It’s been a few weeks since Planet Comicon, so this week Stephen discusses the rich convention schedule that has been popping up in Kansas City, MO in recent years. A big emphasis is placed on the fact that KC is turning into a place to meet a lot of the Doctors from Doctor Who!

An American View of British Science Fiction Ep 4 – Cons

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“In an urban society everything connects, each person’s needs are feed by the skills for many others, our lives are woven together in a fabric, but the connections that make society strong also make it vulnerable”

Last episode, Stephen started a series on the 1980’s fascination with our own impending doom by discussing a much earlier film called The War Game. This week Stephen discusses the 1984 post-apocalyptic disaster film Threads – perhaps one of the bleakest films ever made.

An American View of British Science Fiction Ep 3 – Threads

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This week, the podcast takes a look at post-apocalyptic fiction in the 1980’s – starting out with a movie that was banned in 1965 by the BBC for being “too horrific” and shown some twenty years later. The War Game is a chilling look at what could happen if The World had “a bad day”.

An American View of British Science Fiction Ep 2 – War Game

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Hey Everyone! I have finally decided to release the podcast that I’ve been toying around with all these months! This episode is basically just an introductory episode to get us ready for the upcoming awesomeness that will be the normal episodes. If you have any listener mail, feel free to reply to this post, and I will try to bring it up on air!

An American View of British Science Fiction Ep 1 – Introduction

• An American View of British Science Fiction Ep 1 – Introduction
• “Red Dwarf XI is on the cards” – The Best of Robert Llewellyn’s reddit AMA
• Is There Really a Difference Between US and UK Sci-fi?
• Come in, Cuba: some thoughts on Obama’s recent initiative
• Here’s Your Saturday Links: 9-13-14
• Captain America #130: a message for July 4th
• Bermuda Rugby’s incredible showing in NYC
• Amazon.com Hilarity – Doctor Who Edition
• JBL and Michael Cole climb with pics from JBL’s week in Europe
• Theatre 625:The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)

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