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StarShipSofa: Science Fiction Audio Podcast

Take a voyage on the Science Fiction podcast StarShipSofa if you dare? Travel into the deepest realms of the classic Sci-fi and science fiction world. Calling at such science fiction destinations as Philip K Dick, Alfred Bester, John Brunner and all the other great Sci Fi writers out there. Then, from science fiction and Sci Fi we travel anywhere our imagination and our podcast take us. All wrapped up and inspired by the great Ronnie Corbett. Intrigued? Want to find out more about our science fiction podcast?. Then travel on the greatest science fiction and Sci Fi ride of your life, the StarShipSofa podcast.... If it's classic science fiction... or sci fi trivia listen no further - science fiction never listened so good!
Bebe Barron, RIP

An appropriate response to hearing the sad news of the death of Bebe Barron is to pause and remember her pioneering work (along with her husband, Louis Barron) in creating the electronic music score for Forbidden PlanetNPR provides an excellent introduction to the couple, their work, and the effort involved in teasing never-before-heard sounds out of primative equipment.

Thanks to some ridiculous union politics, the Barrons were denied a shot at an Academy Award they almost certainly would have won for their work; indeed, they were not even listed as composers in the movie's credits.  (They were mentioned as providing "electronic tonalities" instead.)

-The Fredösphere