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- Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:37 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Where Have All the Spacemen Gone? reprise
- Replies: 9
- Views: 82002
The issue mentioned in your blog article definitely ties in with the subject matter of the report summary. Given the unpredictability of conditions of other worlds--and the evolution of their lifeforms, if said worlds are habitable in any fashion--more open thinking becomes a bit of a necessity. It ...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:56 pm
- Forum: The Art of Science, Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Topic: Contest of Wills - drawing for the title page
- Replies: 7
- Views: 74887
Kathryn, this is fantastic! :D The combination of the stark, glacial color palette and the cold otherworldliness of the vessels shown blend perfectly to give this image a genuinely transporting atmosphere. The elegance of the ships--along with the backdrop of the stars and the nearby astronomical bo...
- Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:55 pm
- Forum: The Art of Science, Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Topic: Other Earths
- Replies: 9
- Views: 83934
- Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:45 pm
- Forum: The Art of Science, Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Topic: Bioart
- Replies: 3
- Views: 47859
The web pages and reviews here are indeed thought-provoking eye openers, to say the least. I also viewed the Bioart creations as interesting and inventive, an extraordinary way to bring the realms of science and art together. As far as the Genpets, Human Upgrades, and Rythospital are concerned, I fo...
- Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:04 pm
- Forum: Musings and Chats
- Topic: Happy Beltane!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 48646
- Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:31 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Where Have All the Spacemen Gone? reprise
- Replies: 9
- Views: 82002
This is an effectively written and methodical essay; along with underscoring the impossibility of space colonization (at least, considering that current technological advances and biology are strictly adhered to in this), Stross does a fine job of emphasizing the reasons why it cannot take place, no...
- Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:24 pm
- Forum: Musings and Chats
- Topic: Tell the Spartans...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 161293
This is truly a thought-provoking and powerful essay; thanks for sharing this with us. :) Indeed, it unflinchingly underscores the fact that even--or perhaps especially--the most devout ascribers of any ideology are capable of descending into to inhumanity, due to the narrow, dangerously uncompromis...
- Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:08 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Fantasy universes and worlds
- Replies: 40
- Views: 264984
rocketscientist wrote: Sounds fascinating! I second the sentiment; this does indeed sound like an amazing book! Aside from Bulgakov's thorough reimagining of widespread theological beliefs, the fact that he closely examines and emphasizes truths that some prefer to ignore and evade altogether seems...
- Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:55 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Where Have All the Spacemen Gone? reprise
- Replies: 9
- Views: 82002
- Sat Jun 09, 2007 10:04 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: poem at Astropoetica
- Replies: 7
- Views: 70675
- Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:59 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Where Have All the Spacemen Gone? reprise
- Replies: 9
- Views: 82002
Superficiality and certain kinds of self-absorption--mixed in with extreme consumerism--as a explanation for the ETI science is an interesting theory, and an unsettling one at that. Aside from placing some emphasis on how many individuals seek out the easier and more pleasurable alternatives to more...
- Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:32 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Why no serious sci fi movies?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 121105
- Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:28 pm
- Forum: The Art of Science, Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Topic: Other Earths
- Replies: 9
- Views: 83934
- Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:25 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Why no serious sci fi movies?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 121105
- Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:21 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Yo-ho-hum and a Bottle of Aspirin: Pirates of the Caribbean
- Replies: 1
- Views: 33673
I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment, and to me, even failure is one of the more polite ways to refer to Pirates of the Caribbean 3. (And I haven't even seen it, nor do I intend to now. I've heard about too many of the film's biggest flaws, both in the review here and elsewhere. ) Among other...