Tag: Articles
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The (im)plausibility of Dragons
I don’t know why my brain decided 3 minutes after putting my head on the pillow the other night, to suddenly start thinking about dragons, but it did. Specifically, the implausibility of them, as in, just how do dragons breathe fire? That question, among many that popped like little soda bubbles, drove me nuts all…
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The 70s Revisited
Today I want to talk about some of my favourite SciFi books from years gone by. In fact, two series by an author you just might never have heard of or ever read. Brian M. Stableford — The British-born Stableford has written well over 50+ novels, but I want to highlight two of his earlier…
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SF Gizmos & Gadgets
welcome to the future Or, all the futuristic stuff I’ve always dreamed of owning. And who hasn’t dreamed of owning items we see in a movie, or on TV. I remember my friend Linda and I desperately wanting to join the USS Enterprise so we could each have a phaser, not realising till much later…
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Women in SFF
So, today, I just want to share some of my fav female science fiction and fantasy authors with you. Some you might be familiar with, others less so. URSULA K. Le GUIN (SFF) — I think just about everybody who reads SFF knows who she is and just maybe, has read at least one book, or…