SFN – All the News That’s Fit to Rocket into Space
By Eugie Foster and Matthew M. Foster | September 1, 2002 | 4:27 pm | Posted in: 2002

It’s such a good idea, such an obvious one, that it’s hard to believe that somebody hasn’t done it already.  A television program covering science fiction and science fact, SFN (Science Fiction News) is the brainchild of Don Black, who started the video news magazine on basic cable in 1990.  Since then, he has conducted hundreds of celebrity interviews with the likes of Robin Curtis, Stan Lee, and the cast of Babylon 5.  The show is broadcast on PBS is California, but Black thinks the time is right to expand to other markets, particularly with his redesigned format and new anchors.

For the panel, Black was joined by the show’s hosts Jeff Rector and Andrea Thompson.  Rector is a successful actor, writer, and director – his film Fatal Kiss, starring James Karen, Ted Raimi, and Carel Struycken has just been bought for HBO, and the uncut version was premiered at Dragon*Con on Friday evening.  Andrea Thompson is best known to Dragon*Con visitors as Talia Winters on Babylon 5 but lately has turned her attention toward journalism, thus making SFN a perfect fit.

A future episode of SFN will feature coverage of Dragon*Con 2002, along with interviews of conventioneers.

For more information on SFN, go to www.sfn.com.

Eugie Foster, when not flexing her editorial muscles for the Daily Dragon, is an award-winning writer of fiction that ranges from children’s folktales to science fiction to erotic horror. She received the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, is currently a finalist for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, and was named the 2009 Author of the Year by Bards and Sages. Her works have been translated into French, Hungarian, Polish, and Greek, and her publication credits number over 100, including stories in Realms of Fantasy, Interzone, Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, Cricket and anthologies Best New Fantasy and Best New Romantic Fantasy 2. Her short fiction collection, Returning My Sister's Face and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice, is now out from Norilana Books.