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A sci-fi anthology featuring adaptations of stories by noted writers Harlan Ellison, Robert A. Heinlein, Howard Fast and John Kessel. From IDT Entertainment (Showtime's `Masters of Horror').
  • Home Movies and Other Announced Releases | DVD News | 6/1/2008
    New releases announced today, June 1:Home Movies - The Complete Series will be coming out November 4 Masters of Science Fiction will be coming out August 5 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items. read more
  • Why is it that networks ... | Matt Roush | 9/10/2007
    Question: Why is it that networks rarely grab each others' shows after they are canceled? This year there were a few cases where this would have made a lot of sense. For example, a show like The Class had average ratings, but it was canned because CBS didn't have many hours available. Wouldn't it have made sense for ABC, which is starving for even a marginal comedy, to pick it up instead of renewing According to Jim or Notes from the Underbelly? Traveler and Masters of Science Fiction are other shows that I think have some cult following despite the lack of network support and might prove profitable elsewhere. Why do networks put their faith in ratings-challenged or untested shows rather than something that can obviously improve their present situation? Answer: The reason this rarely happens is the same reason situations like Jericho's (being resurrected after cancellation) are so rare. When a show fails on one network, there usually isn't a clamor elsewhere to keep something alive that ... read more
  • "A Clean Escape" | TV Show Recaps | 8/5/2007
    Well, as John Kessel (the author of the short story adapted for this first broadcast episode of the series) advised us, the acting by Judy Davis and Sam Waterston in "A Clean Escape" was excellent; it was particularly good to see Waterston away from the harness of Law and Order (and he even got to be the U.S. president in this one, as opposed to district attorney or ADA for NYC). Good performances are crucial in this kind of context; as several have noted elsewhere, this was largely a two-character drama, one which with not much revision could be nearly as powerful as a "legitimate" theater/stage play, particularly given the stark and sweeping ethical dilemmas involved: personal responsibility, the (necessary?) abuse of (always corrupting or at least reason-distorting?) great political and military power, real and metaphorical losses reinforcing one another as the drama plays out. Literary sf (along with other forms of fantastic literature, such as fantasy and surrealist fiction) an... read more

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Masters of Science Fiction, Vicky Lambert courtesy Bob Akester/ABC
Masters of Science Fiction, John Hurt, Ken Kramer, Donny Lucas, Leanne Adachi, Alex Zahara, Vicky Lambert courtesy Bob Akester/ABC
Masters of Science Fiction, James Denton courtesy Bob Akester/ABC
Masters of Science Fiction, Brian Dennehy courtesy Bob Akester/ABC
Masters of Science Fiction, John Hurt courtesy Bob Akester/ABC
Masters of Science Fiction, Brian Dennehy courtesy Bob Akester/ABC

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Premise: A sci-fi anthology featuring adaptations of stories by noted writers Harlan Ellison, Robert A. Heinlein, Howard Fast and John Kessel. From IDT Entertainment (Showtime's `Masters of Horror').

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