The Sciborg That Won't Die

Last night while mindlessly flipping through channels, I discovered that Sciborg Sam has his own Austin cable access show. I first met Sam Alexander years ago while a buyer at Book People when he was hawking his self-published novel Sciborg Sam and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. He claimed the book was factual and actually happened to him. The Amazon book description presents a slightly different view.

The first chapter of this book is actually a term paper for an astronomy class that I took at the University of Texas at Austin. The book Contact by Carl Sagan was required additional reading for the class. Sinhis sitece that book was science fiction, I twisted my professor's arm into letting me write a science fiction term paper. He said that I would still have to do all the research that the other students were doing for their papers. It was a deal, so thus, the bibliography is in the back. I used the name of my alter ego, Sciborg Sam, for the hero.

I would dress up in my cyborg get up on Halloween and call myself Sciborg Sam. The journey starts off as Sciborg Sam enters into the cosmic wormhole destined for a star system called Seventy Virginis which actually has been discovered to have a planet in orbit that is four times the size of Jupiter (discovered in 1996). The planets that he goes to are farther out in the habitable zone (where water is in a liquid state).

Turns out Sam's "talents" go beyond writing. He fronts Sciborg & The Robopimps. They even released a cd, Space Junk Funk.

Six songs of the most Rocking music you will ever hear. It will make you slinky slide in the Podunk. Sliver around a bit more till you work your Jelly so good that its understood. Got to get the Groove on and Bang your Head ta get some.

On his site Sam also promotes his own artwork and offers (for a price) to make similar space costumes for others.

Similar to the original book, the whole site presents an amateur, half-ass affair. Misspellings and broken links abound. The graphical layout is a horrible, presenting a chaotic mess.

I thought the book would have been the final word on Sciborg Sam. I guess tenacity does count for something.