Sci-Fi Holiday Cards

December 13, 2011 By 2 Comments

I previously mentioned the Doctor Who Christmas cards available on the BBC Doctor Who web page. Now IO9 has a gallery of geeky sci-fi cards, including the gems below: I am grateful to Jeff Carter for pointing out the existence of Star Wars snowflake patterns. And the official Star Wars blog has things like a [...]

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Redaction Criticism, Star Trek, and the Bible (Director’s Cut)

December 5, 2011 By 5 Comments

To err is human. To learn to take the time to revise and improve on first drafts of one’s work may not be divine but it sure is important. In the freshman class I teach, students are required to submit a first draft of most papers, which is then graded and given feedback, after which [...]

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The New Jerusalem Borg Cube? Jesus is Coming, You Will Be Assimilated!

December 3, 2011 By 3 Comments

I didn’t get the chance to post about this yesterday when the two blog posts about it came to my attention. Fitting squarely in the intersection of religion and science fiction – in the category of religion as sci-fi and/or sci-fi as religion – is the suggestion made by a religious group that an approaching [...]

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Christmas in the Mutara Nebula

December 1, 2011 By 4 Comments

Via Reddit

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Scotty in Hell

November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I am sure I must have seen this before at some point, but having come across it I felt it was worth sharing. It certainly fits one of the themes of this blog – the intersection of religion and science fiction!

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Amen and Make It So

November 14, 2011 By 7 Comments

Jeff Carter has posted another installment in his series of images exploring the intersection of religion and sci-fi/superheroes:

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What Makes Doctor Who The Ultimate Science Fiction Show?

November 13, 2011 By 4 Comments

From Geeks are Sexy

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