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Prisoners of Gravity was a television show, produced by TVOntario, that focused on Speculative Fiction, ie. (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Comic books, etc).
The premise of the show was that a fan of speculative fiction becomes alarmed by news broadcasts describing the alarming state of the world and decides "I must escape". Building a rocket booster for his Camaro Z-28 (pronounced "zed twenty eight") he takes off... Colliding with a communications satellite, and with the help of an organization called Control and the onboard NANo CYbernetic computer (NANCY), he begins his pirate tv broadcasts about speculative fiction.
The show was produced by Mark Askwith, Daniel Richler, and starred Rick Green as Commander Rick.
Canadian science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer was a frequent guest on the show, who provided commentary on many topics. Michael Dorn and Spider Robinson also made many appearances.
Clips of this show are included with the CD-ROM in newer editions of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction by John Clute.
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