| Date |
Host |
Topic |
Description |
| 05-11-2008 | HOST Gedi | First and Last Word | "AndroiD" "Destructo RaY" Can't think of an SF term that starts with "Y?" You're out! Join HOST Gedi for the science fiction game First and Last Word! |
| 05-12-2008 | HOST Jade | Favorite Characters | Favorite characters from long ago differ from those now. Or do they? So do the ones you really dislike. What are some of your favorites both past and current? Can you find reasons for the changes? Join HOST Jade for a night of favorites and non favorites. |
| 05-13-2008 | UnHosts | UnChat | Since there is no official chat scheduled on Tuesdays, there will be an UnChat with your UnHosts UnBLRWIZ and UnT man. There will be an UnTopic. But the chat is only limited by the Universe.… |
| 05-14-2008 | HOST Helio | Exploration Rovers | Has the success of the Mars rovers pre-empted the necessity of human landings on other planets? A lost rover, however astronomically expensive, can be replaced but human lives are irreplaceable. Shall we just stay at home and safely watch on TV the rovers going where no man-made object has gone before? Join HOST Helio for a night of exploration rovers. |
| 05-15-2008 | HOST Mystik | Headlines of Tomorrow | "Dateline: Neptune Station -- President Ender declared dissolution of the world hegemony and ordered a round of strawberry shakes for all!" Who knows what tomorrow brings? Now you do! The O*W*C is writing up Headlines of Tomorrow, with HOST Mystik. |
| 05-16-2008 | HOST Shadow | Psience Fiction | Telepathy, telekinesis, teleportation, and precognition are all accepted terms in the science fiction lexicon. Two centuries ago, these abilities were assumed to be the domain of demons and were lumped together under the category of witchcraft, but, dusted-off and attired in contemporary jargon, they've managed to infiltrate one of fiction's most rationally demanding genres. Does mental alchemy have a place in contemporary SF? Join HOST Shadow in O*W*C chat to discuss psience fiction. |
| 05-17-2008 | HOST Chip | VR | Why is a raven like a writing-desk? Because they can both be rendered in Virtual Reality (probably not the answer you expected). VR was one of science fiction's darlings, but lately SF seems to treat it as either a novelty or entirely irrelevant. What are the prizes and pitfalls of Virtual Reality? Will we ever experience virtual worlds to rival those in fiction? Grab your tri-D glasses and join HOST Chip for an evening of virtual entertainment! |
| 05-18-2008 | HOST Gedi | Heroes and Philosophy in SF Films and TV | Heroes and Villains used to be clear cut in sci fi tv and movies. With shifting morals heroes in the genre across the media have changed. Somewhere in the sixties the clear cut line between good an evil started to fade. Join HOST Gedi for Shades of Gray: Heroes and Villains. |
