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As an avid consumer of sci-fi and fantasy in all its forms, please allow me to say a few words about my favorite subject.
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Omelas in the times of Covid-19
Ursula K. Le Guinn’s The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas is one of the best-known short stories in all fiction. It won the 1974 Hugo Award, but it’s not necessarily fantasy or science fiction. The term “philosophical fiction” is … Continue reading
Why I Maintain This Blog
For my 100th article in this blog, I decided to do something different. I’ll try to articulate why I’m actually putting an effort in this blog, what I’m trying to achieve, and what I don’t care much about. Nothing here … Continue reading
A few notes on Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy by David Kyle Johnson (Great Courses)
Great Courses has a few very good lectures on Science Fiction. So far, I’ve found all of them very insightful, inspirational and even aspirational. This one is no exception: the depth of analysis Johnson performs on movies and TV shows … Continue reading
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On the Importance of Beds in Science Fiction
Humans spend about a third of their lives sleeping. Quality of our sleep may vary, but we are creatures of comfort, and prefer a good sleep over a bad one. This may sound self-evident, but apparently, it’s not always so. … Continue reading
Musings on Recent Hugo Award Winners (and Why I Didn’t Vote for Them)
It’s no coincidence that the following text reads like the ramblings of an old man who is struggling to understand the current generation. It’s exactly that. In the next few paragraphs I’ll try to verbalize why all of my Hugo … Continue reading