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Tag Archives: sci-fi
Of Other Days
In the novel The Light Of Other Days, sci-fi great Arthur C. Clarke posits a future where a new technology means anyone can see what anyone else is doing. Any past antics are available for review by any future employers, … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged arthur c. clarke, BBC, bloggers, Cosmo, ESL, Facebook, Halloween, mac, sci-fi, social media, stivison on the future, tech, the light of other days, travel, twitter, Young
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The Ancient Bracelet Of Detect Plot
I stumbled onto this list of writers’ guidelines over at Clarkesworld Magazine, and I thought this list of sci-fi and fantasy cliches was so impressive I had to share. Though no particular setting, theme, or plot is anathema to us, … Continue reading
Dirty Kitchen
A few years ago, my mom got me a magnetic poetry set. It was the seasons and celebrations collection, with haiku words like magic, flower, spring and rain. For Christmas, Andrea and Ian got us a sci-fi/pulp set. This one … Continue reading
iProphesy Game and Videos
I Prophesy: The Future Revealed is more like an interactive sci-fi show than a typical MMO game. Your avatar can move from room to room, like in a usual MMO, but instead of shopping or combat, each room has a … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged FusionFall, Game Reviews, games, new game, sci-fi, sponsored post, Stephen King, tech, videos
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Variable Authors
I picked up Variable Star by Robert A Heinlein and Spider Robinson at the Jones Library yesterday. I usually hate collaborative novels, and collaborative sci-fi is usually the worst of the worst. Someone has a good idea, and someone else … Continue reading
You People
The other day I was crossing the street and I said “You people invented gunpowder and silk! Surely mastering a turn signal is nothing to that!” Usually shouting witticisms at my non-English speaking surroundings makes me feel better, but today … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese life
Tagged China, chinese, Eric, Meggie, my students, sci-fi, Stick, Young
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BuffyVerse Villians In Space!
Did you miss Joss Whedon’s Firefly when it was on TV? Honestly, who didn’t? The show was cancelled about halfway through the season, and I have yet to find anyone who actually watched it on Fox. Fortunately, the DVD sales … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese life
Tagged China, Joss Whedon, mac, movies, my boyfriend, nerd, sci-fi
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Wanna See My Spaceship?
Stick has sworn to watch the next six million, forty-seven thousand, three hundred and ninety-two bad Star Wars prequels in the hopes that one of them will be half as good as Return Of the Jedi. Speaking of trilogies that … Continue reading
Andromeda
Eric has a pet mouse named Andromeda. Eric thinks she’s named after the ship’s AI on the Sci-Fi show, but I actually named her that because she was rescued from becoming food for Kristine’s snake. Walter, the cuddly snake Tweet … Continue reading
