Category Archives: North America
Live from Atlantic Avenue: It’s sci-fi radio
For nearly 50 years, Jim Freund has hosted a two-hour radio show in the wee hours of Thursday morning. Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Are we living in a Blade Runner world?
“The 1982 sci-fi film imagined a dystopian metropolis in November 2019. But, now we’ve caught up, to what extent did it really predict our present reality, asks David Barnett…” BBC
Quakers in space
As someone who went to a Quaker high school, I am delighted to see a novel about Quakers in space!
“Leaving a dilapidated Earth behind, Quakers across the globe pool funds and resources as they select colonists to send to a newly discovered planet to start life anew in this “miraculous fusion of…science fiction with unsparing realism and keen psychology” (Ursula K. Le Guin).”
Nothing but the truth: the legacy of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nothing but the truth: the legacy of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. A new book about the novel examines its relevance in the age of fake news and Trump https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/19/legacy-george-orwell-nineteen-eighty-four
I AM MOTHER | Official Trailer | Netflix
I AM MOTHER | Official Trailer | Netflix She’ll keep you safe. Watch I AM MOTHER on Netflix June 7, 2019. A sci-fi thriller about a teenage girl (Clara Rugaard), who is the first of a new… Whoaaa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%5B%27N5BKctcZxrM%27%5D
Analysis | Jeff Bezos’s new plans for space have stirred up old fights in science fiction
Analysis | Jeff Bezos’s new plans for space have stirred up old fights in science fiction Is planet Earth all that we have, or do we need to go to the stars? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/10/jeff-bezoss-new-plans-space-have-stirred-up-old-fights-science-fiction/?utm_term=%5B%27.12ea6974b4b3%27%5D
Meet ‘Neon Future’, a Science Fiction Comic that Trades Cyber-Paranoia for Optimism
Meet ‘Neon Future’, a Science Fiction Comic that Trades Cyber-Paranoia for Optimism Created by famous DJ Steve Aoki, the new sci-fi comic book narrates a story of human-machine coexistence, instead of cyber-apocalypse. Very curious to see this. Has anyone read it yet? Came out about 2 months ago. https://www.news18.com/news/tech/meet-neon-future-a-science-fiction-comic-that-trades-cyber-paranoia-for-optimism-2128799.html
Comic Archive: ‘We Stand On Guard’ (2015)
Comic Archive: ‘We Stand On Guard’ (2015) In the comic series ‘We Stand On Guard,’ the intriguing question is posited: what if US and Canada went to war against each other? https://sciencefiction.com/2019/05/08/comic-archive-we-stand-on-guard-2015/
Interview: The Juicy Details and Dirty Secrets of Science Fiction’s Youth | Third Coast Review
Interview: The Juicy Details and Dirty Secrets of Science Fiction’s Youth | Third Coast Review Hugo-Finalist Alec Nevala-Lee shares a behind-the-books perspective on SFF’s foundational authors Conducted by Terry Galvan Alec Nevala-Lee is a Hugo Award finalist for the group biography Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert … https://thirdcoastreview.com/2019/04/26/the-juicy-details-and-dirty-secrets-of-science-fictions-youth/