Paleofuture: Part 7. Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
By Tom Anderson. Blade Runner Spinner at the Peterson Museum in Los Angeles. This vehicle is in the SF section and not, alas, the...
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Jul 2414 min read
Paleofuture. Part 6: Emprise
By Tom Anderson. Picture courtesy Amazon. This entry in the Paleofuture article series, in which I look at classic works of science...
Jul 1914 min read
Paleofuture Part 5. Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation
By Tom Anderson Artist impression of the planet Terminus. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. In a previous article , I discussed...
Jul 513 min read
Paleofuture. Part 4: Ringworld
Review by Tom Anderson. Ringworld computer image. Geometrically correct according to Niven's dimensions. Picture courtesy Wikimedia...
Jun 1214 min read
Paleofuture. Part 3: Rendezvous with Rama
By Tom Anderson Arthur C Clarke, 1965. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. If you have not already read the first article in this series...
May 2719 min read
Paleofuture, Part 2: Foundation
By Tom Anderson Older than the Editor. Picture courtesy Amazon. In the first part of this series, I discussed just why I had been...
May 18 min read
Paleofuture. Part 1: Introduction
By Tom Anderson The Jetsons, from Hanna-Barbera. Set in 2062. Is this what things will look like in 40 years time? Picture courtesy TV...
Apr 89 min read
Fiction Friction: Pragmatic Adaptation, Part 1.
By Tom Anderson. If Agatha Christie were alive today, she'd turn in her grave at what Branagh did to Orient Express. Picture courtesy...
Mar 2712 min read
Writing Alternate History: The Unexpected Constant
By Tom Anderson. How often does this man appear in Timelines of the 1970s and 1980s? Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Although I have...
Mar 1812 min read
Alternate Technology: A Nuke By Any Other Name
By Tom Anderson If they named it after the place, this could be a Los Alamos, a Hiroshima, or a Bikini. Picture courtesy Wikimedia...
Mar 410 min read
Fiction Friction: Beloved Characters That Nearly Weren't
By Tom Anderson An unexpected character, or Brother and Back Again. Picture courtesy One Wiki to Rule Them All. Many, perhaps most,...
Feb 2612 min read
Non-Trek Worldbuilding. Part 3: Early Star Wars.
By Tom Anderson. Filmed in Death Valley, so I'm told. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. This topic may seem like a peculiar choice for...
Feb 1617 min read
Prequel Problems: Deny Thy Father (Star Trek)
By Tom Anderson Doesn't he look strange without the beard? Young Will Riker. Picture courtesy Star Trek Wiki. In my dedicated Star Trek...
Jan 3115 min read
Non-Trek Worldbuilding. Part 3: Red Dwarf
By Tom Anderson The picture editor is an idiot. That's an abutilon red dwarf, which has nothing to do with this article. Picture courtesy...
Jan 17 min read
Alternate History and Stargate: Part 9
By Tom Anderson "Look above you." What could possibly go wrong when standing in the middle of an open field? Picture courtesy Wikimedia...
Dec 18, 202311 min read
Non-Trek Worldbuilding 2: GalaxyQuest
By Tom Anderson The NSEA Protector, boldly going. Picture courtesy Galaxy Quest Wiki. In my last article on this subject, I discussed how...
Dec 11, 202311 min read
Alternate History and Stargate: Part 8
By Tom Anderson. "You blow up one sun, and everyone expects you to walk on water." Sam Carter. Picture courtesy Stargate Wiki. Last time...
Dec 4, 202314 min read
Not-Trek Worldbuilding. Part 1: Gene Roddenburry's Andromeda
By Tom Anderson The crew of the Enterprise at the launch of the other Enterprise. The OTL one. Gene Roddenberry appropriately takes...
Oct 20, 20237 min read
Alternate History and Stargate. Part 7
By Tom Anderson Time to look butch. Time to look at Stargate. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. When we last left this rundown of...
Oct 16, 20239 min read
The Alternate Lavender Island
Marooned guest: Tom Anderson Lavendered, with just a few possessions. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Have you ever wondered what it...
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