Tag Archives: Sci-fi

2012 Movies

Posted on December 27, 2011 by EDC

Buzzfeed has released a top ten list of the most anticipated movies of 2012.  And better yet, they’ve done speculative fiction fans the great service of embedding all the trailers!  See clips from The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, The Hobbit, … Continue reading →

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FireFly Facts

Posted on September 11, 2011 by EDC

Saw this recently on Cool Infographics… a trivia page on one of my all time favorite TV shows, Firefly.  If you’ve never seen this masterpiece, you owe it to yourself to queue up or pick up this sci-fi western and then … Continue reading →

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NASA Science Fiction

Posted on September 5, 2011 by EDC

Wired recently reported that NASA has entered into an agreement with Tor publishing to create a line of science fiction books inspired by NASA.  The goal, supposedly, is to encourage new generations to aspire to hard science careers. Says Nona Cheeks, the director … Continue reading →

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Review: Cowboys and Aliens

Posted on August 8, 2011 by EDC

This week my dad and I went on our semi-annual trek to the movies and saw Cowboys & Aliens. Heading to the theater, I had already lowered my expectations, as Rotten Tomatoes had compiled reviews to only 44% positive (i.e. … Continue reading →

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Cool Stuff for June

Posted on June 21, 2011 by EDC

As a speculative fiction author and blogger, I try to skip over the typical stuff most spec fic sites cover like upcoming movies and TV, focusing instead on the more esoteric.  But, I’ll make an exception on this one… PopSci … Continue reading →

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Books Everyone Should Read

Posted on March 24, 2011 by EDC

I might as well start an infographic blog with all the posts I write featuring one. One of my favorite infographologists (is that even a word?), David McCandless of Information Is Beautiful, has posted a consensus cloud of the Books … Continue reading →

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Fighting Pre-Crime

Posted on February 17, 2011 by EDC

In the 2002 movie Minority Report,  police make use of ‘precogs’ – people with the ability to dream of crime before it happens – to arrest suspects for wrongs they have yet to commit.  This works well, even driving down … Continue reading →

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VW Super Bowl Ad – The Force

Posted on February 7, 2011 by EDC

In case you missed it (or just want to lol at it again), click the photo below to see Volkswagen’s Super Bowl ad of a 4 year-old trying to be Darth Vader… EDC

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Links to Old Posts

Posted on January 10, 2011 by EDC

I got to thinking how new readers might like to look at old posts of mine.  Yeah, I know… yet it’s possible! But that brought up a bit of a challenge.  Either I’ll have to leave my old blog up, … Continue reading →

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