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  Capt. Xerox 12:51 pm on April 9, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  Does the world need another Battlestar Galactica reboot, even if it is a movie? Lightning doesn't strike twice. http://t.co/ISuP5gJPFv

   

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  Capt. Xerox 11:35 am on April 9, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  Can you build a stable solar system? Give it a try with the Super Planet Crash game. http://t.co/OvSaTjk3jb

   
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  Capt. Xerox 11:05 pm on April 8, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

  NASA is eyeing a trip to one of the moons of Jupiter, Never mind that they haven't been back to our own moon. http://t.co/NYns9nca8t

   
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  Capt. Xerox 2:23 pm on April 7, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  These images of Communist life in space as imagined by Soviets don't look too different from the Western ones. http://t.co/G1Y8kuFEJb

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    Lazarus 9:56 pm on April 10, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply

    I remember one of the earlier Omni magazines I read had a feature spread on some Russian artist whose space art just blew me away. Comparable to Chesley Bonestell. I think his name was Sokolov (or something like it) although Google is failing me now. (Looking at the art Google culls for Sokolov looks kinda like the art I recall, but not quite.) May have to dig into that Omni internet archive. Once again I wish I had kept my Omni mags.

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      Lazarus 1:37 pm on April 11, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Found it.
      May 1979 issue:
      http://archive.org/stream/omni-magazine-1979-05/

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        Capt. Xerox 2:55 pm on April 11, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Nice find. I also loved Omni and remember buying the first issue when it hit the newsstands and I bought it religiously for many years. Of course, they’re all long gone, although I did buy an issue at a used book store not that long ago because it contained the first published story by William Gibson.

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          Lazarus 10:15 am on April 13, 2014 Permalink

          I remember the TV ads announcing the magazine launch! Did not buy the first few issues but when I finally did, I too bought them for years. But I do remember it slowly deteriorating towards the end. But for a while there it was simply amazing. The fiction, the art, the tech, the bios, the ‘weird’, and of course the brain teasers. So many awesome articles I can still recall today.

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  Capt. Xerox 10:31 pm on April 5, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

  SyFy is planning a 12 Monkeys' TV series next year? Why not try for a La Jetée series?http://t.co/dKCcytyvTy

   
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  Capt. Xerox 11:26 am on April 3, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  I never knew that Robert A. Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land spawned a real church. People are weird. http://t.co/HuIf9d4nWE

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    Lazarus 4:13 pm on April 5, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply

    Great find BTW cap. I was mesmerized by this church when I saw your post and read most of the article and even perused the church’s website. Heinlein would have been amused at all the politics and breakups that occurred with this Church over the years.

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    Jeffrey Allan Boman 4:04 pm on April 5, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply

    This is one of my favorite books, but realizing that it helped inspire Charles Manson is disturbing. That like Scientology it inspired a ‘religion’ is bad too.

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      Lazarus 4:11 pm on April 5, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Don’t let it bother you. Manson was (is) a nutcase and just because he found inspiration in something does not mean that something should in any way be blamed. He idolized the Beatles, but that wasn’t their fault.

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  Capt. Xerox 12:12 pm on April 2, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  Itching to make a papercraft model of the Millennium Falcon? Here are the plans to get you started. http://t.co/byVXtQbf4Q

   
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  Capt. Xerox 1:36 pm on April 1, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  Don’t have time to read the 860,000 words of the 111 authors featured in the free 2014 Campbellian Anthology? http://t.co/tnVQpp4KeP

   
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  Capt. Xerox 11:33 am on March 31, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

  “We are suspending life, but we don’t like to call it suspended animation because it sounds like science fiction.” http://t.co/h0unNuPDsq

   
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  Capt. Xerox 11:08 am on March 28, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  Happy (WE ARE FROM TATOOINE) needs more sand people. http://t.co/6qzfOkPLBJ

   
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  Capt. Xerox 10:27 pm on March 27, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

  A Chris Carter TV series about Area 51? I want to believe again. http://t.co/cORLF9UmCa

   
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  Capt. Xerox 11:53 am on March 26, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

  Tired of those Best-of lists? How about the least-favourite Star Trek TNG episodes, as chosen by Ars Technica? http://t.co/qv29gMPX61

   
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  Capt. Xerox 10:05 am on March 26, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  Conveniently deslided for you is this list of the 7 best sci-fi films with social commentary. What? No Gattaca? http://t.co/HNgNHatjLW

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    Capt. Xerox 9:27 am on March 31, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply

    Try the full URL: http://deslide.clusterfake.net/?o=html_table&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwhatculture.com%2Ffilm%2F7-best-sci-fi-films-social-commentary.php

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      Lazarus 8:56 am on April 1, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Better. Thanks.

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    Lazarus 5:19 pm on March 30, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply

    URL not bringing me to any list. Bringing up a app.

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  Capt. Xerox 10:05 am on March 26, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  How does the sci-fi genre handle race? Not very well. http://t.co/Lrqnm50aKn

   
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  Capt. Xerox 10:19 pm on March 25, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  Just when you thought every possible item has been licensed for Star Trek, they come out with Klingon beer. http://t.co/TM7052Wiw6

   
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  Capt. Xerox 11:43 am on March 24, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  Do you want your dancers to be exotic or robotic? The shape of things to come. http://t.co/E6ECXCadEp

   
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  Capt. Xerox 12:59 pm on March 20, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  What would a life sentence mean in the future if our lifespan is radically extended? Pondering future punishment. http://t.co/O3Q9Yrj670

   
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  Capt. Xerox 12:39 pm on March 20, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

  George R.R. Martin has a cunning plan to keep ahead of the Games of Throne TV series. http://t.co/nXCkSFZb0e

   
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  Capt. Xerox 11:15 am on March 19, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  How many of the 2014 nominees for the Arthur C. Clarke Award have you read? I have read zero and only know one name, Christopher Priest. http://t.co/zUg4vK0OC1

   
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  Capt. Xerox 12:39 pm on March 17, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  If you've ever wanted to cook all of the foods mentioned in Star Trek, here's a collection of recipes for you. http://t.co/mGCd1qKsQo

   
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  Capt. Xerox 10:58 am on March 17, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

  If you like to read the book before the movie, here are some sci-fi films coming that are based on novels. http://t.co/rUk14xwf90

   
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  Capt. Xerox 10:58 am on March 17, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

  The ONLY #scifi film Neiil deGrasse Tyson thinks is scientifically flawless is Deep Impact. http://t.co/fzuyJZpYV1

   
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  Capt. Xerox 12:22 pm on March 14, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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  So what do Brahms, Mahler and Beethoven have to do with the original Star Trek theme song? Everything! http://t.co/qHQges6gbz

   
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  Capt. Xerox 12:22 pm on March 14, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

  Maybe going to SyFy from Sci-fi wasn't such a good idea, considering the channel wants to get back in the science fiction game. http://t.co/hY0bVMbUot

   
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  Capt. Xerox 12:22 pm on March 14, 2014 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

  The National Post has nice things to say about sci-fi TV series Continuum. Their advice? Watch it from the beginning. http://t.co/QEt0Q3SFE3