SCI FI NEWS

Fans can’t get enough of BROKEN ROAD! The new dystopian audio drama is climbing in the charts, with a #9 spot on Chartable’s U.S. sci-fi podcasts list right now, and in the top 50 for U.S. fiction podcasts overall. If you haven’t listened to the latest episode yet, now’s a great time to see why sci-fi fans love this show! Episode 5 is live today, and it’s a good one. In ‘Sloughers Like Us’, Emmett attempts to execute his plan to help Rebecca save her farm…and save the town.

Eric Mark, a co-producer and actor on the upcoming BROKEN ROAD audio drama, just returned to Los Angeles from La Paz, Mexico, where he was shooting the horror–thriller short film QUAAYAYP with fellow Canadian Brian Fleck. Days before Eric and Brian went down to Mexico, they shot the near-future sci-fi dramatic–comedy short CONTACT(S) — which they cowrote and star in — with director and former Disney executive Bill Sarine.  Recursor.TV caught up with Eric to discuss CONTACT(S) as well as what it was like shooting a film in the desert of Baja California Sur. RECURSOR: We know.

What makes a great science fiction story? Is it the science? Is it the inventive technology? David Brin would probably say it’s using the concept of the story and working within its constraints to examine what the world would be like if that technology was available. An award-winning author best known for shining light on technology, society, and science’s effects on our civilization, Brin is possibly best known as the author of the novel The Postman, famously adapted as a feature film starring Kevin Costner. Beyond that, he’s produced a.

A panel to discuss science fiction theater, moderated by Anne Morgan, Programs Director for the National New Play Network. Featuring Mac Rogers (The Honeycomb Trilogy, The Message), Tiffany Keane Scheafer (Artistic Director, Otherworld Theatre Company), Greg Lam (Last Ship to Proxima Centauri, Repossessed), and Edward Einhorn (Alma Baya, the adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep)..

Looking for an intriguing sci-fi dystopia web series to binge? Then it’s time to tune in for Shiny New Things, which is debuting its season one episodes right now.  If you haven’t heard of Shiny New Things yet, you don’t want to miss out on this cool indie sci-fi series. Set in the near future after an apocalyptic nuclear war, the action of the series takes place in a world where a new government order has divided society. Poorer people find macabre work portraying the dead loved ones of uber-rich people, in.

Ready for some fabulous, independent sci-fi to kick off your weekend? You’re in luck, because the Berlin SF Filmfest is happening live this weekend, November 5-6, 2021 in Germany—but it’s also viewable worldwide on XERB.TV November 5-14. So there’s no reason, and no excuse, to miss some fantastic, indie science fiction films. Now in its fifth year, the Berlin SF FilmFest is the first genre-specific SF film festival in Germany. Their aim: to provide a platform for indie sci-fi filmmakers to present their work on the big screen and to a.

Audio dramas are the new frontier in science fiction storytelling right now. And among the great features out there, you’ll find a new author with great ideas and a fresh approach—sci-fi author, scriptwriter, poet and general word nerd, Emily Inkpen. In her The Dex Legacy series, the forthcoming sci-fi audio podcast, she explores the limitless possibilities of fantasy and sci-fi story crafting. Inkpen got her start early in life. Like many authors, she wrote her first book in childhood, around the age of twelve. She kept writing, and went on.

Presenting the first episode of a new Netflix Original Series from Adi Shankar called The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You) at Cannes Series festival this week, Kenlon Clark has been a busy filmmaker. When he’s not directing animated alien superheroes, he’s shooting commercials, music videos and other film projects, including his recently released neo-noir sci-fi crime film, SYNAPSE. Here’s what Clark shared with RECURSOR about the making of SYNAPSE. RECURSOR: How did you become involved in bringing SYNAPSE to film?  CLARK: I’d been working hard to get a feature film under.

A screaming spaceship and a world of radical hospitality… What could go wrong? If you’re listening to the stellar new science fiction audio drama, Give Me Away, you’re about to find out the answer. Written by Mac Rogers (the creator of the sci-fi hit The Message) and produced by Gideon Media (known for sci-fi thriller Steal the Stars), Give Me Away is a perfect podcast series experience for science fiction fans. It blends the sorts of mysterious aliens, advanced tech, conspiratorial plot twists, and philosophical questions that genre fans can’t get enough of. The audio drama’s first four episodes aired.