The Netflix Sci-Fi Shows That Made Me Forget I’m a Responsible Adult
You know that moment when you’re three episodes deep into some sci-fi series at 2 AM and you’re suddenly having an existential crisis about whether...
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Sci Fi Characters Building Memorable Personas
You know that moment when you meet someone at a party and five minutes later you can’t remember their name, but somehow you still remember...
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When Movies Stopped Being Movies and Started Being Doorways to Other Worlds
The first time I showed *2001: A Space Odyssey* to my AP English class, half the students fell asleep during the ape sequence. Can’t blame...
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2022 Jordan Peele Horror Sci-Fi Film Reviewed
I’ll be honest — I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first heard Jordan Peele was making another horror film. *Get Out* had blown...
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Teaching Star Wars Made Me Realize It’s Not Really Science Fiction (And That’s Okay)
So there I was last Tuesday, trying to convince my AP students that Fahrenheit 451 deserves a spot on their summer reading list, when Marcus...
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Great Sci Fi Novels That Stand the Test of Time
Last week, I pulled out my battered copy of *The Left Hand of Darkness* — the same paperback I bought for fifty pence at a...
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When Movie Monsters Follow Real Biology Rules – Why ‘Life’ Still Haunts My Engineering Brain
You ever watch a <a href=”https://dystopianlens.co.uk/when-sci-fi-got-it-right-how-films-and-tv-shows-nailed-realistic-space-travel/”><a href=”https://dystopianlens.co.uk/when-sci-fi-got-it-right-how-films-and-tv-shows-nailed-realistic-space-travel/”>sci-fi movie</a></a> and find yourself mentally cataloging all the ways the physics don’t work? Yeah, occupational hazard of four...
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90s Science Fiction Movies That Defined a Generation
The first time I saw *The Matrix* in 1999, I walked out of the cinema feeling like someone had rewired my brain. Not because of...
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Brand New Science Fiction Album Releases to Check Out
Last week, I stumbled across something that made me stop dead in my tracks while browsing through a music forum – someone had uploaded a...
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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...
