It starts with an interrupted mutiny, and the death of an Emperor; two unrelated events taking place in the sprawling mass of humanity that is the Interdependency. What we start to realize though is that these are just the first steps in a dance that’s eventually going to lead to the end of the Interdependency,
Kathryn Hey all! Trying to think of how to start this Black Mirror conversation. It occurred to me that I used to think Black Mirror stories were about how technology damages humanity. After watching the first two seasons I now think that they’re about how technology allows humanity to damage ITSELF, faster. Hannah Yeah, I
We’re all huge fans of Dreamworks’ How To Train Your Dragon (the books, movies, Netflix episodes, and comics) so we’re very excited about next year’s How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Check out the poster below, along with the official PR from the creators!
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! This week we’re (“bark”) recapping the latest episode of Alice Isn’t Dead and (“bark!”) wondering if someone can be pathologically protective and (“bark bark!”) planning our Hugo Awards coverage (“bark!”) and wondering if we can psychically shut up the neighborhood (“bark!”)
Longer than a short-story but shorter than a novella, six entries and each one packed with as much world building as you can fit into 15000 words or so. Click the jump for a review of this year’s Hugo Award finalists for Best Novelette.
This review is short and sweet because I absolutely do not want to risk spoiling even the most minute detail for anyone.
As a kid I would often think of what it would be like to have more than the three original Star Wars movies. And as I grew older Hollywood finally caught up with my generation’s imagination: by making more Star Wars films. Now, it could be argued less is more, but overall as a fan
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Woo! The numbers match! 128 and 128 isn’t that…cool? Ahem. Anyway. This week is the usual random ramblings that starts with a recap of The Blood Matter From Space that’s currently hitting Night Vale, and goes on to discuss eggnog, echo
I’m really enjoying Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett’s Skyward (the second issue just hit stores today), partly because of the art, partly because of the sassy dialogue, but mostly because it’s one of my favorite recipes for sci-fi stories: take a near future setting, add in one great big technological change, and mix with details