Sci-Fi Saturday Night

Our guest for this episode is Neil Cole. For the last two years he has been in the process of building a museum in Allendale, England, detailing the history of Science Fiction. He is fulfilling his lifelong dream to create a small, permanent museum to share his collection of original props and costumes, original artwork (some of it his own) and share his passion for the genre. After months and months of work, all planning permits have finally been granted and for the last year and a half, he has become builder, prop restorer, sculptor, curator, researcher, graphic designer, artist and anything else needed to bring his dream to fruition. Over the course of this wide ranging interview we touch on many subjects:

If you ever wondered how Matilda could have a tea party with her My Little Pony’s and the monsters…give a listen.

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Atlas Animalia

Sarah Dahlinger and Andreas Walters join this episode to talk about Metal Weave Games newest Kickstarter “Atlas Animalia – A book of monster variants”. Andreas is the President of Metal Weave Games and gets everyone up to speed on this latest book from them and what it does. Sarah is ther most amazing artist of these fantastic creatures. After working in travel, video games, and the medical fields, she made the jump to become an independent artist focusing on scientific illustration, video games, and creature design. She also likes hiking, reptiles, soccer, and her greyhound, Dodger. Her work can be seen at www.sarahdahlinger.com

News:

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Peter Vinton, Jr.

A few episodes ago, with George O’Connor as guest, George suggested he was a member of the “SFSN’s 5 Timers Club” and get the very first Green Jacket. Alas, upon researching, he only has been on 4 times and was disqualified. Tonight, however, Sci Fi Saturday Night is proud to present our first induction into “The 5 Timers Club”. The inimitable Peter Vinton, Jr. joins us to talk about his work and his book series, “The Monitor’s Guild” and its mirror to current and future society. We then discuss the constantly evolving new England Comic Con and Convention scene with a look at the new conventions springing up all over and what it means to both new and upcoming artists and content creators as well as well known and established creators and the increasing number of “Special Appearance Conventions” that are growing in popularity and size.

Join us for a thought provoking hour, and congratulations to Peter, our first inductee into this hallowed club.

A 5 Timers Club Inductee

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What ever happened to zombie moose? Tonight we explore that and more as Duane Coffill joins us to talk about his work, the work of the Horror Writers of Maine and their premiere anthology Northern Frights. Duane is the Founder/President of Horror Writers Of Maine, Horror Authors Alliance and is a proud member of New England Horror Writers. Lets face it, Maine can be one spooky place and Duane talks about a lot of it.

This anthology also includes works by:

Dome’s “Cough” switch was overworked tonight so, we missed the news.

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BONUS COVERAGE

If you google zombie moose, you see this:

Healed

When one of our friends has a showing of his short film at The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival, Its really time to celebrate. This ‘cast is a celebration with George for the inclusion of his film Healed in the festival. It will be shown Monday May29th. at 2pm in The Courthouse Theater venue. We talk about everything about the film, the festival, his Metal Band and buying tin futures in Sri  Lanka. We are all so happy for his success and also his impending inclusion in the SFSN 5 Timers Club.

George O’Connor

In this weeks news:

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Special Treat: After the break click to see the full cast and crew of Healed.

HEALED Credits 

Written and Directed by

George O’Connor

Based on the graphic novel HEALED

created by George O’Connor and Griffin Ess

Executive Producers

George O’Connor

Diana Porter

Griffin Ess

Cinematographer and Editor

Mikel J. Wisler

Music composed by

Erin Murray Quinlan

Starring

Arthur Laurie as Father

Featuring

Sean Carmichael

Susan Travers

Judy Nadel

Michele Mortenson

Paula Dellatte

Drew Logan

Isabella Coulonbe

Diana Porter

With

Derrik Albertelli

Dave Allen

Nancy Boehne

Sophia Cacciola

Bill Carter

Raymond Carter

Stephanie Eaton

Lauren Foster

Robert Grover

Amber Lynn Hampton

Rivengurl Hart

Alexander Hauck

Kyle Johannessen

CC Judkins

Camden Lashua

Sara Lashua

Maya Leavitt

Izzy Lee

Judy Maloney

Bella Moore

Joy Moore

Pamela Morgan

Andria Paradis

Keegan Paradis

Virginia Perham

Jacqui Perham

Zach Pidgeon

Benji Porter

Tim Porter

Anna Ryan

Cole Ryan

Kim Ryan

Leslie Ryan

Shane Ryan

Reid Simpson

Blakely Ross Sullivan

Gail Sullivan

Jody Wenglin

Josh Wenglin

Liam Wenglin

Sophia Wenglin

Karen West

Ron G. Young

Casting

Diana Porter

1st Assistant Camera

Bryant Naro

Sound

Micheal J Epstein

Gaffer

Dustin Howard

Key Grip

Sean Martin

Color grading and sound mixing

Mikel J. Wisler

Production Assistant

Kevin Anderton

Rivengurl Hart

Catering

Zelda’s Kitchen

Special thanks to

Sue Regan and the West Parish Garden

Tracy O’Connor

Victoria Guest

Joey Groah

Gary Greenbaum

Alex Kaloostian

HEALED graphic novel available on Amazon.com and ComiXology

Presented by Lazy Horde Productions

In association with Elazon Productions

          The Nerd Magician

In the world of Conventions and Nerd Gatherings how often do you hear ”Watch me pull a rabbit out of my Tardis”? In this episode we meet Mark Pinksten , who in the span of one year has become quite the attraction. Mark , a one time birthday party magician, changed his act to reflect his second passion, nerddom. Combing visual elements, costumes and slick patter from the worlds of Doctor Who, Back To The Future, Harry Potter, Star Wars and dozens of other genres and experiences, Mark combines his two passions into an amazing, amusing and astounding show. Mark talks about his early years in magic and what transformed his performances into a family friendly pop culture event. In the new England area, you can see Mark at MassiveCon, Vermont Comic Con and Granite State Comic Con.

In this week’s news discussion:

Enjoy The Chaos.

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The Double Midnight Gang

One of the shows oldest friends, Chris Proulx from Double Midnight Comics in Manchester and now also in Concord New Hampshire, joins us to talk about a ton of stuff the Double Midnight Gang are up to for the spring, summer and beyond.

May 6th: Free Comic Book Day: Their street fair/parking lot party/free for all for the entire family. Events at both locations.

June 24-25: Massive Comic Con at The DCU Center in Worcester, Mass

September 16-17 – Granite State Comic Con celebrates 15 years of bringing the amazing to New England at The Radisson Center of New Hampshire in Manchester.

In this weeks news discussion included:

Enjoy The Chaos!

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John P Murphy joins us to talk about a bunch of stuff. John has been on the show before and imprudently decided to return, this time to talk about his Nebula Awards nomination for his novella, “The Liar” (The only nominee in this category to appear in a magazine and what it’s going to be like for him at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America conference this year.. During the course and discourse he also touched on awards in general, how he found out about the awards and what else is going on in his writing life. It’s an interesting interview touching on his past, his current projects and those upcoming that “he cannot talk about”.

In This Weeks News:

Enjoy the mayhem.

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Note #1: As there is not a single picture of John P Murphy online to be found, we have decided to use the graphic above instead.

Note #2: If you google “this is not John P Murphy”, THIS is the image you get.

Our guest in this episode is truly a renaissance man, Vivek Tiwary. Join us as we talk about all his current projects in various stages of development in The Tiwary Entertainment Group and  his plans for the future.

We talk about his ongoing YA Graphic novel , Asha Ascending adroitly illustrated by Sara Richard which is being serially published online on the Asha website as well as on Wattpad.

Current news on The Fifth Beatle front is quite amazing. They are in talks with Sonar Entertainment to produce a multi-part television series and have as of this time acquired music rights to use original Beatles music for it. They will shortly be announcing a Director and Lead Actor for their part of Brian Epstein.

It look as if The Dave Roman Astronaut Academy project is also on its way to television but there isn’t much that can be talked about…yet.

He is actually here to talk about IDW’s Star Trek Waypoint and specifically issue #4 and specifically his contribution to it, “The Fragile Beauty of Loyalty” a comic story set in the Star Trek Enterprise universe. Vivek talked about why this universe, why a comic and why he wants to do more. During the conversation he kinda dropped the bombshell about what his next project will be:

“A Mess of Blues. Colonel Parker and the Unmaking of Elvis Presley”

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Once there was a man. This man lived in a wyrd town, Salem Ma. This man loved wyrd music. From a very young age he like wyrd stories, wryd books and knew one day he would write such wyrd tales. In this episode we meet Curtis Lawson; comic creator, writer of dark fiction and the force behind ‘Wyrd Horrror Reading Events’, held in a sushi bar in Salem, Ma. This was such a fun interview.

Enjoy The Chaos.

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