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Film/Televison January 23, 2026

LOOK AGAIN! UP IN THE SKY! IT’S… COMMANDO CODY?

Steve talks about super and non-super flying heroes: Commando Cody, Captain Marvel and Superman.  Who didn’t want a rocket pack when they were growing up?  Towels worn as capes just don’t seem to be able to get the job done!

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Film/Televison August 11, 2017

OF BOOKS AND FLYING MEN…

This week Steve tells you where to get even MORE GREAT SF/F for next to nothing! And if you were reading this column four years ago you might have read the rest. Just sayin’.

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Fandom August 8, 2013

First Contact: First Interests in Science Fiction

Recently a thread passed around on Facebook asked various writers what books mattered to them most when they were young, starting out with an interest in science fiction. One writer said she was reading all […]

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Science Fiction June 8, 2013

Ray guns don’t kill people, peop … — oh wait, yes they do!

Be careful. Be careful, they got ray guns. – Loomis in the Carpenter Street episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, 11/26/2003 In Ray Bradbury’s epic The Martian Chronicles, published in 1950, the author presented his futuristic […]

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