Category: Science Fiction
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Here at the Faustus Institute for the Study of Terror (FISTer) we are very interested in the way that insurrections, insurgencies, rebellions and political resistance are depicted in popular media. There are many movies and TV shows in which political resistance plays a major role, with various degrees of realism and political sophistication. V for…
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I have been watching the Star Wars series Andor, which describes the radicalization and activism of Cassian Andor, the spy who was one of the main characters in Rogue One. It’s an excellent show, well written with a great plot and very enjoyable characters, and I’m thoroughly enjoying it. In addition to the (slightly milquetoast)…
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A short story of mine was just rejected by a SF/Fantasy magazine. Along with the usual form rejection I was lucky enough to receive some feedback, and one of their points was that my sentences are too long. Yes, they directly said that! I have always assumed that sentence length was a matter of style.…
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I have been reading The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire by Chris Kempshall, in hopes of learning something new about the sprawling creative failure that is the Star Wars universe. I think it’s going to be a Did Not Finish (DNF) for me, because it’s boring and completely unenlightening, but I thought I…
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On the 28th May 2026 the New Glenn rocket exploded on its landing pad, in what may have been the largest non-nuclear explosion in human history. Along with the rocket itself the explosion took out a lightning tower, the launch tower, and a bunch of associated equipment. This was the only launch pad in the…
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“Was it a mistake to freeze the djinn?” Al Hamra asked, flinching a little as a bullet struck the air hockey table he was hiding behind. The whine of gunfire echoed around the sumptuous lounge, and something valuable cracked loudly in the ricochet from the gunshot. Al Hamra winced and touched a thin, dark-skinned hand…
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This post contains a huge spoiler for season 5 of Stranger Things, so here is a picture of an actual real life Demogorgon to fill up the screen, for those of you who haven’t seen this season yet. So, it turns out (as I guessed in the middle of Season 4) that Will Byers is…
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I was hoping season 5 of Stranger Things would be a tour de force, a final reckoning with Vecna in which the kids from the previous seasons defeat him, learn the truth about his origins and persistence, and ideally destroy the military organizations that gave birth to him. These guys have been fighting this pernicious…
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4am. WBGT: 87 The heat hit Felice like a punch in the face, a wall of seething fury. She started sweating as soon as she stepped onto the smooth panels of her balcony, felt it prickling across her brow, and a few moments later trickling down her ribs. The city lay shrouded in early morning…
