Why These Weird Sci-Fi Anime Hit Different Than Everything Else
I was debugging some janky physics in a space combat game last Tuesday when Serial Experiments Lain started playing on my second monitor — just...
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Why Romance in Space Operas Makes This Old Engineer Cry (And I’m Not Ashamed)
Last Thursday I was tinkering in my workshop, half-watching some terrible space opera movie my wife had left on while she folded laundry, when suddenly...
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When Morgan Made Me Remember Why Most Sci-Fi Movies Are Cowards
Man, there’s this thing that happens with sci-fi movies that just makes me want to throw my controller across the room. You know the feeling?...
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Why I Finally Started Reading Black Science Fiction Authors (And You Should Too)
You know how sometimes you read a book that makes you realise you’ve been thinking about something completely wrong for decades? That happened to me...
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Why Some Sci-Fi Movies Never Get Old While Others Feel Ancient After Five Years
You ever watch a movie from like 1968 and somehow it still hits harder than something that came out last year? I mean, I was...
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When Sci-Fi Horror Gets Under Your Skin and Won’t Let Go
I was maybe sixteen, sprawled on my parents’ couch in suburban Houston with a beat-up paperback copy of *Annihilation* that I’d grabbed from the library’s...
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Why Science Fiction Isn’t Actually About Science (And Why That’s the Point)
The first time someone told me science fiction was “just robots and rockets,” I nearly spilled my coffee all over my copy of *The Left...
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Hunting for Good Sci-Fi in the Streaming Wars – A Video Editor’s Guide to What’s Actually Worth Watching
You know that look people give you when you try explaining why you’re rewatching *Blade Runner 2049* for the seventh time this month? I got...
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The Sci Fi Channel Shows That Actually Got It Right (And Why Modern TV Still Can’t Match Them)
I was maybe fourteen, sitting in our basement in suburban Chicago, when Babylon 5 completely rewired my brain about what sci-fi television could be. This...
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Why I Tell People Science Fiction Isn’t Just One Thing (And Why That Matters)
You know what happened to me last week that got me thinking? I’m in the break room at work, microwaving leftover pizza, and this new...