DESTINIES - THE VOICE OF SCIENCE FICTION
airs on Fridays at 11:30 PM on WUSB, 90.1 FM, the radio station of the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Hundreds of writers, artists, editors, actors, producers, directors, and musicians have appeared on the program since its debut in April, 1983. This is the 2003 Online Archive page of Destinies the Voice of Science Fiction
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Destinies-The Voice of Science Fiction 2001 Archive
January 17, 2003 Pocket Books' Executive Editor John Ordover returns for his fourth appearance to present the 2003 Star Trek Publishing Preview in an expanded show.
February 28, 2003 The Destinies Soundtrack Spotlight shines on Marco Beltrami's score for "Blade II." Christopher DeFilippis discusses the space shuttle Columbia disaster in volume 2, number 19 of "DeFlip Side." Sharon Abreu performs her song "Truth." LeVar Burton reads part one of his novel "Aftermath" on the Destinies Audiobook Sampler.
March 7, 2003 LeVar Burton reads part 2 of his novel "Aftermath" on the Destinies Audiobook Sampler. Sharon Abreu: performs "Seeking Sanctuary." The Six Million Dollar Man experiences "The Loch Ness Syndrome" on the Destinies Radio Theater.
March 21, 2003 Howard Margolin provides a preview of the guests and events scheduled for I-Con 22.
March 28, 2003 Co-hosts Howard Margolin and Glenn Hauman are live from I-Con 22 with actor Keith Hamilton Cobb, author Keith R.A. DeCandido, comedy rap artist Tom Rockwell a.k.a. Devo Spice of Sudden Death, and a capella filksinger Adam Goss.
April 25, 2003 Destinies celebrates it's 20th anniversary with an hour-long special featuring "DeFlip Side" volume 2, number 21; plus readings by Jon F. Merz, Scott Nicholson, Peter David, Keith DeCandido, and Richard Hatch; and music by Roger Bellon, Synergy, Sudden Death, and Voltaire.
May 2, 2003 Destinies Radio Theater Double Feature of "Enter the X-Men" and "Night of the Sentinels," adapted from the 1992 animated series pilots. Plus, "Cerebro" from Michael Kamen's score for "X-Men."
May 23, 2003 Live telephone interview with composer Caspar Reiff, founder of The Tolkien Ensemble, including selections from "At Dawn In Rivendell: Selected Songs and Poems from The Lord of the Rings.
July 11, 2003 "Graphic Detail" # 144: Live, hour-long telephone interview with Jeff Amano, president of Beckett Comics, which had the rights to adapt and create spin-offs of "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines." Plus, Jeff discusses his own project "Gene Fusion."
August 1, 2003 A live phone interview with composer/producer/actor Andrew Engstrom introduces the Destinies Musical Theater presentation of his original science fiction audio production "Volitar: Murder, Mystery, Mayhem."
August 29, 2003 The Destinies Soundtrack Spotlight shines on Joe Harnell's score for "The Incredible Hulk." Dwight Schultz and Robert O'Reilly offer more "Nitpicker's Fun & Games for Next Generation Trekkers." David Strathairn reads part one of Peter David's novelization of "Hulk."
September 5, 2003 The Destinies Soundtrack Spotlight shines on Mark Snow's album "The Truth and the Light: Music from the X-Files." Christopher DeFilippis discusses NASA's report on the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia in volume 2, number 26 of "DeFlip Side." David Strathairn reads part 2 of Peter David's novelization of "Hulk" on the Destinies Audiobook Sampler.
September 19, 2003 Live telephone interview with actor and author Richard Hatch, who returns for his fifth appearance to discuss and read an excerpt from his "Battlestar Galactica" novel "Paradis," and provide an update on "The Great War of Magellan."
September 26, 2003 A 66-year slipback on the Destinies Radio Theater. Lamont Cranston races against time to prevent an innocent man from going to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit. Will the Shadow find the evidence he needs in time to pull off "The Death House Rescue?" Orson Welles stars in the first adventure of "The Shadow," originally broadcast on September 26, 1937. Historic broadcast: the first Destinies episode to be produced entirely on computer, after more than 20 years of being recorded and edited on reel-to-reel tape.
October 17, 2003 The Destinies Soundtrack Spotlight shines on John Frizzell's score for "Ghost Ship." Nana Visitor discusses the 1st seaon episode "Shadows" in an installment of "The Unofficial X-Files Companion." Christopher DeFilippis examines Electronic Voice Phenomena in volume 2, number 27 of "DeFlip Side."
November 7, 2003 Celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Stony Brook Science Fiction Forum with part one of "Stony Brook: The Forum and Fandom," a 2002 panel featuring Forum Founder Jim Frenkel, past presidents Gary Halada, Jeff Warner, and Jennifer Adams, and Destinies host Howard Margolin. Plus Christopher DeFilippis tells about his own encounter with the Forum in volume 2, number 28 of "DeFlip Side."
November 14, 2003 Destinies continues its celebration of the Stony Brook Science Fiction Forum's 35th anniversary with part 2 of "Stony Brook: The Forum and Fandom," recorded in 2002.
You'll hear anecdotes about the history of the Forum, including Founder Jim Frenkel's claim to being the first person to sleep in the original underground library, how the Forum's active membership was reduced to one person in 1975, and how the Forum was furnished with electricity, phone service, and shelving; Jeff Warner's observations about the membership of the Forum relating to the state of science and technology in the real world; and learn about the early days of Destinies with memories from Dr. Gary Halada, Dr. Howard Margolin, and Jennifer Adams.
In addition, selections from Forumite/Destinite Jesse Flint's "Science Fiction Forum Soundtrack Volume 2.2," including music from Rush and "Buckaroo Banzai," and sound bites from quotable films and TV shows are featured.
November 21, 2003 Celebrating the 40th anniversary of "Doctor Who" with a full-length Destinies Radio Theater presentation of "No Place Like Home," starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor. While showing his latest companion, Erimem, around her new home, the Doctor discovers that the TARDIS seems remarkably keen to be as unhelpful as possible. Almost as if it wants to be rid of its occupants...
December 5, 2003 Keith R.A. DeCandido returns for his 14th live appearance to discuss his "Star Trek" novels "The Art of the Impossible," "I.K.S. Gorkon Book 1: A Good Day to Day," and "Book 2: Honor Bound," his contributions to the anthologies "Deep Space Nine: Prophecy and Change," and "New Frontier: No Limits," the original anthology "Imaginings," and the fantasy novel "Dragon Precinct," from which he reads an excerpt.
December 12th, 2003 A Musical Eulogy for composer Michael Kamen featuring death and funeral music from "The Dead Zone," "Brazil," "Highlander," "Last Action Hero," "Jack," "The Iron Giant," "What Dreams May Come," and "X-Men."
December 19, 2003 Christopher DeFilippis reads his original Christmas poem, "The Last Little Elf," in volume 2, number 29 of "DeFlip Side." On the Destinies Radio Theater, Superman must stop a mad scientist who says "Light Up the Tree, Mr. President." And, to salute the release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," filksinger Tom Smith performs "Return of the King, Uh Huh."
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