Ninja Traveling
Oh, and some shameless Ninja pimping: "So Say We All: An Unauthorized Collection of Thoughts and Opinions on Battlestar Galactica", from BenBella Books, is now available on shelves. It contains essays by Mur Lafferty, Tee Morris, and myself. Trust me, you'll like it.
KAMN Show #20: V
The feature topic for this show is a pair of cult classic television miniseries, "V: The Miniseries", and "V: The Final Battle". The original miniseries, which first aired on NBC in 1983, and the continuation miniseries that aired in 1984, were created by Kenneth Johnson, and initially conceived of as an allegorical tale about the rise of fascism in the United States.
Ninja go Boing
Dave Moldawer's own podcast, The Morning Brew, has been subjected to the BoingBoing. Yay Dave! Go check it out, and go listen to the podcast as well.
iTunes links
Some people might have had a few issues last week with the iTunes subscription to KAMN. The store folks were fixing a slight problem that prevented KAMN from being added to the FarPoint Media store page. I was told that the link would be changed, but the iTunes ID seems to be the same. If [...]
KAMN Show #19: Ill Met in Lankhmar
The feature topic for this show is the 1970 fantasy novella, Ill Met in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber. While chronologically it isn't the first story featuring Fafhrd and Grey Mouser (that one was "Two Sought Adventure", published in 1939), it is the first story where they team up and work together. This story also won the Nebula Award in 1970 and the Hugo Award in 1971 for Best Novella.
KAMN Show #18: Clash of the Titans
The feature topic for this show is the cult classic mythology fantasy, Clash of the Titans. This 1981 feature film stars Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Ursula Andress, Burgess Meredith, and some of the most memorable creature effects Ray Harryhausen created during his illustrious career (he retired from filmmaking after this movie).
Upcoming KAMN Shows Reminder
Just a reminder since it's been so long, here's the lineup for the next handful of shows: KAMN #18: Clash of the Titans KAMN #19: Ill Met in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber KAMN #20: V (the original miniseries) and V: The Final Battle KAMN #21: Jumper by Steven Gould KAMN #22: The Omega Man (1971)
Show #18 Update
Yeah, I know. Just hush. The audio for my track of Show #18 is awful... peppered with static, and I have no idea why. I have abandoned any attempt at cleaning it up and will get the show out by Friday. And to make up for it, you'll get Show #19 the following week.
Show #18: Pre-show Discussion
Show #18 will focus on the 1981 cult classic fantasy film, Clash of the Titans.
Loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus, the movie follows the adventures of Perseus, a favored son of Zeus, as he attempts to rescue Andromeda.
KAMN Show #17: The Demolished Man
Summer, Joe and David tackle the first novel to win the Hugo Award, Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man. The story is on the surface a pulp police procedural where a weary yet tenacious detective must catch a killer.
What sets this story apart from typical pulp novels is the incorporation of telepaths and telepathy as integral necessities of society, for business and commerce, lifestyle quality, and for deterring crime.
Ninjas Update
Yeah, I know. This past summer has been a little hectic, and the shows have suffered because of it. That's changing, and I'm wondering if we might not better off doing shows once a month during the summer months, given the heavy travel that's expected of the denizens of FarPoint Media during the busy summer [...]
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