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Movie Review: Luc Besson’s ‘Lucy’
As Einstein so poignantly said, “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity – and I’m not sure about the former.” And that just about sums up this movie.
Read More »North American Science Fiction Convention: Day 2
3D printing, starship management, and the magic of science in Detroit.
Read More »Profile: Donna Galanti, Author of ‘The Human Element’
"I am drawn to writing the hero’s journey – more so the tormented hero, and tormented villain."
Read More »The North American Science Fiction Convention Lands in Detroit: Day 1
Detroit seems to encapsulate a little bit of both worlds into it: both the pessimism and the optimism of science fiction, its bleak futures and its hopeful projections.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology’ ed. by James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel
Perhaps, in the future, human life as we know it might change so fundamentally that nothing we use to conceive of the world today will make sense anymore.
Read More »Comic Book Review: ‘The City on the Edge of Forever’ by Harlan Ellison and J.K. Woodward
A classic Trek episode gets its comic book miniseries adaptation.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Nebula Awards Showcase 2014,’ Edited by Kij Johnson
This anthology presents the winning stories and the best of the finalists for the Nebula Awards for 2014.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Who Fears Death’ by Nnedi Okorafor
A riveting, if confusing, fantasy novel set in an African village.
Read More »TV Review: ‘Almost Human’ – ‘Simon Says’
What do DRN android Dorian (Michael Ealy), eccentric scientist Rudy Lom (Mackenzie Crook), Detective John Kennex (Karl Urban) and a serial killer have in common?
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