On Monday - October 31^st, 2011 - Hour 25 invites you to join us for a night of celebrating all things mysterious when we read you stories about what happens when people encounter creatures who are not of this world.

We open our show with a tale of lost love and a belated rendezvous in The Story of the Rippling Train by Mary Louisa Molesworth. Next we take you to a Pacific island where shipwrecked sailors make a terrifying discovery in The Pool of the Stone God by W. Fenimore.

So sit back, turn down the lights and enjoy this magic night. And try not to think about any spectral figures you might glimpse standing in the shadows behind your back.

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Click here for Suzanne's reading of The Story of the Rippling Train by Mary Louisa Molesworth.{30:38}

Click here for Warren's reading of The Pool of the Stone God by W. Fenimore. {11:41}

Click here for the show's closing.{2:19}

For more readings and interviews you can listen to our Halloween shows from 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 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.

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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

Much information about the Phoenix mission to Mars can be found at this JPL Web Site or at this Web Site from the University of Arizona or this NASA Web Site. Additional information about various past NASA missions can be found here.

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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Loscon 2010 Listen to this show

On Sunday - January 30^th, 2011 - Hour 25 brought you some of the interviews that we did while at Loscon 37 over the 2010 Thanksgiving weekend. And therein lies a tale....

As we have done for many years now Hour 25 was a part of Loscon, a science fiction convention that is held in Los Angeles over the Thanksgiving holiday. And like always we had a great time. We got to visit with old friends and make some new ones. We recorded the show in front of a live audience and had a great time interviewing the various Guests of Honor from the convention. Everything was going fine. Right up to the point where the computer being used to record the show suffered a Blue Screen of Death and lost everything that we had recorded.

Attempts to salvage the show were to no avail, nothing could be recovered. The edition of Hour 25 recorded at Loscon 37 had vanished into the aether never to be heard again.

But all was not lost. We couldn't get everyone together again to do the show over, their schedules wouldn't allow that. But we were able to get together with Emma Bull, the writer Guest of Honor, and Arlene Satin, the Convention Chair for next year's Loscon, and do a set of replacement interviews.

We apologize for the technical problems from Loscon 37 and we're looking forward to seeing all of you next year at Loscon 38. But now it's straight on to tomorrow with Mike Hodel's Hour 25.

Emma Bull

Arlene Satin

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Click here for our interview with Emma Bull.{27:33}

Click here for our interview with Arlene Satin. {11:16}

Click here for the show's closing.{1:53}

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Emma Bull

If you want to hear more from Emma she can be found here or here.

If you are intrigued by Shadow Unit then go here and start reading. Just don't get started late in the evening on a work night unless you don't mind going in to work tired and red eyed. You have been warned.

Arlene Satin and Loscon 2011

Information about 2011's Loscon can be found at the Loscon 38 Web Site. Memberships are currently $35 but the price will be going up after April 30, 2011. We hope to see you there.

Space News - Dawn - A Mission to the Asteroids