Top 7 Science Fiction “Sidekicks” (in Film)
Comic books may have the sidekick thing down, but science fiction has had a fair share of excellent sidekicks. This list is primarily focused on clear science fiction (in a loose sense and not based on my definitions here and here), so you won’t see any comic books or fantasy titles represented. Without further delay, […]
Science Fiction Withdrawals (or How to Survive When Your Favorite Series Ends)
Battlestar Galactica is over, and it’s not the first of its kind–i.e. a great show–that has come to a grinding halt, leaving fans with nothing to fill the void. Oh, sure, when BSG ended we had loads of science fiction shows: Dollhouse, Fringe, Knight Rider, Life On Mars, Kings, Primeval, and a whole bunch of […]
Should Unpublished Writers Blog (or Social Network)
It seems somewhat strange that I am writing about and answering this question when I myself am an unpublished author (although, technically I have been published, but I refuse to count it because the editors cut the last four pages off of my story without asking, which is unacceptable to me). Published and unpublished authors […]
Top 10 Cats in Science Fiction and Fantasy
It’s interesting to write lists like this, because often times you don’t remember certain characters or animals in the various novels and movies you’ve seen, and when it comes time to dig up those memories, you end up recalling next to nothing. I’ve seen very few films and read very few books in which cats […]
Top 6 Lesser Known or Forgotten Fantasy Series
The sad thing about this list is that it is wholly incomplete. It cannot possibly touch upon the hundreds of fantasy series that have been written, because I have not read all of them–and neither have you. There are too many books to properly write this list, but I’m going to try nonetheless. The following […]
Reader Question: Science Fiction Definition (and Other Rhyming Goodness)(Part Two)
(Read Part One) The more I study and understand science fiction, the more I realize that the genre is simultaneously limitless and limited. While most consumers of popular fiction and films are quick to say “science fiction is spaceships and aliens,” I find such gross determinations to be overly simplistic and impossible to equate with […]