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Godzilla
2008-06-10 06:31:00 Ever since he was unleashed on Tokyo for the first time in 1954, Godzilla has been the king of all monsters. He set the bar high, somewhere between 50 and 500 feet, depending on what movie you are watching. He has become a metaphor for large, supplanting the previous big thing, King Kong. Godzilla's motivation varied from film to film; sometimes he tried to wreak havoc on civilization, sometimes he came to the aid of mankind (by battling other giant monsters), and sometimes he just wanted to live his own life. He was still pretty destructive, since mostly what he did was walk around and crush everything in his path. You can watch the original movie online, and enjoy some links and funnies about the alternately terrifying and friendly reptilian titan. Godzilla art. Robot Chicken: Dinosaur Armageddon. This bridge is closed to appease Godzilla. The Top Ten Giant Movie Monsters. From Godzilla to the Sta-Puf Man to a bird as big as a ba...
By: Miss Cellania
Ode to the Greatest Space Battles
2008-06-06 00:25:00 If you can name all of the science fiction shows these space battles are from congretulations you are a bigger sci-fi geek than I am. Have you ever wondered why spaceships in movies always fly like airplanes? I always thought the Babylon 5 space battles were interesting becuase they would do these neat flips and turns. Anyways, enjoy the video, I liked it.Tags: science fiction, space, youtube, video, video of the day, videorambler© The Video Rambler. Permission is granted to use this feed for personal use only. You are not allowed to scrap or republish this content on another website without the owners permission.
Time Machine
2008-06-05 06:04:00 One would think that time travel should be a lot of fun. Zip back to that day you made a bad career move, or let the perfect mate go, and zip back to the present... and find out you’ve got a whole new set of problems you’ve inadvertently caused. Go back and fix that, and find out someone else had made some changes in the past that screwed up your best-laid plans. Or you could visit the future and grab some lottery numbers, but you might also find out news you’d just as soon not know. Or maybe there is some kind of structure to the fabric of time that makes such changes impossible even if you could move back and forth. International Association of Time Travelers: Members' Forum. Everyone kills Hitler on their first trip. Don’t bother; it’ll be fixed. Cases of alleged time travelers. (via JTR Forums) Professor Xenit visits from the future. Watch those buttons! (Thanks, Jabberwocky!) ...
By: Miss Cellania
Hal Spacejock by Simon Haynes
2008-06-03 08:08:00 An incompetent, accident-prone pilot is given one last chance to save his ship. An ageing robot is trusted with a midnight landing in a deserted field. And a desperate businessman is prepared to sacrifice both of them to get what he wants ... Combining relentless action with non-stop laughs, Hal Spacejock explodes onto the science fiction scene with the subtlety of...
By: Asiaing.com
How Science Fiction Misrepresents Cloning
2008-05-31 00:00:00 How Science Fiction Misrepresents Cloning
Touched
2008-05-30 14:49:00 You can blame futurismic for drawing my attention to this. That in turn led inevitably to this: Touched By Neil Beynon Certainly. I am a four series leisure model. That?s not very nice. I prefer employed. Mr Crabtree. It?s silicone. They can do amazing things with silicone these days. Once upon a time they did consider flesh but I believe the ...
Andromeda Strain Concludes (Four Hours Too Late)
2008-05-28 06:33:00 Part II of the The Andromeda Strain, which I mentioned yesterday, aired Tuesday night. It was somewhat entertaining, but certainly did not do the original book or movie justice. Rather than concentrating on the scientific aspects they tried to mix in both action and rather cheap suspense by having corrupt shadow forces in a Bush-like ...
By: Liberal Values
Quote of the Day: VP Choices
2008-05-27 19:47:00 “My first thought on the running mate question is that to balance his ticket, Barack Obama should pick a really old white general. Therefore, he should pick Dwight Eisenhower. John McCain, on the other hand, needs to pick someone younger than himself. Therefore, he also should pick Dwight Eisenhower.” –David Brooks If you don’t like that choice, ...
By: Liberal Values
Singularities and Buckeyballs (Andromeda Strain Part I)
2008-05-27 06:39:00 Wow, maybe its the freakiest episode of Lost yet. It’s a Jin episode and in the flash forward he’s working as a scientist in an underground government facility along with people including Jordan from Scrubs. Meanwhile Will (Eric McCormack) is missing Grace but is working as an investigative reporter out of rehab under a different ...
By: Liberal Values
Sci Fi Friday (Memorial Day Edition): Moffat To Run The Doctor; Terminator
2008-05-26 07:55:00 It’s been a fairly slow week due to new episodes of many shows being postponed to avoid airing over Memorial Day weekend. I thought that at least the BBC would be showing Doctor Who but when I tried to download it I found that the scheduled episode, Silence in the Library, has also been ...
By: Liberal Values
Science Fiction Review Spring 1990 Vol. 1 No. 1 (Paperback)
2008-05-25 22:05:00 Science Fiction Review Spring 1990 Vol. 1 No. 1 (Paperback)By Elton (editor) Elliott 2 used and new from $18.00 First tagged “magazine” by Used2BNew “Barbi Claridge” Customer tags: robert heinlein, richard e ...
Sci Fi Friday (Sunday Edition): Leaving The Island; An Alliance With Cylons
2008-05-19 02:15:00 This week’s episode of Lost, There’s No Place Like Home Part I, was first part of the season finale, with the flash forward apparently being not very far ahead of the story on the island. Those on the island face death if they remain, but going out to the freighter might not be even ...
By: Liberal Values
Crop Circles
2008-05-18 06:01:00 Don't you just love crop circles? The last couple of years we've seen some really imaginative ones... and some that make you just scratch your head and wonder what they were thinking. The stories we used to hear as kids were that aliens made crop circles as messages to spaceships flying above earth. I'm not even going to entertain those thoughts, because the real story is WAY more fascinating. Crop circles are an art form. Those who make them are artists. The medium is a bit weird, and viewing can be tough. The creation of such art is often illegal. Those who do it are dedicated, persistant, and serious as all get out. Read a bit about them at the Crop Circle Makers website. See some examples of their work. And read the story of the Circle Makers. Today, designing and creating crop circles is much easier with the help of autocad and other computer design program. Nice Crop Circles There are some standard steps in creating crop circles, and I've found a nifty how-to s...
By: Miss Cellania
Florida Teacher Fired for Wizardry
2008-05-12 02:53:00 Some things are just so bizarre that you can’t make them up. Tampa Bay Online reports: The telephone call that spelled the end of Jim Piculas’ career as a substitute teacher in Pasco County came on a January day about a week after he performed the disappearing-toothpick trick for a group of rapt middle school students. Pat ...
By: Liberal Values
SciFi Friday (Sunday Edition): The Three Big Mysteries on Television
2008-05-11 23:45:00 Lost went backwards again as opposed to a flash forward, providing more on Locke’s life. I suspect we will not see a flash forward on Locke as the fate of those who do not leave the island will remain a mystery for a while longer. We find that Richard Alpert has been watching Locke since ...
By: Liberal Values
Water Hybrid Fuel - Viable Fuel Source Or Just Science Fiction?
2008-05-11 00:00:00 Are you sick and tired of all the money you spend on fueling up your gas tank? Imagine for a moment about being able to run your car on water for fuel purposes. This would create an incredible savings - your wallet left full of cash at the gas pumps, every time you go to ...
Friday Flash Fiction: Quantum Cigars
2008-05-09 13:00:00 Here goes. Feedback is welcome. Quantum Cigars By Neil Beynon There was no sound. This was marginally disappointing but not unexpected. Simply changing the quantum frequency to allow his enhanced eyes a view of the multiverse was difficult enough; the power required astonishing. The artificial star he was using to do this pulsed within its containment field, or ...
1924 Soviet annimated propganda and science fiction
2008-05-04 21:08:00 1924 Soviet annimated propganda and science fiction
SciFi Friday (Saturday Edition): Jack & Kate and Ted & Robin, and the Goat
2008-05-03 23:08:00 This week we had two shows which deal with relationships viewed at different points in time. Lost was a Jack-centered story in which the flash forward showed Jack and Kate living together at some point after Kate’s trial. Jack proposed but we saw the seeds of the end of their relationship which would lead to ...
By: Liberal Values
Water Hybrid Fuel - For Real, Crazy Idea or Just Science Fiction?
2008-04-29 07:00:00 Aren’t you sick and fed up of all the money you spend on fueling up your car? Just imagine for a minute about being able to operate your car on water for fuel purposes. This would be an incredible savings - your wallet left full of money at the gas pumps, each time you go ...
By: Resources zone
Water 4 Fuel - Real Deal Or Just Science Fiction?
2008-04-28 07:00:00 Are you tired and fed up of all the money you spend on fueling up your car? Just imagine for a second about being able to run your vehicle on water for fuel purposes. This would be an enormous savings - your wallet left full of cash at the gas pumps, each time you go to ...
By: Resources zone
Water Hybrid Fuel - Viable Fuel Source Or Just Science Fiction?
2008-04-28 07:00:00 Are you sick and tired of all the money you spend on fueling up your gas tank? Imagine for a moment about being able to run your car on water for fuel purposes. This would create an incredible savings - your wallet left full of cash at the gas pumps, every time you go to ...
By: Resources zone
Water 4 Fuel - Real Deal Or Just Science Fiction?
2008-04-28 00:00:00 Are you tired and fed up of all the money you spend on fueling up your car? Just imagine for a second about being able to run your vehicle on water for fuel purposes. This would be an enormous savings - your wallet left full of cash at the gas pumps, each time you go to ...
SciFi Friday (Sunday Editin): Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, and a
2008-04-27 08:36:00 Lost had another terrific episode, this week concentrating on Ben. On the island Ben faced the murder of Alex by Widmore’s men. We also learned that he hadn’t been totally honest about the smoke monster in the past as it turns out he has the ability to summon it when in danger. Ben wasn’t the ...
By: Liberal Values
The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories
2008-04-24 07:03:00 An astonishing, long-awaited collection of stories that intersect imaginatively with Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor. Includes John Kessel's modern classic Lunar Quartet sequence about life on the moon. A sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird...
By: Asiaing.com
Muppet Wars
2008-04-22 06:02:00 The links between Star Wars and The Muppets are varied and plentiful. I like the sound of that! Lets all say it together... "varied and plentiful." I'll have to remember that and use it again. Both Star Wars and The Muppets are popular with kids, who still like both when they reach adulthood. Both use funny-looking creatures. Both employ Frank Oz. Both have a lucrative toy marketing franchise. And then there's Jar Jar Binks, which makes you think of a Muppet, but none of the Muppet people will claim him. They will be glad to claim Chewbacca. In 1980, Mark Hamill guest starred on The Muppet Show. Therefore, all the other Star Wars characters had to make an appearance. I found a synopsis of this lunacy. More images here. The Muppet Show, Star Wars Episode You can watch the full episode, part one, part two, and part three. Then we heard that Frank Oz, muppeteer extraordinaire, second only to Jim Henson on the creative side of the muppets, w...
By: Miss Cellania
The State of Science Fiction on Television
2008-04-21 07:00:00 What’s the state of science fiction on television? I’d have to say overall, just amazing. Consider some of the shows we have available right now. Battlestar Galactica. Lost. Heroes. So many great shows that have captured the imaginations of people who once may have claimed to have no interest in science fiction. Okay, so probably some of ...
By: Resources zone
SciFi Friday (Sunday Edition): Torchwood Ends and Doctor Who Returns; A Cyl
2008-04-21 02:53:00 For viewers of the U.S. feeds of the shows, this week marked the end of Torchwood and the start of a new season of Doctor Who. Exit Wounds, the finale of Torchwood presented a surprise as it turned out that Jack’s brother Gray, and not John, was the real villain. John was really the ...
By: Liberal Values
Ronald D. Moore Signs With UA For Big-Screen Scifi Trilogy
2008-04-19 23:35:00 Battlestar Galactica mastermind Ronald D. Moore has signed with United Artists to create and write an original science fiction feature-length motion picture trilogy.
By: Geeks of Doom
Smart Goggles Are No Longer Science Fiction
2008-04-18 02:25:00 Smart Goggles can find your keys, connect a name and a face, and remember things you don't even know that you know. Technorati Tags: Boomers Computers Gadgets Health Innovation International Invention Inventor Lifestyle News Products Science Technology
Mission of Gravity
2008-04-16 00:28:00 In the world of Sci-Fi, Hal Clement's 'Mission of Gravity' crops up a bit. In a couple of centuries, humanity loses some very expensive equipment (aimed at studying gravity) at the North Pole (or South Pole, I can't remember which) of a strangely shaped, but huge planet. The gravity is such (several hundred times that of Earth) that they must befriend and engage some of the native aliens to go forth, explore new lands and somehow get that data back.This is why I hate hard Sci-Fi. Effectively we are following a band of sea-faring lobsters as they have mild adventures encountering other lobsters. Whenever there is a problem, a little help from their can-do (American) human friends helps to sort things out. Captain Barlennan, a lobster, has some devious plans up his shelly sleeve, but ultimately there is nothing more threatening here than a lobster with a Christopher Columbus complex. Problem: the ship must get over a cliff. Problem: the ship must get out of a stream. Probl...
Science fiction stuff in vintage ads photoshopping contest
2008-04-13 19:03:00 Mark Rayner's hosting a photoshopping contest wherein contestants are invited to shop science fiction products and services into vintage ads. A magical combination. Link
By: mini wisdom
ASIMOV?S SCIENCE FICTION - Volume 15, number 7 - June 1991: The Man Who Inv
2008-04-12 23:04:00 ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION - Volume 15, number 7 - June 1991: The Man Who Invented Lawyers; Consequences; Lichen and Rock; Celilo; Living Will; Standing in Line with Mister Jimmy; Candle; Baby It’s Cold Outside (Paperback)By Gardner (editor) (Alexis A. Gilliland; Lawrence Person; Eileen Gunn; Mary Rosenblum; Alexander Jablokov; James Patrick Kelly; ...
SciFi Friday: Torchwood Secrets; Grabbing Tricia Helfer; More Lost; And Mor
2008-04-12 02:35:00 This will be an abbreviated edition of SciFi Friday as I’m off on vacation and haven’t actually seen any shows since last week’s installment. Torchwood begins the two part season finale on BBC America. This is a must see episode which reveals more information on how the various members of Torchwood (prior to Gwen) were recruited–including ...
By: Liberal Values
The Weird And Wonderful World Of Science Fiction Books
2008-04-09 07:00:00 Out of all the genres of books that have been written, science fiction seems to be one that is a class apart from all the others. The feeling towards the genre is either one of fanatic following and great enjoyment or extreme hatred. Those who have a natural penchant for unearthly objects and unsolved mysteries ...
By: Resources zone
SciFi Friday (Sunday Edition): Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who Premiers
2008-04-06 21:51:00 I held off until Sunday once again in order to catch the season premier of Battlestar Galactica, the season (series?) finale of Torchwood, and the season premier of Doctor Who. Battlestar Galactica started right where the previous season left off with Starbuck returning. Starbuck thinks her trip to Earth and back took six hours when she’s ...
By: Liberal Values
Superhero
2008-04-06 06:11:00 I must've been about 6 years old when my mother made my brother and me each a Super Hero cape. We had already spent a lot of time trying to fly off the back porch. We watched Superman every afternoon, and Batman at night twice a week. It wasn't long after that I started buying DC comic books, for 15 cents each. I ended up with boxes and boxes of them. They would be collector's items now, but we threw them out. That's OK, they were pretty well worn out after I read them over and over. The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny by Lemon Demon The science of Superman. Superman meets the Quik Bunny. Superhero or Household Cleaner? Captain Jackson and the Crimefighter Corps of Jackson, Michigan. The religious affiliations of comic book Super Heroes. (Thanks, Wulfweard!) Why Superman never married. Spiderman reviews crayons, part one and part two. The Incredible Hulk's blog. Are you a Super Hero? Try the Trainee Superhero game! ...
By: Miss Cellania
The Mine: In Jupiter 20
2008-04-05 17:51:00 Jupiter’s site reports that Issue 20 is now shipping. And I’m pleased as punch to confirm that this quarter’s issue includes my short story The Mine. This story was written in the summer of 2007 as an attempt to write more straight SF as at the time I was mostly writing dark fantasy and I wanted ...
Score!
2008-04-01 18:33:00 From www.scifi-universe.comI have to say it again, a great score by a great composer can raise a film to a whole new level. Just watched yet another Twilight Zone episode, "Nightmare as a Child" (there's 156 or so of them, so I still have a lot to get through). Right from the opening you notice the music, very reminiscent of Ennio Morricone's works. Just like Morricone (remember 'Once Upon a Time in the West' or 'Once Upon a Time in America'), it used a childhood style and theme to put the past into the present, very much in keeping with the story. And who was it? Jerry Goldsmith, of course! Though he wrote only a handful of scores for the series, you notice every one. Excellent!A day or two back too, I watched 'Little Girl Lost'. You know it's a classic when 'The Simpsons' use it as the basis for an episode (like 'The Shelter' or 'To Serve Man'), and 'Little Girl Lost' serves as the basis for Homer's experience in the Third Dimension. It's also written b...
SciFi Friday (Saturday Edition): Jericho, Torchwood, and Britney
2008-03-30 05:55:00 It was a slow week with Lost on hiatus, Torchwood off for a week on the BBC, and shows such as Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica being on the verge of returning with new episodes. Battlestar Galactica is airing a recap show in case someone wants to begin watching with the final episode. The ...
By: Liberal Values
It Must Be Something in the Air: Science Fiction Awards Frenzy!
2008-03-25 18:53:00 Wow. You turn your back for one second and SF award announcements pop up like colorful exotic weeds. First, the Philip K. Dick Award goes to Omnivoracious favorite M.J. Harrison for Nova Swing, then the British SF Association Awards in London announce another favorite Ian McDonald as the winner for best novel with Brasyl. (Those crazy Brits also annointed Brian Aldiss' Non-Stop as Best Novel of 1958, marking a really odd trend in SF of literary time travel.) And, finally, the Prometheus Awards for "best Libertarian SF" of 2007 announced their finalists. It's a virtual monopoly, with all five novels published by Tor: Ragamuffin by Tobias S. Buckell, The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod, Fleet of Worlds by Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner, The Gladiator by Harry S. Turtledove, and Ha'Penny by Jo Walton. Apparently, there's not a single libertarian at Eos, Bantam, and Del Rey, et al. What this means for Tor isn't clear, but I would expect startling effects. As the libertarian...
By: Omnivoracious
Nothing Lasts Forever.. Hold On, I've Only Started!
2008-03-25 00:52:00 From wikipedia.orgWell, after taking last week off, it's back to work tomorrow, and I ain't looking forward. Also a bit depressed at wasting the week. There was a lot I wanted to do, but I ended up watching old television series, reading and sleeping in. Not bad in themselves, but a holiday when I could ill afford one.Anyhow I'm reading James Blish's 'The Seedling Stars', a collection of four interconnected stories. Blish is a far more intelligent writer than Russell and manages to intertwine scientific and philosophical issues neatly. The central idea is about genetically altering humanity to exist in the harsh environments of alien worlds. Blish knows his science, but there is a major religious subtheme going on. The first story, 'Seeding Programme', involves an 'original sin' of sorts (the creation of the Adapted Men themselves); the second, 'The Thing in the Attic', deals with Man's eviction from Paradise (and going to Hell); the third, 'Surface Tension', w...
SciFi Friday (Sunday Edition): Lost, Torchwood and Jericho Head Towards Fin
2008-03-24 03:23:00 It is certainly a relief that the writer’s strike ended and Lost didn’t end the season with Meet Kevin Johnson. Seeing Michael’s story after leaving the island was probably the least interesting of the episodes this season. We did learn a couple of things. The island was capable of keeping Michael from committing suicide even ...
By: Liberal Values
A New Sci-Fi Chapter...or Two
2008-03-23 22:55:00 'Wasp' at wikipedia.orgLast Thursday I dropped into Chapters just as they were putting out a batch of those yellow Victor Gollancz classic sci-fi books. In the past they had them reduced to ?5, but now they were ?2 a pop. Needless to say I had a large armload within a minute. The manager there let out an oath as I walked by - he'd just ordered them out - and took them from me with a "That's a heavy armload. I'll leave them at the till." He did, and I bought them very soon after.In my enthusiasm I failed to note that I had already read Michael Bishop's time-travelish 'No Enemy But Time' around four years back (that same edition is locked away in those book boxes at home). As I recall, it's well-written and intriguing, concerning a project to send a modern man back to our pre-modern ancestors on the African grasslands, or rather a peculiar recreation of that epoch (it has some slight similarities to Christopher Priest's forward-looking, but also ersatz, Wessex in "A Dr...
The Unearthing - Science Fiction Free Ebook
2008-03-23 18:11:00 The Unearthing by Steve Karmazenuk http://kspaceuniverse.blogspot.-com/ A massive alien artifact is discovered beneath the desert outside of Laguna, New Mexico. Before its existence can be concealed, the object unearths itself and news of the discovery is leaked to the international media. ...
The Unearthing - Science Fiction Free Ebook
2008-03-23 18:11:00 The Unearthing by Steve Karmazenuk http://kspaceuniverse.blogspot.-com/ A massive alien artifact is discovered beneath the desert outside of Laguna, New Mexico. Before its existence can be concealed, the object unearths itself and news of the discovery is leaked to the international media. As religious leaders strive to reconcile the artifact?s existence with their faiths, and ...
The Unearthing - Science Fiction Free Ebook
2008-03-23 18:11:00 The Unearthing by Steve Karmazenuk http://kspaceuniverse.blogspot.-com/ A massive alien artifact is discovered beneath the desert outside of Laguna, New Mexico. Before its existence can be concealed, the object unearths itself and news of the discovery is leaked to the international media. As religious leaders strive to reconcile the artifact?s existence with their faiths, and ...
Review: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
2008-03-21 10:50:00 Spin was the second of the e-books released for free to Tor?s mailing list and I started reading it pretty much by accident having been caught short without a book on my commute home. Spin begins from a very simple - almost silly - premise. What would happen if the earth were surrounded by a physical ...
The Rise of the Machines
2008-03-20 06:02:00 Danger Will Robinson! The video above is of BigDog, a robot made by Boston Dynamics and funded by the Defense Advanced Research Products Agency. Haven’t these people ever watched any of the Terminator movies, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, or Battlestar Galactica? One day they are fighting for us, and the next day Skynet might ...
By: Liberal Values
Scifi Author Arthur C. Clarke Dies
2008-03-20 04:31:00 Arthur C. Clarke, the influential science fiction author best known for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, died Wednesday in Sri Lanka. He was 90.
By: Geeks of Doom
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