Exploring the Cosmos through a Science Fiction Perspective.
In the ancient kingdom of Tiryns, the mighty King Eurystheus, felt a little less mighty having his cousin and potential rival return wearing the Nemean Lion’s coat as a trophy. The hero had proved his reputation for unparalleled strength and valour, a situation Euystheus couldn’t allow to stand. So, Heracles was summoned to face another … Continue reading Demigod (Part 3 – The Nine-Headed Lernaean Hydra)
Jean-Paul Belmondo performances have left an enduring influence on the action genre, stunt work, car chases, and martial arts in cinema
In the scorching desert heat, a spirited delivery man ventures into the vast emptiness, unaware of the horrifying fate that awaits him. With his present cargo tightly secured, he has no inkling that within its confines lay a mystery too gruesome to comprehend. And then, as the cargo is unveiled, a ghastly truth is revealed … Continue reading Cargo
It could sound like a clique stating my first ever science fiction read was Isaac Asimov back in the late 1970s, but this may have been unavoidable. This guy was an iconic American writer and professor who dominated the genre for half a century. He even boasted he was the "Best Science Writer", backed up … Continue reading The Asimovian Cosmos
History Historiography (or Historiology) is a term that refers to the study of historical writing and its methods of interpretation. In science fiction, historiography plays a significant role in exploring the complexities of the past, present and future of a story. Science fiction authors often use historiography as a world-building tool to create a fictional … Continue reading Panology of Science Fiction: H
Why is Russell Crowe not in the upcoming Ridley Scott Gladiator movie? As Paramount and Scott Free prepare for the new venture into the world of ancient Rome once again, with a late 2024 release, it seems that they’ve settled on making this a sequel. Maximus Decimus Meridius meets his end at the end of the original … Continue reading The Iberian
Three days later, the euphoria grew stale. Three days. That’s all it took to go from amazement and wonder to sheer terror and paranoia. Waking up each day to find that there are two of you does that to a person, I guess. I wasn’t surprised when ‘it’ happened. My brain struggled to cope with … Continue reading Fission
THE FIRST CRUSADE Epochs of Modern History: The Crusades G.W. Cox 1097-1097 A.D. A.D. 1096, Departure of the first rabble of Crusaders under Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless. LITTLE more than half the time allowed for the gathering of the crusaders had passed away, when a crowd of some sixty thousand men and … Continue reading The Crusades (Chapter 3)
When science fiction attempts to get serious about how to best represent the human colonisation of the solar system, films like Ad Astra (2019) establish free enterprise as the plot devises for the story. With commercial flights to the moon, a Luna base that looks like an airport on Earth, fast food facilities, piracy, and … Continue reading Space Treaty
11:49 Devious16 wondered why time existed…. if time existed at all. He attached the power pack to the modified rotary assault rifle. He switched it on, pressed the trigger and the disk above the weapon hissed, spinning at two thousand and a half meters per second. He saw intense yellows and reds swirling across his blurred … Continue reading Devious16