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Star Trek's Bold New Frontier in Port Henry
Jul 12, 2006 — This week, an empty Chevy dealership in the Champlain Valley town of Port Henry has come to life again. The dusty building has been transformed by a small group of Star Trek fans into a professional-quality movie studio. Using volunteer labor and some surprising sources of money, the group is creating new Star Trek episodes that harken back to the TV show's glory days in the late 1960s. Brian Mann has our story. Go to full article
Books: Nick Sagan's Edenborn
Sep 28, 2004 — The son of astronomer and writer Carl Sagan is making a literary mark of his own. Growing up in Ithaca and Los Angeles, Nick Sagan shared his parents' love of science, art, philosophy and creative writing. Those interests steered him into a career as a screenwriter for films and shows such as Star Trek: Voyager. Like his famous father, Nick writes about the future of humankind, but with a chaotic twist. He's out with a new book, Edenborn, which he promoted recently at St. Lawrence University. It's the second book in his Idlewild series. He spoke about science fiction and his view of the cosmos with Todd Moe. Go to full article
Redaers & Writers: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Feb 01, 2001 — Our guest is Octavia Butler, talking about her science fiction novel Parable of the Sower, a cautionary tale set in the near future. Co-hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson are joined in the studio by teachers and students from Canton Central School. Go to full article
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