Category Archives: Science Fiction

Black Goat of the Woods

Christmas should have a dark side. Here in the northern hemisphere, the days are short and the air is cold and dry. This is a time for standing alone in a stark winter landscape, surrounded by a silence but for … Continue reading

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I Choose To Believe…

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Shameless plug!

I’d have put this in the forum if it was up (or more likely Ty would), but in its absence I’m posting it here. For those who don’t know, regular contributor Ty is on the fast-track to literary super-stardom after … Continue reading

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Bender isn’t a hit with the ladies

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Redemption for the Few

James McGrath shared this poster from the online group People of the Second Chance: From the POTSC website: In Hollywood history, Darth Vader is ranked as one of the biggest bad guys of all time. There has never been a … Continue reading

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QotD: Social Impact of Immortality

I recently walked into a conversation about the supposed science of immortality. Someone had predicted that science would be able to prevent death by the year 2045; I didn’t catch who made the prediction. One of the participants snarked that … Continue reading

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Cruise and the Mountains of Madness

You may have heard by now that director Guillermo del Toro, who directed Pan’s Labryinth, Hellboy and many other SciFi/Fantasy movies, is hoping to direct a film adaption of H.P. Lovecraft’s At The Mountains of Madness. This even got a … Continue reading

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From the Dark Side

Actually, from the forum, but I guess it amounts to the same thing. From reader DDM From reader Mahou

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You Fail Evolutionary Biology Forever

I know that PZ Myers has already covered it, but I think this article – or at least this topic – needs to be mentioned again: The most ludicrous depictions of evolution in science fiction history at io9. The author … Continue reading

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I Forsee a Schism in the Jedi Faith …

James McGrath discovered this devotional song from the Ewokian sect. I suspect that this is going to cause strife. Jub Jub.

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