Why Sci-Fi Is Really Just Us Trying on Tomorrow’s Clothes
Last week I’m out in my garage at midnight, testing different fog machine settings while my neighbour’s porch light keeps flickering on and off. She...
Retro Futurism
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How Future Clothes Tell Stories Better Than Dialog Ever Could
I was about fifteen minutes into my third viewing of Blade Runner 2049 when I stopped caring about the plot entirely. Not because it’s bad...
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Building Tomorrow’s Cities: What Sci-Fi Gets Right (And Very Wrong) About Vertical Living
I was hunched over my editing bay last Tuesday, cutting together some corporate footage of downtown Austin’s skyline, when I started thinking about why most...
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The Sci-Fi Books That Broke My Brain (And Maybe Predicted Everything)
So there’s this moment that happens sometimes when you’re reading — like, you’re just sitting there turning pages and then WHAM, the book basically reprograms...
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How Van Damme’s Scrappy Cyborg Movie Got the Future Right
Back in ’89, I was working on satellite propulsion systems during the day and watching whatever sci-fi I could find at night. Cable TV was...
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The Writers Who Taught Us How to Think About Tomorrow
I still remember the exact moment science fiction changed my life – though honestly, it sounds ridiculously dramatic when I put it that way. I...
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How Future Clothes Tell Stories Better Than Dialog Ever Could
I was about fifteen minutes into my third viewing of Blade Runner 2049 when I stopped caring about the plot entirely. Not because it’s bad...
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The Sci-Fi Books That Broke My Brain (And Maybe Predicted Everything)
So there’s this moment that happens sometimes when you’re reading — like, you’re just sitting there turning pages and then WHAM, the book basically reprograms...
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Science Fiction Classics That Sound Like They Were Written Tomorrow
You know that feeling when you pick up a book from 1953 and suddenly get the uncomfortable sensation that the author was somehow peering directly...
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Sci Fi Warships The Appeal of Futuristic Naval Power
There’s something about watching a massive battleship fire its main guns that makes your chest vibrate, even in a movie theatre. I was maybe twelve...
