Iain M. Banks: getting some Culture (audio interview).
Fan David Barr Kirtley sits down with Simone Caroti – author of The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks: A
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Arkady Martine’s “A Memory Called Empire” wins Hugo award (news).
Arkady Martine’s debut novel, A Memory Called Empire, has won the Hugo Award for the Best Novel. The awards were
Read MoreHow NASA’s Perseverance will super-charge SpaceX’s Martian Colony plans (science video).
Mars 2020’s objective is to conduct further scientific exploration of the Martian surface and examine the potential for future human
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An American Pickle (suspended animation comedy movie: trailer).
Here’s a rare thing, a new movie, An American Pickle, which stars Seth Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum, a struggling laborer
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Sir Julius Vogel Awards for best New Zealand science fiction books awarded for 2020.
The 2020 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been presented at CoNZealand, the 78th World Science Fiction Convention – these highlight
Read MoreSpaceX versus Boeing in the new space race (science video).
The launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station on May 30th 2020 marked the first time
Read MoreInvasion of the techno-barbarians? (documentary: video)
Science fiction novels such as Foundation and films like the Mad Max series often shows us post-apocalyptic future civilisations with
Read MoreJi (short science fiction movie).
In the short science fiction movie Ji by Ben Griffin, a modified human from a man-made planet risks his life
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Fantasm Presents # 2: Linnea Quigley (magazine review)
Back in February, just prior to lockdown, I reviewed the first of three ‘Fantasm Presents …’ magazines, each focused on
Read MoreThe Lost Ancient Humans of Antarctica (science documentary: video).
The earth has gone through countless changes in its history. Antarctica at one time was not covered with ice, and
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