You might notice one thing fairly quickly — we’re an interesting, diverse bunch of people. Fascinating, even. So what are we all doing hanging out here? Well, all of us love writing, and we love science fiction. Sooner or later, we were all going to get around to writing science fiction. We write all different […]
I still don’t grok the difference between “science fiction,” “sci-fi” and “SF.” Like religion, I’ve been warned to choose the right one, or else, but there’s a load of disagreement as to which one is right. I’ve been told that “science fiction” refers to the real stuff — science-based literature exploring the relationship between technology […]
Happy Belated Star Wars Day! May 4th for the uninitiated – May the Fourth be with you! I confess…I am a huge Star Wars fan–not quite as big as my verging-on-nerdy husband who has various Star Wars collectibles and knows every obscure SW fact and character name. He asked me to put in that he […]
This is going to be super quick – I forgot I was going to be in a hotel room this morning, prior to going to an NHL hockey game (my first live playoff game). Last week on Facebook, I came across these links (and I can’t for the life of me remember who posted them […]
I was pondering my post here…and being blank of brain (Rather than SFR, I’ve been playing with dragons and hunting out cuneiform and demon masks made from sacred intestines–don’t ask) I pondered it aloud in a chatroom I frequent. Within moments, we were wondering how ejaculate would appear in zero gravity and would it act […]
So the other day I was watching Danny Boyle’s SF disaster movie ‘Sunshine’ for the umpteenth time—not because it’s great, though it does have great moments—and I realised why I have such a love/hate relationship with this film (and others like it). It starts off brilliantly. The multicultural crew of the Icarus II is en […]
Sports—all kinds of physical and mental competition—have been an important part of every society recorded almost as far back as our history can reach. It stands to reason that the future would also have its share of sports and popular competitions. A look around at a lot of science fiction shows that other writers include […]
I have a confession to make. I grew up reading science fiction and fantasy and I honestly didn’t see the difference. From Dragonlance, to Justine Dare, Robert Asprin, to Eve and Rourke, I loved it all. They both had amazing worlds, fierce battles, the hero’s (and heroine’s!) journey. Who cared whether the characters were aliens […]
I just read the comic The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. For the most part, my comics reading has been over on the Marvel side and I rarely read DC comics. But while I enjoy the new “reboot” Batman movies, I’d yet to pick up the comics. (This may have something to […]
After finally being able to breathe (somewhat), we went to see Oblivion. I shall try not to give away any spoilers. It was rather decent (and miles better than Prometheus, so that’s something). The beginning moved rather slowly and felt like a big, long ponderous prologue, but the odd pacing was balanced by some vistas […]
Now that I have everyone’s attention we can proceed with the rest of the blog. I’ll admit when Ella first asked me to guest blog, I panicked. You see, though I’ve studied critical literary analysis and dissected books through the various lenses, I tend to think in terms of emotions when I talk of plots, […]
