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Topic: PKD's Electric Dreams |
Sargon
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Forum: Sci-Fi on Television from 2011 to 2020 Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:59 am Subject: PKD's Electric Dreams |
Not sure if anybody's heard about it yet, but it looks like this month, a new, ten part series based on the short stories of PKD is set to premier. Will include Bryan 'Heisenberg' Cranston in one of t ... |
Topic: W7-X Fusion Reactor: Magnetic 'cage' a Total Success |
Sargon
Replies: 1
Views: 2985
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Forum: SCIENCE now, add FICTION later Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 3:38 pm Subject: W7-X Fusion Reactor: Magnetic 'cage' a Total Success |
The Max Planck Institute completed tests earlier this year on the W7-X Fusion Reactor's magnetic containment cage, after having successfully run helium plasma through it.
Now in a paper published ... |
Topic: Geminid Meteor Shower: Dec. 13th |
Sargon
Replies: 3
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Forum: SCIENCE now, add FICTION later Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 7:19 pm Subject: Geminid Meteor Shower: Dec. 13th |
The Geminid Meteor shower reaches its peak next Tuesday.
The article speculates a little about its origins, apparently Jupiter's orbit pushed the dust tail from the comet Phaethon into our orbital ... |
Topic: John Glenn, First American to Orbit Earth, Dead at 95 |
Sargon
Replies: 9
Views: 7340
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Forum: Off-Topic Discussions Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 5:57 pm Subject: John Glenn, First American to Orbit Earth, Dead at 95 |
If you haven't heard the news today, John Glenn has passed away, the last of the astronauts of the Mercury Program.
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Topic: Man in the High Castle |
Sargon
Replies: 8
Views: 16647
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Forum: Sci-Fi on Television from 2011 to 2020 Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 5:55 pm Subject: Man in the High Castle |
The book it's based on looks like a really good read. From what I can tell the book seems to have a cult following, somebody made the effort to draw up two maps just for the wikipedia page. The cover ... |
Topic: Pulp Magazine Archive online! |
Sargon
Replies: 3
Views: 14459
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Forum: Sci-Fi magazines and fanzines Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 5:18 pm Subject: Pulp Magazine Archive online! |
The collections of old magazines here are really endless(with 4,900 titles). Although IF lacks big name authors and high quality stories, it's still a good read. Advertisements are almost non-existent ... |
Topic: Man in the High Castle |
Sargon
Replies: 8
Views: 16647
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Forum: Sci-Fi on Television from 2011 to 2020 Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 9:08 pm Subject: Man in the High Castle |
An absolutely great series,
Doesn't necessarily follow the book, but it's just as good, if not better. One thing they missed out on that the book captures is the level of cultural influence by the ... |
Topic: Westworld (2015) |
Sargon
Replies: 4
Views: 7718
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Forum: Sci-Fi on Television from 2011 to 2020 Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:27 pm Subject: **Don't read if you haven't finished the season yet** |
Great finale,
Don't think I've seen a series that did three timelines at once, didn't see William's coming at all. If you ask me Ford didn't craft the entire plot as he made it seem, but he was jus ... |
Topic: Russian Sci-Fi |
Sargon
Replies: 7
Views: 7864
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Forum: Sci-Fi Discussions in General Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:50 am Subject: Russian Sci-Fi |
Reminds me a bit of jumanji. Did the guy seriously say their was a Unicorn in the box, it should have been Ivan the Terrible's dentures or something.
One of my favorite scifi movies is Solaris(19 ... |
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