{"id":1768,"date":"2013-04-21T00:43:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T00:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1768"},"modified":"2013-04-21T00:44:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-21T00:44:04","slug":"tv-sci-fi-in-a-rut-more-on-exoplanet-naming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1768","title":{"rendered":"TV sci-fi in a rut + More on exoplanet naming"},"content":{"rendered":"

The creator of Babylon 5 talks about the state of TV science fiction: Babylon 5’s J. Michael Stracynski<\/a> explains why most TV scifi is awful – i09.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alan Boyle revisits the exoplanet naming controversy: Who gets to name alien planets? – Cosmic Log<\/a><\/p>\n

(See also See earlier posts here<\/a> and here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The creator of Babylon 5 talks about the state of TV science fiction: Babylon 5’s J. Michael Stracynski explains why most TV scifi is awful – i09.com === Alan Boyle revisits the exoplanet naming controversy: Who gets to name alien planets? – Cosmic Log (See also See earlier posts here and here.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,14,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-sci-fi","category-space-participation","category-space-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-sw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9719,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9719","url_meta":{"origin":1768,"position":0},"title":"Red Mars trilogy TV project update: J. 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