Category Archives: Sci Fi

The Last Jedi

Posted on April 15, 2017 by

I have over 9000 things I could be blogging about, but right now I’m just excited about the recently released Star Wars Episode VIII trailer! Have you seen it yet? If you haven’t, you can watch it here: So there’s … Continue reading →

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Wanderers, by Erik Wernquist. Relax for 4 minutes and let your mind drift with a short film. Oh, and click the button to watch it in full screen. Trust me, it’s entirely worth seeing in full definition.

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Astrotropes: Ocean Planets

Posted on January 22, 2014 by

Ah, astrotropes. It’s been a while. So I’ve decided to delve back into the world of science fiction to see what truth may lie hidden between the laser blasts and epic space battles. The topic I’m examining this time? Ocean … Continue reading →

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Europa Report

Posted on July 7, 2013 by

I’ve been so out of the loop recently, I seem to be late jumping onto this bandwagon, but I’ve only just learned about an exciting film due to be released later this month! Europa Report, a “found footage” style movie, … Continue reading →

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Payload: In the gutter, looking at the stars

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

For every glossy and well polished science fiction vignette of a clean and glorious future, there’s another writer out there who likes their fiction black with no sugar. That’s exactly the kind of rough cut and gritty world that film … Continue reading →

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Second star to the right, and straight on till morning…

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

Dreamed up by the British Interplanetary Society in the 1970s, Daedalus was an idea for an unmanned interstellar space probe. It was to be powered by a nuclear fusion rocket, using a rocket engine bell larger than St Paul’s Cathedral. Continue reading →

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Warp drives! Nothing’s gonna stop us now?

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

Starships. The idea captures the imagination, doesn’t it? But special relativity is a harsh law to live by if we, as a species, ever plan to make it beyond the constraints of our own solar system. It imposes the ultimate … Continue reading →

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Do Not Feed the Aliens

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

I absolutely have to mention this. “Do Not Feed the Aliens” is an enchanting little short story, courtesy of my friend Ursula WJ. An excerpt… “I just wondering how the research was getting on. In a more general kind of … Continue reading →

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Spaaaaaace!

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

Most gamers will probably recognise Space Core from Portal 2 by now – and thanks to an anonymous NASA technician, he’s getting his dream of being in space. The little image of Space Core (or is it Wheatley?) in the … Continue reading →

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I’m a shameless Portal geek★. I think, to anyone who reads my blog regularly, this should be quite apparent. And this is the best cover of the Portal 2 ending theme I’ve ever heard! And if you like that, you … Continue reading →

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