The Dune typeface must flow
Solving the mystery of the typeface that is not only emblematic of the original Dune paperbacks, but of many of Frank Herbert’s other science fiction...
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Looking back at Space Cadets
When I hear Space Cadet, I think of Tom Corbett. This is the first time I’ve ever heard of Space Cadets, a British TV show...
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We need more sci-fi movies set on Venus
Venus is not as popular a setting for #scifi #movies as a place like Mars which might explain the dearth of quality films on this...
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Maybe interstellar travel is possible after all
A team of scientists led by a spaceflight researcher at McGill University think they’ve found a way to get interstellar spaceships to fly a little...
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Jettison is a short sci-fi film that imagines the alienation soldiers experience while fighting foreign wars
It’s often been said that the best science fiction stories are not about technology or the future, but are about people and that’s what writer...
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Listing the most expensive science fiction movie flops ever
These are the most expensive science fiction movie flops ever. I’ve only seen one of them, John Carter, and I thought it was great so...
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How many books did you write during the lockdown?
This McGill University professor not only wrote a science fiction novel during the pandemic lockdown, he wrote an entire trilogy and it’s an backstory for...
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There was a Time Traveler’s Wife TV show?
I really liked the The Time Traveler’s Wife, both the book and the movie, and only learned today, on the news of its cancellation, that...
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Hasbro promising personalized action figures
Hasbro will soon be able to 3D-print your face on its action figure toys, including its Star Wars figures.
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Do we really need a Max Headroom reboot?
I’m as big a fan of Max Headroom as anybody, but news of a reboot, even one with the original star, Matt Frewer, leaves me...
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Maybe we don’t know what alien life is
Alien life could be so advanced that it is indistinguishable from physics.
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We are living in a science fiction world
Another headline that illustrates we are living in a science fiction world: “Google Suspends Engineer Who Claimed Its AI System Is Sentient.”
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In praise of Dune 2000
I don’t care what everyone else says, I think the Sci-Fi Channel’s 2000 ‘Dune’ miniseries still holds up today.
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This could be the greatest sci-fi TV show of its era
>Wired is calling ‘For All Mankind’ the best science fiction TV show of its era.
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Bill Gates recommends sci-fi for your summer reading
Bill Gates has 5 book recommendations for your 2022 summer reading list, and two of them are science fiction novels.
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Big budgets don’t guarantee good movies
Big budgets don’t guarantee good movies. Here are some science-fiction examples that are good despite their low budgets.
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Are these 70s sci-fi movies actually underrated?
I always get a good laugh from lists like these that purport to dig up so-called underrated #scifi movies from the 70s as they are...
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Latest Star Wars TV show will be an anthology series
I’ve always been a fan of anthology shows so I’m very excited by the news of ‘Star Wars: Tales Of The Jedi,’ a new animated...
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Stop whining about Star Trek wines
I’m no wine drinker, but this collection of Star Trek wines definitely has interesting bottles.
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Lucasfilm warned ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ star about racist backlash
Lucasfilm warned ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ star Moses Ingram about the likelihood of a racist backlash from a certain sector of the Star Wars fanbase.
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Ranking all the Philip K. Dick adaptations
This list ranks every movie and TV adaptation based on Philip K. Dick source material. Will I spoil it by telling you Blade Runner is...
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Why did ‘Matrix Resurrections’ bomb?
Is this the real reason ‘Matrix Resurrections’ bombed at the box office or are we going to blame the pandemic?
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The Star Wars master plan for the post-Skywalker era
Vanity Fair has the inside scoop on the Star Wars master plan that aims to bring the universe beyond the Skywalker saga with TV shows...
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This one-page, sci-fi-themed RPG offers more than meets the eye
‘Apollo 47’ is a one-page RPG with 1,199 additional pages of flavour text.
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Our crazy world is inspiring a lot of prestige TV
Science fiction is often fueled by the anxieties of the world. Given the times we live in, that might explain why sci-fi is creating a...
