When Science Fiction Made Me Question Everything I Thought I Knew
You know, after four decades designing spacecraft and reading every piece of hard sci-fi I could get my hands on, I thought I was pretty...
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Hard Science vs. Good Story: My Forty Years of Figuring Out What Actually Matters
You know, after reading sci-fi for nearly five decades, I’ve gotten into more arguments about scientific accuracy than any reasonable librarian should. Just last month,...
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Pixels Beat Polygons: Why I Still Fire Up My Old Sci-Fi Games Instead of Modern Masterpieces
You know what I did last weekend instead of diving into whatever AAA sci-fi blockbuster just dropped? I fired up Asteroids on an old CRT...
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Why Dystopian Sci-Fi Keeps Me Up at Night (And Why That’s a Good Thing)
I’ve been obsessed with dystopian sci-fi for years now, and honestly? It’s kind of messing with my head. Not in a bad way – well,...
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Been There, Done That: My Four Decades of Reading About the End of Everything
You know, after forty years of watching real spacecraft leave Earth and reading about fictional ones fleeing dying worlds, I’ve come to realise something odd...
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Why Every Sci-Fi Story I Love Eventually Asks “What Makes You Human?”
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately while reshelfing books in the stacks – how every great science fiction story I’ve encountered in fifty...
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From HAL to Samantha: How My Obsession with AI Characters Shows We’re Finally Ready to Embrace Digital Consciousness
I still remember the first time HAL 9000’s calm, measured voice made my skin crawl. I was maybe fifteen, watching “2001: A Space Odyssey” on...
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The Problem with Tidy Endings in Our Broken Worlds
I’ve been wrestling with post-apocalyptic stories for decades now, and there’s something that keeps bugging me about how Hollywood handles them. You know what I...
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When Sci-Fi Breaks Our Hearts: Characters Who Got Screwed Over by Their Own Stories
You know what really gets under my skin? Spending years of your life invested in a character’s journey, only to watch writers completely botch their...
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Why I Keep Going Back to Old-School Sci-Fi Instead of Modern CGI Spectacles
I was probably twelve when I first popped that beat-up VHS copy of Blade Runner into our ancient player, and honestly? Changed everything for me....