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Index to our previous shows
December 25, 2007 - Holiday Readings
November 23, 2007 - LosCon 2007
October 31, 2007 - Halloween Readings
October 22, 2007 - LosCon 2006
June 25, 2007 - Jim Butcher
January 17, 2007 - Laurell K. Hamilton
Shows from 2006
Shows from November/December, 2005
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On Tuesday - December 25th, 2007 - Hour 25 joined you to share some holiday spirit with readings of seasonal stories.
The end of the year has been a time of celebration for most every culture since the beginning of time. People gather together to note the passing of the longest night of the year and celebrate the coming of the new year with its renewal of life.
Many of the traditions of today's Christmas celebration were adapted from the rituals of older belief systems and carry on their tradition of a magical season. It is said that animals have the ability to speak at the hour past midnight on Christmas eve, toys can talk and move about as well, and ghosts can appear at the stroke of midnight. {Is it any coincidence that that magic hour just after midnight is often called the twenty-fifth hour of the day?}
We at Hour 25 also have our own tradition. At this time of year we bring you stories of the season with a magical or science fictional or ghostly twist. But no matter where in the spectrum of the fantastic we find our stories, they all reflect the fundamental spirit of this holiday season as a time for reflection, for charity, and for cherishing the time spent with the ones we love. For as was said in Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol, "When happiness comes to a party, be sure to give it a comfortable seat."
Tonight's Stories
Under the Holly-Bough by Charles MacKay, read by Suzanne Gibson.
The Night After Christmas by Anne P.L. Field, read by Warren W. James.
Letter from Santa Claus by Mark Twain, read by Suzanne Gibson.
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A Christmas Greeting from the Moon
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It seems like only yesterday, but it was 39 years ago when humans first reached the Moon.
On Christmas Eve 1968 the crew of Apollo 8 orbited that cold gray world and saw the Earth hanging over their horizon like a bright blue ornament plucked from a Christmas tree. Their Christmas greeting to the world was one of the most moving moments from the Apollo Program, no matter what specific religious views you might happen to hold.
And from all of us at Hour 25, we wish you the very best for this holiday season. May all your dreams come true in the coming year.
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- Click here for the show's opening. {1:49}
- Click here for Suzanne's reading of Under the Holly-Bough by Charles MacKay. {3:10}
- Click here for Warren's reading of The Night After Christmas by Anne P.L. Field. {4:18}
- Click here for Suzanne's reading of Letter from Santa Claus by Mark Twain. {10:31}
- Click here for some thoughts on Hour 25, Christmas and the future. {3:32}
- Click here for a Christmas greeting from the crew of Apollo 8. {2:01}
- Click here for the show's closing.{3:46}
- For more Hour 25 holiday readings you can listen to our Christmas shows from 2006, 2005, 2004,
2003, 2002,
2001 and 2000.
- And to add some music to your holiday season you might want to listen to our previous show featuring holiday carols with a Lovecraftian twist.
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Links for more information relating to this week's show
Space News - Dawn - A Mission to the Asteroids
Updates and additional information about the mission of the Dawn spacecraft can be found at the project's Home Page at JPL or at this NASA Web Site.
Additional information about asteroids can be found at the NASA Near Earth Asteroid (NEO) Web Site.
Dawn is a part of the Discovery Program of deep space missions. Information about Dawn and other missions can be found at the Discovery Program Web Site.
Space News - Mars
For more information about the Mars Exploration Rovers be sure to check out the MER Web Site at JPL or this Mars Rover site at Cornell University. You can also get information about the MER mission by reading the News Updates posted by Dr. Steve Squyres, the project's Principal Investigator.
To learn more about the Mars Express mission you can go to this ESA Mars Express Web Site, this Mars Express Web Page from JPL, this NSSDC Mars Express Web Page, or this Web Page from Mars News.Com.
For more information about the Exploration of Mars be sure to go to the JPL Mars Exploration Site, the Center for Mars Exploration at NASA Ames, or the Mars Missions Web Site at the Planetary Society.
Information about the data returned by previous Mars missions can be found at this Mars Web Page at the NSSDC.
Information about the Phoenix Mission to Mars can be found at this Press Release from the University of Arizona. You can view a 3D picture of the Mars Phoenix spacecraft here.
For more Mars news be sure to check out the Mars News.Com Web Site.
Percival Lowell did much to shape our ideas about Mars in the early years of the 20th Century. You can learn more about his work by reading this on-line copy of his 1895 book Mars.
Space News - The Cassini Mission to Saturn
Much information about the Cassini mission can be found at the Project's Official Web Site at JPL.
JPL is constantly releasing pictures from Cassini. You can find them by going to this JPL Web Page.
Additional information about the Cassini mission can be found at this ESA
Web Site.
The University of Arizona Web Site for the imaging system used to take the Huygens pictures of Titan has much information about how they were obtained and processed as well as a collection of processed and unprocessed images.
The Huygens probe carried a microphone and recorded the various sounds that it heard while descending to the surface of Titan. You can listen to those sounds at this Web Page sponsored by the Planetary Society.
For On-Going Updates on Space News
Links relating to the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia can be found here.
The Reusable Launch & Space Vehicle News Web Site Web Page that is part of the Hobby Space Web Site is a really good place to watch for news about, well... Reusable Launch Vehicles and related subjects. I check it out just about every day and often find news there that doesn't show up anywhere else. Give it a look. {And while you're there be sure to check out some of the site's other pages. Wow! Is there a lot of information there.}
The Space Today Web Site is a great place to find space news from all over the 'net.
The Spaceflight Now Web Site carries real time information about current space missions and presents a lot of space and astronomy news. This is the place I go to when I want up to the minute information about current space missions. Do I need to say more?
The NASA Watch Web Site is another great place for getting information about current space missions. Check there also for news about other 'goings on' within NASA. Highly recommended.
ISS News
The Florida Today Web Site has a very interesting report about the causes of the ISS budget problems and their impact on the space program. It makes very interesting reading.
Click here to view the press kits for various ISS missions.
Check out the NASA International Space Station Web Page or the Boeing Web Page to learn more about this project.
A great source of news about Russian space activities, including their work on the ISS, can be found at the Russian Space Web.
Do you wonder where the Space Station is right now? You can use your browser to view real time maps showing the location of the ISS by going to this link at the NASA Space Link Web Site or here at the Johnson Spacecraft Center. Please note that your browser must support Java to make use of this satellite tracking software.
You can find out when the ISS - or many other spacecraft - can be seen from your location by going to this NASA Web Page. Please note; your browser must support Java for this application to work.
Space Related Organizations
If you are interested in learning more about current space activities there are many local and national organizations you might want to know about. Joining these organizations and taking part in their activities is a good way to stay abreast of things going on in space as well as a way to show your support for those activities. Listed below are some of those organizations.
The Organization for the Advancement of Space Industrialization and Settlement has long been place for persons living in the Los Angeles area to gather and discuss the promise of space. Be sure to check out their Web Site for information about their meetings and other activities.
The Orange County Space Society is another Los Angeles area organization that provides a focal point for persons who are interested in space developments to get together and share their ideas. They have created a number of displays explaining the history and importance of space exploration that have appeared at various public events. Be sure to check their Web Site for information about their meetings and other events.
The National Space Society has a long history of being an advocate for a vigorous space program and provides much information to its members through their magazine and Web Site.
The Space Frontier Foundation is a strong advocate for a non-governmental space program and serves as a focal point for much activity in that arena. Their annual conference in Los Angeles during the Fall is a great way to find out what is happening in the non-government space arena.
The Space Access Society is focused on reducing the cost of going into space by promoting non-governmental launch vehicle programs. Their annual conference in the spring is a major source of information on non-traditional launch vehicle activities.
The Planetary Society is focused on the exploration of the Solar System and has a wealth of information for its members and others.
Click here for information about the audio files used for Hour 25 and for information about configuring your browser and downloading audio players.
Please note Web Pages from external sites will open in a separate browser window and that Hour 25 Productions are not responsible for the content of any external Web Sites.
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On Friday - November 23rd, 2007 - Hour 25 brought you our show from the floor of LosCon 34, the Science Fiction convention that happens here in Southern California every Thanksgiving holiday.
As we do each year we sat down with the various Guests of Honor from the convention and chatted with them about their work and other activities. This is our way of bringing a bit of LosCon to those people who can't be here with us over the holidays. It is a special pleasure doing this show since we get to do it in front of a live audience as well as getting the chance to both meet with old friends and make new ones.
If you didn't get to LosCon this year then you might want to come out next year. Here's a link for information about next year's convention, LosCon 35.
So sit back and relax and we'll bring a bit of this year's LosCon to you, wherever you are. We hope to see you in person next year.
LosCon 34 Guests of Honor
The following pictures are Copyright © 2007 by Suzanne Gibson,
All Rights Reserved
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Robert J. Sawyer
Author Guest of Honor
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Dr. James Robinson
Musical Guest of Honor
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Theresa Mather
Artist Guest of Honor
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Dr. David West Reynolds
Fan Guest of Honor
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Dr.Susan 'Arizona' Gleason
Convention Chairperson
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- Click here for our comments on the passing of Mitchell Harding. {1:17}
- Click here for news about an asteroid that turned out to be a spacecraft. {3:01}
- Click here for interview with the Convention Chairperson, Dr. Susan Gleason. {6:53}
- Click here for our interview with the Author Guest of Honor Robert J. Sawyer. {19:04}
- Click here for our interview with Dr. James Robinson, the Musical Guest of Honor. {13:46}
- Click here for our interview with Theresa Mather, the Artist Guest of Honor. {10:09}
- Click here for our interview with Dr. David West Reynolds, the Fan Guest of Honor. {11:04}
- Click here for the show's closing.{1:49}
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Links for more information relating to this week's show
Space News - Dawn - A Mission to the Asteroids
Updates and additional information about the mission of the Dawn spacecraft can be found at the project's Home Page at JPL or at this NASA Web Site.
Additional information about asteroids can be found at the NASA Near Earth Asteroid (NEO) Web Site.
Dawn is a part of the Discovery Program of deep space missions. Information about Dawn and other missions can be found at the Discovery Program Web Site.
Space News - Mars
For more information about the Mars Exploration Rovers be sure to check out the MER Web Site at JPL or this Mars Rover site at Cornell University. You can also get information about the MER mission by reading the News Updates posted by Dr. Steve Squyres, the project's Principal Investigator.
To learn more about the Mars Express mission you can go to this ESA Mars Express Web Site, this Mars Express Web Page from JPL, this NSSDC Mars Express Web Page, or this Web Page from Mars News.Com.
For more information about the Exploration of Mars be sure to go to the JPL Mars Exploration Site, the Center for Mars Exploration at NASA Ames, or the Mars Missions Web Site at the Planetary Society.
Information about the data returned by previous Mars missions can be found at this Mars Web Page at the NSSDC.
Information about the Phoenix Mission to Mars can be found at this Press Release from the University of Arizona. You can view a 3D picture of the Mars Phoenix spacecraft here.
For more Mars news be sure to check out the Mars News.Com Web Site.
Percival Lowell did much to shape our ideas about Mars in the early years of the 20th Century. You can learn more about his work by reading this on-line copy of his 1895 book Mars.
Space News - The Cassini Mission to Saturn
Much information about the Cassini mission can be found at the Project's Official Web Site at JPL.
JPL is constantly releasing pictures from Cassini. You can find them by going to this JPL Web Page.
Additional information about the Cassini mission can be found at this ESA
Web Site.
The University of Arizona Web Site for the imaging system used to take the Huygens pictures of Titan has much information about how they were obtained and processed as well as a collection of processed and unprocessed images.
The Huygens probe carried a microphone and recorded the various sounds that it heard while descending to the surface of Titan. You can listen to those sounds at this Web Page sponsored by the Planetary Society.
For On-Going Updates on Space News
Links relating to the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia can be found here.
The Reusable Launch & Space Vehicle News Web Site Web Page that is part of the Hobby Space Web Site is a really good place to watch for news about, well... Reusable Launch Vehicles and related subjects. I check it out just about every day and often find news there that doesn't show up anywhere else. Give it a look. {And while you're there be sure to check out some of the site's other pages. Wow! Is there a lot of information there.}
The Space Today Web Site is a great place to find space news from all over the 'net.
The Spaceflight Now Web Site carries real time information about current space missions and presents a lot of space and astronomy news. This is the place I go to when I want up to the minute information about current space missions. Do I need to say more?
The NASA Watch Web Site is another great place for getting information about current space missions. Check there also for news about other 'goings on' within NASA. Highly recommended.
ISS News
The Florida Today Web Site has a very interesting report about the causes of the ISS budget problems and their impact on the space program. It makes very interesting reading.
Click here to view the press kits for various ISS missions.
Check out the NASA International Space Station Web Page or the Boeing Web Page to learn more about this project.
A great source of news about Russian space activities, including their work on the ISS, can be found at the Russian Space Web.
Do you wonder where the Space Station is right now? You can use your browser to view real time maps showing the location of the ISS by going to this link at the NASA Space Link Web Site or here at the Johnson Spacecraft Center. Please note that your browser must support Java to make use of this satellite tracking software.
You can find out when the ISS - or many other spacecraft - can be seen from your location by going to this NASA Web Page. Please note; your browser must support Java for this application to work.
Space Related Organizations
If you are interested in learning more about current space activities there are many local and national organizations you might want to know about. Joining these organizations and taking part in their activities is a good way to stay abreast of things going on in space as well as a way to show your support for those activities. Listed below are some of those organizations.
The Organization for the Advancement of Space Industrialization and Settlement has long been place for persons living in the Los Angeles area to gather and discuss the promise of space. Be sure to check out their Web Site for information about their meetings and other activities.
The Orange County Space Society is another Los Angeles area organization that provides a focal point for persons who are interested in space developments to get together and share their ideas. They have created a number of displays explaining the history and importance of space exploration that have appeared at various public events. Be sure to check their Web Site for information about their meetings and other events.
The National Space Society has a long history of being an advocate for a vigorous space program and provides much information to its members through their magazine and Web Site.
The Space Frontier Foundation is a strong advocate for a non-governmental space program and serves as a focal point for much activity in that arena. Their annual conference in Los Angeles during the Fall is a great way to find out what is happening in the non-government space arena.
The Space Access Society is focused on reducing the cost of going into space by promoting non-governmental launch vehicle programs. Their annual conference in the spring is a major source of information on non-traditional launch vehicle activities.
The Planetary Society is focused on the exploration of the Solar System and has a wealth of information for its members and others.
Click here for information about the audio files used for Hour 25 and for information about configuring your browser and downloading audio players.
Please note Web Pages from external sites will open in a separate browser window and that Hour 25 Productions are not responsible for the content of any external Web Sites.
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Halloween Readings
On Wednesday - October 31st, 2007 - Hour 25 brought you readings of Halloween stories featuring ghostly hauntings and strange creatures from unexplored realms.
So turn down the lights, sip a cup of something warm to keep away the chill and listen while we tell you tales of things that go bump in the night.
And don't worry. That rustling you hear outside your door is just the wind.
Or is it?
The Black Veil by Lady Dilke
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Our Halloween readings get off to a good start when Suzanne reads us a story about evil and revenge set late at night in a cemetery. A story where a woman discovers that evil has expensive consequences.
But unfortunately for her she discovers that the cost of expunging her evil deeds is even more expensive.
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The Air Serpent by Will A. Page
Today air travel can take us around the world in safety and comfort, allowing us to cover in hours the distances that would have taken weeks in previous times. But in the early years of the 20th century travel by aeroplane was rare and filled with real and imagined dangers. The very air above our world was a mysterious and unknown realm. And where mystery lurks, horror will be found.
In The Air Serpent, written in 1911, Will Page tells the story of a man who ascends to hitherto unattained heights and makes a horrifying discovery.
But today we know better. We know that monsters don't slither across the skies. There are no denizens of the clouds looking to feast upon unwary travelers. Or are there?
The next time you're flying and hear an unexplained noise or the airplane lurches unexpectedly, just tell yourself it was an air pocket or some other innocuous phenomenon. But don't think about this story or the things that might be lurking out of sight just beyond the comfortable safety of your jet airliner.
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- Click here for a thought from H.P. Lovecraft.{0:50}
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- Click here for Suzanne's reading of The Black Veil. {7:44}
- Click here for Warren's reading of The Air Serpent. {29:41}
- Click here for a final Halloween thought. {0:32}
- Click here for the show's closing.{1:34}
- For more readings and interviews you can listen to our Halloween shows from 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003,
2001 and
2000.
- And to add some music to your holiday season you might want to listen to our previous show featuring holiday carols with a Lovecraftian twist.
- Click here to hear our current show.
- Click here to listen to our most recent Shows.
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Links for more information relating to this week's show
Space News - Dawn - A Mission to the Asteroids
Updates and additional information about the mission of the Dawn spacecraft can be found at the project's Home Page at JPL or at this NASA Web Site.
Additional information about asteroids can be found at the NASA Near Earth Asteroid (NEO) Web Site.
Dawn is a part of the Discovery Program of deep space missions. Information about Dawn and other missions can be found at the Discovery Program Web Site.
Space News - Mars
For more information about the Mars Exploration Rovers be sure to check out the MER Web Site at JPL or this Mars Rover site at Cornell University. You can also get information about the MER mission by reading the News Updates posted by Dr. Steve Squyres, the project's Principal Investigator.
To learn more about the Mars Express mission you can go to this ESA Mars Express Web Site, this Mars Express Web Page from JPL, this NSSDC Mars Express Web Page, or this Web Page from Mars News.Com.
For more information about the Exploration of Mars be sure to go to the JPL Mars Exploration Site, the Center for Mars Exploration at NASA Ames, or the Mars Missions Web Site at the Planetary Society.
Information about the data returned by previous Mars missions can be found at this Mars Web Page at the NSSDC.
Information about the Phoenix Mission to Mars can be found at this Press Release from the University of Arizona. You can view a 3D picture of the Mars Phoenix spacecraft here.
For more Mars news be sure to check out the Mars News.Com Web Site.
Percival Lowell did much to shape our ideas about Mars in the early years of the 20th Century. You can learn more about his work by reading this on-line copy of his 1895 book Mars.
Space News - The Cassini Mission to Saturn
Much information about the Cassini mission can be found at the Project's Official Web Site at JPL.
JPL is constantly releasing pictures from Cassini. You can find them by going to this JPL Web Page.
Additional information about the Cassini mission can be found at this ESA
Web Site.
The University of Arizona Web Site for the imaging system used to take the Huygens pictures of Titan has much information about how they were obtained and processed as well as a collection of processed and unprocessed images.
The Huygens probe carried a microphone and recorded the various sounds that it heard while descending to the surface of Titan. You can listen to those sounds at this Web Page sponsored by the Planetary Society.
For On-Going Updates on Space News
Links relating to the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia can be found here.
The Reusable Launch & Space Vehicle News Web Site Web Page that is part of the Hobby Space Web Site is a really good place to watch for news about, well... Reusable Launch Vehicles and related subjects. I check it out just about every day and often find news there that doesn't show up anywhere else. Give it a look. {And while you're there be sure to check out some of the site's other pages. Wow! Is there a lot of information there.}
The Space Today Web Site is a great place to find space news from all over the 'net.
The Spaceflight Now Web Site carries real time information about current space missions and presents a lot of space and astronomy news. This is the place I go to when I want up to the minute information about current space missions. Do I need to say more?
The NASA Watch Web Site is another great place for getting information about current space missions. Check there also for news about other 'goings on' within NASA. Highly recommended.
ISS News
The Florida Today Web Site has a very interesting report about the causes of the ISS budget problems and their impact on the space program. It makes very interesting reading.
Click here to view the press kits for various ISS missions.
Check out the NASA International Space Station Web Page or the Boeing Web Page to learn more about this project.
A great source of news about Russian space activities, including their work on the ISS, can be found at the Russian Space Web.
Do you wonder where the Space Station is right now? You can use your browser to view real time maps showing the location of the ISS by going to this link at the NASA Space Link Web Site or here at the Johnson Spacecraft Center. Please note that your browser must support Java to make use of this satellite tracking software.
You can find out when the ISS - or many other spacecraft - can be seen from your location by going to this NASA Web Page. Please note; your browser must support Java for this application to work.
Space Related Organizations
If you are interested in learning more about current space activities there are many local and national organizations you might want to know about. Joining these organizations and taking part in their activities is a good way to stay abreast of things going on in space as well as a way to show your support for those activities. Listed below are some of those organizations.
The Organization for the Advancement of Space Industrialization and Settlement has long been place for persons living in the Los Angeles area to gather and discuss the promise of space. Be sure to check out their Web Site for information about their meetings and other activities.
The Orange County Space Society is another Los Angeles area organization that provides a focal point for persons who are interested in space developments to get together and share their ideas. They have created a number of displays explaining the history and importance of space exploration that have appeared at various public events. Be sure to check their Web Site for information about their meetings and other events.
The National Space Society has a long history of being an advocate for a vigorous space program and provides much information to its members through their magazine and Web Site.
The Space Frontier Foundation is a strong advocate for a non-governmental space program and serves as a focal point for much activity in that arena. Their annual conference in Los Angeles during the Fall is a great way to find out what is happening in the non-government space arena.
The Space Access Society is focused on reducing the cost of going into space by promoting non-governmental launch vehicle programs. Their annual conference in the spring is a major source of information on non-traditional launch vehicle activities.
The Planetary Society is focused on the exploration of the Solar System and has a wealth of information for its members and others.
Click here for information about the audio files used for Hour 25 and for information about configuring your browser and downloading audio players.
Please note Web Pages from external sites will open in a separate browser window and that Hour 25 Productions are not responsible for the content of any external Web Sites.
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On Monday - October 22nd, 2007 - we belatedly broadcast the show that we recorded at LosCon in November 2006. {Better late than never, right?} We would have had the show up much sooner but somewhere between recording the show at the convention and getting things ready for broadcast the disks with this show went missing and it was only a few days ago that they surfaced from wherever they had been hiding. We apologize for the delay, especially since the Guest of Honor - William Tenn - was particularly engaging and entertaining.
As is our tradition, we went to LosCon so we could have the chance to chat with each of the convention's Guests of Honor so that we could bring a bit of LosCon to those of you who couldn't be there in person. Our guests tonight include the well known author William Tenn, artist Bernie Wrightson, along with fan and art collector Fred Patten and LosCon chairman Scott Beckstead.
As always the convention was a great chance to visit with old and new friends and to enjoy the company of people who enjoy recreational thinking. The next LosCon will be held over this coming Thanksgiving weekend and we'll be there to record another show. Why don't you come out and join us there.
I want to give a special thanks to Patrick Fahey who was our Production Assistant at this LosCon, as well as at various other venues. Patrick is always there when we need a hand and dives in to do anything that needs doing to make our live shows a success. He's a good friend and co-worker. Thanks Patrick.
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- Click here for our interview with the Guest of Honor William Tenn. {50:07}
- Click here for our interview with Bernie Wrightson, the artist Guest of Honor. {14:53}
- Click here for our interview with Fred Patten, the Fan Guest of Honor. {17:47}
- Click here for the show's closing.{1:36}
- Click here to hear our current show.
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If you enjoyed this show and would like to know when other interviews are uploaded to the Hour 25 Web Site, then send an email to me at wwjames@earthlink.net and I will add your name to the free Hour 25 Newsletter mailing list. That way you'll get a brief notice in your email every time a new show gets uploaded to the web.
Links for more information relating to this week's show
Space News - Dawn - A Mission to the Asteroids
Updates and additional information about the mission of the Dawn spacecraft can be found at the project's Home Page at JPL or at this NASA Web Site.
Additional information about asteroids can be found at the NASA Near Earth Asteroid (NEO) Web Site.
Dawn is a part of the Discovery Program of deep space missions. Information about Dawn and other missions can be found at the Discovery Program Web Site.
Space News - Mars
For more information about the Mars Exploration Rovers be sure to check out the MER Web Site at JPL or this Mars Rover site at Cornell University. You can also get information about the MER mission by reading the News Updates posted by Dr. Steve Squyres, the project's Principal Investigator.
To learn more about the Mars Express mission you can go to this ESA Mars Express Web Site, this Mars Express Web Page from JPL, this NSSDC Mars Express Web Page, or this Web Page from Mars News.Com.
For more information about the Exploration of Mars be sure to go to the JPL Mars Exploration Site, the Center for Mars Exploration at NASA Ames, or the Mars Missions Web Site at the Planetary Society.
Information about the data returned by previous Mars missions can be found at this Mars Web Page at the NSSDC.
Information about the Phoenix Mission to Mars can be found at this Press Release from the University of Arizona. You can view a 3D picture of the Mars Phoenix spacecraft here.
For more Mars news be sure to check out the Mars News.Com Web Site.
Percival Lowell did much to shape our ideas about Mars in the early years of the 20th Century. You can learn more about his work by reading this on-line copy of his 1895 book Mars.
Space News - The Cassini Mission to Saturn
Much information about the Cassini mission can be found at the Project's Official Web Site at JPL.
JPL is constantly releasing pictures from Cassini. You can find them by going to this JPL Web Page.
Additional information about the Cassini mission can be found at this ESA
Web Site.
The University of Arizona Web Site for the imaging system used to take the Huygens pictures of Titan has much information about how they were obtained and processed as well as a collection of processed and unprocessed images.
The Huygens probe carried a microphone and recorded the various sounds that it heard while descending to the surface of Titan. You can listen to those sounds at this Web Page sponsored by the Planetary Society.
For On-Going Updates on Space News
Links relating to the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia can be found here.
The Reusable Launch & Space Vehicle News Web Site Web Page that is part of the Hobby Space Web Site is a really good place to watch for news about, well... Reusable Launch Vehicles and related subjects. I check it out just about every day and often find news there that doesn't show up anywhere else. Give it a look. {And while you're there be sure to check out some of the site's other pages. Wow! Is there a lot of information there.}
The Space Today Web Site is a great place to find space news from all over the 'net.
The Spaceflight Now Web Site carries real time information about current space missions and presents a lot of space and astronomy news. This is the place I go to when I want up to the minute information about current space missions. Do I need to say more?
The NASA Watch Web Site is another great place for getting information about current space missions. Check there also for news about other 'goings on' within NASA. Highly recommended.
ISS News
The Florida Today Web Site has a very interesting report about the causes of the ISS budget problems and their impact on the space program. It makes very interesting reading.
Click here to view the press kits for various ISS missions.
Check out the NASA International Space Station Web Page or the Boeing Web Page to learn more about this project.
A great source of news about Russian space activities, including their work on the ISS, can be found at the Russian Space Web.
Do you wonder where the Space Station is right now? You can use your browser to view real time maps showing the location of the ISS by going to this link at the NASA Space Link Web Site or here at the Johnson Spacecraft Center. Please note that your browser must support Java to make use of this satellite tracking software.
You can find out when the ISS - or many other spacecraft - can be seen from your location by going to this NASA Web Page. Please note; your browser must support Java for this application to work.
Space Related Organizations
If you are interested in learning more about current space activities there are many local and national organizations you might want to know about. Joining these organizations and taking part in their activities is a good way to stay abreast of things going on in space as well as a way to show your support for those activities. Listed below are some of those organizations.
The Organization for the Advancement of Space Industrialization and Settlement has long been place for persons living in the Los Angeles area to gather and discuss the promise of space. Be sure to check out their Web Site for information about their meetings and other activities.
The Orange County Space Society is another Los Angeles area organization that provides a focal point for persons who are interested in space developments to get together and share their ideas. They have created a number of displays explaining the history and importance of space exploration that have appeared at various public events. Be sure to check their Web Site for information about their meetings and other events.
The National Space Society has a long history of being an advocate for a vigorous space program and provides much information to its members through their magazine and Web Site.
The Space Frontier Foundation is a strong advocate for a non-governmental space program and serves as a focal point for much activity in that arena. Their annual conference in Los Angeles during the Fall is a great way to find out what is happening in the non-government space arena.
The Space Access Society is focused on reducing the cost of going into space by promoting non-governmental launch vehicle programs. Their annual conference in the spring is a major source of information on non-traditional launch vehicle activities.
The Planetary Society is focused on the exploration of the Solar System and has a wealth of information for its members and others.
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On Monday - June 25th, 2007 - out guest on Hour 25 was author Jim Butcher chatting with us his "Dresden Files" series of books and the TV series of the same name that airs on the SciFi Channel.
The "Dresden Files" deals with the adventures (and misadventures) of the only wizard in Chicago who advertises in the Yellow Pages. Mixing detective stories with horror and the supernatural, these tales are an engaging read and make for enjoyable if not outright addictive television.
Although the books and TV series are closely related they do have a number of differences. Both versions are enjoyable on their own terms and I would be hard pressed to say which I like better. Rather, those differences mean that the TV show gives us that much more of the "Dresden Files" to enjoy.
And if you didn't catch the show when it was airing on SciFi, then keep you eyes open for the release of the series on DVD sometime in August. That way you'll get the chance to see all the episodes, along with the unaired pilot and various other goodies.
I enjoyed having the chance to sit down with Jim at Mystery and Imagination Books to talk about his writing and how he feels about having his characters and world of the "Dresden Files" adapted to television. If you haven't already become a fan of the "Dresden Files" then you really should pick up some of his books 'cause they're really good. Most highly recommended.
ISS spreads its Wings
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With the arrival of the newest set of solar arrays the ISS is now starting to look like all those artists' conceptions that we have seen over the last few decades. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to bring you this picture of the ISS as it now looks as it sails over our Earth.
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The Road to the Asteroids
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With any luck at all, the Dawn spacecraft will soon be leaving the Earth on a multi-year voyage to the asteroids. It will take it almost two years to spiral out to Mars and another couple of years to reach Vesta. After spending 7 months orbiting Vesta the spacecraft will restart its ion propulsion system and start a three year trek to the asteroid Ceres where it will spend 6 - or more - months studying the largest main belt asteroid. All told, Dawn will spend 8 years on its voyage of discovery. Who knows what wonders it will show us?
Breaking News - After the show aired, NASA announced that the launch date for Dawn has been slipped to September. This is a result of last minute difficulties with getting Dawn launched and the desire to avoid a conflict between the launch of Dawn and the upcoming Phoenix Mars Lander - which has to get off in August. Slipping Dawn's launch to September will still allow it to meet all of its science goals and removes the launch conflicts between Dawn and Phoenix. Stay tuned for more news later.
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Jim Butcher
Click here to go visit Jim Butcher's Web Site or here to visit the Dresden Files site at the SciFi Channel.
Some other sites about Jim Butcher and Harry Dresden include; Wizards Named Harry, and The Butcher Block.
Here's another interview with Jim from Powells.com and here's another from the SF Site.
Space News
Here's the link to a Web Site at the Applied Physics Lab with information about the Messenger Mission and here is another site about Messenger from NASA.
Here's a link with news about Hayabusa starting its return voyage to Earth and here's more information about that mission from Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency. Here's another link with more information about Hayabusa from a NASA Web Site.
Space News - Dawn - A Mission to the Asteroids
Updates and additional information about the mission of the Dawn spacecraft can be found at the project's Home Page at JPL or at this NASA Web Site.
Additional information about asteroids can be found at the NASA Near Earth Asteroid (NEO) Web Site.
Dawn is a part of the Discovery Program of deep space missions. Information about Dawn and other missions can be found at the Discovery Program Web Site.
Space News - Mars
For more information about the Mars Exploration Rovers be sure to check out the MER Web Site at JPL or this Mars Rover site at Cornell University. You can also get information about the MER mission by reading the News Updates posted by Dr. Steve Squyres, the project's Principal Investigator.
To learn more about the Mars Express mission you can go to this ESA Mars Express Web Site, this Mars Express Web Page from JPL, this NSSDC Mars Express Web Page, or this Web Page from Mars News.Com.
For more information about the Exploration of Mars be sure to go to the JPL Mars Exploration Site, the Center for Mars Exploration at NASA Ames, or the Mars Missions Web Site at the Planetary Society.
Information about the data returned by previous Mars missions can be found at this Mars Web Page at the NSSDC.
Information about the Phoenix Mission to Mars can be found at this Press Release from the University of Arizona. You can view a 3D picture of the Mars Phoenix spacecraft here.
For more Mars news be sure to check out the Mars News.Com Web Site.
Percival Lowell did much to shape our ideas about Mars in the early years of the 20th Century. You can learn more about his work by reading this on-line copy of his 1895 book Mars.
Space News - The Cassini Mission to Saturn
Much information about the Cassini mission can be found at the Project's Official Web Site at JPL.
JPL is constantly releasing pictures from Cassini. You can find them by going to this JPL Web Page.
Additional information about the Cassini mission can be found at this ESA
Web Site.
The University of Arizona Web Site for the imaging system used to take the Huygens pictures of Titan has much information about how they were obtained and processed as well as a collection of processed and unprocessed images.
The Huygens probe carried a microphone and recorded the various sounds that it heard while descending to the surface of Titan. You can listen to those sounds at this Web Page sponsored by the Planetary Society.
For On-Going Updates on Space News
Links relating to the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia can be found here.
The Reusable Launch & Space Vehicle News Web Site Web Page that is part of the Hobby Space Web Site is a really good place to watch for news about, well... Reusable Launch Vehicles and related subjects. I check it out just about every day and often find news there that doesn't show up anywhere else. Give it a look. {And while you're there be sure to check out some of the site's other pages. Wow! Is there a lot of information there.}
The Space Today Web Site is a great place to find space news from all over the 'net.
The Spaceflight Now Web Site carries real time information about current space missions and presents a lot of space and astronomy news. This is the place I go to when I want up to the minute information about current space missions. Do I need to say more?
The NASA Watch Web Site is another great place for getting information about current space missions. Check there also for news about other 'goings on' within NASA. Highly recommended.
ISS News
The Florida Today Web Site has a very interesting report about the causes of the ISS budget problems and their impact on the space program. It makes very interesting reading.
Click here to view the press kits for various ISS missions.
Check out the NASA International Space Station Web Page or the Boeing Web Page to learn more about this project.
A great source of news about Russian space activities, including their work on the ISS, can be found at the Russian Space Web.
Do you wonder where the Space Station is right now? You can use your browser to view real time maps showing the location of the ISS by going to this link at the NASA Space Link Web Site or here at the Johnson Spacecraft Center. Please note that your browser must support Java to make use of this satellite tracking software.
You can find out when the ISS - or many other spacecraft - can be seen from your location by going to this NASA Web Page. Please note; your browser must support Java for this application to work.
Space Related Organizations
If you are interested in learning more about current space activities there are many local and national organizations you might want to know about. Joining these organizations and taking part in their activities is a good way to stay abreast of things going on in space as well as a way to show your support for those activities. Listed below are some of those organizations.
The Organization for the Advancement of Space Industrialization and Settlement has long been place for persons living in the Los Angeles area to gather and discuss the promise of space. Be sure to check out their Web Site for information about their meetings and other activities.
The Orange County Space Society is another Los Angeles area organization that provides a focal point for persons who are interested in space developments to get together and share their ideas. They have created a number of displays explaining the history and importance of space exploration that have appeared at various public events. Be sure to check their Web Site for information about their meetings and other events.
The National Space Society has a long history of being an advocate for a vigorous space program and provides much information to its members through their magazine and Web Site.
The Space Frontier Foundation is a strong advocate for a non-governmental space program and serves as a focal point for much activity in that arena. Their annual conference in Los Angeles during the Fall is a great way to find out what is happening in the non-government space arena.
The Space Access Society is focused on reducing the cost of going into space by promoting non-governmental launch vehicle programs. Their annual conference in the spring is a major source of information on non-traditional launch vehicle activities.
The Planetary Society is focused on the exploration of the Solar System and has a wealth of information for its members and others.
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On Wednesday - January 17th, 2007 - out guest on Hour 25 was author Laurell K. Hamilton chatting with us about her most recent books and things going on in the publishing world.
Danse Macabre continues the adventures of Anita Blake as she hunts the undead and other creatures of the night while confronting her own dark monsters. But now she has a new - yet timeless - problem. She might be pregnant and she doesn't know if the father is a vampire, werewolf or someone (something?) else. But if that was Anita's only problem then life would be simple. However the relations between vampires and werewolves, humans and the supernatural are changing in unexpected ways and what this means for Anita and the rest of humanity is anyone's guess.
Always a fun read, I'm sure that fans of the Anita Blake series - or people who just like a good frightfest - will enjoy the ride.
And not long after our interview Laurell had another book come out in her other series, Mistral's Kiss. In this book her protagonist has a problem that is almost the complete opposite of Anita's. She must get pregnant to provide an heir to her throne. But try as she might - and trust me she's really trying - she can't get pregnant. Is this just a twist of fate, a quirk of biology or are there darker forces in play?
These books and more are just a few of the things we talked about when we sat down for a chat about books, writing and all that other fun stuff.
Dateline : Mars
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NASA is releasing all of the images from the two Mars Exploration Rovers almost as soon as they arrive at JPL. The raw images for the Spirit rover can be found at this Web Page and raw images for Opportunity can be found here. The images that have been released to the press, along with animations and other images, can be found here.
NASA is also doing a superb job of making available the images produced by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter(MRO). Images from HiRISE and other information about that experiment can be found at the HiRISE web site. Going there will let you view images that are 'hot off the press' and even make suggestions for future imaging targets. Way cool!
Additional information about MRO and its other experiments can be found at the project's web site.
HiRISE images will be the most detailed pictures of Mars ever taken from space and will resolve objects as small as 1-3 feet in length. This will literally let the scientists 'count the boulders' at prospective landing sites for future missions and will show Mars with a clarity heretofore reserved for spacecraft actually on the Martian surface.
One of the first things the scientists want to do is to image areas where spacecraft have already landed so they can use the lander pictures as 'ground truth' and get a better idea about what the HiRISE images will be showing them when they look at places where spacecraft have not landed.
And of course this also means that we will be getting images of all the spacecraft that have landed on Mars. This may even help answer questions about what happened to some of the unsuccessful attempts to land on Mars, such as Beagle 2.
Below are a series of images from the Opportunity rover comparing the views from the surface with the views from orbit. Images of various other rovers and landers can be found at the HiRISE web site.
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Above is a HiRISE picture showing you the the Lander that delivered the Opportunity rover to the Meridiani Planum region of Mars - where it made an interplanetary hole-in-one by rolling to a stop in Eagle Crater. Below is a picture of that same Lander as seen by Opportunity after it had started its exploration of the Martian surface.
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There is something about seeing human built hardware on another world that gives a sense of immediacy and reality to our robotic explorations. But also, studies of that hardware in its operating environment gives us valuable insights into how to make the next generation hardware better and more reliable.
Early in Opportunity's traverse across the Martian surface it encountered the heatshield that had protected it during its multi-kilometer per second entry into the Martian atmosphere. Above you can see a picture of that heatshield as seen by HiRISE and below is a picture of that same debris field as photographed by Opportunity.
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Above you can see a series of images taken by HiRISE showing Opportunity as it moved along the lip of Victoria Crater mapping out a route that it could use to go into - and later out of - the crater. While MRO was taking those pictures from space, Opportunity took hundreds of exposures of the crater that were used to generate a panoramic image of Victoria Crater as seen from Cape Verde. A portion of that panorama is shown below.
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You can go here to see the complete panorama of Victoria Crater. I think you'll agree with me that it is one of the most awe inspiring pictures to come from the exploration of Mars.
Below is a picture showing Victoria Crater as seen from space by HiRISE. You can even see the little spot of light that is Opportunity parked on the lip of the crater. Sometime soon that rover will be heading down into the crater in search of new knowledge and wonderment.
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Dateline : Ceres
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Scientists are always making it hard for science fiction writers to adhere to what is known, since science has a way of changing just about everything faster than one can write. First, it was out with the Martian canals and their ancient decadent civilizations. Then it was good-bye to the lush dinosaur infested swamps of Venus. And don't get me started on what they did to poor Mercury after they discovered that it doesn't keep one face permanently pointed at the Sun. Or Pluto - is it a planet or is it not? Is nothing sacred???
But at least we'll always have the asteroids - small, irregular, non-differentiated, non-spherical rocks with most orbiting between Mars and Jupiter.
Oh wait, that's not true anymore either. Recent images, such as the one from Hubble Space Telescope presented above, have shown that the asteroid Ceres - the first to be discovered back in 1801 - is not irregular in shape and is mostly spherical. {Its equatorial diameter of about 950 kilometers is slightly larger than its polar diameter as a result of its rotation, but it is round enough that no one can call it an irregular lump of rock.}
More information about these recent discoveries concerning Ceres can be found here or here.
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Laurell K. Hamilton
Click here to go visit Laurell's Web Site, the site for her at Penguin/Putnam Books or Ballantine Books.
Some other sites about Laurell and her work include; The Worlds of Laurell K. Hamilton, and The Anita Blake Compendium.
Here's another interview with Laurell that you can find on-line; Crescent Blues.
Space News
Here's the link to the Blue Origin Web Site with pictures of their first launch.
Here's a link for more information about the discovery of lakes of liquid methane on Titan. And here's another.
Space News - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Updates and additional information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter can be found at the project's Official Web Site.
For an interesting perspective on the exploration of Mars you should check out this Web Site by Corby Waste, who creates many of the stunning images of the spacecraft used to explore Mars.
Space News - Mars
For more information about the Mars Exploration Rovers be sure to check out the MER Web Site at JPL or this Mars Rover site at Cornell University. You can also get information about the MER mission by reading the News Updates posted by Dr. Steve Squyres, the project's Principal Investigator.
To learn more about the Mars Express mission you can go to this ESA Mars Express Web Site, this Mars Express Web Page from JPL, this NSSDC Mars Express Web Page, or this Web Page from Mars News.Com.
For more information about the Exploration of Mars be sure to go to the JPL Mars Exploration Site, the Center for Mars Exploration at NASA Ames, or the Mars Missions Web Site at the Planetary Society.
Information about the data returned by previous Mars missions can be found at this Mars Web Page at the NSSDC.
Information about the Phoenix Mission to Mars can be found at this Press Release from the University of Arizona. You can view a 3D picture of the Mars Phoenix spacecraft here.
For more Mars news be sure to check out the Mars News.Com Web Site.
Percival Lowell did much to shape our ideas about Mars in the early years of the 20th Century. You can learn more about his work by reading this on-line copy of his 1895 book Mars.
Space News - The Cassini Mission to Saturn
Much information about the Cassini mission can be found at the Project's Official Web Site at JPL.
JPL is constantly releasing pictures from Cassini. You can find them by going to this JPL Web Page.
Additional information about the Cassini mission can be found at this ESA
Web Site.
The University of Arizona Web Site for the imaging system used to take the Huygens pictures of Titan has much information about how they were obtained and processed as well as a collection of processed and unprocessed images.
The Huygens probe carried a microphone and recorded the various sounds that it heard while descending to the surface of Titan. You can listen to those sounds at this Web Page sponsored by the Planetary Society.
For On-Going Updates on Space News
Links relating to the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia can be found here.
The Reusable Launch & Space Vehicle News Web Site Web Page that is part of the Hobby Space Web Site is a really good place to watch for news about, well... Reusable Launch Vehicles and related subjects. I check it out just about every day and often find news there that doesn't show up anywhere else. Give it a look. {And while you're there be sure to check out some of the site's other pages. Wow! Is there a lot of information there.}
The Space Today Web Site is a great place to find space news from all over the 'net.
The Spaceflight Now Web Site carries real time information about current space missions and presents a lot of space and astronomy news. This is the place I go to when I want up to the minute information about current space missions. Do I need to say more?
The NASA Watch Web Site is another great place for getting information about current space missions. Check there also for news about other 'goings on' within NASA. Highly recommended.
ISS News
The Florida Today Web Site has a very interesting report about the causes of the ISS budget problems and their impact on the space program. It makes very interesting reading.
Click here to view the press kits for various ISS missions.
Check out the NASA International Space Station Web Page or the Boeing Web Page to learn more about this project.
A great source of news about Russian space activities, including their work on the ISS, can be found at the Russian Space Web.
Do you wonder where the Space Station is right now? You can use your browser to view real time maps showing the location of the ISS by going to this link at the NASA Space Link Web Site or here at the Johnson Spacecraft Center. Please note that your browser must support Java to make use of this satellite tracking software.
You can find out when the ISS - or many other spacecraft - can be seen from your location by going to this NASA Web Page. Please note; your browser must support Java for this application to work.
Space Related Organizations
If you are interested in learning more about current space activities there are many local and national organizations you might want to know about. Joining these organizations and taking part in their activities is a good way to stay abreast of things going on in space as well as a way to show your support for those activities. Listed below are some of those organizations.
The Organization for the Advancement of Space Industrialization and Settlement has long been place for persons living in the Los Angeles area to gather and discuss the promise of space. Be sure to check out their Web Site for information about their meetings and other activities.
The Orange County Space Society is another Los Angeles area organization that provides a focal point for persons who are interested in space developments to get together and share their ideas. They have created a number of displays explaining the history and importance of space exploration that have appeared at various public events. Be sure to check their Web Site for information about their meetings and other events.
The National Space Society has a long history of being an advocate for a vigorous space program and provides much information to its members through their magazine and Web Site.
The Space Frontier Foundation is a strong advocate for a non-governmental space program and serves as a focal point for much activity in that arena. Their annual conference in Los Angeles during the Fall is a great way to find out what is happening in the non-government space arena.
The Space Access Society is focused on reducing the cost of going into space by promoting non-governmental launch vehicle programs. Their annual conference in the spring is a major source of information on non-traditional launch vehicle activities.
The Planetary Society is focused on the exploration of the Solar System and has a wealth of information for its members and others.
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