In assessing democracy, Beetham gives a list of violations of legal hierarchy. It’s very concerning how many of these are happening by the Trump administration. I have… Read more “Excerpt from Freedom As The Foundation by David Beetham”
Code Switch
Switch is a character in The Matrix that was originally written to gender swap between the real world and The Matrix: Warner Brothers mistakenly nixed this idea,… Read more “Code Switch”
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Successful writer Cixin Liu presents a new idea into science fiction called the Dark Forest Theory. By analogy, hunters in a dark forest survive by masking their… Read more “The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu”
We Only Have One Home
Text from NASA’s website: -Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts-Commander Frank… Read more “We Only Have One Home”
Dystopia with a Dollop of Environmental Degradation
A less talked about and common characteristic of cyberpunk is it’s calm yet distressing portrayal of the environment. Sunny blue skies, clear diamond starlit nights, sunrises and… Read more “Dystopia with a Dollop of Environmental Degradation”
Meta-Vision
Speculation: I wonder, as our civilization accumulates more data as a function of the information age (and beyond), then the capacity of what I call meta-vision comes… Read more “Meta-Vision”
Free-Market Faith
It is one thing to believe capitalism is the best game in town and another to believe capitalism is crap, but still the best game in town.… Read more “Free-Market Faith”
In Need Of Recommendations for Female Sci-Fi Writers
Preferably in the sub-genres of cyberpunk and biopunk.