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Station Manager Gene Turnbow To Speak At BlasterCon 2013

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May 112013

Three Rings for the Elven Kings, under the sky. Or on your burger, your choice.

It’s hard to get a creative project off the ground – it’s even harder when it’s a sci-fi genre project. If you’re going to BlasterCon in Woodland Hills, California this weekend, join station manager Gene Turnbow for a workshop in how it’s done – bring your ideas, and we’ll talk about how to make them happen! As founder and creator of Krypton Radio, the world’s only general science fiction radio station and veteran of television, movies, games and radio, he’s uniquely qualified to help you get your dreams off the paper and into the hands of the fans who want to experience it.

BlasterCON is a three-day general SF/Fantasy convention in the Los Angeles area, with a late-70s/80s retro attitude and an emphasis on history, hardware, and practical effects: models, puppets, props, costumes and makeup. It will be held from Friday May 10th through Sunday May 12th, at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills.

General hours for the convention are: Noon-10pm Friday, 10am-10pm Saturday, and 10am-7pm Sunday. (Some events run earlier and later.)

Click here for more about BlasterCON 2013

Bring your notes, and we’ll see you there!

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The Event Horizon: Sci-Fi & Comics Writer Geoffrey Thorne Talks ‘Star Trek: Federation’

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May 112013

Tonight on Krypton Radio’s exclusive radio series The Event Horizon, we’re pleased to have with us Geoffrey Thorne. We speak at length with Geoff about a version of Star Trek that never was.

The premise and storyline for Bryan Singer’s Star Trek: Federation wasn’t actually created by Singer.

It was created by Geoffrey Thorne.

On tonight’s episode, we talk with Geoffrey about his experiences writing for television, comics, novels and anthologies.

Thorne is a science fiction novelist, a writer for television’s Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and science fiction novels both graphic and otherwise . Writer and founder of a comic book studio called Genre19 along with gifted illustrator and friend Todd Harris, Thorne’s work has appeared in Dark Horse Comic’s showcase with the popular Journeymen title, as well as his first graphic novel Prodigal.

He’s also the author of the Star Trek: Titan novel Sword of Damocles. As a screenwriter, Thorne has worked with Kickstart Entertainment to develop two of their properties, Of Bitter Souls and Sword of Dracula, for television. He was a writer for season 9 of the USA network’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent, season 2 of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, seasons 3,4 and 5 of TNT’s Leverage, and is the co-writer of an in-development audio drama for Pendant Audio.

Gene Turnbow and Susan Fox host, with guest panelist and science fiction author and game designer Neal Hallford.

Tune in tonight at 9PM Pacific / 12AM Eastern to hear the show. It will repeat on Sunday at 4PM Pacific, 7PM Eastern.

Tell your friends, follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Krypton Radio – it’s Sci-Fi for your Wi-Fi.

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Krypton Radio First Look: ‘Ender’s Game’ Trailer

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May 092013

Here is a link to download the high resolution movie poster suitable for wallpaper on your computer. Consider making a donation to Krypton Radio while you’re about things – even small donations help.

The first of what we presume will be several trailers for the new movie Ender’s Game, based on the 1985 novel by Orson Scott Card and starring Harrison Ford and newcomer Asa Butterfield, was released just the other day. Here’s your first look at it from Krypton Radio.

The sci-fi high adventure thriller sets the stage with an imperiled humankind that has barely survived two conflicts with the “Buggers”, an insectoid alien species. They know the third invasion is coming. An international fleet maintains a school to find and train future fleet commanders. The world’s most talented children, including the novel’s protagonist, Ender Wiggin, are taken at a very young age to a training center known as the Battle School where they are taught in increasingly difficult games including ones undertaken in zero gravity in the Battle Room, where Ender’s tactical genius is revealed.

Critics at the time denounced Card’s perceived justification of his characters’ violent actions, and in fact it is Wiggin’s ultraviolent tendencies that bring him to the attention of the Battle School in the first place. The book is suggested reading for many military organizations, including the United States Marine Corps. It’s won several awards, including the Nebula in 1985 and the Hugo in 1986 for best novel.

For decades the book was thought to be unfilmable owing to the many zero gravity sequences and visual effects, though modern CG capabilities have finally removed that obstacle. The film is directed by Gavin Hood, and is planned for release on November 1, 2013. Card is co-producing the film.

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Growing Pains

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Apr 172013

Krypton Radio is experiencing some growing pains. In an effort to improve our service to the science fiction, fantasy and gaming communities around the world, we are upgrading the software that makes our radio station run – but to do that, we’ve had to take it offline for a night. We’ll be back online in the morning, streaming your favorite music and shows. For now, dream big dreams. We do.

Gene Turnbow

Krypton Radio

Krypton Radio for Android Is Here!

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Apr 092013

4.3 Billion Years in the Making!

Okay, no, that’s the Earth. But we’re pretty excited to be offering you the very first Krypton Radio Simple Player for Android phones and tablets!

And when we say simple, we mean it. There’s a button. That’s it. It doesn’t get any easier to take Krypton Radio with you wherever you go! Just download the free app from Google Play, and press button! If you want to use other things on your phone after pressing the button, you can – Krypton Radio plays in the background until you come back to the app to press the button again to turn it off.

We’re going to be fixing it up and adding neat features month by month.

And the best part is that it’s FREE!

Krypton Radio was already one of the few, if not the only, general sci-fi radio station on Planet Earth. And now, it’s the only one with its own Android Player.

Our gift to our loyal listeners and readers - that’s you!

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The Event Horizon: SF Writer Ira Nayman, Sat. 9PM Pacific

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Mar 232013

Welcome to the Multiverse (Sorry for the Inconvenience)

inayman_authorphoto That’s not just a cool catch phrase – it’s the title of Ira Nayman’s newest novel!

This hilarious science-fiction comedy novel follows the first case for Noomi Rapier, rookie investigator with The Transdimensional Authority – the organization that regulates travel between dimensions. When a dead body is found slumped over a modified transdimensional machine, Noomi and her more experienced partner, Crash Chumley, must find the dead man’s accomplices and discover what they were doing with the technology. Their investigation leads them to a variety of realities where Noomi comes face-to-face with four very different incarnations of herself, forcing her to consider how the choices she makes and the circumstances into which she is born determine who she is.

Gene Turnbow and Susan Fox host.

Ira is as remarkable and fun to talk to as his new novel is to read. Won’t you join us this evening and listen in? The Event Horizon airs at 9PM Pacific, just a few hours from now. If you miss the show (which is rather probable if you live on the east coast of North America or in Europe) you can hear the show again the following Sunday at 4PM Pacific.

Right after the show is a special treat: the radio pilot of Nayman’s “The Weight of Information”, a humorous radio drama about a transdimensional news agency. You’ll love this – we did! Following that, stay tuned for X Minus 1.

Krypton Radio – it’s sci-fi for your wi-fi.

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Other Books By Ira Nayman

Anthologies (available online through Amazon, Indigo/Chapters and others)

Alternate Reality Ain’t What It Used To Be
What Were Once Miracles Are Now Children’s Toys
Luna for the Lunies!

Krypton Radio’s St. Patrick’s Day BIG DAMN CONCERT!

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Mar 162013

Exclusively on Krypton Radio, this St. Patrick’s Day at 4PM Pacific, 7PM Eastern

We’re a radio station. You knew it was just a matter of time before we started holding concerts. This is cooler than a fez and a bowtie. And pretty shiny.

It all happened so fast – last Monday we were talking to Rob Seutter, author of Brass Jack: Little Lost Princeling, and he says, “Hey, Gene – what if we invited Eben Brooks over to record, since he’s in town this week?” Then other musicians heard about it and before we knew it, we had booked Whisky Dreams, Twisted Gypsy, Rob Seutter in his role as True Thomas the Storyteller, and none other than fan favorite Eben Brooks himself!

It was a great evening of song and story, ranging from the sublime to the shiny.

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This is an event you ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT TO MISS. It’s on at 4PM Pacific, 7PM Eastern on Sunday, and you can ONLY hear it here. It was fun being the MC, so it’s gotta be fun to listen to.

Krypton Radio. Shiny.

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Event Horizon For March 16: Reginald Nelson, ‘The Primordials’

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Mar 152013

This week’s episode of the Event Horizon features one of the two creators of an intriguing online radio serial, The Primordials.

The Primordials are a pantheon of Gods inspired by the Yoruba culture of West Africa. When Shango and Ogun are banished from their celestial kingdom of Ife, they embark on a four century earthly odyssey full of labor and redemption. This exciting new audio series is set in the cultural Mecca of modern day New Orleans during the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The ultimate urban fantasy has finally arrived!

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