Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Sci-Fi Round-Up: August 6, 2014


"The First Men in the Moon" by Stan and Vince
Prints available for purchase from Nautilus. €44


Infographic: The Lifespan Of All Of Doctor Who‘s Doctors, By Screentime

Are you excited for Interstellar? Well, not excited enough.

Guardians of the Galaxy has incited an argument about how long you can survive in space, assuming you’re a puny human.

The Imaginative Conservative imagines If Dostoevsky Had Written Science Fiction

io9 has assembled an excellent list of Essential Star Trek Novels That Even Non-Trekkers Should Read, but they leave out the excellent Q-in-Law by Peter David, the funniest Trek novel, IMO.

io9 picks the 13 greatest sci-fi comedies of all time.

Mike Brotherton blogged about religious people talking about aliens over at Amazing Stories last week, after creationist Ken Ham suggested NASA stop looking for aliens because they’re going to Hell.  Not to discount Mr. Ham’s opinion, but Brotherton thinks we should keep looking anyway. And let me remind you that NASA thinks we’ll be successful relatively soon.

The New York Times considers how Science Fiction Reflects Our Anxieties.

One-Off Sci-Fi Movies Need a Place Too, says the Nerdist.

Physics Todays asks Will fiction influence how we react to climate change?

Plague fiction – why authors love to write about pandemics: From Michael Crichton and Dan Brown to Shelley and Boccaccio, the theme of infectious disease is not a new affliction

Popular Mechanics asks Could We Ever Build an Artificial World? In their cosmic megastructures series, PM explores some of the key engineering and design challenges in constructing gigantic structures for use by humankind in space. Strangely, there’s no discussion as to the pros and cons of exhaust ports. Personally, I’d come down on the Con side.

The Real Reason Why Joss Whedon Named His Space Western Show Firefly

Remember Bruce Willis’ apartment in “Fifth Element”? Well, the future is here now…

Rise Up from Science Fiction Monoculture!

Science Fiction and Fantasy 101: Thinking Academically About Genre

Science fiction authors pick their top science fiction movies

Some sci-fi writers want fewer killer robots and more vision for the future. I suspect that these writers may be in cahoots with out future robot overlords.

What Snowpiercer’s Video-on-Demand Success Means for Indie Films

Why Is Science Fiction So Hard to Define?

William Gibson: the man who saw tomorrow: Neuromancer, 30 years old this month, leapt into cyberspace almost before it existed.


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