A soldier hitches a ride aboard a star freighter, hoping to make his way home from the other side of the galaxy. Something else has hitched a ride with him. (Science Fiction) (Incomplete) (2/?)
Fiction Snapshot: Last Flight from Tazab Station (2)
Fiction Snapshot: Last Flight from Tazab Station
A soldier hitches a ride aboard a star freighter, hoping to make his way home from the other side of the galaxy. Something else has hitched a ride with him. (Science Fiction) (Incomplete) (1/?)
Short Story: Coming Home to Vancouver Station
A young lieutenant makes a desperate last stand in the depths of an alien catacomb---only to find himself somewhere very, very familiar. (Science Fiction/Horror) (Complete)
Sci-Fi Film Review – Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Ranking the Star Trek movies is always a fraught question. Wars have started that way. You can hop onto message boards dating two decades back, and see countless battles between angry fans at the dawn of the internet---like the clash of titans when the world was young1. Their disputes still echo: is Wrath of Khan... Continue Reading →
Space Navies in Sci-Fi
Space navies are among the great tropes of science fiction. Countless works transplant the traditions, tactics, and structures of maritime forces to space opera settings: Star Trek has Starfleet, Space: Above and Beyond has the equivalent of World War II carrier battles, and of course Warhammer 40,000 goes full-on Age of Sail with floggings and... Continue Reading →
Sci-Fi Film Review: Starship Troopers (1997)
Hello again, all! Sorry for the unannounced hiatus, these last few months have been godawful. I'm finally back on my feet again, though, and ready to resume blogging---so here's that review of Starship Troopers I promised. Fair warning, this is one of my favorite movies. Expect some gushing. Starship Troopers was directed by Paul Verhoeven, and... Continue Reading →
Galactic Empires: A Book Review (Part Two)
Post by Nic Quattromani: Well, here's the second part of my review of Neil Clarke's Galactic Empires. Here I will tackle the book's latter twelve stories, twelve tales of weirdness and wonder, and try to make sense of how this anthology fits together, if it does at all. “A Cold Heart” by Tobias S. Buckell: When... Continue Reading →
Galactic Empires: A Book Review (Part One)
Post by Nic Quattromani: I’m quite fond of tropes. Yes, when overused they can flatten a story, make it a bland template more than a work in its own right (looking at you, Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars), but nevertheless they provide a tremendous library of ideas, stories, and tools spread across literary space, which... Continue Reading →
