination with  populism and ultranationalism. Umberto Eco, in his famous essay, “Ur-Fascism”, counts fourteen common features […]

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Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Story structure: How do the elements that make up the story hold together. Discussed in this episode: High end literary authors: Anthony Trollope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Trollope P.G. Wodehouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse

Richard’s website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Definition: Story structure—How do the elements that make up a story, hold together.

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Mentioned in this Episode: Don Bluth “Just say Yes!” https://donbluth.fandom.com/wiki/Just_Say_Yes!

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Mentioned in this Episode: Don Bluth “Just say Yes!” https://donbluth.fandom.com/wiki/Just_Say_Yes!

Table1: High-Level Milestones of the Book Series (Original Trilogy) Milestone Description Book Apple TV Adaptation? 1. Fall of the Galactic Empire Hari Seldon predicts the Empire’s collapse and initiates the Foundation project. Foundation ✔️ Season 1 2. Founding of the First Foundation Seldon establishes a scientific colony on Terminus to preserve knowledge and shorten the coming […]

Table1: High-Level Milestones of the Book Series (Original Trilogy) Milestone Description Book Apple TV Adaptation? 1. Fall of the Galactic Empire Hari Seldon predicts the Empire’s collapse and initiates the Foundation project. Foundation ✔️ Season 1 2. Founding of the First Foundation Seldon establishes a scientific colony on Terminus to preserve knowledge and shorten the coming […]

Table1: High-Level Milestones of the Book Series (Original Trilogy) Milestone Description Book Apple TV Adaptation? 1. Fall of the Galactic Empire Hari Seldon predicts the Empire’s collapse and initiates the Foundation project. Foundation ✔️ Season 1 2. Founding of the First Foundation Seldon establishes a scientific colony on Terminus to preserve knowledge and shorten the coming […]

Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct a cappella songs: https://www.thechromatics.com https://www.astrocappella.com Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard […]

Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/QHvPQi8T9iH6hXz1 Mentions: Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct […]

Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/QHvPQi8T9iH6hXz1 Mentions: Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct […]

Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/QHvPQi8T9iH6hXz1 Mentions: Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct […]

Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/QHvPQi8T9iH6hXz1 Mentions: Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct […]

Peeling Time is linked here for your enjoyment: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/565c3d39e4b027c789ba5b70/t/64a569d7fe8a2b041897dabf/1688562136794/Peeling+Time+%28Deluxe+Edition%29+-+Tlotlo+Tsamaase.pdf Tlotlo tells mare about Peeling Time on this Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3S5bBPsMBN/ Womb City is from Kensington and is available for purchase here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781645661016/womb-city/ See more of authors published by Kensington here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com Relavant Social Connections: @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

Peeling Time is linked here for your enjoyment: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/565c3d39e4b027c789ba5b70/t/64a569d7fe8a2b041897dabf/1688562136794/Peeling+Time+%28Deluxe+Edition%29+-+Tlotlo+Tsamaase.pdf Tlotlo tells mare about Peeling Time on this Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3S5bBPsMBN/ Womb City is from Kensington and is available for purchase here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781645661016/womb-city/ See more of authors published by Kensington here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com Relavant Social Connections: @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

Peeling Time is linked here for your enjoyment: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/565c3d39e4b027c789ba5b70/t/64a569d7fe8a2b041897dabf/1688562136794/Peeling+Time+%28Deluxe+Edition%29+-+Tlotlo+Tsamaase.pdf Tlotlo tells mare about Peeling Time on this Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3S5bBPsMBN/ Womb City is from Kensington and is available for purchase here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781645661016/womb-city/ See more of authors published by Kensington here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com Relavant Social Connections: @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

Peeling Time is linked here for your enjoyment: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/565c3d39e4b027c789ba5b70/t/64a569d7fe8a2b041897dabf/1688562136794/Peeling+Time+%28Deluxe+Edition%29+-+Tlotlo+Tsamaase.pdf Tlotlo tells mare about Peeling Time on this Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3S5bBPsMBN/

Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition) is a short story written by Tlotlo Tsamaase.  Womb City: https://www.erewhonbooks.com/our-books/womb-city-tlotlo-tsamaase

Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available in digital format on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4v3fkaw3 Mentioned in this podcast: Inspector Rebus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Rebus Willa Cather […]

tags: science fiction, literary science fiction, literature, literary, babylon5, strazinsky, gatsby, fitzgerald, london Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available […]

Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available in digital format on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4v3fkaw3 Mentioned in this podcast: Backlisted podcast brings to […]

Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available in digital format on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4v3fkaw3

Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available in digital format on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4v3fkaw3 If you enjoyed this episode about pulp fiction, […]

Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available in digital format on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4v3fkaw3 If you enjoyed this episode about pulp fiction, […]

Contact Bill Preston via BlueSky: @williampreston.bsky.social Bill (William) Preston’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008BTWZ1Y Tales of the Old Man Here is the preferred reading order of Tales of the Old Man (publication order happens to be the preferred reading order): These stories are available in digital format on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4v3fkaw3 If you enjoyed this episode about pulp fiction, […]

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Mentioned in this Episode: Robert Sheckley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheckley

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Mentioned in this Episode: William Shatner’s flight on Blue Origin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWHA_j-0_sI&t=128s https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/william-shatner-space-boldly-go-excerpt-1235395113 https://www.businessinsider.com/william-shatner-jeff-bezos-blue-origin-spaceflight-funeral-2022-10 William Shatner’s CD: https://www.amazon.com/Bill-William-Shatner/dp/B09DGHBKFB

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Just Say Yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpnxBuO6l_s Rowan Atkinson Schoolmaster sketch, The Secret Policeman’s Ball: Rowan Atkinson – The School Master

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Just Say Yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpnxBuO6l_s Rowan Atkinson Schoolmaster sketch, The Secret Policeman’s Ball: Rowan Atkinson – The School Master In this episode: In New Rock, Role, Daxx, Qrysta, and Grell are characters in a role-playing game (RPG) who win the Grand Championship. After winning, Daxx wakes up as his avatar in […]

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Just Say Yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpnxBuO6l_s Rowan Atkinson Schoolmaster sketch, The Secret Policeman’s Ball: Rowan Atkinson – The School Master

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Just Say Yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpnxBuO6l_s Rowan Atkinson Schoolmaster sketch, The Secret Policeman’s Ball: Rowan Atkinson – The School Master