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...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 22, 2011 | Books, Science Fiction, Time Travel
The winners of the 2011 Hugo Awards were announced over the weekend. Founded in 1955, the awards are named for Sci-Fi legend, Hugo Gernsback, publisher of Amazing Stories among many other magazines. Connie Willis has won the 2011 Hugo Award for best novel for her two...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 19, 2011 | Science, Space
There is a good article in today’s New York Times announcing a new program by DARPA to invest in research for human interstellar travel. Talk about forward thinking investment. The awarding of that grant, on Nov. 11 — 11/11/11 — is planned as the culmination of...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 18, 2011 | Books, Film, Future
After yesterday’s post on the notion of Apocalypse vs. Utopia, I thought a reading list might be fun. The following suggestions aren’t an exhaustive list, but a fun place to start. For the philosophical, there’s Plato’s Republic, which is interesting to...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 17, 2011 | Future
(Viktor Vasnetsov 1848-1926) “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal; and, lo, there was a great Earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; and the stars of heaven fell unto Earth, even as a fig tree casteth her...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 16, 2011 | Books, Reviews, Science Fiction, TV
I absolutely loved this book. I’ve been a big fan of the Doctor Who reboot since I caught an episode of season one on BBC America. When I came across this book during a search on Amazon, I snapped it up. I was always impressed with the storytelling in the series...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 15, 2011 | Science, Science Fiction, Space
I missed this earlier in the summer. The Kennedy Space Center is having a Summer of Sci-Fi featuring various Star Trek tie-ins and Starfleet guides, including a Vulcan. From the KSC website: Experience the maiden voyage of Sci-Fi Summer: “Where Science Fiction...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 12, 2011 | Science Fiction, TV
I saw his a few days ago and it seems absolutely geekalicious. The Doctor Who Experience. It’s an immersive interactive experience inside the TARDIS with video participation by the Doctor (Matt Smith). From the web site: Packed with amazing special effects and...
