Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
I’ve been quite sluggish recently in uploading reviews (other writing came in the way) so now there are a few books in my waiting list, even though the good news is that I’ve read almost all of them. Some are…
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I am nowhere near to complete my series about Gundam (one of my favourite anime/manga), even though it has been a while since my last post. This one is only a short update about a few novelties of the franchise,…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences…
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The Time Ships (1995) is Stephen Baxter’s first SF novel. Its particularity lies in the fact that it is an (authorised) sequel to The Time Machine by H. G. Wells. It relates the story of the Time Traveller, which embarks…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences…
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The Last Days on Mars, otherwise said, Zombies meet Aliens in The Martian’s setting – without all the quality and the thrill. This is, in short, what you can expect from this movie, ignored by the SF fandom for a (good) reason….
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences…
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The Fountains of Paradise (1979) is SF novel by Arthur C. Clarke. It discusses for the first time the possibility of space elevators linking Earth with geosynchronous satellites, in something that looks now on the verge of becoming a viable…
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Like Captain Harlock and Gundam, Saint Seiya:Knights of the Zodiac is a manga / anime that (almost) needs no introduction. Created by Masami Kuramada and serialised between 1986-1990, the long and complex story tells the adventure of five warriors that wear…
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The Dervish House (2010) by Ian McDonald is near-future science fiction/ thriller novel. It follows, through alternate character perspectives, a bus bombing incident in Istanbul. Dark, at times cynical, absolutely fascinating, it was shortlisted for a series of awards (…
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