Misconceptions About Star Wars
One of the things that I find interesting about the criticisms of Star Wars is when people tend to misunderstand or misrepresent what the series is about or what happens within the series. Sometimes this has to do with people over analyzing or simply people being idiots.Mulluane of Dragons, Heroes, and Wizards recently brought to […]
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and God
Yahoo! Answers is a remarkably interesting place to go if you’re interested in seeing what other people are saying about your favorite genre. Sometimes the responses are dead on and other times they’re so outlandish that I’m left scratching my head. But, they do get me thinking, if not on a deep, intellectual level, then […]
Should Science Fiction Be Taught in Schools?
I don’t think the question should be whether it should be taught in schools, but whether there should be a larger variety of science fiction titles presented to students. Science fiction is already taught in most schools (at least in America). Some of the most popular science fiction stories taught in public high schools include […]
Otherism: The Dissection of Humanity and the Human in Science Fiction Film
The title is a mouthful, but represents the core idea behind the research project for which I received a monetary grant from UC Santa Cruz. Given that, I give my the proposal for my research project: What is the human? What does it mean to be human? These are questions that motivate many, if not […]
Werewolves and Misconceptions About Science Fiction
I was perusing Yahoo! Answers today and saw an interesting inquiry: I know that very technical stories like one of Jules Verne’s are science fiction, but what about stories of werewolves, etc. Does this count as science fiction? Does it count as fantasy fiction? Is fantasy fiction a subgroup of science fiction? I’ve never heard […]
Peggy’s Qs and My As (about science fiction)
I’m not sure if Peggy of Biology in Science Fiction wanted professional science fiction writers. If so, then I guess she can ignore my answers. If not, then here are my answers to her questions for science fiction writers (if you’re a science person, go check out her questions for science writers): Why are you […]