You know, after reading sci-fi for nearly five decades, I’ve gotten into more arguments about scientific accuracy than any reasonable librarian should. Just last month,...
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...
I’ve been obsessed with dystopian sci-fi for years now, and honestly? It’s kind of messing with my head. Not in a bad way – well,...
You know, after forty years of watching real spacecraft leave Earth and reading about fictional ones fleeing dying worlds, I’ve come to realise something odd...
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately while reshelfing books in the stacks – how every great science fiction story I’ve encountered in fifty...
I still remember the first time HAL 9000’s calm, measured voice made my skin crawl. I was maybe fifteen, watching “2001: A Space Odyssey” on...
I’ve been wrestling with post-apocalyptic stories for decades now, and there’s something that keeps bugging me about how Hollywood handles them. You know what I...
You know what really gets under my skin? Spending years of your life invested in a character’s journey, only to watch writers completely botch their...
I was probably twelve when I first popped that beat-up VHS copy of Blade Runner into our ancient player, and honestly? Changed everything for me....
Look, I’ve been teaching sci-fi to teenagers for over a decade now, and there’s one question that comes up in literally every class discussion about...
