Saturday, November 3, 2018

Review - "Some Zombie Contingency Plans," by Kelly Link (2005)

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Introduction:  There is a sort of story which pretends to be about one thing but is actually about something else entirely.  This can be don...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

Review of "Weep For Day" by Indrapramit Das (2012)

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Introduction:   Being well aware that this story was probably put at the head of the Best New SF 26  anthology to highlight some sort of com...
Friday, July 7, 2017

Retro Review of Men Like Gods, by H. G. Wells (1923)

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Introduction Having gotten into science fiction in the first  place by reading some of the classics, including of course several of the no...
Friday, May 13, 2016

"Warning From the Stars" (1959) by Ron Cocking

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"Warning From the Stars" © 1959 Ron Cocking   It was a beautifully machined container, shaped like a two pound chocolate ...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Wishful Thinking About Matriarchy, Compared to Technology as a Source of Freedom

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There is a notion that in the past, there was a Matriarchy or Matriarchies, and that in it women were treated better.  They were not limited...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

The Millennials in the History of the Mandate

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(the following refers to the worldlines of the American Mandate) The Millennials                           born 1983-2005             ...
Friday, April 10, 2015

Retro Review of The Collapsium (2000)

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"Retro Review of   The Collapsium © 2000 by Wil McCarthy  Review © 2015 by Jordan S. Bassior