7 posts tagged “science fiction”
Here's an article about technology and optimism. never say anything is impossible (John).
My story A Letter Of Complaint is online in the new issue of Spacesuits and Sixguns Magazine.
If you've ever done your grocery shopping online - and have been left baffled at the produce that
actually turns up - then this one is for you.
Book: Show us a book you've read more than once.
It's awesome.
There seems to be a load of top 10 SF film lists going around at the moment. So here's a personal list of The Top 10 SF films that I haven't seen. The list to choose from seems to be getting longer rapidly as I get worse at actually getting to the cinema. I used to see everything that came out, not just SF, now I'm lucky to see 3 films a year. Oh well.
- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - Got it on DVD for Christmas, still waiting for a quiet evening when I'm not tired (which is not very often due to getting up early to write every day).
- 12 Monkeys - Missed it, keep missing it. Film 4 please show it.
- Gattaca - Seen half of it at a friend's house when DVD's were new, then had to leave. Now on my Amazon wishlist.
- The Prestige - I was very excited about it, and then never got to see it. Waiting for the DVD.
- Brazil - Saw some of it when I was younger, didn't like it, would probably like it now.
- Donnie Darko - Have it on DVD, see (1).
- Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - Seen a cheap/rubbish remake, haven't seen the original. Once again, Film 4, please oblige.
- Solaris - The original. I liked the Clooney remake.
- When Worlds Collide - just never seen it.
- Gojira/Godzilla - never seen the original, although seen lots of clips of Godzilla fighting giant Moths etc.
If you could make a magic wish for a futuristic gadget or high-tech innovation, what would your item do?
Submitted by Red Pen.
Hmmm tricky. Initially having a teleporter would seem like a great idea. But every big invention brings social upheaval.
Read the following Science Fiction for examinations of new technology:
Nano-assemblers...
And so on...
The moral is to read lots of Science Fiction.
So the only thing I'd want it to do is bring about world peace, with no need for money. Utopia in other words. I have no idea what gadget would do this.
I watched Pitch Black last night on Film Four. I remember it as having a good start but a poor ending. However it surprised me last night. Although the over-exposed first half, with mysteries, a silent Vin Diesel and a cool Claudia Black is far superior to the last half, it's not that bad.
Take out the stupid Vin Diesel comments and it would be even better.
Entertaining.
From the You May Be a Sci-fi Writer test in SCI FI Weekly, I score 50. Which means, apparently, I could be Kim Stanley Robinson. Which is nice.
This despite the fact that I have a PhD in particle physics and have probably forgotten more physics than most people ever learn. Consequently hard-sf isn't the SF I like the best. Burn out!
