Monday, October 02, 2006

10/2: 4. Moskowitz on Sci Fi Fandom

Monday night, Oct 2, 2006

Topics covered in my late night entry:
1) Website
2) General
3) Radio
4) Reviews
5) Issue Notes
6) Space/Ocean Headlines
7) Quiz


1) Website

The Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette:

www.dinosaur.org/frontpage.html

2) General

Depressing news today about the copycat killer going into a school...

Haven’t accomplished much today...listened to The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern on cassette, kind of fun to listen to the narrator do all the different voices...the very first audio book I ever listened to was The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, narrated by Robin Bailey. I hadn’t started out to listen to him..but I had become a fan of Robin Bailey through the tv miniseries Charters and Caldicott, did a library search on him to see if they had any videos of him (this was 20 years ago), and saw that he’d done these audio books.

I thought he did a great job with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and checked out The Religious Body, by Catherine Aird, next. Also liked that one - because of Bailey’s masterful reading.

3) Radio

Saturday, Journey Into Space, Sunday, episode 2 of Doctor Who, The Sword of Orion.

4) Reviews

Although I have seen Creature from the Black Lagoon many times, I have never watched Revenge of the Creature or The Creature Walks Among Us. (I am so bummed, they are showing 3D versions of this at the Castro Theater in LA on October 14...damn, damn, damn!) Anyway, I've got the Legacy collection and will finally watch those two films and will have the Source Book ready for next issue.

5) Issue Notes
Back to reading The Immortal Storm, by Sam Moskowitz

6) Space/Ocean Headlines

Galactic Birth Control: Unknown Factor Prevents Star Formation – Space.com
Committee Warns NASA To Keep CEV on Track – Space.com
Stellar Birth Control In The Early Universe – Science Daily
Hubble's main camera hobbles back to life -- New Scientist
Mars Rover Opportunity's Victory at Victoria - Space.com

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