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The Wandering Earth is a feels-before-reals film
The Wandering Earth (2019) is an interesting film. Noteworthy for many reasons, but deeply flawed for equally many.
As an adaptation of an original science fiction work, it is a refreshing change of pace from Hollywood's increasing focus on reboots and sequels. In a traditionally… »
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A tale of two stories; or, jumping the shark – A Ghost in the Machine and KSR's Aurora
A Ghost in the Machine is a quintessential /r/HFY (‘humanity, fuck yeah!’) serialised story by /u/Hewholooksskyward, telling of Allie, the emergent AGI of the Destroyer Alhambra. It follows her, and her ‘mother’, Katherine, as Allie grows from inquisitive child to headstrong fighter, on… »
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Quick review: Skyward – Brian Sanderson
'Cause you're hot then you're cold, you're yes then you're no, you're in then you're out, you're up then you're down.
—Katy Perry, ‘Hot N Cold’
Brian Sanderson's YA science fiction Bildungsroman takes us into the life of Spensa (‘Spin’) as she grows from talking… »
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Quick review: Columbus Day – Craig Alanson (Expeditionary Force)
Columbus Day doesn't quite know what it wants to be. Joe Bishop is hiding from technologically-advanced aliens, then he's a Starship Trooper, a several page description of military technologies follows, and then not much happens while Joe does farming and slice-of-lifey things with a side… »