Hayao Miyazaki’sNausicaa of the Valley of the Windis a magnificent science-fiction manga, richer and more complex than the movie of the same name. Both the manga (1982-1994) and the movie (1984) chronicle the adventures of Nausicaa, a courageous young princess and aviator who becomes the ...
The possibility. There is so much possibility to be found in speculative fiction it makes my head spin. A friend of mine told me he has no patience for fiction because it’s all made up, and while that is true, there’s much more that goes into it: world building, creating the chara...
That example shows that nations are not just shaped by their technology, what they are capable of doing, but by their culture, what they’re interested in doing. And it gives a speculative fiction writer some room to be creative with alien and demi-human or magical races. Aliens or demi-...
Thoughts on Speculative Fiction Reviews Review: Light of the Jedi ByMarlinonFriday, April 14, 2023 Light of the JedibyCharles Soule My rating:2 of 5 stars The Light of the Jedi is the first book in Disney’s new “High Republic” era, 200 years before the Prequel trilogy during a hey...
Looking at Speculative Fiction from Another Dimension.Projects » Media » Contact Us About MVPBlogs » Films » Top Feature Doug Bradley has such sights to show you at Mad Monster Party 2020! Posted by Streeborama on Oct 25, 2019 Doug Bradley has such sights to show you at Mad...
The post is entitled “What Makes Christian Speculative Fiction “Christian”, Anyway?” (For other examples, see Stephen’s “How To Fix Christian Fiction: More Christianity” and my own “Christian Fiction Must Be . . . You Know, Christian“). Why, then, would I want to revisit the ...
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Blue Collar Spaceis a rejection of “Big Man Science Fiction” that focuses on the people who built the future those larger-than-life characters exist in. Its subjects include civil engineers on the moon, father-daughter lunar hikes gone wrong, and other examples of people living their lives...
Most of the themes and styles contained in the first chapter (the longest of all seven) are representative of the rest of the book. But “Chapter Two: Phased Transitions” is distinct in that it is a poetic tribute to mostly science fiction legends of the 20th century: Ray Bradbury, Frede...
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