The Spin That Changes Everything: How Science Fiction Twists Reality (And Why That Matters)
I was watching *Arrival* again last week — probably my seventh or eighth time through, which is embarrassing to admit but here we are —...
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Why Sci-Fi Worlds Fall Apart (And How to Build Ones That Don’t)
I was cutting together footage for a corporate video last month—something about manufacturing efficiency, boring as hell—when I noticed something in the B-roll that stopped...
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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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When Starships Meet Sorcery: An Engineer’s Guide to Stories That Break All the Rules
You know, after forty years of designing spacecraft components, you’d think I’d be a purist about keeping science fiction and fantasy in their separate corners....
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Why Nolan’s Time-Bending Thriller Makes My Engineering Brain Hurt (In the Best Way)
So there I was, settling into my usual seat at the Regal downtown — you know, row J, dead centre for optimal acoustics — when...
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These Upcoming Sci-Fi Films Actually Get It Right (For Once)
You know what drives me crazy about most science fiction movies? They take these incredible premises and then… do nothing interesting with them. It’s all...
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The Science Fiction Horror Books That Still Keep Me Up at Night
Last Tuesday I was sorting through my home office – well, what my wife generously calls an office but is really just where I pile...
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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 Different Types of Sci-Fi Hit Us Where We Live
I was digging through my old storage boxes last weekend, looking for my slide rule (don’t laugh, I still use it sometimes), when I stumbled...
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Why I Keep Coming Back to Sci-Fi Romance (And Why You Should Too)
So I’m sitting in my apartment last week, controller in hand, taking a break from testing this tedious puzzle platformer that’s been eating my brain...