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Tag Archives: Skiffy
Mr. Data, set a course — for love!
Sometimes you feel like reading a romance novel, right? OK, I’ll assume by the chirping crickets I just heard that I’m wrong here. But anyway, sometimes I want to read a romance novel. But not just any romance novel, mind … Continue reading
The universe is a spherical region seven hundred and five meters in diameter.
That’s my favorite “Computer Voice” line from Star Trek: The Next Generation, given in response to Dr. Crusher’s query: “Computer, here’s a question you shouldn’t be able to answer: What is the nature of the Universe?” Anyway, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, … Continue reading
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Boldly Geeking
I wanted to highlight a few nice geek-posts I’ve seen the last week: :: First, Jason takes note of some possible reason for optimism regarding the Star Trek relaunch by JJ Abrams: So, here we’ve got a good look at … Continue reading
The Operas of SPACE!!!
My leading light, reading-wise, continues to be the wonderful SF subgenre of space opera. I’ve done some more reading along that line the last few months. Margaret Weis wrote a space opera trilogy called Star of the Guardians back in … Continue reading
“If I ever kill you, you’ll be awake, you’ll be facing me, and you’ll be armed.”
A few months back I finally addressed a monstrously huge hole in my science fiction, space opera loving resume: I watched all of Firefly, every bit of it, including the movie Serenity. I realize I’m very much late to the … Continue reading
To Boldly Geek
The official first trailer for JJ Abrams’s Star Trek reboot is out. Having watched it, I can say once again regarding this project: Meh. I’m still not sold on the idea of rebooting Trek in the first place (If we’ve … Continue reading
The Great Bird
It appears that we now know what the Enterprise will look like when Star Trek reboots next year: Well…I don’t know. I can’t decide yet if I like it or not. It certainly sticks to the classic shape, and the … Continue reading
Some Thoughts on Contemporary Popular Culture
That’s actually a pretentious title for a post in which I’m going to geek out a bit. Huzzah! Back to the geekiness! :: It did excite me that another attempt to bring everyone’s favorite Cimmerian, Conan the Barbarian, back to … Continue reading
Punnery! Got yet punnery here!
Via James Nicoll I found a joke on a Usenet group that, well, surely indicates something about my character in that I (a) got the joke and (b) found it funny. The joke? So a recent Advance Reader Copy from … Continue reading
Whills, and the Journals they keep
Star Wars poster draft, originally uploaded by Michael Heilemann. THE date for Star Wars fans is, of course, May 25, 1977, when the very first film was released way back when; but I see via The Dude that there’s actually … Continue reading
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