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ABC reveals details of its Masters of Science Fiction lineup

Submitted by Capt. Xerox on August 7, 2006 - 9:32am.

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More infromation has emerged about the Masters of Science Fiction anthology series that is coming to ABC this fall.

It appears that it will be a mid-season replacement and only six episodes have been shot so far, each based on a different short story. The lineup of stories is below. I've linked to the anthologies and magazines where you can find these the originals in case you want to read the stories before you watch them:

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[quote=Capt. Xerox]<img width="120" hspace="4" border="0" align="left" src="http://aycu07.webshots.com/image/6/1151710567875009285_rs.jpg" alt="" />More infromation has emerged about the Masters of Science Fiction anthology series that is coming to <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?MTNGNNFNTY2C1992">ABC</a> this fall.
It appears that <a target="_blank" href="http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-mastersofsciencefictioncast,0,248925.story?coll=zap-news-headlines">it will be a mid-season replacement</a> and only six episodes have been shot so far, each based on a different short story. The lineup of stories is below. I've linked to the anthologies and magazines where you can find these the originals in case you want to read the stories before you watch them:
 
<ul>
 <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?40490">A Clean Escape</a><a href="http://www.nvcc.edu/home/ataormina/scifi/works/stories/cleanescape.htm"> by John Kessel</a></li>
 <li> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?58506">Jerry Was a Man</a><a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?58506"> by Robert Heinlein</a></li>
 <li> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?28752">The General Zapped an Angel</a><a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?28752"> by Howard Fast</a></li>
 <li> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?100071">Little Brother</a><a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?100071"> by Walter Mosley</a></li>
 <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?46236">Watchbird</a><a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?46236"> by Robert Sheckley</a></li>
 <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?56368">The Discarded</a><a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?56368"> by Harlan Ellison</a></li>
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