Mechas: is size important? (video)
The word “mecha” refers to both scientific concepts and science-fiction genres that revolve around human-controlled gigantic robots or machines (called
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The Tomorrow People by Judith Merril (book review).
Judith Merril’s 1960 book ‘The Tomorrow People’ is set in 1976 and probably felt a long way off at the
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Shadow On The Heath by Judith Merril (book review).
Locating Judith Merril’s ‘Shadow On The Heath’ by Judith Merril took a little longer and pre-dates her two novels with
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Neal Adams: an obiturary (1941-2022).
It’s with a heavy heart that I have to report the death of comicbook artist Neal Adams. I first came
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Exoplanets: is humanity alone in the universe? (science video)
The number of known exoplanets surpassed 5,000 on March 21st, 2022. Sara Seager, an MIT astrophysicist and planetary scientist, joins
Read MorePrism (short scifi film: in full).
We meet Dan Warner, a desaturator, in Jackson Miller’s short sci-fi film “Prism,” a fellow who is tasked with sapping
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Jurassic World Dominion (scifi film: last trailer).
Here’s the final trailer for the Jurassic World Dominion movie, which explores the world after all the dinosaurs are in
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Mort Todd’s Monster Attack: The Ultimate Collection (book review).
I pulled ‘Mort Todd’s Monster Attack: The Ultimate Collection’ mostly because it contains art by John Severin. However, he was
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Gunner Cade by Cyril Judd (book review).
Interestingly, ‘Gunner Cade’ by Cyril Judd aka C.M. Kornbluth and Judith Merril is in its third printing here in 1966,
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Area 51 Interns: Alien Summer by James S. Murray & Carson Smith (book review).
‘Area 51 Interns: Alien Summer’ is the first in what looks as though it will become a series of
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