Lost Works Review: ‘Airlords of Han’ (aka Buck Rogers Part 2)
AIRLORDS OF HAN by Philip Francis Nowlan is the second half of the seminal Buck Rogers story. It appeared in the March 1929 issues of…
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BasedCon the Sci-Fi Conference Announces 2nd Annual Event Dates
Author Robert Kroese has announced the dates of the second annual BasedCon sci-fi convention. BasedCon will be held September 9 to 11, in…
Are Current Events Imitating Haldeman’s ‘The Forever War’?
Perhaps the best “imitation” of Robert Heinlein’s sensational Starship Troopers is 1974’s The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. The story follows one William Mandella, a conscripted…
Theory & Practice: The Central Problem of Time Travel Tales
Time travel, in order to be time travel properly so called, must allow the time traveler to change the past and to visit hence…
Sci-fi Legend Robert Heinlein Predicted Current Cultural Failures Decades Ago
Way back in 1959 legendary science fiction author and political libertarian Robert Heinlein was quite clairvoyant in predicting the demise of our culture due to…
Quit Buggin’ Me! Insect Menaces at the Movies with Arnell
Adam & The Ants - AntmusicWatch this video on YouTube Ant Music by Adam & The Ants* Although the theory that cockroaches will survive a…
Whatever Happened to a Little Optimism in Our Entertainment?
One of the big(ger) — and correct — complaints about entertainment these days is that everything is too dark. Creators have turned heroes like…