C S Lewis Science Fiction Works and Influence
I was rearranging my bookshelves last week when I pulled out my battered copy of *Out of the Silent Planet* and noticed something I’d missed...
I was rearranging my bookshelves last week when I pulled out my battered copy of *Out of the Silent Planet* and noticed something I’d missed...
Last week I found myself explaining to my neighbour why *Dune* isn’t really fantasy, even though it has mystical powers and prophecies. She’d picked up...
I was halfway through my third rewatch of Andromeda when it hit me — this wasn’t just another space opera trying to fill the Star...
Sometimes I’ll be halfway through rewatching *Westworld* for the third time when my partner walks in and asks, “Aren’t there any other sci-fi shows on...
Last week I was tinkering with a prop blaster from a friend’s garage sale — one of those chunky plastic things that lights up when...
The other night, I found myself three episodes deep into a rewatch of *The Expanse* when my neighbour knocked on the door complaining about the...
Last weekend, I found myself defending *The Man from Earth* to a friend who’d dismissed it as “just people sitting around talking.” That’s exactly what...
The amber glow of my old CRT monitor still haunts me sometimes. I’m talking about those late nights in 2001, hunched over my desk trying...
The first robot I ever built was basically a glorified dustbin with wheels. I was thirteen, using salvaged parts from my dad’s old radio and...
The first time someone told me my homemade rocket design was “pure fantasy,” I felt this weird mix of irritation and excitement. Fantasy? Really? I’d...