 On 5 August, the complete critically acclaimed Masters of Science Fiction anthology series was 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. Last week, "olorinpc" and "puppetwrangler" commented on SFScope articles, and now they'll each be getting a copy of the DVD. But we've got eight more to give away. This week, as last, you can get in the running to win a copy by commenting 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). "Me too"s on this thread are, of course, acceptable, but look around the site, see if there's another article that interests you (and that you want to say something about), and comment there. All comments received this week will enter their writers into the drawing, which will be this coming Friday. We'll randomly pick two winners from all the comments we receive by 14 August, another 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).
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/.
Apologies to our readers outside the US, but Big Honcho can only ship to US addresses.
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