Episode 29 is about……. Religion in Sci Fi!

But first! We get into a little knitting and spinning. Miss Kalendar is being a little scecretive about her knitting due to the holiday season. Let’s just say that she’s working on things, if more slowly than before her new job.

Next if you’re at the world fantasy con (i think that’s what it is called) on Halloween, please stop by Gail’s Book Launch party and say hi to Gail and Miss K!

Contest update – winner has been selected – Threadbunny!

Sci-fi: Miss K discusses the uses of relgion in sci-fi – especially the use of beliefs to humanize otherwise inhuman characters.

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 Episode 29, My Hand to God [24:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In Episode 28, Miss Kalendar makes a confession: The new job is keeping her so busy that she hasn’t had much time to knit or spin…..regardless, she has finally managed to ply the yarn for her Aeolian. She did receive some lovely roving from Jasmin of the knitmoregirls podcast – as well as a shawl pin that looks like a star trek communicator!!! Gigi brought her back some swag from Dr. Gemma’s fibre retreat. AND, Smartest Monkey made her a bobbin winder! Can a spinner’s life get any better?

There is a reminder that the contest to win a signed copy of Gail’s book – Soulless is over at the end of this week, with the winner being chose and announced on next week’s podcast.

Then there’s the sci-fi section……Miss K goes a little overboard talking about the Mirror Mirror episode of Original Trek and the two follow up episodes she’s seen in DS9. There’s a breif aside as to the ethics of interfering in another universe’s events – and the ever-present question of why “evil” versions of characters seem to have sexual perversions or crazy sex drives (and why are they sometimes bisexual, as if that is some sort of perversion as well?). Take a listen, leave a comment!

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 Episode 28, Mirror Mirror [26:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In Episode 27, Miss Kalendar speaks to knitting and spinning, with a brief moment of weaving……then there is a discussion of the movie Gattica (circa 1997) – which wanders into Star Trek (as most things do) and a slight question about the new generation of kids and their poor work ethic.

Also – be sure to catch Gail Carriger at her book signing and read on this Sunday at Borderlands Books in San Francisco (California). We think it’s on Valencia street.

 

 Episode 27, Designer Genes [22:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Episode 26 is about a subgenre of steampunk called dieselpunk. However, first there is a story about Miss K’s old boss and his knitting hazing yet nice going away gift – there is a tale of two looms – one operated by Jasmin of the knitmore girls.

There is a fashion moment from Gail Carriger about the two-cardigan trend – see her blog for more info -(pssst! It’s on the sidebar)

Then there is a discussion (rant?) about Dieselpunk – a supposed sub-genre of steampunk. Miss K tries a little vainly to define both – fails, and then simply gives some definitions from wikipedia.

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 Episode 26, Dieselpunk [25:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download