Archive for February, 2013

Ten Totally Illogical Science Fiction Premises on Amazing Stories Blog

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

This is a repeat of a post that just went up earlier today at Amazing Stories.  I encourage you to check out the link and join the conversation over there.  Feel free to comment here, too, of course!  Onward… Recently I wrote about eight science fiction tropes of convenience, mainly about unlikely or impossible technology […]

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Eight Science Fiction Tropes of Convenience

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

There are a number of tropes that I see popping up over and over in science fiction, even though they are not very scientifically plausible and border on the impossible given our current understanding.  They are used and will continue to be used, especially in movies and tv, because they’re very convenient.  I find it […]

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