Category Archives: science fiction

Shatner on Trek Since Him, and What That Might Mean

Posted on Saturday 23 July 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Fish, 21 July 2022: William Shatner Sounds Off on ‘Star Wars,’ Latest ‘Star Trek’ Shows During Lively Comic-Con Appearance Heavy.com, Eric Pesola, 22 July 2022: Is Shatner right? Is Roddenberry ‘Turning In His Grave’ Over New … Continue reading →

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Evolution, Culture Wars, and Science Fiction

Posted on Thursday 30 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Jerry Coyne, 29 Jun 2022: Once again: A misguided article on why the theory of evolution is obsolete This discusses an article in the UK newspaper Guardian, Do we need a new theory of evolution?, by Stephen Buranyi, which uses … Continue reading →

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Proper Ways of Thinking: Women Without Men

Posted on Saturday 18 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, Pamela Paul, 21 June 2022: She Wrote a Dystopian Novel. What Happened Next Was Pretty Dystopian.

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Aesthetics: The Starship Enterprise

Posted on Sunday 12 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I was quite struck some years ago, 2014 it must have been, by an analysis of the design of the original starship Enterprise that showed how it relied heavily on the “Golden Ratio,” the artistic proportion of 1.618. And how … Continue reading →

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Declinists and Decadence: TV/Movies? Science Fiction?

Posted on Monday 23 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Quillette, Kevin Mims, 20 May 2022: Undiminished by Decadence Subtitle: “I grew up in the 1960s and ’70s and I’m happy to report that, for the most part, television and mainstream cinema today are orders of magnitude better than they … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Science Fiction, Christian Fantasy, and Part B

Posted on Friday 13 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Washington Post, Michael Dirda, 10 Jan 2022: Science fiction — please, let’s not call it ‘sci-fi’ — is more than just a reaction to the present

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LQCs: KSR; Conservative History

Posted on Wednesday 11 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, Alexandra Alter, 11 May 2022: A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story is the One Facing Us.’, subtitled: “Kim Stanley Robinson, one of the most acclaimed living science fiction writers, is done with deep space narratives. His … Continue reading →

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LQCs: News, Propaganda, Ideologies, and a Modern Wise Man

Posted on Monday 25 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

First, two items that follow-up the last item in yesterday’s post. Following, a modern wise one about ideologies.

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Globalization, Wokeness, and Trek

Posted on Friday 8 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

New York Times, David Brooks, 8 April 2022: Globalization Is Over. The Global Culture Wars Have Begun.

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Arthur C. Clarke, RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA (1973)

Posted on Sunday 13 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This was Clarke’s first novel after “returning” to writing novels following the break of nearly a decade collaborating with Stanley Kubrick on the book and film 2001: A Space Odyssey. (His previous major novel had been A Fall of Moondust … Continue reading →

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