Science fiction articles
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Does science fiction shape the future?
Behind most every tech billionaire is a sci-fi novel they read as a teenager. For Bill Gates it was Stranger in a Strange Land, the 1960s epic detailing the culture clashes that arise when a Martian visits Earth. Google’s Sergey Brin has said it was Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, the cyberpunk classic about hackers and computer viruses set in an Orwellian Los Angeles. Jeff Bezos cites Iain M. Banks’ Culture series, which unreel in an utopian society of humanoids and artificial intelligences,...
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Utada Hikaru Mega Post!! SCIENCE FICTION Listening & MVs Watching Post!
Queen of J-Pop Utada Hikaru has just released their very first best album, SCIENCE FICTION. This album celebrates Hikki’s 25th anniversary of their J-Pop scene on 9th December last year, which was the date their debut single Automatic / time will tell released. One of the campaigns to celebrate this occasion is that Hikki’s old MVs have been upgraded to 4K. There are 22 MVs in total, dating from Automatic back in 1998 to Sakura Nagashi, which was released in 2012.Or stream on Apple Music!The MVs...
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ALIEN'S 45th IN PHOTOS: As The Science-Fiction Original Returns to Theaters, We Look At How Ridley Scott Gave Us Jaws In Space
It’s that time of year again, so fire up your flamethrowers as we celebrate Alien Day in words and photos. In case you didn’t know it, April 26 (4/26) honors all things Alien, a clever play on the Xenomorph stomping ground of LV-426. But in 2024, it’s a special occasion — marking 45 years since […]