by G.L. Breedon | Aug 30, 2011 | Art, Retro-Nostalgia, Science Fiction
I found a really fun site today via the Chicagoist. Artist Matthew Buchholz has created a series of alternate history images with a sci-fi twist. They’re great fun. As you can see.
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 29, 2011 | Film, Reviews, Science Fiction, Time Travel
My wife and I watched Source Code last night. It’s been a while since we watched a movie. We’ve been watching HBO’s Carnivale and the BBC crime drama Waking the Dead. But, we finally ran out of episodes of both. I have to say, I enjoyed Source Code...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 26, 2011 | Weekly Recap
Doctor Who returns to BBC America at 9pm EST this Saturday from it’s mid-season break. Nice recap of the first half of season six here. Bubonicon 43 begins this weekend in New Mexico. TOR/Forge Books and NASA are working together to create a series of hard SF...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 25, 2011 | History, Science Fiction
I came across this article today about a life-on-the-moon hoax published on this day, 176 years ago in the New York Sun newspaper. The paper ran a six part series about red cucumber eating bat-men living on the moon and worshiping in temples. Somehow I had never...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 23, 2011 | Science, Space
DARPA is hosting the 100 Year Starship Symposium in Orlando from Sept. 30th – Oct. 2nd. It looks to be a fascinating three days of lectures and panels. The agenda covers a wide range of topics, including propulsion systems, starship designs, biological/crew...