In less than one year, every person on Earth will be dead. Or so imagined famed science-fiction writer, Ray Bradbury.
Tag: sci-fi
If Aliens Exist, Where Are They?
Let’s consider for a moment that aliens exist. Consider too that those aliens are equal to or more intelligent than humans. If those two premises are true, then why have they not contacted us here on Earth? This, in a nutshell, is Fermi’s Paradox.
After Twenty Years
Humanity is on the verge of another dramatic transformation. In the next twenty years, every aspect of our lives will be altered.
The Signal: Speculative Fiction and First Contact
The plausibility of truth has become the antithesis of the alien trope.
One Last Glimpse of the Milky Way
Emerson and the other transcendentalists of the time had the last full, unobstructed view of the night sky—the celestial bodies, the shimmering constellations, even the Milky Way, a sight now impossible to behold for 8 out of 10 Americans.
Artificial Intelligence: or Why the Terminator Has Teeth
We as people design our fictitious worlds and the characters within them with our world and our bodies as templates
The Time Travel Conundrum
Writers and story-tellers have explored the idea of time travel for over a century. Here are a few paradoxes they have encountered.
Welcome to Our World: Please Obey the Rules
Rules govern the worlds in our science fiction and fantasy stories. We must accept they cannot be broken, bent, or distorted.
Joshua Bangera Young 