Prisoners of Gravity

Vietnam (5x20)

Air date: Mar 23, 1994

Twenty years after America pulled out of Vietnam, that war is still a major theme in North American culture. So this week Commander Rick, N.C.O. (Non-Commissioned Orbiter) goes "in country" to examine the influence 'Nam has had on comics and SF. With Archie Goodwin (editor/writer: Blazing Combat), George Pratt (writer/artist: Enemy Ace), Peter Straub (The Throat), Lois McMaster Bujold (Shards Of Honor), Carol Severance (Demon Drums), Lucius Shepard (Life During Wartime), Dave Smeds ("Goats" in In The Field Of Fire) and Joe Haldeman (The Forever War).