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Date	Host	Topic	Description
07-03-2009	HOST Shadow	Space Blanket Bimbos	In space, no one can smell your nail polish remover. Although this icon of science fiction's adolescence was once an endangered species, space bimbos have made a gratifying comeback in SF cinema of late, causing us all to sigh in relief and disproving the claim of physicists that a perfect vacuum is impossible to create. Join HOST Shadow in O*W*C chat for bimbos in space!
07-04-2009	HOST Gaia	Culture in Zero G	Art and sports may be different in space. The difference in gravity can change the nature of many sports. The discovery of new media could change art forms. How much will our culture evolve? Will basketball be more interesting with a 50 ft high basket?
07-05-2009	HOST Gedi	Heroes and Philosophy in SF Films and TV	Heroes and Villains used to be clear cut in sci fi tv and movies. With shifting morals heroes in the genre across the media have changed. Somewhere in the sixties the clear cut line between good an evil started to fade. Join HOST Gedi for Shades of Gray: Heroes and Villains.
07-06-2009	HOST Jade	Direck-tor's Cut	Does it have spaceships? What about time-traveling robots? Join HOST Jade in O*W*C chat as we write the most hackneyed and cliched SF movie ever written. Your participation is vital in creating this howler, so feel free to bring your worst for SF DiRECK-TOR'S CUT. (Not affiliated with LucasFilms or Roddenberry Enterprises.)
07-08-2009	HOST Helio	Name That Starship	What's in a name? In science fiction the subject matter names the ship. The Yggdrasill, Nostromo, Argonos, the various Enterprises. Each name gives the ship character and tells a story of its own. Bring your onomastic skills and join OWC Helio for a night on "Name that Starship!"
07-09-2009	HOST Mystik	SF Crime	Feelin' lucky, Cyberpunk? The criminal mind is a favorite topic of many SF works. Join HOST Mystik as the O*W*C snoops out the clues to SF Crime!
07-10-2009	HOST Chip	Jumping the Squid	In TV parlance, to "jump the shark" means that a series has gone on too long: The ideas are no longer fresh, and the show slogs along out of sheer force of habit, trying to milk every dime from its previous success. The same forces are at work in the world of SF literature. Some series continue long after they deserve a decent burial, and some authors are out of ideas but still ride their own coattails. Join HOST Chip for a look at SF that has jumped the squid!