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Tag: science fiction
The Moonshots and Butter Brickle
If you asked me as a kid what I wanted to do when I grew up, I had an immediate answer. No hemming and hawing between plumber and proctologist, no sir. It had been clear […]
Doctor … Who is a Woman?
Doctor Who fans are aghast, or deliriously happy, that the show’s main character is having a sex change. Non-Doctor Who fans are saying the same thing they always say when they hear details about the […]
A (Condensed) Perfect World
This is a condensed version of a story called “A Perfect World.” The damned thing ended up being 1,303 words long. In fiction writing workshops we were expected to use a lot of description and […]
Is it science–or science fiction?
As we age, we’re faced with various health issues–so it makes sense to stay on top of medical advances that may offer us hope or, in some cases, maybe just a dose of amusement. Here […]
1/20/2017: The Day The Earth Stood Still
As a kid I watched science fiction movies with my eyes shut. My older brother would force my my eyes open during the scariest moments of a film with threats of a noogie. For the uninitiated, a noogie is […]
Star Trek at Fifty
One of my earliest memories was watching the Apollo Moon missions on TV. One of my other earliest memories was hiding behind my mother from a frightening image on TV: a giant, alien, disembodied head. […]
Movie Review: Credibility Is Terminated
Well, he said he’d be back. Terminator Genisys brings back “Ahnald” Schwarzenegger as a Terminator, who is continually sent back in time to kill someone who will eventually defeat a machine revolution, or to defend […]
He was Spock
I don’t idolize people in the entertainment industry. It’s so hard to make it to the top that most talented celebrities tend to be out of touch with the rest of the world, and for […]
Why Size Matters
For the last several months I’ve been living one of those science fiction stories where the protagonist knows something that the rest of the world doesn’t. It’s time to get it off my chest, so […]