My copy of "Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth" I have discussed, on occasion, my obsession with used bookstores; my habit of making a weekly circuit. It was in a used bookstore that I discovered my first worn copy of "Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth",…

Free Reading: Collier's Conquest of Space 1952-1954 Side by side cover art from "Colliers" and "Galaxy" respectively. Similar 50s era aesthetic. One of the questions I keep asking myself when it comes to scifi: What ever happened to rigorous research? Even…

Why you shouldn't read SF reviews Altered Carbon showing on Netflix A couple of things have happened this month in the world of SF, and both of them happened over at Netflix. Disney and Comcast mouthpieces have been busy trashing Netflix and its properties.…

The Problem with "Bugging In" by Shoji Minakuwachu First of all, let’s talk about the democratization of, well, everything. Just because we say something is a certain way or because we want things to be a certain way, doesn’t mean it IS that way. The idea of…

A Few Words About "The Cloverfield Paradox" "The Cloverfield Paradox" Produced by J.J. Abrams In a surprise coup on Sunday night, Netflix announced that it was releasing a film directly after the Superbowl. But it wasn't just any film. For years fans…

Whitewashing for dollars: "Ghost In The Shell" Scarlett Johansson in "Ghost In The Shell" The initial reaction to Scarlett Johanssons cast as Major Motoko Kusanagi aka “Mira Killian” was completely appropriate. The assertion that big names are needed in…