Author: Steph P. Bianchini
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Space Features of the Week (16 October)
Mainly for reasons of (lack of) time, I have decided to start a periodical feature on this blog devoted to space news. There are…
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![Saint-Seiya: The Lost Canvas [セイントセイヤ THE LOST CANVAS 冥王神話]](https://earthianhivemind.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/syeia.jpg)
Saint-Seiya: The Lost Canvas [セイントセイヤ THE LOST CANVAS 冥王神話]
Few manga/anime can compete with Saint-Seiya for complexity of timelines, characters – and beauty. But, unfortunately, one of their late instalments – The Lost…
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Speculative Fiction Podcasts: Interview with Rock Manor, Manor House
This is a post in the series re: speculative fiction podcasts, and the second interview for “Seven Questions with your favourite SFF podcast editors”…
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Bye Bye, Rosetta – How to crash on a comet
All good things end sooner or later, and Rosetta’s mission – an absolute first in space exploration (read the story and the success here)…
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Manga / Anime Classics – Devilman [ デビルマン]
For historical /manga lovers, Devilman [デビルマン] is quite a famous (or infamous, depending on where you stand) feature. Authored by Go Nagai [永井 豪]…
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Best fictional cities of SFF – Which one is your favourite?
If there’s one thing I really *adore* (when it’s properly done, of course) in SFF literature is that part of worldbuilding involving cities. There are…
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Speculative Fiction Podcasts: Interview with Kevin Frost, Gallery of Curiosities
After having published two posts in the past months re: speculative fiction podcasts (I’m not done with the general overview yet, but there’a lot…
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SF Classics – Nova by Samuel R. Delany
Nova (1968) is an SF novel by Samuel R. Delany. It reads like space opera, with a hero on a quest and two interstellar…
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Congratulations to all Winners of 2016 Parsec Awards
For the ones not familiar with them, the Parsec Awards are an annual set of awards created to recognise excellence in speculative fiction podcast…
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His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
His Majesty’s Dragon (2006) by Naomi Novik is an SFF novel, and one of the best examples of alternate history. It’s set during the…
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See you on Proxima B? Habitable exoplanets in our backyard
It is quite recent news that we might have discovered an exoplanet suitable for life orbiting the closest star to the Sun – exciting, isn’t…
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Pandorum (2009). A Review.
It seems that all SF movies I come across these days are mixed with strong – and, unfortunately, often sloppy, or unoriginal – horror…
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Hugo Night and other winners
Worldcon 74 is nicely folding up, and it’s time for a recap. First of all, the location for 2018 – decided in MidAmCon II:…
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Stranded in LA – California Science Center
Worldcons recently seem ill-fated to me; this is the second year in a row that I can’t make it. This time, I even flew…
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Guest Post – The Moon Village and the Space Economy
(This is the English version of the article “Il Villaggio Lunare parlerà “europeo”? [Will the Moon Village speak “European”?] by Fausto Mescolini, first published in Italian on Il…
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Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
Aurora (2015) by Kim Stanley Robinson is centred on a generation ship en route to a Tau Ceti’s Earth-like exoplanet to begin a colony.…
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Your favourite (darkest) anime/manga
This is holiday time – for me the moment to catch up with my favourite anime/manga, discovering new ones and watching/ reading some of…
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Teaser Tuesday (August 2)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: •…
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(More) SFF podcasts you’ll love
I had a great guest post last month (by Caroline Black), talking about her favourite five podcasts of speculative fiction, which gave me the…
