http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_107_Neuromancer.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSFor the book club this month, we all read listened to William Gibson’s Neuromancer.  For those not in the know...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_106_FreeComicBookDay.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS The SciFiFX crew takes the show on the road and sets up fortifications in front of Comic Book Craze in Garland, TX....

Way back at the beginning of the year, which I realize is ancient history where the internet is concerned, I reviewed James P. Blaylock’s return-to-steampunk novel, The Aylesford Skull.  I said at the time that this was part of a series, and that while each volume was standalone,...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_105_MaxAllanCollins.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSSome people only dream of meeting their heroes.  Award-winning author Max Allan Collins has been handed the torch by...

Journey to the Center of the TARDIS was written by Steve Thompson and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara, Ashley Walters as Gregor van Baalen, Mark Oliver as Bram van Baalen, and Jahvel Hall as Tricky From the BBC Website: The TARDIS has crashed, Clara is lost...

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http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_104_heroes.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSThis week we discuss Heroes and Antiheroes, and Heroes that kill.  Do heroes kill or does that make them an antihero?  

In this day and age, we are inundated with zombie stories. In movies, TV, books, and comics the shambling (sometimes running) dead chase us until we find ourselves looking it over and seeing if it tickles our fancy. In this case, Titan Books graciously sent us Plague Nation by Dana...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_103_BackToTheFuture.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSThis Month’s DVD commentary is one of our all time favorites, Back to the Future! We had a blast recording this, and...

Hide was written by Neil Cross and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald, Dougray Scott as Alec Palmer, Jessica Raine as Emma Grayling, Kemi-Bo Jacobs as Hila, and Aiden Cook as The Crooked Man. From the BBC Website: Something terrifying is hiding in Caliburn...

Cold War was written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Douglas Mackinnon, and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald, Nicholas Briggs as the voice of Skaldak, Liam Cunningham as Captain Zhukov, and David Warner as Professor Grisenko From the BBC Website: On a Russian...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #32 – “The Time of the Daleks” From Big Finish’s site: The Doctor has always admired the work of William Shakespeare. So he is a little surprised that...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_102_3Dprinters.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSThis week we discuss how real technology is getting closer to Star Trek Replicator technology.  We now have the capability...

On April 15th, that’s right Tax Day, SyFy will premier its newest scripted drama, Defiance. Defiance is set in the near future, where aliens known collectively as Votans have come to Earth seeking a new home after their star system was destroyed. However, upon reaching Earth...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #31 – “Embrace the Darkness” From Big Finish’s site: The Doctor and Charley travel to the remote Cimmerian System to unravel the mystery of its sun....

I’ve said it many times, and I’ll never stop reminding people: my first memory of life is seeing Star Wars opening day on the big screen.  That little movie informed me of a great many things that I would later go on to discover, which includes several points along the...

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The Rings of Akhaten was written by Neil Cross, directed by Farren Blackburn, and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald, and Emilia Jones as Merry. From the BBC Website: The Doctor takes Clara to the Festival of Offerings, but the Old God is waking and demands...

With special thanks to our friends at Titan Books, we at SciFiFX were able to interview Kim Newman.  He’s the author of the newly-reprinted Jago, the Anno Dracula series, and so many other wonderful works, both fiction and non-fiction.  He’s also regular...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_101_20000LeaguesUnderTheSea.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSThis week is the 4th installment in our SciFiFX Book Club.  Last month we all read, or listened to 20,000...

When Harlan Ellison speaks, you should listen.  I certainly do.  When a man wins 10 Hugos and an honorary doctorate, trust that he earned them and knows what he’s talking about.  In the last 50 years, a number of authors have been on the cutting edge of science...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #30 – “Seasons of Fear” From Big Finish’s site: On New Year’s Eve, 1930, the Doctor lets Charley keep her appointment at the Raffles Hotel in...

A long while back,  our podcast had the pleasure of talking with Death’s Head Moth; a Real Life Superhero.   Many people, much as I used to be, don’t take the concept very seriously.  However, there are men and women who put on their uniforms/costumes (both...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_100.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSIn the beginning, the four of us sat down in front of microphones and unleashed ourselves upon an unsuspecting world with the misbegotten...

“The Bells of Saint John” was written by Steven Moffat, directed by Colm McCarthy, and stars Matt Smith as The Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara (Oswin) Oswald. From the BBC Site: The search for Clara brings the Doctor to London, 2013, where something deadly is...

If you haven’t seen my review already, I am a big fan of author Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula series, through which I discovered his Warhammer titles dealing with a previous version of the Geneviève character that upstages the Anno Dracula line.  I am supremely...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #29 – “The Chimes of Midnight” From Big Finish’s site: Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was...

Once more, the good people at Titan Books graciously offer their wares for us to review, and once more I find myself reading something I probably wouldn’t have picked up on my own.  I love this sort of thing, because it’s exactly this situation that encourages me to expand...

Not in my wildest hopes did I expect to see this in this life or the next.  More than that, I’m wondering how this escaped my notice until now. With the 10th annual Tolkien Reading Day upon us on the 25th, my mind naturally turns to thoughts of the J.R.R. Tolkien and his...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #28 – “Invaders From Mars” From Big Finish’s site: Hallowe’en 1938. A year after a mysterious meteorite lit up the skies of New York state,...

Ok, the SyFy channel of the week, something vs. something movies are usually particularly bad, even by SyFy standards.  That said, Chupacabra vs. The Alamo is so ridiculously camptastically bad that it’s hilarious. With lines like “We got Chupacabras all...

1963 saw a boom in the British spy genre after James Bond hit the big screen the year before in Dr. No.  As a result, it wasn’t just the spies who took center stage; a number of creations with a criminal past also lit up the intrigue of the time.  One of the standout...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_99_order66.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSWhen season 5 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars first geared up, the teasers asked “Who will fall?”  As it turns out,...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #27 – “The One Doctor” From Big Finish’s site: When the evil Skelloids launch an attack upon the seventeen worlds of the Generios system, its...