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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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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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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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 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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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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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 VHS Was the Golden Age of Sci-Fi Discovery (And Streaming Will Never Match It)
You know, I was cleaning out my garage last week and found a box of old VHS tapes buried under some satellite component manuals from...
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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...