Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
No, Europa Report is not a Jupiter Ascending ante-literam movie (the fear is legitimate considering the astronomical proximity) and, while I have still to watch the latest Wachowski’s movie, trailers have given me a clear idea what it’s about –…
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If you had the impression by following the twitter feed of Dysprosium/ Eastercon 2015 (i.e. the Eastercon SF convention in the UK where, among others, the announcement of the Hugo nominations are given) that this year things have flamed out…
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It’s my turn now for the Vostok Blog Tour, presented by iRead Book Tours and that have kindly supplied an ARC of Vostok in exchange of a honest review (thank you!). Vostok is the sequel of Steve Alten (a best-seller…
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Last and First Men (1930) is a SF novel about the future history of mankind over the next billion year or so written by the British philosopher Olaf Stapledon. Complex, visionary and provocative, The Last and First Men is considered…
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Busy time ahead, and the books piling up on my desk are now starting to look like the Great Wall. Some are ARCs from Netgalley, others are e-books I have purchased on a whim (shouldn’t I know better? I would need three lifetimes…
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On a long-haul flight I’ve finally found the time to watch Interstellar, and if you have not done it yet, I advise you to. It is an awesome movie, for many reasons, and I can mention here just a few of them,…
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Chasm City (2001) by Alastair Reynolds is a hard SF novel set in the universe of Revelation Space series. It portrays what remains of a glorious human civilisation in space that had collapsed when a an alien virus, the so-called…
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Parasite (2013) by Mira Grant/ Seanan McGuire is an interesting blend of techno-thriller, horror and SF. It features a near-future humanity made virtually disease-free by a gentle, genetically engineered parasite living symbiotically with its human hosts. It’s easy to figure…
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Dangerous Games is an interesting collection of SFF short stories – there are eighteen of them, for a total of 320 pages put together by Jonathan Oliver (an interview with him can be found here) – that explores the concept of game…
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The Uplift War (1987) is a SF novel by David Brin and part of the Uplift Universe. It portraits a fictional future universe where species evolve with the help of more developed ones that help them in the “uplifting” process,…
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