Category: Science fiction
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It’s the end of the world: SF8 Baby It’s Over Outside
It’s the end of the world. SF8’s fifth story fails as science fiction but works as a story.
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Korea’s Technological Optimism: SF8 Blink
Technology is universally beneficial in the universes created by SF8. That techno-optimism is most evident in the anthology’s fourth episode, Blink.
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A Fleeting Moment: SF8 Joan’s Galaxy
Joan’s Galaxy is a short piece about finding happiness in a fleeting life. But while it might work as a character study, it fails as a piece of science fiction.
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Choosing Free Will: SF8 Manxin
In the near future, a fortune-telling artificial intelligence (AI) called Manxin can accurately predict our futures. But should we listen? SF8 continues with Manxin.
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My Brother’s Keeper: SF8 The Prayer
The first story in the science anthology SF8, explores the brutal conflict at the heart of palliative care. The Prayer is uncompromisingly good and bodes well for the rest of the series.
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The 100: a tedious final season
The 100 is halfway through its final season. But with little commitment to the show’s themes and a lot of running around, the show has become tedious.
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Dark: An Allegory of Rebirth
Dark’s final season was as mind-melting as we’d hoped but also truly beautiful.
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Dark and the Bootstrap Paradox
Dark’s universe is a self-contained time loop. Bootstrap Paradoxes abound
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Picard Series Review: A nostalgic vanity project
I came into Picard with great expectations and was thus quite badly disappointed.