Why Every Sci-Fi Story I Love Eventually Asks “What Makes You Human?”
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately while reshelfing books in the stacks – how every great science fiction story I’ve encountered in fifty...
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Why I’ve Spent Forty Years Watching Sci-Fi Get the Future Wrong (And Why That’s Actually Perfect)
You know, after four decades of designing actual spacecraft while reading stories about fictional ones, I’ve come to a weird realization—science fiction has never really...
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From HAL to Samantha: How My Obsession with AI Characters Shows We’re Finally Ready to Embrace Digital Consciousness
I still remember the first time HAL 9000’s calm, measured voice made my skin crawl. I was maybe fifteen, watching “2001: A Space Odyssey” on...
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The AI Villains That Shaped My Nightmares (And Why They Matter More Than Ever)
You know, after five decades of reading
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I’m Done With Time Travel Stories (And You Should Be Too)
Look, I need to get something off my chest that’s been bugging me for years. Time travel stories have become the narrative equivalent of junk...
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Why Romance Keeps Ruining My Favorite Sci-Fi Movies
Look, I need to get something off my chest that’s been bugging me for years as both a sci-fi fan and someone who teaches this...
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The Problem with Tidy Endings in Our Broken Worlds
I’ve been wrestling with post-apocalyptic stories for decades now, and there’s something that keeps bugging me about how Hollywood handles them. You know what I...
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When Sci-Fi Breaks Our Hearts: Characters Who Got Screwed Over by Their Own Stories
You know what really gets under my skin? Spending years of your life invested in a character’s journey, only to watch writers completely botch their...
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Why Time Travel Stories Stopped Being Fun (And Started Making Me Think Too Hard)
You know, I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately – probably more than a retired guy should be thinking about fictional time machines, but...
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Why I Keep Going Back to Old-School Sci-Fi Instead of Modern CGI Spectacles
I was probably twelve when I first popped that beat-up VHS copy of Blade Runner into our ancient player, and honestly? Changed everything for me....
