Science fiction
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10 Strange Facts for Stranger Things
I love Stranger Things. And apparently, so does everyone else. Despite its popularity, the rampant critical acclaim of Netflix’s Stranger Things was unprecedented upon its…
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Surviving Humanity in Subnautica
Like most survival video-games, Subnautica’s main premise is straightforward: you have crash-landed your spaceship on an alien planet. You have naught but your wits and…
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Bowie Fiction
There was a time during the twentieth century when the position of the greatest science fiction author was officially split into three. The greatest authors…
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Lonesome no More!
Different writers speak to different people. There can be lots of writers that you like, and lots that you don’t. But I think for each…
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Anybody Can Be a Hero
“Heroes never die!” – Mercy Released in May 2016 by Blizzard Entertainment, Overwatch is a team-based first-person shooter (FPS) that has quickly taken centre-stage in…
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Bounty Hunters and Space Cowboys: Comparing Killjoys and Firefly
Killjoys and Firefly entered my repository of favourite TV shows in much the same manner. In both cases, I saw a few posters and heard…
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No Ghost, Just Shell
The speculative community has been nurturing a climate of social equity in the past few years. From the removal of statuettes depicting the openly racist…
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I Aim to Misbehave – The Confusing Gender Politics of Firefly
Warning: Spoilers ahead, potentially offensive language, and mention of sexual violence. Let me be upfront about this: I think the space western Firefly might be…
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4 Webcomics with which to Coldly Murder Your Productivity
Plume (Fantasy/Supernatural) One of the very first webcomics I read, Plume is the story of Vesper Grey, a young woman living in the early 1800s…
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Review of Wychman Road by Ben Berman Ghan
It’s an age-old question, one that has embedded itself in the consciousness of humanity for as long as we can perceive, and that dares us…
