Retro Nostalgia: Sunshine (2007) and Science Fiction’s Supreme Optimism
I’ve argued before that science fiction is a naturally optimistic genre. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that SF almost always imagines a future in which we still exist. While watching Sunshine, however, my position became more nuanced. It’s not that we are still alive; it’s that we’ve survived. Sunshine is […]
Poll: Would you watch or tune in to a live-writing event?
One of the interesting things I did with my friend Adam last year was a collaboration in which we more or less wrote a story live. While that story didn’t pan out (still have it and think it’s a wicked piece of work that we should one day finish — Andy Remic would love it), it […]