Category Archives: scifi
J.G. Ballard – The Atrocity Exhibition: Crash!
I did notice this when Simon posted it to Ballardian, and I meant to go back and watch it, but somehow it got away from me. You know how it is. Anyway, I am grateful to Posthuman Blues for the … more…
links for 2007-08-16: Elvis, PK Dick, Kevin Mitnick, Bowie
How Did Elvis Get Turned Into a Racist? – New York Times Up around the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis, there’s a number of contrarians in pursuit of cheap sensation by denigrating the man, one way or another. … more…
links for 2007-08-12: Dick’s universe
How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later PK Dick from 1978 on deoxy.org. Stumbled across this again following a link in a comment on Warren’s latest column (yeah, hyeurgh! Dick-related column!) at Suicide Girls (tags: … more…
links for 2007-06-29: Ballard’s Thirteen to Centaurus
YouTube – JG Ballard’s Thirteen to Centaurus (Out of the Unknown) 1965 production of Ballard story. via Ballardian, of course (tags: jg-ballard youtube)
Nigel Kneale 1922-2006
Nigel Kneale, creator of Quatermass, died October 29th. Apart from Quatermass, he wrote The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968) which prophesied the coming of so-called reality TV, and legendary scifi horror The Stone Tape (1972) — the scariest thing … more…
Ballard’s Alien
If Ballardian posted more frequently, or less consistently, perhaps I wouldn’t be posting links to them almost every time they update. But they don’t, and they do, and I have, again. The latest treasure is a clutch of exerpts from … more…
Battlestar Galactica
I don’t think I’ve ever posted a declaration of besottedness before here — at least, not about anyone living — but since there’s an actual story that hangs off it, I better declare an interest right from the start: Katee … more…
Gary Gygax, World Dictator?
You wouldn’t necessarily know it if, like me, you’ve been visiting Charlie Stross’s long-established blog address and waiting for something to happen, but there’s a fairly major post in the provisional post-migration-from-Blosxom version of the blog, on the his work-in-progress, … more…
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
If geeky sites get any geekier than Intuitor Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics, trust me, I don’t want to even hear about it. Try, if you will, to figure out who is the saddest person in the following quote, between the … more…