On 5 August, the complete critically acclaimed Masters of Science Fiction anthology series will be released on DVD as a 2-disc set. The Masters of Science Fiction DVD contains the entire series—including the world premiere of the two episodes that were never aired! Originally broadcast last year on ABC, Masters of Science Fiction adapted short stories from some of the genre’s greatest practitioners, including Robert A. Heinlein, Harlan Ellison, Robert Sheckley, and John Kessel. Mark Dawidziak of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote: “I’ve seen what may be the best futuristic anthology series since the glory days of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. It’s called Masters of Science Fiction.” SFScope, too, was entranced by the shows, and you can read our reviews on these pages: “A Clean Escape”, “The Awakening”, “Jerry Was a Man”, and “The Discarded”.
Now, in partnership with Big Honcho Media, SFScope is giving away ten copies of the $29.97 DVD set. To enter for your chance to win the DVD of what we called “good, intelligent science fiction television”, simply comment on a recent article on the site (anonymous comments, though always accepted, may cause your entry to be ignored—make sure you give us your e-mail address when you comment, so we can contact you if you win). If you really don’t have anything to say, click the “Contact Us” link at the top of any page, and send us an e-mail saying that you want to be entered to win the Masters of Science Fiction DVD. We’ll randomly pick two winners from all the comments and e-mails we receive by Friday 7 August, another two winners on 14 August, and then three winners on 21 August, and the final three on 28 August. Comment as many times as you like (though only one entry per person will be taken each week); if you’re e-mailing, one per week is sufficient.
In addition to the four aired episodes, the two unaired episodes, which are on the DVD, are:
“Watchbird”, based on a story by Robert Sheckley, written by J. Michael Straczynski and Sam Egan, directed by Harold Becker, and starring Sean Astin and James Cromwell.
“Little Brother”, based on a story by and written by Walter Mosley, directed by Damell Martin, and starring Clifton Collins, Jr. and Kimberly Elise.
For even more info on the series, hosted by Stephen Hawking, see http://www.mastersofscifi.com/site/.
Sounds like a great series!
This looks like great stuff!
This sounds like a good DVD collection. never even heard of it before. This must have come out will I was working an oddball shift.
I didn’t even know this show existed. Even if I don’t win, I’ll probably pick it up.
why did I not hear of this series before?
I would love love love to win this dvd.
It was a great series, too bad it didn’t get more attention and they didn’t show all 6 episodes.
Sounds fantastic! I can’t believe I hadn’t heard of this before. Would love to be entered for a chance to win …
So fantastic…..looks like a great bundle. I hope I get to win a copy!!
Papa needs some brand new views (esp. with Battlestar on hiatus).
Ah, this is already on my list of things to buy, but if I win this one, I’ll give one as a gift to someone else. Great series!
It’s generous of you to offer the givaway. Thanks!
i’ve been a science fiction fan since i was about 10 (almost 25 years now), and now i’m actually a scientist (and write science fiction in my spare time).
if it wasn’t for commercials, i’d probably have managed to catch this on television (which i don’t watch, for said reason). as it is, i watch a lot of dvds, and i’d love to catch this sometime. i suppose if i don’t win it, i’ll just have to rent it. c’est la vie.
I’m interested in this–it is nominated for a Saturn & has had a credible cast (in addition to Hawking & Waterston, I note William B. Davis, Elisabeth Röhm, Malcolm McDowell, Anne Heche, John Hurt, Brian Dennehy, and others).
I would love to win. Sounds like some great science fiction.
What a generous thing to do. Props!
Cool beans!
Sounds pretty interesting, and like another poster said, can’t believe I never heard of it.
Loved the few episodes I caught, would love to see the rest.
Some words may be lost in the time it takes to come up with them. We are here now and we will again tomorrow. Science Fiction; the truth behind the present.
I would love to see the un-aired segments.
Gotta love the good stuff. Great comp – thanks.
RE:”send us an e-mail saying that you want to be entered to win the Masters of Science Fiction DVD.”
Yes please! And I will donate it to our local public library for all the other SciFi fans!
I would really like to win this DVD. I enjoyed reading the recent article on the mothership, and being able to travel to the edge of space. Very interesting.
Wow, i can’t believe i missed this on tv. Too bad.
Mr. Ballard was right–everything will crash before it’s time.
Wow!
I am dreaming of watching the DVD…
It was a great series, too bad they didn’t show all 6 episodes. Intelligent TV is hard to come by!
ET phone home for a copy of this.
This is great! Thanks for doing this.
That is a great opportunity to add to your scifi library, hope I win. I was going to get it, but, maybe I will win it instead.
I’m looking forward to seeing the two un-aired episodes.
Sweet! SciFi is a quark of creativity – quark me with some DVD Master juice lol 🙂
{subliminal}SFScope is the best!{/subliminal}
I’d like to win the set myself, having never heard of the series before and not even owning a television for that matter. A projector, I have though!
I’m just sorting through 6 tubes of scifi books that were given to me to see what I keep and get rid of!
Cool Stuff…crosses fingers in hope of the slim chance of winning!
militant dilettante wants sf schwag sil vous please.
I wish I knew of this before!
I missed these when they were on TV…winning this would be cool…
Oh, this sounds interesting. Can’t wait.
“The Discarded” was very good, the others maybe not quite as much. But overall, I thought it was a decent series.
Wish I could afford this set. I’ll hope for winning, and then request my local library picks it up.
Sweet, I was waiting for this to show up on DVD.
I Hope 2 win 😉
Wow, I love this series.
Great site great contest
Fantastic news. I was looking to watch these again, and was happy to learn there are 2 episodes they never had shown. Thanks for the giveaway!
This looks like a classy show, hopefully more speculative than what SFC usually calls “science fiction”. I look forward to catching up especially with the unaired episodes. Thanks for the review!
This looks like a great informative and indepth exploration of the subject of Science Fiction many of us love so much. One thing I feel is a misnomer to this subject is calling it “Science Fiction”. Look at the Sci-Fi of the 1960’s much of it is now a fact of reality! Cell Phones, Tasers etc. I excitedly await the release of this DVD set!
Budog.
Since I never think of ABC for my science fiction fix I missed these when they were broadcast. Nice that they will be available on DVD. Looks like an excellent selection of stories.