Tag: science fiction
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December 19, 2009 09:56 AM EST --
I know, it’s not like the world really needs another writing group, but here we are. With no fanfare or kettle drums, please allow me to introduce TAWB, The Apt Writers’ Bloc. The purpose . . .
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December 19, 2009 09:07 AM EST --
FARSCAPE aired 4 Seasons & 88 episodes as an Australian-American dark Sci-Fi TV series.
It was filmed in Australia & produced for the Nine Network & then later seasons . . .
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December 19, 2009 02:00 PM EST --
HEROES is the acclaimed NBC drama showcasing ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, & how these abilities take effect in each of the characters lives.
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December 15, 2009 12:42 AM EST --
Viktor ran. He ran through puddles, through back alleys, over fences and toppling boxes as he went. His thinning hair hung ragged and limp, his face bathed in sweat, his breath coming in ragged . . .
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December 19, 2009 10:21 AM EST --
FIREFLY aired as an American Space Western TV series - but is borderline Sci-Fi in its mix.
It was dubbed an "Oddball Genre Mix", created by writer/director Joss Whedon.
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June 09, 2009 04:29 PM EDT --
It seems that if science fiction movies had to follow the rules of actual science, not much would happen. When watching a lot of science fiction movies I'm often thinking to myself "that can't happen", . . .
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December 19, 2009 12:02 PM EST --
FRINGE follows the exploits of Special Agent Olivia Dunham, mad scientist Walter Bishop, & his son Peter Bishop.
The team together to investigate the strange aspects of fringe . . .
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November 08, 2009 11:47 AM EST --
I read this yesterday:
Newsflash:
'Do to Global Warming the Blob which was sent to the Artic in the 50's Sci Fi flick, has been defrosted. It's coming to get all those idiots who believe in . . .
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November 21, 2009 01:12 PM EST --
I love them all. But I think the first sequel was even better than the original.
Beneath the Planet of the Apes begins with the end shots of the first one, so it keeps the best from . . .
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January 04, 2009 06:54 PM EST --
I would guess Star Trek is the longest running, multi-generational, ever popular, science fiction series in the United States. Star Wars is a close second. I don't have any stats to back this . . .
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March 22, 2009 02:57 PM EDT --
Prologue.
Manchester, England.
Wednesday, 17th March, 2004.
11.35pm:
Don Ryan pulled into the kerb and switched off his engine. Up ahead the road was cordoned off and the all too familiar . . .
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June 18, 2009 12:27 AM EDT --
White-haired Zinnia led the way, scrambling over rocks and rubble to the child. We watched, knowing our world was already lost.
“This one,” Zinnia said. Red-haired Columbine held the bag. . . .
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November 08, 2009 02:59 PM EST --
Today I was browsing in a book store, and I left empty handed and discouraged. I didn't find anything I wanted to read enough to buy.
The popular offerings are dominated by vampire fiction. . . .
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October 10, 2007 11:55 PM EDT --
The boy looks out on sun splashed fields
Across from which rise blue mountains,
Above which circle lazy buzzards and raptors
Amid cottony clouds painted on blue eternity.
The heat of the day . . .
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October 13, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
"Boy, listen to me," croaks the old man,
"I have more stories than time, I fear."
And he coughs and spits dust brown phlegm
That plops wetly in parched earth - . . .
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November 22, 2008 05:16 PM EST --
A while back, I reviewed A. Lee Martinez's book, A Nameless Witch , on here. I gave it a great review for humor and the unique characters.
I am also giving The Automatic Detective my highest . . .
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January 24, 2009 02:29 PM EST --
FADE IN:
EXT. LONG AERIAL SHOT OF THE WHITE HOUSE
ZOOM IN TO CLOSEUP
DISSOLVE TO:
INT: CONFERENCE ROOM.
Several men, some in uniform, are seated around a large
table. These include . . .
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April 12, 2009 01:41 PM EDT --
To read from the beginning, click here: Start
Tuesday, 30th March, 2004.
5.26am:
It was the early hours of the morning and Terry Cranshaw sat slumped in the corner of an otherwise empty compartment. . . .
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September 24, 2009 08:15 AM EDT --
Hunting Ground is written in the not so distant future. Phoron is a group of people from outer Space. They are on earth for the sole purpose of killing the earth species to extinction. . . .
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February 05, 2009 04:35 AM EST --
1: Amazon
Blake sat silently in the dark, his elbows on his knees and his chin in his hands. The warm rain, torrential, unstoppable, drenched him to his bones, but he made no move to find shelter. . . .
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