{"id":4145,"date":"2013-08-26T04:26:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T04:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2013-08-26T04:26:55","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T04:26:55","slug":"video-biographies-of-eight-science-fiction-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4145","title":{"rendered":"Video biographies of eight science fiction masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago, Ridley Scott hosted the Science Channel&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/science.discovery.com\/tv-shows\/prophets-of-science-fiction\" target=\"_d\">Prophets of Science Fiction<\/a> series that profiled eight noted contributors to the genre. The full episodes currently are available on line:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jvQaZXT1jkk&amp;list=PLfFTNmCgaFl436R1YjSEnSv4xAKL3NtQf\" target=\"_d\">\u25b6 Prophets of Science Fiction &#8211; Episode 1 &#8211; Mary Shelley &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tKExjoV6y2U&amp;list=PLfFTNmCgaFl436R1YjSEnSv4xAKL3NtQf\" target=\"_d\">\u25b6 Prophets of Science Fiction &#8211; Episode 2 &#8211; Philip K Dick &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DrpD6rkb0HU&amp;list=PLfFTNmCgaFl436R1YjSEnSv4xAKL3NtQf\" target=\"_d\">\u25b6 Prophets of Science Fiction &#8211; Episode 3 &#8211; H.G.Wells &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=bIz7L_lMFFU\" target=\"_d\">\u25b6 Prophets of Science Fiction &#8211; Episode 4 &#8211; Arthur C Clarke &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NcJyIQMriTs&amp;list=PLfFTNmCgaFl436R1YjSEnSv4xAKL3NtQf\" target=\"_d\">\u25b6 Prophets of Science Fiction &#8211; Episode 5 &#8211; Isaac Asimov &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8_sEr7KtR4A&amp;list=PLfFTNmCgaFl436R1YjSEnSv4xAKL3NtQf\" target=\"_d\">\u25b6 Prophets of Science Fiction &#8211; Episode 6 &#8211; Jules Verne &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6C5qz8Wf1_w\" target=\"_d\">\u25b6 Prophets of Science Fiction &#8211; Episode 7 &#8211; Robert Heinlein &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GEmbF-5Cr9Y\" target=\"_d\">\u25b6 Prophets of Science Fiction &#8211; Episode 8 &#8211; George Lucas &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago, Ridley Scott hosted the Science Channel&#8217;s Prophets of Science Fiction series that profiled eight noted contributors to the genre. The full episodes currently are available on line: \u25b6 Prophets of Science Fiction &#8211; Episode 1 &#8211; Mary Shelley &#8211; YouTube \u25b6 Prophets of Science Fiction &#8211; Episode 2 &#8211; Philip &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4145\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video biographies of eight science fiction masters<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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":[82,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-future","category-solar-sci-fi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-14R","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3234,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3234","url_meta":{"origin":4145,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Europa Report&#8221; &#8211; a science fiction movie shaped by real science","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Europa Report is a highly realistic dramatic film (in a found-footage documentary style) depicting a manned mission to the Jupiter moon Europa. 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