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Science Fiction and Fantasy in TV, Movies, Books, etc.
Way back in the 70s, Vernor Vinge wrote a short story called “True Names” which is about a bunch of people who hang out in a virtual world, talk, hack, have fun… until some of them start dying, one or more of them may not be human at all, and the only way to find … Read more
Countdown for blast-off. X Minus 5, 4, 3, 2, X Minus 1, Fire. From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future. Adventures in which you will live in a million could-be years on a thousand maybe worlds. The National Broadcasting … Read more
There are always those who ask, what is it all about? For those who need to ask, and for those who need points sharply made, who need to know “where it’s at,” this: – from “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman, Harlan Ellison Ellison leads into an excerpt from Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience, which ends: A very … Read more
Whilst playing EvE Online today, it occurred to me that SF book authors are missing a real savings, book-cover wise, by not just finding a good screenshot in EvE and using that for their cover… Why, if more people did that, we could have books like… hmm… There’s a big seller for ya. Who wouldn’t … Read more
Which will rank and which will stink? I’m probably the least qualified person to rank movies but… well, Next made me so mad… Spider-man 3: Tobey Maguire says SM3 lets him explore the web-slinger’s dark side. Well, Tobey doesn’t even HAVE a dark side. Special effects look phenomenal, but the hype is so thick. Stupid … Read more