Tag: science fiction

In one of his most famous speeches President John F Kennedy said that the promise of the future would be one of change and challenge, of hope and

It’s a Labour Day getaway of clear skies in sunny southern California, and Brendan and Rob are trying to cheer up their friend Charlie and are far from

Finally receiving a long-awaited Blu-ray release comes Peter Hyams’ 1981 space western, Outland, an unjustly-neglected piece starring Sean Connery and Frances Sternhagen, the action takes place in a

The giant monster movie has been a staple of cinema for eighty years, through King Kong and Godzilla which created the template followed by a plethora of B-movies

The cold and distant stars have beckoned since before recorded history, and with its first components launched into low Earth orbit in 1998 for almost two decades humanity

The year is 2032 and London is in a state of emergency, supplies running low, the homeless crammed in shelters as the world grinds to a slow and

If there is one thing Merlin cannot help but do, it is meddle. He has a purpose, a task, albeit one which is abstract: to find a legendary

Science fiction is often used as a mirror to reflect, not the alien, but the self: “We are the Martians” was the message of Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles,

On the evening of Friday 20th January at Edinburgh’s Blackwell’s Bookshop on South Bridge, prolific science fiction author Stephen Baxter took time out from working on his current

War drives technological advance. The easiest way to beat the enemy is to have bigger guns than they possess. The most conclusive victories are over those who have