Why Space Opera Still Gets My Old Engineer Heart Racing After All These Years
You know what happened last Tuesday? I was up on the stepladder trying to fix that wobbly shelf in my study — the one where...
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Why These Upcoming Sci-Fi Films Have This Old Engineer Actually Excited
I've been prowling around online film forums again, hitting refresh like some kind of desperate trailer addict. My wife thinks it's ridiculous — a 68-year-old...
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Why I Had to Stop Recommending the Same Old Sci-Fi Books (And What Changed Everything)
Man, I used to be such a terrible sci-fi evangelist. Like, really bad at it. Someone would ask me for book recommendations and I’d immediately...
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Mix Classic Sci-Fi with Modern Masterpieces
Last weekend I got into this ridiculous argument with my coworker Dave about whether *Blade Runner 2049* deserves to be called a classic yet. He’s...
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My Seven Years of Sci-Fi Conventions: What I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before My First WorldCon
That smell… man, you know exactly what I’m talking about if you’ve ever been to one of these things. It’s like someone mixed industrial carpet...
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Classic Sci-Fi Movies That Laid the Foundation of Genre
You know that moment when you’re watching something and suddenly realise you’re seeing the blueprint for everything that comes after? I had that experience again...
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Why Old Sci-Fi Films Still Kick Modern Movies’ Asses
You know what’s weird? I was going through some old paperbacks at a garage sale last weekend – the kind of beat-up 70s editions with...
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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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Why I Keep Going Back to That Worn-Out Blade Runner VHS When I Could Just Stream It in 4K
Last Tuesday night I did something that probably makes me look like a complete weirdo to anyone under 25 – I fired up my old...
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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...
