J.G. Godard

“Ballard takes to a limit effects that Jean-Luc Godard examined in Weekend (1968) and Two or Three Things I Know … More

Clear skies: a world without aircraft

“In a future world without aeroplanes, children would gather at the feet of old men, and hear extraordinary tales of … More

Reanimator

The pivotal story that intensified Ballard’s divisive status [among SF authors] was the first of what he called his ‘concentrated … More

Total inversion

“Talk of the changing relationship between the speculative genres and the mainstream surely predated Bruce Sterling’s now-canonical 1989 essay on … More

Speed, immensity, dreaming

“George Lucas, according to his biographer, Dale Pollock, wanted to recapature the romance of space that had been kindled in … More

Foundation & Empire

“In October last year, an item appeared on an authoritative Russian studies website that soon had the science-fiction community buzzing … More

“Beatles in dialog with Buddy Holly…”

“Fans began to take over creative responsibility in the world of Science Fiction as early as the mid-thirties; I doubt … More

The Heat Death of The Universe

(1) ONTOLOGY That branch of metaphysics which concerns itself with the problems of the nature of existence or being. (2) … More