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A to Z: Planets
Arrakis! Vulcan! Tatooine! Alderaan! Barsoom! Akir! Zeist! Veridian III! Hoth! Mustafar! Coruscant! Trantor! Krypton! All hail the Planet! Planets are everything. Without planets, we’ve got nothing, in SF. Without planets, we’ve got no place for stories to happen. Planets are … Continue reading
A to Z: Old People of Wisdom
Gandalf. Loren Silvercloak. Mrs. Potts. Obi Wan Kenobi. Boothby the gardener. Sarek. T’Lar. Dumbledore and McGonagall. The Oracle. Jor-El. Maester Aemon. Mrs. Landingham. And, of course, Merlin. What do all these folks have in common? They are Old People of … Continue reading
A to Z: North!
Direction is always important…and in a lot of fantasy, specific directions carry with them specific connotations. Such as North. North is often portrayed as cold and desolate and lonely. Just about every fantasy that I know is set in the … Continue reading
A to Z: M5
Ah, the supercomputer that is benignly invented as a means of making life easier, but which ends up wanting to kill us all! What a nice, fun, reliable SF trope. All hail our digital overlord, the M5 computer from Star … Continue reading
A to Z: Lancelot
One thing I noticed in all my years of reading Arthurian fiction was that Lancelot is an awfully hard character to pull off. Lancelot, for those not ‘in the know’, is the magnificent knight from France who comes to Camelot … Continue reading
A to Z: Klingons
So, let’s talk for a few minutes about Klingons. If one of the questions on Family Feud was ever “Name a fictional alien species”, I have to think that Klingons have a pretty solid shot to be the number one … Continue reading
A to Z: James, Jerry, and John
The other day SamuraiFrog paid tribute to John Williams, which gave me the inspiration for this post. I grew up listening to film music, and at that time, my three favorite composers were John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, and James Horner. … Continue reading
A to Z: Incunabulum
Books abound in fantasy and science fiction. The book is a central plot device or Maguffin or important element in so many stories that to catalog them all would be an exercise in utter futility. But let’s explore some anyway, … Continue reading
A to Z: Horses
If there’s an animal more suited to heroism and derring-do than the horse, I don’t know what it is. Horses abound in fantasy and in science fiction. If you want a big heroic moment, you can do it without having … Continue reading
A to Z: Gagh!
There’s an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in which Commander Riker takes part in an officer exchange program and goes to serve on a Klingon vessel for a time. As part of his effort to familiarize himself with … Continue reading