Feed the Machine: Cyclops Power
Read this article before proceeding. Growing up, I didn’t read comics, but that doesn’t mean I was unaware of comics. I knew the rudimentary figures of comic book lore. My favorite superhero, however, was Cyclops. How cool would it be to shoot laser beams out of your eyes! Getting into the genres more, laser beam […]
SFFTV: The 9 Lives of Chloe King Pilot Review
I just finished watching the Pilot episode of ABC Family’s summer show The 9 Lives of Chloe King and let’s just say I am pleasantly surprised that I haven’t killed myself yet. This is the sort of series that I would have loved at the age of 16 (I had Buffy the Vampire Slayer – […]
Episode 53 — Religion in SF and Why Fantasy is More Popular
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.0b–ReligionInSfAndWhyFantasyIsMore/Sandf–Episode4.0b–ReligionInSfAndThePopularityOfFantasy.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThe second half of our super special episode is jam packed with skiffy and fanty goodness. Jason Sanford, John Ottinger, and Adam take part in our discussion […]
Terry Pratchett Has Begun the Doctor-Assisted Suicide Process in Switzerland
Take this news how you will. Pratchett has been a fervent defender of doctor-assisted suicide in the last year or two, spearheaded, we can assume, by his diagnosis with Alzheimer’s. The Guardian reports that Pratchett received the forms from Dignitas, a clinic in Switzerland: Pratchett, whose BBC2 film about the subject of assisted suicide is […]
SFFTV: Torchwood: Miracle Day coming soon to Starz
Fans of Doctor Who are probably quite familiar with the Torchwood franchise, but the new series Torchwood: Miracle Day aims to bring the secretive government organization Torchwood to a whole new audience. Torchwood has been bumped channel to channel over the years, due to increasing audiences and, consequently, higher budgets, but in 2009, due to […]
Feed the Machine: Viral Time
Welcome to Feed the Machine, my weekly column for this ne’er-too-oft visited corner of the Interweb. Here, I take a science article and twist it to make science fictional ideas that you all can have, free of charge. For the first installment, read this article called “Viral Time” by Carl Zimmer on the Long Now […]
