Writing far-future sci-fi is a pretty front-loaded undertaking – there’s a lot to be decided on before you place those chubby monkey digits on the keyboard and start hammering away. And one of the reasons it’s worth doing in the first place is that you get to write about spaceships (which, because of Star Trek, Star […]
As a writer of both sarcastic and extremely aggressive robot characters, I’m naturally interested in any developments in the field of AI… that my laughably primitive, non-scientific brain can actually understand and process, that is. Mainstream media understandably has its own obsessions at the moment and consequently, amazing developments happen under the radar. Perhaps some […]
Having managed to get a fully functioning DOSBox (and Amiga and C64…) emulator running on an Android tablet I’ve been enjoying some of the highlights of gaming from the days of yore for the first time in years. Most notably, the mighty sci-fi strategy simulation Carrier Command – there’s a great little sci-fi concept in […]
The Hollywood auction house Julien’s Auctions is set to auction off a Holy Grail artifact from sci-fi cinema lore on 28 and 29 March. In amongst 800 lots from Batman, Die Hard, Edward Scissorhands, Independence Day, Predator, Scarface, the James Bond films and more, is the ‘Big Chap’ – a full-size prototype xenomorph costume from […]
Time travel is almost by definition off limits for the space-opera universe my books are set in… a shame, because it’s a narrative gift that keeps on giving. The rom-com Palm Springs is the latest example of why filmmakers keep coming back to the time loop, and here are a few more you won’t mind being […]
Greetings, fellow galactic residents. Airstrip One is out of full lockdown, so we no longer rely on raids on the food-transport network of the Morrisons Alliance to feed our colonists. We’re not out of the woods yet, but we’re sci-fi fans, we have imaginations… defeating reality and dreaming of better things is what we’re best […]
I love Taur. For those who haven’t had the pleasure, it’s described on Steam as an “action-strategy sci-fi game”, but its lineage is that of the well-stocked tower-defence genre where the emphasis is very much on the action. You control the mighty Prime Cannon, which you must constantly upgrade and supplement from the tech tree, […]
