I had to purchase my first historic fanzine for its Clifford D. Simak interview — this volume wasn’t digitized in the various online fanzine repositories. #scifi#sciencefiction
I had no idea that race, politics, and the impact of the Brown vs. The Board of Education (1952) and the Southern Manifesto (1956) in the South was such a prominent theme of Pat Frank’s Alas, Babylon (1959).
« The autopsy confirms it Sir. Jean-Pierre was not born on one of the outer worlds. He was a Terran spy. » – « But how do you know? He was human, like us! » – « Yes, but his body was full of microplastics Sir. » #scifi#microfiction
I know few will care about an unknown story by an unknown author, but goodness, I loved writing about this one! I'm proud of what I wrote. And I think my guest poster did as well.
🆕 blog! “Book Review: Relic - Alan Dean Foster”
★★★⯪☆
This is a decent slice of sci-fi. It's the sort of story that probably could have been written any time in the last 100 years. The sole survivor of the human race is picked up by friendly aliens and spends his life as a specimen of scientific and cultural curiosity. And then... events occur! It's […]
The Paramount+ show may have been bogged down by illogical plot twists and confusing storylines in recent seasons, but it also paved the way for creative approaches and new Star Trek shows.
References to Robert Heinlein's To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987) appearing in a terrifying right-wing group chat founded by Erik Prince (founder of Blackhawk and promoter of MAGA causes).
Flying a drone over this mess... I won't show you the drone itself, because now it's just a sphere. I haven't thought about the design yet. The drone will have a lot of mechanics, I hope... Now there is only movement gameplay and flashlight 🤖😘
