Posts Tagged ‘science fiction’
I spent a majority of my life in a 10′ by 10′ space surrounded by walls with no natural light, get a large percentage of my food from machines just down the hall, and my social interaction comes to me largely via the Internet. In short, I am completely — socially and mentally — ready [...]
You may remember my earlier posts here about augmented reality. Here’s another step taken toward it, this time by Microsoft. Now, I may beat on Microsoft with reckless abandon, but I will give them credit it where it’s due — what they’ve created is an important step toward ubiquitous computing.
I was born mere days after Apollo 17, the last time that man would set footprints on the moon. I believe, firmly, that the U.S. will never go back. China? Maybe. India? There’s an outside chance. But the U.S.? We’re not going back. Not in my lifetime, and likely not ever. This probably sounds weird, [...]
So this morning, before leaving for the office, an idea for a book popped into my head. And I had to start writing. About six words in, I discovered that this idea for a sci-fi novel with an huge scale in space and time, with political intrigue, war, aliens — all the things you’d associate [...]
A short while ago, John Scalzi had a post in his blog about the book Mirrored Heavens, in which there was much bantering by readers about regarding the ability of Russia to regain “superpower” status. While that was all entertaining, I felt it missed the point, and asked about whether it made sense to militarize [...]
While Clarke wasn’t my first foray into sci-fi, he was the first author I really devoured, back in my early teens. The library was well-stocked with his works, and I tore into them: 2001, 2010, the Rama series, Childhood’s End…you get the idea. He really helped hook me on science fiction. I’m still hooked, really. [...]
I’ve been working on fleshing out the novel, using Novelist’s Boot Camp. I bought the book because I figured that with my military background, a structured approach would be a good thing for me. I was right! I’ve been unlocking really fucking cool ideas and scribbling notes in a Moleskine for the last few days. [...]
So a friend, via IM, asked me if I could re-write a show, similar to what Ron Moore has done so brilliantly with Battlestar Galactica, what would I do? And it hit me. The idea was fully-formed in my head, it could be brilliantly done, and with a pre-defined story arc that would make for [...]
