science fiction

the infinite reading list

July 13, 2009

Mark at Kaedrin has been posting detailed science fiction book reviews. I’ve been meaning to link for a while, he is now up to the third installment: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Check it out, very helpful in deciding what to read next (if I can tear myself away from Warcraft). Mark is currently [...]

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Sublime Star Trek episodes: “Yesterday’s Enterprise” and “The Offspring”

June 2, 2009

Yesterday on sci-fi’s TNG block I caught the ending of Yesterday’s Enterprise, which was then followed by The Offspring. These are two of the best TNG episodes ever. It struck me that TNG as a series remains unmatched even by DS9 in terms of how many truly great episodes there were that really explored the [...]

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Rendezvous with Kami-sama

March 18, 2008

A giant, a visionary, a prophet has passed. Sir Arthur C. Clarke has passed away today at the age of 90. It’s impossible for me to express how formative this great man’s writings have been upon my personality, my interests, even my career. Along with Isaac Asimov, who passed away when I was a freshman [...]

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not that there’s anything wrong with that

January 4, 2008

Riffing off Crusader’s post decrying excessive ecchi, Steven ruminates on fan service and puritanism: Seriously: I have to wonder whether some of this publicly expressed revulsion is externalized revulsion at the realization that deep down, a part of them is liking what they’re seeing. Many of the most militant Puritans, historical or modern, condemn temptation [...]

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A ‘Rip’ in Time

October 1, 2007

A childhood favorite author, Madeleine L’engle, most known to the likes of us for her “Wrinkle in Time” series, died–or as she might put it, Xed–last month at the human age of 88. I only know this because I started re-reading the series last month–for the first time since Aziz reminded me of it almost [...]

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Philip K. Dick week

May 11, 2007

Don has the details at Scuffulans H. PKD’s niche was all about questioning reality; the philosophical foundations stretch clear back to Plato. Truly one of the great masters of science fiction, who helped make scifi into a truly literary subgenre.

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They’re made out of meat

March 21, 2007

I read this short story by Terry Bisson when it was first published in Omni. It’s possibly the greatest scifi short story ever written. A teaser: “They’re made out of meat.” “Meat?” “Meat. They’re made out of meat.” “Meat?” “There’s no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took [...]

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interview with Greg Bear

November 17, 2006

this is a pretty wide-ranging interview, worth reading in full. But one thing that leaped out at me was this Q&A, because not many people are aware of Bear’s work in the Star Trek and Star Wars universes. Aberrant Dreams: You are also one of the few writers that come to mind, having written in [...]

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Gedo Senki: Legend of Earthsea

April 16, 2006

Studio Ghibli is producing an anime version of Ursula K. LeGuin’s classic science fiction series, The Legend of Earthsea. It is being directed by Moro Miyazaki, son of the legendary Hayao. For a fan of science fiction alone, this would be incredibly exciting news. As a fledgling otaku my anticipation can now extend along the [...]

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