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Space Suit History
Space suits, which are an extension of underwater suits, have a long history in both fiction and real life. Project RHO has a pretty interesting pictorial history of the space suit that include a bit of both fact and fiction.
The page includes photos from NASA and illustrations from the pulp magazines. It’s a pretty interesting [...]
Science Fiction and Fear
A lot of science fiction stories explore different aspects of fear, most especially the fear of loss:
loss of self or identity,
loss of autonomy or freedom,
loss of values held dear,
and more. One of the classics that has been reinterpreted numerous times, including last year’s Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig film, The Invasion,, is The Body Snatchers [...]
A Link Between Future Thinking and Science Fiction
I recently read Mike Treder’s Aug. 14, 2007, post at ieet.org about “Post-Millennial Malaise in SF?” and it got me to thinking about the link between future thinking and science fiction.
I can’t remember if I mentioned this before, but there is a pretty good theory about the rise of science fiction that says science fiction [...]
Childhood Memories: Starman
Sorry for the long break — long story that I don’t need to go into here. But I’m back now and hope to post much more regularly!
This Christmas I asked for and received the Starman DVD set. For those of you who do not know of which I speak, Starman was a Japanese superhero created [...]
