First podcast September 8, 2008.
The shownotes are HERE.
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Category: News
The Penultimate Truth about Philip K. Dick – an excellent video documentary on Philip K. Dick
Ray Nelson, who we talk to on the next SFFaudio Podcast, is in this excellent documentary entitled The Penultimate Truth About Philip K. Dick.
It’s well worth watching, especially the first few parts, which deal with Dick’s early career. There’s also an intriguing mention of Dick’s first published story – presumably lost – that was published in a newspaper. Let’s find that!
Part 1 of 9:
Part 2 of 9 (includes discussion of Roog):
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Posted by Jesse Willis
The SFFaudio Podcast #001 available on YouTube
I’ve made The SFFaudio Podcast available on YouTube. Here’s the first episode, from September 1, 2008!
The shownotes are HERE.
Posted by Jesse Willis
A mystery record from the future as advertized in Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine in the 1970s
Lately I’ve been paging through dozens and dozens of magazines from the 1960s and 1970s. Several issues of Fantasy & Science Fiction from the mid-70s include a mysterious ad for a record from the future. Here’s a scan from the Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1975 issue:
Here is the complete text:
RECORDS – TAPES
On February 11, 1969, a record was found on a
New York City elevator. It purports to have
been recorded some 100 to 150 years from now.
Copies may be purchased for $3.00. Send to:
THE RECORD. Box 3011. New York. N.Y. 10008.
I’m wondering … does anybody have a copy of this record from the future? Did you send away for it? I suspect it is public domain, as it hasn’t been created yet therefore it can’t have been copyrighted yet. If you do have a copy of the record, please send me an MP3 of it’s contents along with a scan or photograph of any packaging and labeling. Also, if it turns out that I am the one who recorded it, sometime in the future, I’ll need to start working on my time machine immediately.
Update:
Here’s part of the recording…
And here are some photos of the LP and it’s packaging:
A transcript is available as scanned from a “1973 issue of Radical Software magazine (Vol. II Nr 3) contains a partial (inaccurate and rather poorly comprehended) transcript of a little over half of this recording, as well as a letter from Mr. Gesner declaring this recording to be a part of the public domain”: |PDF|
[Thanks Gregg!]
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CBC: The Hour: complete interview with William Gibson
William Gibson talks about his childhood (reading H.P. Lovecraft) and life in Canada.
Posted by Jesse Willis
CBC: The Hour: Michael Geist on Bill C-11
Michael Geist compares Bill C-11 to SOPA in this brief vid that aired on The Hour.
Internet expert and academic Michael Geist outlines the content and implications of Bill C-11, a proposed copyright bill that has been called “Canada’s SOPA”.
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