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Announcing the 2014 Nebula Awards Winners!
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America are pleased to announce the 2014 Nebula Awards winners (presented 2015), as well as the honorees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramat...
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Black Mirror Is Almost as Smart as a Good Sci-Fi Book | WIRED
In the latest episode of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast the panel discusses why Black Mirror is better than most other sci-fi TV.
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The physics of Doctor Who's awesome time-traveling ship are real and they're fascinating
The time-traveling box in "Doctor Who," called the TARDIS, is easily the coolest part of the show. It's capable of traveling any direction through space and time — so it can visit any planet at any point in history.
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Original Star Trek Galileo Spacecraft - Where Is It Today? | Video
In pieces... for now.
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Read this book a couple of months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Have you read it, and if so what did you think of it?
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The best recent science fiction novels – review roundup
Eric Brown on Alastair Reynolds’ Poseidon’s Wake, Sarah Lotz’s Day Four, Kit Reed’s WHERE, Ian Whates’s Pelquin’s Comet, Amanda Downum’s Dreams of Shreds and Tatters and Stefan Mohamed’s Bitter Sixteen
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Baen has a pretty great free ebook library
A ton of great Sci-Fi/Fantasy books available to download free in many formats!
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'Aurora' Journeys In A New Direction
Veteran sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson returns with a tale of that classic genre trope, the generation ship. Critic Alan Cheuse says this story of spacefaring colonists goes to unexpected places.
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Sci-fi interfaces
IxD Lessons from Sci-Fi
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What is the book, or series, that you can just read over and over again?
Any genre any author.
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11 Science Fiction Books That Are Regularly Taught in College Classes
We all learn a lot from reading science fiction books—not just the cool ideas, but also the fascinating thought experiments. But college professors often reach for classic science fiction when they’re planning classes on literature, society or philosophy. Here are 11 science fiction books that are often taught in college.
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The Expanse Is the Show We’ve Been Wanting Since Battlestar Galactica
Welp, we have a new favorite show. At San Diego Comic-Con, we got to watch the entire pilot of Syfy’s The Expanse, based on the books by James S. A. Corey—and we were blown away. This is a show that digs into the politics of our spacefaring future, but knows it’s the characters that make science fiction shine.
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The Philosophical Roots of Science Fiction
People use science fiction to illustrate philosophy all the time. From ethical quandaries to the very nature of existence, science fiction's most famous texts are tailor-made for exploring philosophical ideas. In fact, many college campuses now offer courses in the philosophy of science fiction.
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5 tips for writing science fiction to engage people who don't read it
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VODO Otherworlds II Bundle - Pay what you want for these titles.
A gang of filmmakers, musicians, artists, writers and technologists, spread from Wales to Germany, Canada to China . We’re dedicated to finding amazing content and getting it to you in ways that make sense.
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What's a Cargo Bay?
Drive: July 17 2015
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The Leap
In 2069, New Earth is declared open for civilian migration, a decade after its discovery. As tales of wonder and opportunity reach the Old World, taking ‘the leap’ becomes the dream of millions. Unable to afford the journey, many of the less fortunate risk their lives being smuggled aboard cargo ships. The inter-planetary Migration Administration, or IPMA, deals with human trafficking on a biblical scale.
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What Could Happen If We Did Things Right: An Interview With Kim Stanley Robinson, Author Of Aurora
Is Kim Stanley Robinson our greatest political writer? That was the provocative question posed recently by a critic in The New Yorker. Science fiction writers rarely get that kind of serious attent...
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Everyone Tries to Kill Hitler
The world is made of dreams. This was a very popular meme by Desmond Warzel a few years back, but the original link's long gone.
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Consequences
Freefall: July 22 2015
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