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The SFFaudio Podcast #389 – READALONG: The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick
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The SFFaudio Podcast #389 – Jesse, Paul, and Marissa talk about The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick.
talked about on today's show:
1965, 1966, Worlds Of Tomorrow, Project Plowshare, 1967, the original outline, greedy copyright reasons, Pyramid Books, an awful name, expecting less, anger, making fun of itself, if you don't have a love in your heart for Science Fiction…, the subtitle:
"Being that Most Excellent Account of Travails and Contayning Many Pretie Hystories By Him Set Foorth in Comely Colours and Most Delightfully Discoursed Upon as Beautified and Well Furnished Divers Good and Commendable in the Gesiht of Men of That Most Lamentable Wepens Fasoun Designer Lars Powderdry and What Nearly Became of Him Due to Certain Most Dreadful Forces."
Jack Vance, Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative Of A. Gordon Pym Of Nantucket, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, a pretty good satire, the Cold War, time travel, slaver aliens from Sirius, more than one naked boob is illegal, the most analog for Dick is the cartoonist, a pretty terrible plot, the book is a "turkey", making the novel work somehow, the book Dick would want to survive WWIII, a very Dickian perspective, an apology as to why scholars should ignore certain Dick comments, self-parody, confabulation, a drug trance half-dream state, Dick is an emotional sponge, emotionally engaging, disintegration of the mind, a person becomes so involved in an artificial world they get sucked into it, Don Packard, fake weapons, would-be fascist, Surly, F for fungus, very Swiftian, 18th and 19th century roman à cleff, Dick isn't at his best when Dick is talking about people with real power, presidents and councils vs. drinking coffee at home and sitting on park benches, the Park Bench action aspect of Philip K. Dick novels, a book about politics, the subtitle helps the reader, the cogs and the pursaps (the cognoscenti and the "pure saps"), Dick's take on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four, collaboration with the enemy, a three-sided conflict, the inner party, the outer part, self-delusion, more traditional Dickian themes, a lot of acronyms, how to look at it, Was Philip K. Dick A Bad Writer? article
Febbs was that unhampered, unbureaucratically restricted, elected leader. Of their clandestine political revolutionary-type organization which (after long debate) had titled itself, menacingly, the BOCFDUTCRBASEBFIN, The Benefactors of Constitutional Freedoms Denied Under the Contemporary Rule By a Small Elite By Force If Necessary. Cell One.
the acronym explosion after WWII, BATF, NATO, MAD, you're a cog if you know all of these acronyms, the reins of power, being man-in-the-mazed (verb), Lars Powderdry, Victor Klug, mind disintegration, a lot of etymology in this book
"Do you know what the English word 'to care' comes from?" he said, as he poured her coffee for her from the obedient gadget wired to the stove.
"No." She seated herself at the table, looked gravely at the ashtray with its moribund remains of yesterday's discarded cigars and winced.
"The Latin word caritas. Which means love or esteem." '
"St. Jerome," he said, "used it as a translation of the Greek world agape which means even more."
Lilo drank her coffee, silently.
was Marissa aware of herself as a being in the 1980s?, when Gorbachev had meeting with Reagan…, the Evil Empire, Tear Down This Wall, they were get along pretty well on TV, they like coffee and golfing too, relations with Putin (except for Trump), that's a strongman, Hitler admiring Mussolini, the Russian weapons haven't been plowshared, childrens toys, advice givings owls, brazen heads, weapons were fashion in the 1960s, celebrating new developments in weapons technology, the first Iron Man movie, Tony Stark's dad, Captain America: Civil War, Iron Man is a weapon to powerful to give to the military, War-Machine is tony stark with camouflage-on, the suit and I are one, where comics tie-into it, comics at the forefront, for every super-powered hero you create you need a super-powered villain, after the KKK who is left?, SPECTRE and SMERSH, the North Koreans, Julian Assange, without a villain it wont work, the Sirians, no screen time from the aliens from Sirius, one trick Dick missed, the old what-we-need-to-unite-the-world-is-an-alien-invasion ploy, Cuba!, the Iranians!, ISIS!, Russia is less of a worry (seemingly), NATO expansion, Ukraine, don't forget to nuke Marissa in Los Angeles, gone are the friendly meetings and handshakes, when Snowden first appeared on the news, when Glenn Greenwald went on TV, the machine of outrage in Washington (D.C.), that's not really what's going on behind the scenes, the Surly F. Febbs, we need to get into these councils to join the ranks of those in the know, more tanks, more tank funding, Desert Storm, T-90s aren't rolling up, the Battle of Kursk, the war economy turned into fashion, if you squint in the right way, the Hummer was plowshared, the real Hummer vs. the second generation, the H2 and the H3, or do all the other cars look like the, a giant owls that tells you about your life and holds your cigarettes, a bit of Penultimate Truth, Three Stigmata, inside-out, we have to create M.A.D., if you treat Russia disdainfully…, fake reality, put the population in danger, everything is good and light and nothing can hurt you, a real sense of reality, being less consumer oriented, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, turning people into rugs, the de-evolution gun, that's another book, Colony by Philip K. Dick, humans from Earth, we're going to ruin this place, beer cans and cigarette butts, shape-shifters, "I trusted the rug completely" by Robert Silverberg, I trust my bed not to strangle me, your boss' phone is out to get you, The Twilight Zone (1985), stories can't happen any more, Richard Matheson, so many Twilight Zones, the last chapter, am I going to kill myself?, Paul didn't like chapter 32, conversations Philip K. Dick has with his wife, Iceland, his main girl was kind of awesome, super-smart and loving, falling in love with this teenager, the suicide ideation and discussion, you know there are advantages…, PKD books are almost all dialogue, talking about Bach, how would you rank The Zap Gun?, pretty high?, one of Marissa's favourites, in the top half for Paul too, pot-boilers, The Man Who Japed, Clans Of The Alphane Moon, don't you denigrate Martian Time-Slip!, big ones coming, Deus Irae is a muddled-mess (with redeeming features), more coherent, the narrator, don't blame the narrator, this book doesn't translate into audio that well, The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester, hitting x2, Dick doesn't put in filler (generally), digression and set-up, beautiful and funny, reading-along, sooo funny, sticking with choices, con-comedy, keeping your powder-dry, be reasonable, have your weapons ready, "If you want peace, prepare for war", slow paper reading for this one, not having the subtitle is mistake, lazy-ass fucks, what the hell are they thinking?, so stupid, it's in there for a reason, nobody else wrote that for him, rent-seeking lazy ass fucks, the PKD estate just got offended, obfuscating what the book is doing, a cover that looks like nothing, the whole premise of this book, the lurid ACE Books, even more lurid, purple and yellow, super lurid, a dude pointing the zap gun at the next book over on the shelf, my people want to read a book like this, dis-owning every idea Dick had by deleting the meaning for the art, we hit the Jesse button, obfuscating the artists intent leads to consumer unhappiness, wub-fur, wub-like, wubs are from Venus, wubs are hiding in every PKD universe (even when they're not in the text), getting sucked into the experience, how Philip K. Dick gets obsessed with games, The Game Players Of Titan, dinner's ready!, the little man never able to escape, trying to be a big success, still running around that maze, a metaphor for Dick's own career, his whole job is to make you empathize, trying to trap your mind, Dick is disintegrating our minds with his inconsistencies
Packard wound up: "S. G. Febbs fell victim to the Empathic-Telepathic whatever-it's-called Maze and shortly succumbed-in fact in record time, beating the smallest period established by voluntary prisoners from the Wes-bloc federal pen on Callisto.
"S. G. Febbs," he declared into the mike in conclusion, "is now at Wallingford Clinic, where he will remain indefinitely."
after Dick committed his wife, who is Surly G. Febs based on?, why you need a key, Tuckerising, there are these books: Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, de-Tuikerized, Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, that's Heinlein that's Le Guin, what you lose over time with an old book, seeing the Trump-analog, before or after JFK or RFK, acreeted material, Murder At the ABA by Isaac Asimov, Darius Dust = dry as dust = Isaac Asimov, the analog for Harlan Ellison, really old paperbooks, notes by previous owners, a lot of readers seem to be insane, easy to do with a Dick novel, making those connections is hard, The Search For Philip K. Dick by Anne R. Dick.
Posted by Jesse Willis
The SFFaudio Podcast #363 – READALONG: The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein
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The SFFaudio Podcast #363 – Jesse, Paul, and Marissa talk about The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein.
Talked about on today's show:
1951, the really annoying way Heinlein does things, Paul's main Heinlein phase (in the late 1980s), when Paul was ten, Time Enough For Love, Expanded Universe, the basic parts of a Heinlein novel (in terms of characters), the Heinleinian triad, the young talented protagonist, the older wise crotchety man, and the red headed woman character, who The Man In The High Castle was, when Dick writes a novel…, when Heinlein writes a novel…, methamphetamine is 100% non-habit forming (?!), Jesse is uncomfortable with surety, Heinlein exudes surety from every pore of his body, orbital mechanics, what women want, Bruce Jenner's gender switch, Heinlein's politics, black people, women should be raised up in society, homophobia, Mary's super-power is gaydar, homosexuality, asexuality, marriage, men and women are identical, "of course husband", the alien is the husband, the structure, the final chapter, in case the mission to Titan fails, message in a bottle storytelling, first person perspective, surety undercuts it, has Dick ever written in first person?, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, The Hanging Stranger, identical paranoia, how much he hates the Soviets, Heinlein was rabidly anti-communist, in the commissar's office, WorldCon, God help us all, he was right but…, imagine if this novel is a metaphor for communism, the Second Red Scare, Soviet and Chinese communism, WWWII, Manhattan crater and Washington crater, projecting brawn, getting tanks to North America, the evil of the puppet master aliens, orgies on TV is bad, also gladiatorial combat, they kill cats!, no effect on Soviet Russia, hygiene, scabies and lice, parasitism, cranked up to 13, Saddam Hussein, U.S. politics, if it were re-written today…, core fears, 24 was that, looking at the structure, avenging the cats and dogs, a master of the craft, Luke Burrage, that is good writing, so different from Philip K. Dick's books, a straight line vs. how did I get here, all the sins that Time Enough For Love, naked people standing around in cushioned apartments talking about legal matters regarding the decanting of babies while a cat walks into the room, get passed the cat, Pirate the cat, casual nudity, Eric S. Rabkin, making it absolutely necessary that the society go nudist (and never go back), Hyperpilosity by L. Sprague de Camp, combs, even in Heinlein's kids books, in their dome homes the heat is cranked up, was Heinlein a nudist?, Hollywood, downhill after The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, I Will Fear No Evil, an old white guy living in the body of a young black woman, the US Navy, hate and love for the military, this weird guy from Missouri writes his consciousness into his books, Job: A Comedy Of Justice, Friday, rape, when Heinlein talks about rape…, an artificial person, an inferiority complex, a fascinating society, the movie of The Puppet Masters, the fun stuff, the cat, the alien was kissing, being devoured by a woman, Eric Thal opens his mouth whenever possible, Sam, Mary, why does everyone hate this movie so much, Donald Sutherland, Keith David is always fun, unlike every X-Files this was competent, yeah look it's a fake, the slugs are really smart, were they smart?, the sequence where Sam first gets a slug on his back is one of the best bits of Science Fiction, its almost as if he doesn't know, more insidious and more scary, tying it all together, helicopter vs. skycar, Heinlein loves incest, they do juice you up, the addiction metaphor, had Dick developed it…, an Olympic athlete, what's undercooked, who is in charge of their own minds, choices under some conditions but not under others, if we all had slugs on our backs…, getting married to Mary, love of a good woman ends addiction, black and white, Joe Cinidella is actually Italian until he becomes a Nazi, a flipped switch, turning on the waterworks, operating as a slug, Glory Road, set in fairlyand, Nebraska, all about the contract, an ambivalent relationship with marriage and law, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, alpha husbands and beta wives, primae noctis, you get into their psychology, really weird people, WWII and methamphetamines, go pills, tempus fugit, chasing the cat, is Heinlein challenging us?, Star Trek: Operation: Annihilate (aka Planet of the Pancakes), Maissa Bessada, resetting the show at the end of the episode, another point of Vulcan physiology, Kirk's brother is named "Sam", Mary is the vessel for world piece, Heinlein sued the makers of The Brain Eaters, Star Trek: The Next Generation, there's no money until the Ferengi show up, Gene Roddenberry's philosophy of the post scarcity economy, maybe women did act that way in the 1950s, a sequel in which Mary is saved from her marriage, 1980s tropes, sex scenes, Mission Impossible movies, developing out of taboos, the PG-13 effect, "they're boffing, ok", Alien, giant penis monster, Aliens, James Cameron's problems with Harlan Ellison and The Terminator, The Outer Limits, The Brain Eaters, lifting things out of literary SF, Avatar is very good lifting, redoes the the first movie and the first, Luc Besson, The Professional, adding a baby doesn't make things better, Ellen Ripley, the corporate military mission, Newt (from Aliens) is Mary (from The Puppet Masters), garbage bunk vs. good orbital mechanics, feral child, the structure is the same, spacesuit -> fighting suit, ejecting from the ship -> ejecting from the planet, a powerful story, Alien 3, Paul fulminates, the nine day fever (Venusian Jungle Fever), encephalitis, The Puppet Masters is a retelling of H.G. Wells' The War Of The Worlds, here's how I would do it, H.G. Wells was a cynical asshole, monstrous, liars, jerks, and racists, our CIA operatives know what they're doing, the NSA, "you just killed a guy for no reason", it isn't uncaring wisdom that save humanity it's man's ingenuity, root em out and kill em all, it's the end of Starship Troopers, the Elves of Titan, Independence Day aliens, Welcome to Earth scene, Have Space Suit, Will Travel, Willy Wonka-style, a space alien cop (the Mother Thing), "who lives like that?", if Heinlein had had a kid, the serial was slightly rewritten by Horace Gold, the unexpurgated version, 1980s movie style, a hook-up with an anonymous blonde from a bar, the trope for James Bond, Virginia Heinlein, Stranger In A Strange Land, it is not better, weird names, Biblical names, Mary's real name, Sam's real name is Elihu, in the Book of Job, Elihu's big speech
Elihu states that suffering may be decreed for the righteous as a protection against greater sin, for moral betterment and warning, and to elicit greater trust and dependence on a merciful, compassionate God in the midst of adversity.
putting us on the right path, x is so bad that we have to put all our trust in…., our precious bodily fluids, if Heinlein were alive today…, Ray Bradbury, the NSA, anarchism, Mary's backstory, the Whitmanites, an explicit mention of the Doukhobors, Heinlein just likes nudity, Heinlein likes his women to older or a lot younger, physically young but actually older, a young secretary with an old man's brain, The Cat Who Walked Through Walls, lots of surgeries or whatever, shrugging it off, a different experience than back in the day, you must read ancient authors, for another podcast, you don't know SFF if you don't read…, shame at not reading The War Of The Worlds, can you find Heinlein books at new bookstores?, Alfred Bester is great but he wrote two books, genre defining or pioneering, well-written idea SF, almost no science, a bit of politics, marriage, you don't know SFF if you havent read a Heinlein novel, a long discussion for another time.
Posted by Jesse Willis
The SFFaudio Podcast #346 – READALONG: The Man Who Japed by Philip K. Dick
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The SFFaudio Podcast #346 – Jesse, Paul, and Marissa and Luke Daniels talk about The Man Who Japed by Philip K. Dick.
Talked about on today's show:
When did Luke record The Man Who Japed?, a spate of Dicks, a good six months, generic knowledge, Dick's writing is like Jack Kerouac's, Now Wait For Last Year, Dick's favorite The Man Who Japed, not Marissa's favorite The Man Who Japed, post nuclear war, censorship and morality, the three-way war before Earth the Starmen and the Reegs, JJ-180, swimming through time, Eric Sweetscent, Alan Purcell, minor-Dick, it's a big jape, the novels blend together, classic Dick, Allen's ambivalence, it feels long for a short book, the corporate stuff, Dick's women are never "flat" they are either "dumpy or perky", girls and gals, full present or drugged up there's always a wife, they love each other, loyal and sweet, home development, something pedantic and yet timely, something you've never seen, what's happening in China at the time, living in a condo…, when I first moved into my conapt, a note under the door, "you have ruined my marriage", using new found powers to search for nude women, you teach a man how to fish he has sex with that fish, council meetings, gossip, condominium apartments, how do people live together, overpopulation world, his bedroom turns into a kitchen, she's putting her clothes in the oven, Billenium by J.G. Ballard, Make Room Make Room by Harry Harrison, Hokkaido is a radioactive wasteland, Newer York vs. New New York, drugs, how Dick writes the book, undercooked, free will, "it just happened", a former NHL enforcer, the psychiatrist, memory, A Scanner Darkly, his propaganda job, the juveniles (the robots), "inDickitave", a society running on fumes, extra-Solar colonies, you don't want to stand all the way do you?, the big jape, how Dick's vocab works, the title if it was written today "The Man Who Punked", the alternate reality, Talking Heads' Once In A Lifetime, the consequences here, the ending, the faces of the teenagers, as a narrator, what is Allen seeing in the faces of those teenagers?, Allen was always trying to protect people, immigration to Canada in 1988, how harsh the immigration officials were, skimming off the cream, oh you're an audiobook narrator… ok, a couple Brit narrators are up in the seed vault in Svalbard, The Prisoner episode "A Change Of Mind", unmutual, conforming drugs, writhing, adultery can get you kicked out of your lease, Mao as Major Streiter, The Three Body Problem, The Red Violin, juveniles -> Juvenal (the Roman satirist), teenagers as opposed to juveniles, the Cultural Revolution was pushed by kids, everything pulling toward the center, The Americans, the world "soviet" means committee, the cohorts (are kids), how Nazi Germany worked, Nazi youth in The Netherlands, kids acting like little-SS, witch hunts, more American than Dick admits, V, a very soft version, no-death camps, slave labour, nobody watches TV in the colony worlds, the spire and the statue of Major Streiter, Colonel Gaddafi character, General Washington and the Washington Monument, can you imagine state TV making fun of Ronald Regan, humour vs. the dictatorship, every authoritarian government, Mr. Whales is rewarded with another apartment, oomphalos, the center, the more morec you are, anti-morec, in anticipation of the big jape…, Dick japes the reader, active assimilation, the cultural revolution, like evil-BBC, the poll, this is the emperor's new clothes, Jonathan Swift, it's something Ronald Regan would do!, if it was good enough for the founding fathers…, if John Adams and the founding fathers were all cannibals, it was a different time, he was really good to his slaves (food), turning it into a joke, society is obsessed with propriety, is this the start of the fall of this society, dystopia, optimistic ending, when the cohorts arrived their reaction was to laugh, "Repent Harlequin!" Said The Tick-Tock Man by Harlan Ellison, like Metropolis, infected with laughter, this happens all the time in SF, science fiction like satire, Dick was going on and on about not being a Marxist, timelessness, a crapsack world, a tiller, The Space Merchants, that's Madison Avenue taking over society, food isn't really food anymore, the food is always in quotation marks, simulated "baked Alaskan", we have all the things he was writing about, an artificial meat, tofu has long been with us, simulant meat, Secret Army, 'Allo 'Allo!, this isn't real coffee, WWII is the really big start of all artificial foods, chicory coffee, after WWII Korea and Japan get Spam, Spam restaurants, Minnesota is the home of Spam, it reminds you of your youth, coming to love the crappy stuff that you have, we come to love the crappy worlds Dick creates, the radioactive island, Hokkaido is full of ideas, where's the government?, society is just kind of null, not total totalitarianism (bottom up), there isn't a death in the book, a surprisingly soft dystopia, busy-bodied woman, anything over 20mph is terrifying, milquetoast, The Coming Of The Quantum Cats by Frederik Pohl, a pro-Muslim Christian American theocracy, a prim 38mph, the Harvard Law review (on the Black Market), I The Jury by Mickey Spillane, "I Shot Her In The Uterus", The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson, Guy de Maupassant, "breasts like two cones of white marble", James Joyce, $10,000 for Ulysses, the sickness, The Grifters, Donald Westlake, how to advance your career in business by killing people, the mental health planet, an alternate world that's not real, "but I only have $50!", the missing 15,000 words, getting stuck in debt is a kind of dystopia, Mavis, taking care of cows, clean activities, soul sucking grinding horrible, the interrogation that happens there…, full of resentment, anonymous accusers, an open marriage, a c-class Dick novel, needs a little more spiced, not fully poached,
It is hard not to write Satire. For who is so tolerant
of the unjust City, so steeled, that he can restrain himself…
Pathic men that pretend to be moral exemplars are much worse than those who are open about their proclivities.
he's talking about Republicans, the "wide stance", puritanism, strider -> Streiter, making choices, that's what this book is about, just wing it, self-assured hubris, "he's an idea, not a man".
Posted by Jesse Willis
3 Philip K. Dick stories that could have inspired THE TERMINATOR
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I think The Terminator may be the best Science Fiction film ever made. And I think that no one person, credited or uncredited, can take all the credit for it.
In the video below, edited from an episode of Prisoners Of Gravity, Harlan Ellison explains how he got his screen credit in The Terminator:
Soldier is the first episode of Season 2 of The Outer Limits (the original series). It's plot features a futuristic time traveling soldier who, after a thunder crack, appears in a then modern urban alley. The soldier is nearly indestructible, and is incredibly strong. Later, he breaks into a gun shop. In the ultimate scene he confronts his (also) futuristic enemy and they are both destroyed. Those are the basic plot commonalities between Soldier and The Terminator. There are many, many differences. Visually though, there are some striking similarities. These are nicely documented here and here.
That all said, Soldier's story plays out very differently from The Terminator, you can see a lot more connections, if you squint really hard.
For example, the solider is scarred like Kyle Reese and is sometimes unintelligible like Schwarzenegger's T-800 – but ultimately the two, the TV episode and the feature film, are radically different in both scale and scope.
Interestingly, Demon With A Glass Hand the fifth episode of the second season of the original The Outer Limits television series, also written by Ellison, has similarities to both The Terminator and another film.
Like Soldier and The Terminator, Demon With A Glass Hand features a protagonist sent from the future into the past. But in this case, unlike in the title character in Soldier, the time travel was done quite deliberately – and done by humans in order to save mankind – more like The Terminator right?
Also similar, our hero in Demon With A Glass Hand, is nearly indestructible, can survive being shot over and over, feels no need to sleep, is being hunted by enemies also sent from the future, and he is programmed! Those are the basic plot commonalities between Soldier and The Terminator. More on that other movie a little later.
In the Starlog article (December 1984) there is no mention of The Outer Limits or Ellison. But, in it James Cameron does say: "I read all the classics, all the old Ace paperback novels."
I do not expect that Cameron read all of the following stories. In fact I don't think it is even necessary to know, and it isn't crucial to my argument. Indeed, only one of the following stories was actually published in an "old Ace paperback", (Second Variety was published in The Variable Man and Other Stories, Ace D-261).
My argument is that the story ideas and story points, even more than visuals, from the The Terminator, came very much out of 1950s science fiction.
Now before we get to the meat of my argument I'll do a little sidestep towards another film, just to make it all the more confusing… its actually laying the groundwork for something, trust me.
Look at these images:
As you can see Demon With A Glass Hand shares something in common with Blade Runner, as much Id say as Soldier does with The Terminator.
The baddies in Demon With A Glass Hand, seen above, have racoon style eye makeup, like Blade Runner's Pris. Our hero in Demon With A Glass Hand, as it turns out, is an android that didn't know he was one, just like in Blade Runner (and Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?). Blade Runner was also shot in the same stylish office building in Los Angeles (the Bradbury Building*). And, the final fight of both stories ends in the same way, out the window and onto the roof of the Bradbury!
The "cybernetic organism" of The Terminator is in essence an android, a robot that looks like a human being, specifically a male human being if you want to get all technical.
Now even more than Ellison, who does have an android in Trent, the hero of Demon In A Glass Hand it is Philip K. Dick who is best known for his androids. Though robots that look like, think they are, or can pass for human aren't unique or original to Dick, they are something he kind of specialized in. Stories like Imposter and The Electric Ant have androids and of course there is Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?.
Now practically everyone knows that Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? was adapted into a 1982 film called Blade Runner.
But do these folks know that the title of the Blade Runner was licensed from a book by a different author and entirely unrelated to Dick's?
It was!
Ridley Scott acquired the rights to the title of a script based on an unrelated 1974 Science Fiction novel entitled The Bladerunner.
Why did he do this?
He didn't have to, nobody has the legal right to claim exclusivity on book and movie titles – but as a matter of smart practice, when millions and millions of dollars are at stake, they often do such crazy things.
Now back to Philip K. Dick. He could, had he been alive in 1984, argued that his stories could have inspired The Terminator or even Demon With A Glass Hand!
Ellisons 1958 script for Demon With A Glass Hand has a "time mirror" – a device related to time travel – and so does a Philip K. Dick story.
For example, Dick uses what he calls a "time scoop" and a "time mirror" in a story called Paycheck (Imagination, June 1953). A time "Dip" turns up in a story named Meddler and in his novel Dr. Futurity (itself an expansion of a novella, Time Pawn) has a time "dredge."
Here's a snippet from Paycheck:
"It's developed a time scoop."
"A time scoop. It's been theoretically possible for several years. But it's illegal to experiment with time scoops and mirrors. It's a felony, and if you're caught, all your equipment and data becomes the property of the Government." Jennings smiled crookedly. "No wonder the Government's interested. If they can catch Rethrick with the goods –"
"A time scoop. It's hard to believe."
But Dick didn't invent the idea either, a story from Amazing Stories, December 1942, has the same tech, its actually in the title!
Another story that could have inspired The Terminator is The Skull. This 1952 story was published in If: Worlds Of Science Fiction. In it the protagonist is sent back in time in order to kill a man who can't be allowed to live. He doesn't know the man's identity, but the clue lies within his own head, kind of like The Terminator.
Now to get out of time travel, let me ask you, where is Skynet, the evil A.I. in either of those Ellison stories? They are absent. But, he has evil computers, ones that want to destroy humanity even, for example there's AM, the evil A.I. from I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. But that story is from 1967, and is not Skynet, exactly…
Well, let me tell you about The Great C, first published in Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, September 1953. This story is set in a Fallout-style post apocalyptic wasteland. Straight away we learn that a band of humans have survived underground after a global nuclear war. The plot consists of following:
One of their number as he sets off with three questions to visit what the reader infers to be a great oracle. The oracle is the titular "Great C" with "C" being short for "Computer". But unlike the Colossus supercomputer (from Colossus: The Forbin Project) that merely threatens nuclear war, this supercomputer pulled a full-Skynet and actually used the offensive nuclear capability on it's creators, man.
Now Second Variety, first appeared in Space Science Fiction, May 1953. And it was later adapted to film as Screamers. It is set in a post-WWIII world where killer robots, known as "Claws", are developing newer and newer models of killer robot for human infiltration.
Check out these two illustrations from the story:
So, why did Cameron's The Terminator have to give credit to Harlan Ellison if Scott didn't have to give it to Blade Runner?
I suspect it all happened pretty much as Ellison said it did. That in the unpublished interview notes for that Starlog interview Cameron actually said that he "ripped-off a couple of Outer Limits segments" and perhaps even "a couple of Harlan Ellison stories."
But it doesn't matter to me. Credits or dollars, the only thing I really care at all about the story, and I think that The Terminator builds on great SF stories by the likes of Philip K. Dick and Harlan Ellison and Isaac Asimov and H.G. Wells, and some Outer Limits TV episodes, and maybe some other movies too.
Humans do this and it is a good thing. I'm glad so many humans had a hand in making it.
By listening to stories, and by retelling them we continue the process of story refinement. The Terminator wasn't a "rip-off" it was a tribute, it stands alone, and it stands tall and proud next to the great SF stories that came before it, in 1950s TV, 1950s books and 1950s magazines and probably to the decades before it too.
As for the James Cameron Harlan Ellison dispute, well, Cameron may have had a "huge ego", as Harlan Ellison put it, or maybe he didn't – who knows – Ellison had "never met the man" – it may just have been a self-deprecating statement. We can all use a little of that, and a lot more Philip K. Dick.
Posted by Jesse Willis
*The "Bradbury" in the Bradbury Building is no relation to Ray Bradbury … or is it?
The SFFaudio Podcast #314 – READALONG: Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson
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The SFFaudio Podcast #314 – Jesse, Jenny, and Paul talk about Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Talked about on today's show:
1990, what was it about this book…, nothing much happens, utopia, utopian novels generally don't exist, Brave New World, conflict, the only death in the book, if it was a literary novel, Ramona's thighs, almost a perfect novel, "constructed", softball, batting a thousand, light symbolism, Tom in Switzerland, so much to think about during the lazy days, a magical transformation, fascinatingly insightful, what human beings are trying to do all the time, "that's the novel I wanted to read", a tryptic, The Wild Shore, The Gold Coast, three Californias growing out of the 1980s, cyberpunk, Orange County, TSA, the water situation, Chinatown, machinations, evil corporations, KSR is a really smart guy, a genuine world, comparing to Heinlein's bad guys, conflict (or lack thereof), why theater is fun, wrestling!, softball, his Mars books, baseball as a metaphor, small ball, a small ball utopia, the October of his own utopia, what are utopia, an almost meta-SF novel, Utopia by Sir Thomas More, "must redefine utopia … the process of making a better world … struggle forever", 2065, a bigger theater, fewer baseball diamonds, starting from scratch won't work, there's a lot of work to be done, an underpopulated world, how we got there, emigration to Space, the understated Mars landing, the drought in California, climate change (global warming), Antarctica, Worldcon 2006, Anaheim, Luke Burrage's review of The Gold Coast, he's sophisticated, Shaman, the four shamanic elements: air/earth/fire/water, sooo well constructed, the mask party, great magic bullshit, not The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Prisoners Of Gravity, Harlan Ellison and Neil Gaiman, tackling a really substantial subject, an almost bullet-proof approach, the economy doesn't work and the geology doesn't work (in The Lord Of The Rings), the housing situation, Viking style or Haida style, its all fashion, the defining look of how any utopia can work, the economic model, socialism, Stephen Harper, [Kim Stanley Robinson] has thought of everything, the black banks, some sort of federal system?, the New Oregon Trail?, a local government utopia, it's a certain kind of communism, Alfredo, labour taxation, another junction box, there's still money but nobody is talking about it, the scene at the fire, the community is the fire department, no police, what do you do with criminals?, exile, Amish communities exist at the sufferance of the surrounding state, they've got Skype/Facetime, we have to not hate our brothers around the world, sister cities, delegations, Paul takes exception, Minneapolis, magnifying certain aspects (and shrinking others), the Greens have had there day, what's going to happen, where's the public library?, an ebb and flow, drag racing, Oscar's interests, neighbors invading is the only possible hole, an ecological society, an ecology of local systems, by not competing in the way that some can compete you're going to get crushed, if the utopia is unstable…, Kevin as the catalyst, small solutions, a feel good message, the Athenian polis approach to community, who started that fire?, the evil mustachio thing, if we asked KSR, he's earned that, A Short Sharp Shock, the kerosene … who did it?, a happy death, let's spend some time here, When Tam asked: "Does it get less boring?", going back to work, how to deal with reality, moderation in all things including moderation, smoking, Kim Stanley Robinson is incredibly wise, a very wise book, relationship stigmas have been done away with, casual but not disposable, no ideology, take out the thing that you like, whatever system they seem to have…, the inevitable swinging of a pendulum, Arthur C. Clarke's The City And The Stars (aka Against The Fall Of Night), frozen in time with a focus on art, Nineteen-Eighty Four and Brave New World are forever dystopias, "interpenetration", a metal ceramic material, Oscar's hike, going for walks, reality entering a body, we are a part of our environment, a religious moment, the mask party, as a motif word, every part of the community interacts, they live inside each others' homes, a great scene of Alfredo and Kevin working shoulder to shoulder, Rattlesnake Hill is a symbol for Kevin, that's no human nature, Jenny's visits to former utopian society, the Shaker village in Kentucky, New Harmony, Indiana, we're living in a utopia, how many times have you guys run for city council, campaigning is not fun, trying to convince people door to door is a horrible job, maybe its time, it IS what he's saying, a bitter pill, KSR's bio, Jesse's mom, tons of meetings, we tried to go to a movie theater, the inertia of a city council is less, "turning the ship", Jenny's really good example, Greencastle, Indiana, no discrimination if you do business with the city, Our Angry Earth by Frederik Pohl and Isaac Asimov, get organized, maybe that sense of mobility is the problem, love the place you're at, utopia is not a destination it's an activity, The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond, staying where you were born, it goes both ways, Ted Cruz, subversive groups, Anonymous, different strategies, Last Week Tonight, Jon Oliver's interview with Edward Snowden, Wikileaks, dick pics, high-minded people are all sold, does this program have your dick pick?, you need a comedian, LIBERTY!, go with the dick pic.
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The SFFaudio Podcast #265 – READALONG: Deus Irae by Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny
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The SFFaudio Podcast #265 – Jesse, Tam, and Paul Weimer discuss Deus Irae by Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny
Talked about in this episode:
1976, "hey it's Zelazny", Tibor and whatnot, "The Great C.", waking from a gnostic dream of oblivion, "the book is opaque to say the least", "on the pilg", recommended for super Dick-fans who like religion, New Wave (basically shitty), Christianity, Ted White, the Sector General novels, mythology and religion, 80-85% Dick, post-apocalyptic story, the local A.I., the sacrifice of the Athenians to the Minotaur, like a Jeopardy game, heliocentricity vs. geocentricity, "Benford, Bear, and Brin's new Foundation trilogy", Hari Seldon in a chimpanzee body, The Best Of Gregory Benford, it's a paycheck, "If you wanna read this piece of shit that's fine … I'm getting paid.", cynicism, looking for the truth behind things, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, Tibor's conversations, there's no fixed ground, Dr. Bloodmoney, Or How We Got Along After The Bomb, the fallout from nuclear fallout, Utah, Denver, "where are they getting this coffee?", the socio-economic underpinnings of this book are fantasy, The Man In The High Castle, is he really worried about his bottle?, Autofac, the consequences of automated production, an economic weapon a weapon of war, Gresham's law, The Crawlers, incs = incompletes, the thalidomide baby phenomenon, Arthur C. Clarke, Of Withered Apples (and our podcast about it), the apple tree scene doesn't pay-off, the dog, episodic feel, the parallel pilgrimage of Peter Sands, the guy with the face problem, devil from the sky, Lufteufel (from the German words "Luft," meaning "air," and "Teufel," meaning "Devil"), the class of people who engage with believers but don't believe themselves, if you go into churches…, if there is a point to this story, representation, no photos of Jesus, does it matter if we worship a false image?, drawing a symbol, "the novel is extremely gnostic", Zelazny's Amber series, Islam goes the opposite way, depictions of Muhammad, believers tend not to worry about such details, the Klingons, the gnostic gloss, "it works as what it is", the miracle of the arms and legs, a vision of the Deus Irae, what's going on with the cow?, she's a holy cow, the authors say?, "the cow slept and dreamed – Tibor ruminated.", mechanical arms only (no legs), the crucifixion in reverse, the endings, Lufteufel and his daughter, dissolution, he does partake in divinity, Dr. Abernathy, Luke Daniels, the ozone in the air, an Arthurian motif, the healing of the wound, The Last Defender Of Camelot, dedicated Stanley G. Weinbaum and The Martian Odyssey, connecting the books, The Martian Odyssey is important and interesting but not great, "a classic of the field", the first Science Fiction to come out of the 1920s, mostly junk, aliens that are just alien, where it fits in the history of Science Fiction, PKD's favourite author was A.E. van Vogt, changing things up every thousand words, a formative influence on both Dick and Zelazny?, Eric S. Rabkin, maybe they had coffee together, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr., dung beetles, the lizards (Lizzies), the talking bird, "the little black boys", I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison, transformed by Am, another name for God or Popeye, evil turns into good, it's all for the best, the philosophy behind Voltaire's Candide, "it was good that we had a nuclear war", the story of Noah, the ultimate Spring cleaning, religious people don't tend to get stuck at that point, "maybe I'm wrong", somebody is going to enjoy that sermon by Dr. Abernathy, the passing of good out of evil, internal arguments, "good" is not as strong as "evil", a very clever sophistic argument that kind of works, a lot of German, allusions to other literature, and "the stars threw down their spears", William Blake's Tyger Tyger, a gnostic poem, the currency of half-forgotten poems, funerals and weddings call for the imagery and vocabulary of poetry, cultural tools for sealing social relationships, The Stars My Destination, what is gnosticism?, going out into a cave…, a vision quest, revelations, Jesus' marriage, canonized gnosticism, religion as Jesus fan fiction, fan service, Galactic Pot Healer, a crisis of faith, a god needs help, a lack of editing, the meditation/drug thing, pastors can be grumpy without coffee and cigarettes, Abernathy is an asshole.
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Have we got our dancing shoes on yet?
Hmmm a lot more dancing but some of the lifts were clumsy. But bravo to Vincent for doing the two missing dances.
Now I loved Aleesha's dance to beyonce so not sure how well I will like this as there is a benchmark already in my mind
By far the best so far!!
The lifts looked awkward, didn't like that much
I like that one.
ok I'm no Kimberley fan but I did think it was the best of the 3 so far and for once I actually felt some "joy" from her - bit too much hair flicking if I'm going to be fussy but I suspect she is destined to get all 10s
Oh what do I know, everyone else loved it ?!
Come on Louis.
Louis coming up
I hope this isn't going to be all gymnastics
fingers crossed - hope there aren't too many tricks though
That was odd, no where near enough dancing either. Wasted opportunity for me
Oh I liked it LN, different style of showdance - more balletic, I can see why Darcey loved it - 40?
It was soooooooo different to the usual show dance style that it was always going to be a marmite dance - but I love marmite!!!!!!!!!!
You must be psychic TS
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A look around the White Sox organization
It's hard to believe, but we are already about a month into the Dash season! With April in the rearview mirror, we wanted to take a look at how the rest of the teams are faring within the White Sox organization.
Chicago White Sox (MLB): Look out, baseball–the South Siders have the best record in the American League.
Chicago sits atop the Central Division by four games with a 19-10 record. The parent club also currently sports the best ERA in the AL with a 2.83 mark.
Dash alumnus Chris Sale became baseball's first six-game winner after his victory against the Orioles on May 1. The southpaw has a 1.66 ERA and some pundits are touting the 27-year-old as the early favorite for the AL Cy Young Award.
The scary part for the rest of baseball is that Sale may have company at the top of the rotation. Jose Quintana, another left-handed starter, is 4-1 with a 1.40 ERA. Meanwhile, newcomer Mat Latos has dazzled in his first year with the White Sox, going 4-0 with a 1.84 ERA.
The back of the bullpen has performed at an elite level as well. Relievers Matt Albers, Nate Jones, and David Robertson have combined for a 0.71 ERA in 38 innings. Less than a year ago, Jones was rehabbing from Tommy John surgery right here in Winston-Salem!
On offense, executive vice president Kenny Williams and general manager Rick Hahn made several impact moves this offseason that have helped the ballclub. Third baseman Todd Frazier, who was acquired in a trade involving three former Dash players, leads the team with seven home runs. Second baseman Brett Lawrie, whom the Sox received in a trade from Oakland, has posted a solid .283/.393/.485 line with four home runs and 10 RBIs.
The mainstays have continued to shine for Chicago as well. Right fielder Adam Eaton boasts a 10.9 Ultimate Zone Rating, nearly four points higher than any other player in baseball. After a slow start, designated hitter Jose Abreu had hit safely in eight straight games (14-for-32 in that span) from April 26-May 4 before going 0-for-5 on Thursday against the Red Sox.
With the Cubs having the best record in the National League, it could shape up to be an exciting summer of baseball in Chicago.
Charlotte Knights (AAA): It's early, but a couple of top-level prospects have struggled at the Triple-A level in 2016.
Former Dash INF Tim Anderson, rated the second-best prospect in the organization by MLB.com, has gotten off to a slow start. The former first-round pick has mustered a .229/.253/.260 batting line in 22 games. Outfielder Jacob May, the club's No. 7 prospect, has batted .250/.305/.352 with only one home run and eight RBIs.
The Knights' pitching staff has scuffled as well. They've have the highest ERA in the International League, with a 4.78 mark (0.62 points higher than the Norfolk Tides, who possess a 4.16 ERA)
One bright spot for Charlotte has been former Dash outfielder Jason Coats. The 27th-best prospect in the organization posted a staggering .364/.417/.561 batting line before getting injured on April 24. He was just activated earlier this afternoon.
The Knights are 12-15, but only 1.5 games back of the Gwinnett Braves in the International League South Division.
Birmingham Barons (AA): The Barons, like the Knights, have seen their top prospects start off slowly. At 10-17, Birmingham sits in the basement of the Southern League North Division.
But it's far from gloom and doom in Alabama. In fact, the team's top-tier pitching prospects are starting to turn things around.
Former Dash right-handed pitcher Carson Fulmer is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA in last two starts after going 0-3 with an 8.53 mark in his first three outings. Tyler Danish, another former Dash right-hander, has been marvelous since his first game. He's thrown four quality starts in a row, going 2-2 with a 1.91 ERA in 28 1/3 innings during that span. Within that stretch, the former 2nd-round pick in 2013 threw his first complete game shutout on his late dad's birthday.
A bright spot for Birmingham offensively has been former Dash infielder Jake Peter. The 23-year-old has swatted a line of .286/.320/.418 in 24 games.
Kannapolis Intimidators (Low-A): The Intimidators four-game winning streak was snapped on Thursday, but the team is slowly climbing back to .500. At 12-15, Kannapolis is 6.5 games back of Hagerstown and Hickory in the SAL's Northern Division.
The Intimidators have several interesting prospects who could join Winston-Salem at some point this season. Outfielder Landon Lassiter, who reached base in every game during the month of April, currently wields a batting line of .306/.404/.365 in 22 contests.
On the rubber, southpaw Tanner Banks has been a stud at the top of the rotation. An 18th-round pick in 2014, the Utah native is 5-0 with a 2.08 ERA in 30 1/3 frames. He threw his first complete game shutout (9IP, 4H, 1BB, 5 SO) against the West Virginia Power on April 20.
The bullpen has been hit or miss so far, but there are several relievers on this team with impressive numbers:
- RHP Drew Hasler: 34th-round pick in 2015; 1.53 ERA in eight appearances, 17 2/3 innings and 12 strikeouts
- RHP Taylore Cherry: 32nd-round pick in 2015; 1.10 ERA, 0.80 WHIP and 23 strikeouts in 16 1/3 innings
- RHP Yelmison Peralta: International free-agent in 2012; 0.79 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 11.1 innings
Stay tuned for our Dash preview! After a rainout on Thursday, Winston-Salem begins a four-game, three-day set at BB&T Ballpark on Friday against the Salem Red Sox.
Early returns around the White Sox system
The 2016 season is almost a week old in the Minor Leagues, while the White Sox season is into its second week. Let's take a look at some of the storylines around the organization.
MLB: Chicago White Sox (5-2)
The parent club has gotten off to the best start in the organization. It's extremely early (I'll be saying that a lot), but the Sox lead the Central Division by a half-game. One of the biggest reasons for this has been pitching. Chicago has a team ERA of 2.76, good for the third-best mark in the American League.
Former Dash left-handers Chris Sale (2010) and Carlos Rodon (2014) have started strongly. Sale is 2-0 with a 3.86 ERA in his first two starts, while Rodon threw seven strong innings in a tough-luck loss against the A's on Wednesday. This Fangraphs article details why Rodon is likely to break out this year.
On the position player front, it's fair to say outfielder Adam Eaton has had a memorable start. Through seven games, he leads the team in batting average (.417), on-base percentage (.481), and hits (10). Also, his wife Kate just gave birth to the couple's first child. In this Chicago Tribune article, Eaton discusses his new life as both a father and a professional baseball player.
Right-hander Michael Ynoa, who pitched for the Dash last season, was called up while Eaton was on paternity leave. He became the 32nd player in Dash era to reach the majors. He was sent back down to Double-A without making an appearance, but he seems to be on the precipice of his first big league appearance.
Meanwhile, designated hitter Jose Abreu continues to destroy baseballs. He leads the team with two home runs, along with new third baseman Todd Frazier.
Triple-A: Charlotte Knights (1-4)
Unlike the White Sox, pitching has been the Achilles heel for the Knights thus far. Charlotte gave up seven earned runs on Monday in a loss to Norfolk to balloon their team ERA to 6.14, the highest mark in the International League. The squad has smashed a league-tying five home runs, though, with former San Francisco Giants catcher Hector Sanchez crushing two of them.
Outfielder Jason Coats, who spent a majority of 2014 with Winston-Salem, leads the team with a .455 batting average. He also tops the IL with 10 hits.
Double-A: Birmingham Barons (1-4)
Outside of a extra-inning victory on April 9 against Jacksonville, it has been a rough go for the Barons to begin 2016. Like Triple-A Charlotte, Birmingham has the highest team ERA in its league.
Some of the players who had integral roles in the Dash's trip to the postseason last year have gotten off to slow starts. Shortstop Eddy Alvarez, outfielder Adam Engel, third baseman Trey Michalczewski and catcher Omar Narvaez are a combined 14-for-72 to begin the season. No need to stress though. We have seen what these players can do as the year progresses.
One of the most noteworthy members of the 2015 Dash in Birmingham is right-hander Carson Fulmer. Even though his first start was a bit rocky, the White Sox 2015 first-round pick left a strong impression on the organization during spring training.
Low-A: Kannapolis Intimidators (2-3)
After dropping their first three contests, the Intimidators have won two straight. They collected 10 runs in their series finale against Hickory on Sunday and then followed that up with a 2-1 victory against Delmarva on Monday.
One of the standouts so far is outfielder Tyler Sullivan. Normally known for his defense, the Intimidators' leadoff man has a .421/.542/.579 batting line with three stolen bases through the first five contests.
Thanks for reading! We'll have preview of tonight's game against Myrtle Beach coming very shortly.
Dash relievers sliding into major success
The Dash led 1-0 and were threatening for more in the sixth inning of their contest in Frederick on July 25. With two outs and the bases loaded, Keys manager Orlando Gomez walked out to the mound and took the baseball from his starting pitcher, southpaw Luis Gonzalez. Gonzalez had been strong, surrendering just one run on two hits in 5.2 innings. The reasoning behind the move, though, was simple: With right-handed hitting Jeremy Dowdy strolling to the plate, Gomez wanted right-hander Jimmy Yacobonis in the game.
Gomez's decision worked to perfection. Yacobonis struck out Dowdy to end the threat, and the Keys would later win the game 2-1 in 11 innings.
It's impossible to know what would have happened had Gonzalez been left in the game. But the numbers, while unavailable at the minor league level, strongly support Gomez's decision. During the 2015 season, MLB right-handed hitters have batted .259/.326/.414 against southpaws. However, when facing fellow righties, that slips to .249/.303/.391.
It's been even more pronounced for left-handed batters in The Show. Against opposite-handed pitchers, lefties have posted a .256/.321/.406 line that slips to .240/.303/.351 against hurlers of the same handedness.
While most managers in the Carolina League won't play match-ups nearly as often as Gomez does for personnel reasons, Winston-Salem manager Tim Esmay doesn't really have to worry about doing so. Behind his bullpen's incredible second half, during which Dash relievers have recorded an earned run average of 1.83, has been the ability of his relievers to get both righties and lefties out.
Former Dash right-hander Peter Tago mainly used a curveball as a secondary pitch during his first four years of professional baseball after being drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the supplemental first round, 47th overall, in 2010.
However, upon arriving to White Sox Spring Training in February after being taken in the Triple-A phase of the Rule V Draft, Tago worked with Dash pitching coach J.R. Perdew and Kannapolis pitching coach Jose Bautista to develop a slider. The results have been staggering: During the four years Tago spent in the Colorado system, lefties bashed him to a .276/.406/.408 tune. However, across Kannapolis, Winston-Salem and Birmingham this season, left-handed batters have only hit .211/.302/.276.
"It's just an easier pitch for me to throw as far as secondary to lefties," said Tago, who was promoted to Double-A Birmingham on July 25. "It's hard and it's not easy to pick up out of my hand as compared to when I was throwing a curveball previously in my career.
"It's based off the fastball – I can throw it with the same arm speed and same arm action as my fastball, and that is what gets the hitter to commit."
Brian Clark's effectiveness out of the bullpen this season has earned him a few spot starts as the year has worn on. The driving force behind that success is the ability of the left-hander to deal with right-handed hitters, whom he faces much more often on the bump. Clark, who has held righties to a .215/.311/.249 line while lefties have batted .254/.342/.284, credits that success to his slider.
"One of the most successful pitches I have as of late is a back-foot slider to a righty, where it just drops in right below their hands and almost hits them in the foot," Clark said. "If they swing, it's almost impossible to hit. I was also able to throw the slider backdoor, coming around out of the strike zone and coming back in on the plate to righties, who usually take that pitch for a strike."
Since the Dash offense has scored three runs or fewer in more than half its contests this year, the Dash have needed their pitching staff to come through to make a run at the postseason. After a 3.62 ERA in the first half, Winston-Salem pitchers have registered a 2.54 ERA in half two. Winston-Salem owns the league's best second-half mark at 24-15. Had it not been for a bullpen slinging hard sliders to retire both righties and lefties, the story might be much different.
– Scott
Around the White Sox system – April
On Friday, we reviewed the first month of the season for the Dash (they did lead the Carolina League in ERA). Today, we will examine the rest of the Chicago White Sox system to see how their Aprils went, starting from the top:
Chicago White Sox (MLB): An offseason that saw the White Sox acquire RHPs Jeff Samardzija and David Robertson, LHP Zach Duke, 1B Adam LaRoche, OF Melky Cabrera and UTL Emilio Bonafacio led to some believing that Chicago would contend in the American League. However, the White Sox struggled in the season's first month and the rumbling has already begun about rebuilding around this core for 2016.
That being said, the core is the envy of nearly every team in baseball. Jose Abreu has mashed to a 126 wRC+, while Avisail Garcia has been a surprise to match that production so far. Meanwhile, the White Sox lineup has seen LaRoche (87 wRC+), Cabrera (75 wRC+), Alexei Ramirez (46 wRC+) and Adam Eaton (36 wRC+) get off to slow starts, meaning this talented lineup should start to turn things around and get hot at any moment.
The same could be said about the Chicago pitching staff. Both Chris Sale and Jose Quintana have posted ERAs above 5.00, with Samardzija currently at 4.78. The White Sox have also brought up top prospect and former Dash LHP Carlos Rodon, who has pitched to a 2.76 ERA in 6.1 innings thus far.
Although the White Sox are currently 7.0 games behind the Tigers, nearly everything has gone wrong for them so far, and turnarounds from what was supposed to be one of the deepest lineups and best starting pitching trios in baseball could make Chicago a team that makes a run later in the year.
Charlotte Knights (AAA): April saw Charlotte storm to a 13-7 start to take the early lead in the International League South division. Former Dash INF Carlos Sanchez has put together one of the best performances in all of Minor League Baseball. The 10th-ranked prospect in the White Sox system according to MLB.com, Sanchez is batting .407/.432/.582 with 10 doubles, two home runs and 15 RBIs. Nearly half of those RBIs came in a May 2 game against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, when Sanchez went 4-for-4 with two homers and a double to drive in seven runs. That capped a run that saw Sanchez reach base in 10 straight plate appearances, recording a hit in nine of those.
Former Dash OF Trayce Thompson, the No. 19 White Sox prospect, has raked to a .326/.365/.517 tune with three triples, two home runs and 11 RBIs thus far. On the mound, RHP Erik Johnson, who pitched for Winston-Salem in 2012, leads the club with a 3-1 record and 2.04 ERA, fanning 19 in 17.2 innings.
The flip of the calendar to May also saw the White Sox release OF Jared Mitchell. The 2010 first-round pick was batting just .050 this season for Charlotte and was a .205 hitter with 10 homers in 144 Triple-A games.
With a record of 14-9, the Knights are enjoying the perch of the division by one game over the Durham Bulls (Tampa Bay Rays).
Birmingham Barons (AA): Like the Dash, the Barons had an up-and-down opening month of the season, finishing an even 10-10. Former Dash INF Tim Anderson, who is now the top-ranked prospect in the Chicago system with Rodon in the bigs, has stolen 11 bases and batted .309 with 13 RBIs in the early going. Meanwhile, 2014 Dash members Jacob May (.337/.378/.424, 10 SB) and Jason Coats (.340/.354/.532, 9 2B) reinforced an offense that ranks in the top half of the league in both batting average and slugging percentage. Coats did earn a late-April bump to Charlotte thanks to his strong production.
In the rotation, Frankie Montas and Myles Jaye, who both pitched in Winston-Salem last year, have helped lead a pitching staff that is just four off the lead for most strikeouts in the Southern League. Montas has a 2.63 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 13.2 frames, while Jaye is 2-1 with a 3.65 ERA and 20 punchouts against six free passes in 20.1 innings.
The Barons are currently 2.5 games behind the Tennessee Smokies (Chicago Cubs) in the Southern League's North Division.
Kannapolis Intimidators (A): Former Dash manager Tommy Thompson and his Intimidators did not have a winning or losing streak of more than two games throughout April. LHP Jordan Guerrero (No. 29 White Sox prospect) has gotten off to a ridiculous start to the campaign. Guerrero has the sixth-best ERA (0.69) in all of Minor League Baseball, while his 0.77 WHIP ranks 18th. The southpaw is 3-0, has given up just 15 hits in 26.0 innings and fanned 26 against only five walks.
The Kannapolis offense has posted the third-best average and slugging percentage in the South Atlantic League. INF Chris Curley's 20 RBIs lead the club, and he has hit .281/.326/.551 while smashing a team-high nine doubles and five roundtrippers. C Brett Austin, Rodon's roommate at NC State, is batting .333/.453/.548 with three triples, and former Olympic silver medalist Eddy Alvarez has slashed .301/.396/.422 with six steals.
The Intimidators' 10-13 record has them at the bottom of the SAL Northern Division, 6.0 games behind the Hickory Crawdads (Texas Rangers).
Stay tuned for our Dash game preview as they wrap up a four-game set Monday with the Wilmington Blue Rocks.
Plenty of roster moves announced Tuesday
The Dash's roster looks a bit different now than it did when the club was concluding its road trip in Lynchburg on Monday. Here is a look at what the White Sox announced Tuesday morning:
- RHP Brandon Hardin promoted to Double-A Birmingham from Winston-Salem
- RHP Myles Jaye assigned to Winston-Salem from Double-A Birmingham
- INF Zach Voight promoted to Winston-Salem from Low-A Kannapolis
- INF Nick Basto assigned to extended spring training from Winston-Salem
Hardin thrived in the back end of the Dash's bullpen. He posted a 1.32 earned run average in 13.2 innings over 14 outings. The former Delta State product concludes this stint with Winston-Salem by recording a streak of seven consecutive scoreless outings, during which he logged four saves. He becomes the sixth Dash player promoted to Double-A or Triple-A thus far this season.
Jaye rejoins Winston-Salem after beginning the season with the Barons, which is where he finished the 2013 season. Jaye started the final game of Birmingham's run to the Southern League Championship, a deciding Game 5 against Mobile last September. Thus far this season, Jaye struggled in the SL, posting an 0-6 record to go along with a 6.32 ERA. However, the former Toronto farmhand was stellar with the Dash in 2013. He went 9-6 with a 4.11 ERA in 20 starts in the Triad.
Voight will play in the Carolina League for the first time. In 26 games with the Intimidators, Voight hit .237 with one homer and eight RBIs. A 20th-round pick in 2012, the Denton, Texas, native led all White Sox farmhands with a .320 average and a .417 on-base percentage with rookie-level Great Falls a year ago.
Basto has been strong at the plate for Winston-Salem thus far this year. He leads all qualifying hitters on the club with a .293 average, and he also has driven in 20 runs.
Stay tuned for a full preview of Tuesday's homestand opener with Potomac.
– Brian
One promotion out; another promotion in
Four days ago, the Dash went through a double promotion, with Tyler Danish joining Winston-Salem from Kannapolis when Mike Recchia jumped to Double-A Birmingham.
On Monday morning, the White Sox announced a similar move, this time within the Dash's bullpen. Right-hander Bryan Blough is heading to Double-A for the first time. In a corresponding move, southpaw Jose Bautista is set for his first stint in the Carolina League.
Blough has been with Winston-Salem since August of 2012, when he joined the Dash during their push to the Mills Cup Finals. He was an integral part of the Dash's bullpen during that stretch run, and he became the Opening Day starter for Winston-Salem in 2013. Blough led the CL and finished second in the Minor Leagues with 172.2 innings pitched. He also paced the league in starts (28) and finished tied for the top spot in wins (11).
This season, Blough returned to the bullpen and posted a 1.93 earned run average in 13 appearances. He also logged four saves in five tries.
Bautista boasted a 0.92 earned run average in 10 appearances out of the Intimidators' bullpen this year. The Dominican Republic native struck out 26 in 19.2 innings. He signed with the White Sox as an international free agent in 2009.
The Dash are enjoying their only day off this month on Monday. Winston-Salem embarks on an eight-game, seven-day road trip Tuesday.
– Brian
Danish on his first High-A start
Right-hander Tyler Danish will make his High-A debut Sunday afternoon against Frederick. Here are a few crazy notes on Danish in advance of his first effort in a Dash uniform:
- Danish has not given up a run in his last 22 innings, a streak that dates back to April 23.
- He has never given up more than one earned run in any of his first 22 Minor League appearances.
- His 0.71 earned run average is third among qualifying Minor League pitchers and second among current Minor Leaguers.
- Since the start of 2013, Danish boasts an ERA of 0.39. This includes his senior season of high school, when he did not surrender an earned run in 94 innings.
Danish will join us on the Pregame Dash at 1:45. You can catch the interview on wsdash.com/broadcast. Here are a few snippets from a great chat with the newest member of the Dash.
On what kind of pitcher he is:
"I'm an aggressive one. Just go out in the zone, get early swings and get early ground balls."
On the pitch that needs the most work:
"I definitely need to work on my slider. I get a little behind on it, release it behind my head. It makes it just spin and it doesn't move much. So, I've been working on trying to get out in front on my slider a lot more."
On his time with Kannapolis:
"That team was fun to be around. It felt like a team atmosphere. We had fun every single time we went out there. That team likes to play and likes to play hard, so I'll hopefully see some of those guys up here. It was just a fun team to be around altogether."
On his first impressions of BB&T Ballpark:
"This is five-star for me. This is probably one of the best parks I've seen in the Minor Leagues. It's an amazing place. It was breathtaking when I got here."
Stay tuned for a full preview of Sunday's series finale between Winston-Salem and Frederick.
– Brian
Danish, Recchia moving up
Minor Leaguers' primary goal is to advance in their organization. Two White Sox farmhands have jumped a level, the club announced Thursday. Tyler Danish, Chicago's second-round pick in 2013, has joined the Dash from Low-Kannapolis, while fellow righty Mike Recchia is heading to Double-A Birmingham for the first time in his career.
Danish sizzled in the South Atlantic League to the tune of a 3-0 record and a 0.71 earned run average. The Florida native boasts the lowest ERA among active, qualifying Minor League pitchers. Chase Anderson does still qualify with a 0.69 ERA, but he was recently promoted to Arizona from Double-A Mobile.
Though he was strong in all seven outings with Kannapolis, Danish dominated in his final four efforts. He concluded his time with the Intimidators by rattling off 22 consecutive scoreless innings dating back to April 23.
In 22 career appearances in the Minor Leagues, Danish owns a 0.93 ERA (seven earned runs in 68 innings). The 19-year-old was drafted out of Durant High School in Plant City, Fla.
Danish will take Recchia's spot in the rotation; therefore, the righty is slated to begin his High-A career Sunday at home against Frederick.
Recchia also thrived in seven starts before his promotion. He went 4-3 with a 2.90 ERA, which is good for the ninth-lowest mark in the Carolina League. The Worth, Ill., native also sits second in the CL and fourth in all of High-A baseball with 47 strikeouts.
This time last season, Recchia was in independent baseball with the Windy City ThunderBolts. The White Sox inked him to a deal in June, and he made 12 starts with the Dash from early August of 2013 until his final outing Tuesday in Myrtle Beach. He went 5-3 with a 3.71 ERA, capping his time in the CL with back-to-back seven-inning showings.
A key to Recchia's success this season was his ability to shut down the first batter of the inning. He pitched 40.1 innings, which means he started 41 frames. Only five of those 41 leadoff hitters reached against him (three singles, one walk and one hit by pitch).
Fans can hear from Recchia on tonight's Pregame Dash, which begins at 6:45 on 600 AM-WSJS in Winston-Salem. Stay tuned for a preview of tonight's series lid-lifter against Frederick, which will be posted here on the Dash Board later today.
– Brian
More moves in the Dash's bullpen
Two days after receiving left-hander Sean Bierman from Low-A Kannapolis, the Dash have added another former Intimidator southpaw to their bullpen. Sean Hagan will make his first trip to High-A, the White Sox announced Saturday morning. To make room for Hagan, the Sox placed right-hander Brandon Hardin on the disabled list, retroactive to Thursday.
A 31st-round pick from 2013, Hagan spent all of last season with short-season Great Falls, amassing a 6.19 earned run average in 17 relief efforts. He broke camp with Kannapolis and performed well in four outings. The St. John's product surrendered just two runs in seven and two-thirds innings against South Atlantic League hitters.
Hardin, who has been a strong arm in the Dash's bullpen over the last 12 months, has also made four appearances thus far this season. In three and a third innings, the Pinckneyville, Ill., native has given up just one run. Hardin's last outing was last Saturday at Wilmington.
With the moves, the Dash's roster sits at the Carolina League maximum of 25 players, along with four men on the disabled list. Stay tuned for a full preview of tonight's game between the Dash and Salem Red Sox.
– Brian
Winston-Salem tweaks bullpen
The Dash's roster has not changed much thus far this season, but the White Sox did announce a pair of promotions affecting the Winston-Salem bullpen on Thursday afternoon. Evan Crawford has jumped up to Double-A Birmingham after two efforts in the Carolina League, while fellow southpaw Sean Bierman has earned a spot in the Dash's clubhouse after starting the season in Low-A Kannapolis.
Crawford, who logged 10 appearances with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2012, joined the White Sox organization via the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 Draft. He tossed two and two-thirds innings with Winston-Salem over two outings and surrendered two runs (one earned) on one hit. He will head to the Double-A level, where he has made 80 appearances over his seven-season minor league career.
Thanks to this promotion, the Dash have added another left-hander in Bierman, who made two starts with the Intimidators to begin the season. Bierman, who went 0-1 with a 7.00 earned run average in those efforts, was 11-8 with a 3.00 ERA in 31 outings with the Tampa Bay organization. He came over to the White Sox from the Rays as one of the players to be named later in the Jesse Crain trade, which was agreed to in July and completed in October.
As a result, the Dash's roster remains at 25, with 13 of those men being pitchers. Winston-Salem aims to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Frederick Keys tonight at 7. A full preview is on the way later.
– Brian


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Kubuntu Goes for KDE 4 – LTS Ditched
Based on the release policy of Ubuntu and its KDE derivative Kubuntu, the next version of Kubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) scheduled for mid January would be a Long Term Support (LTS) version with three years support. Now, Kubuntu's chief developer Jonathan Riddell has announced that there will not be an LTS version; instead Kubuntu is relying on the KDE 4 desktop update.
This decision does not affect the Gnome-based Ubuntu. Kubuntu users will be able to install a version of 8.04 that still uses KDE 3.5.
The Kubuntu developers are not all thrilled about Riddell's annoucement as the mailing list evidences. KDE 4 has not even been released and it is bound to be affected by various bugs and issues, they say. Additionally, less experimentally oriented, professional users should be given the opportunity to opt for a Kubuntu version with longer support.
Riddell cited strategic motives for the step, which came as a surprise even to those familiar with Kubuntu developments. Who, if not the KDE edition was destined to offer the KDE 4 major release, he argued. This is what made a continuation of the release cycle introduced by Canonical impossible. Kubuntu had to commit itself. The large number of downloads of a live version of Kubuntu 7.10 with KDE4 RC2 are ample proof that users see things the same way, Riddell says.
Kubuntu developers like Jonathan Jesse do not see this ditching of the LTS version as a logical step. At the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Boston there was general agreement that the next Ubuntu and Kubuntu versions should be LTS versions, and that there should be an additional releases of both with KDE4. Jesse now sees Kubuntu as playing guinea pig.
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King James Bible: Deuteronomy, Chapter 20
|Chapter 20
|When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
|And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
|And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
|For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
|And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
|And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
|And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
|And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
|And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
|When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
|And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
|And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
|And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
|But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
|Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
|But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
|But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
|That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
|When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
|Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
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Well, seeing we're nearing the mid-point of the year in the NHL, I think it's fair to make a good judgment of where teams stand, and how they are going to fare for the rest of the season.
So far, Gary Bettman and the NHL could not have asked for a better season. The Chicago Blackhawks have risen from the ashes truly as a young-and-gun team ready to prove to the league that they are the real deal.
The yet again seemingly impenetrable New Jersey Devils are locked in a wrestling match with the defending Stanley Cup champions Pittsburgh Penguins in one of the most interesting division races we may have seen in years. It's a great year for hockey, and everyone should be loving it.
First of all, I would like to hand out my awards for the mid-year. They may be the front-runners, but still have a long way to go.