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Tag Archives: Star Trek
Sci-Fi Sundays
The winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the Best Short Science Fiction of 2020 was recently announced. It turned out to be a very timely selection. Rebecca Campbell’s novella “An Important Failure” explores creation in the face of … Continue reading
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Tagged Science Fiction and Fantasy, Star Trek, Theodore Sturgeon
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Science Fiction Inspires Science IRL
News of scientist Giovanni Aldini’s electric reanimation experiments on corpses in 1803 reached author Mary Shelley before the publication of her iconic science fiction book Frankenstein. It was an instance of science informing fiction. In turn, Shelley’s masterpiece would eventually … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, History, Tech, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Science, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Star Trek
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Into The Unknown
Along with the usual summer blockbuster sci-fi flicks, this year we can immerse ourselves in the entire historical genre. London’s Barbican Centre is presenting Into The Unknown: A Journey Through Science Fiction, a huge exhibition, which will take over the entire Brutalist … Continue reading
Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
LeVar Burton, beloved host of the Reading Rainbow Public Television show and star of Star Trek: The Next Generation shares “11 of the most beautiful sentences in literature” in this little video below:
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Tagged Kurt Vonnegut, Reading Rainbow, Slaughterhouse Five, Star Trek
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