by Editor | Oct 14, 2022 | Literary Theory, Science Fiction
This story first appeared in Aeon; it was written by Calvert Jones and Celia Paris Humans are storytelling creatures: the stories we tell have profound implications for how we see our role in the world, and dystopian fiction keeps growing in popularity. According to...
by Editor | Jan 19, 2022 | Political Science, Science, Science Fiction
Molly Silk, PhD Candidate, Chinese Space Policy, University of Manchester This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. On the morning of June 17, China launched its long-awaited Shenzhou-12...
by Todd Galitz | Aug 26, 2020 | For Free, Science Fiction
PBS is making it’s documentary, The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin free to watch through 8/30/20! Ursula K. Le Guin was a trailblazer writing about complex and interesting societies, her stories reflected the deepest questions that mainstream society has only...
by Todd Galitz | Jun 9, 2015 | Science Fiction, Star Trek
A Star Trek documentary? Hasn’t that been done to death? Well, yes and no. Sure their are plenty of Star Trek documentaries around, but this one is a little different. It is being done by Adam Nimoy, Leonard Nimoy’s son. I wouldn’t expect an...
by Todd Galitz | Apr 28, 2015 | Science Fiction
If your going to be in Seattle on May 20th 2015 you might want to check out this get together at the Microsoft campus, Science Fiction: Catalyst for Reality. With Greg Bear as a presenter and run in conjunction with MIT’s Enterprise Forum Northwest it promises...
by Todd Galitz | May 30, 2014 | Movie Reviews, Science Fiction
I finally got to see Godzilla, an enjoyable but vapid experience. Rather then a real review here is a short list of the more outlandish physics problems: (minor spoilers included) When the damaged nuclear reactor core melts down the escaping steam expands at the same...