This week on "Greetings from the Mirror Zone" Leskin and I are taking on a little dystopic gem from the late Harlan Ellsion entitled "Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman." We will be talking about time, the wasting thereof, and resistance in a society where being late could mean death. Be sure to follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/greetingsfromthemirrorzone/ and on twitter at twitter.com/Bryce_Skidmore and twitter.com/AlfredPacker.

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EP12- "Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison

CONTENT WARNING: The following story deals with mature themes including sexual assault. This month on Greetings from the Mirror Zone, Leskin and I are taking a journey back to the post-war Japanese countryside to learn the hidden meaning of Tetsu Yano's "Legend of the Paper Spaceship." We will be addressing themes of trauma, isolation, and depression as well as why you should always be nice to telepaths.

EP11- Japanese Science Fiction Pt. 3 (feat. "The Legend of the Paper Spaceship" by Tetsu Yano)

It's been a minute but we're back with a vengeance. On this episode we will be pulling back the veil of time to analyse Tensei Kono's landmark piece of SciFi "Triceratops." We will be dealing with issues of nostalgia, father/son relationships, and the perception of time. Be sure to follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/greetingsfromthemirrorzone/ and on twitter at twitter.com/Bryce_Skidmore and twitter.com/AlfredPacker.

EP10- Japanese Science Fiction Pt.2 (feat. "Triceratops" by Tensei Kono)

We're kicking off the first part of our first miniseries on Japanese science fiction this week with a brief overview of SF in post war Japan leading into a mind blowing short story by Japanese SF legend Sakyo Katsumo. "The Savage Mouth" will push you to the brink of sanity with this sinfully delicious tableaux of self loathing, tranhuman, body horror. Be sure to follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/greetingsfromthemirrorzone/ and on twitter at twitter.com/Bryce_Skidmore and twitter.com/AlfredPacker.

EP9- Japanese Science Fiction Pt.1 (feat. "The Savage Mouth" by Sakyo Komatsu)

We are tiger single and ready to mingle in a semi-barbaric state this week. Leskin and I are joined by a guest Gabriel “the Raven of Pleasant Hill” to discuss Saki’s “The Interlopers” and Frank Stockton’s “The Lady or the Tiger?” We will be tackling the age old question of f**k, marry, kill when tigers are involved? How much wolves care about vendettas? And where do we land in the spectrum between man and animal. Be sure to follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/greetingsfromthemirrorzone/ and on twitter at twitter.com/Bryce_Skidmore and twitter.com/AlfredPacker.

EP8- Animals (feat. Frank Stockton's "The Lady or the Tiger?" and Saki's "The Interlopers")

Greetings from the Mirror Zone! Join Leskin and I as we accompany a small group of survivors who crash land on an unknown planet. Instead of Gilligan’s Island hijinks we’ll have to settle for witch hunts, treachery, resistance, and the acceptance of death as we follow the lone narrator through an ordeal which challenges the value inherent in our fellow humans. We will be asking questions about autonomy and the right to die provoked by Sci Fi master Joanna Russ’ most controversial novel “We Who Are About To.” Be sure to follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/greetingsfromthemirrorzone/ and on twitter at twitter.com/Bryce_Skidmore and twitter.com/AlfredPacker.

EP7- "We Who Are About To" by Joanna Russ

This week Leskin and I are on the run with John Anderton in Philip K. Dick’s “Minority Report.” We will be talking about both the book and the movie as we navigate questions of guilt and culpability. Can surveillance create a safer world and what happens when the cop responsible for bringing a murderer in finds out he is that murderer?

EP6- "Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick

WARNING: This week’s episode contains violent content of a sexual nature. This week Leskin and I are taking a look at femicide and misogyny in James Tiptree Jr. (a.k.a. Alice B. Sheldon, Raccoona Sheldon)’s science fiction masterpiece “The Screwfly Solution.” We will be taking on issues of violence, specifically against women, in a world slowly loosing it’s cohesion to misogyny and devolving into full on civil unrest and eventually mass extinction. We will be asking questions about gender, propriety, and exactly when (if ever) does it become too late?

EP5- "The Screwfly Solution" by Alice B. Sheldon

This week Leskin and I are taking on the seminal short story and Twilight Zone episode of the same name, “The Paladin of the Lost Hour.” We will be looking at issues such as race, poverty, post-traumatic stress, and the intrinsic value inherit in each and every one of us. Be sure and follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/greetingsfromthemirrorzone/ and on twitter at twitter.com/Bryce_Skidmore and twitter.com/AlfredPacker.

EP4- "Paladan Of The Lost Hour" by Harlan Ellison

We're diving down the rabbit hole and finding out all sorts of unseemly things in this week's story. Leskin and I are taking on Robert A. Heinlein's crazy time travel short story "All You Zombies," about which we will be dealing with questions of destiny vs. free will, gender, and inequality. Be sure and follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/greetingsfromthemirrorzone/ and on twitter at twitter.com/Bryce_Skidmore and twitter.com/AlfredPacker.

EP3- "All You Zombies" by Robert A. Heinlein

This week Leskin and I take on Ursula Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" where we will be asking the hard questions. When does a utopia become a dystopia? How much injustice are we willing to tolerate? What does it mean to be accountable? Be sure and follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/greetingsfromthemirrorzone/ and on twitter at https://twitter.com/Bryce_Skidmore and https://twitter.com/AlfredPacker.

EP2- "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula Le Guin

On our first episode of Greetings from the Mirror Zone, Leskin and I are digging into the plight of a stranded family on Mars from Ray Bradbury's classic short story "Dark They Were and Golden Eyed." Be sure and follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/greetingsfromthemirrorzone/ and on twitter at https://twitter.com/Bryce_Skidmore and https://twitter.com/AlfredPacker.

EP1- "Dark They Were and Golden Eyed" by Ray Bradbury

Two writers sit down and review underrated classics of Science Fiction.

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