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Some call Peter Watts the new hope of hard science fiction. By others, on the contrary, he is considered a traitor (old-school sci-fi fans still cannot forgive the vampires in the Blindsight/Echopraxia series, though I do not quite understand this rebuke). The younger and more energetic reading generation often criticizes him for being tedious and overdone and boring. It is no wonder — it takes patience and a fair amount of knowledge to make sense of the intricacies of scientific concepts and the pyrotechnic encounters of the weirdest characters.
By Nik Hein4 years ago in Geeks
Do not look for historical truth in this movie - it is not there. Don't look for visionary ideas about the meaning of life.
By Nik Hein4 years ago in Unbalanced
I don't remember exactly how old I was when my father first took me fishing. I think it was before I went to school, but I can't say for sure, though.
By Nik Hein4 years ago in Families
Winter street is a stone’s throw away, the flawlessness of the glass under my fingers, five minutes — a whole century — before closing,
By Nik Hein4 years ago in Poets
Modern science fiction has developed to such an extent that it’s now hard to find something astounding, something that makes you go “WOW!”. I’d like to say that the days of the great masters of outrage (such as Harlan Ellison or Norman Spinrad) are over, but that’s not entirely true. A striking example is 'Vurt' — a novel by the British writer Jeff Noon.
By Nik Hein4 years ago in Futurism
I trade lies for the truth with surcharge. In good condition, running, with a set of replacement faces. All certified
‘I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream’ by Harlan Ellison One of the most famous and, in my opinion, the best short stories by the sci-fi writer, non-conformist, and master of provocation Harlan Ellison. The story won the Hugo Award in 1968, beating out ‘The Jigsaw Man’ by Larry Niven and ‘Aye, and Gomorrah…’ by Samuel R. Delaney.
The Scottish writer Iain Menzies Banks is a rare example of a writer who successfully combines work in two genres: science fiction (most of which belong to the Culture cycle) and mainstream novels, which, it must be said, are no less or even more popular. Actually, I can think of only one such master — Dan Simmons, who has the science fiction saga Hyperion, several thrillers, and great horror novels.
1. Blind morning Is wheezing once again, moth-battered by fog The tired sun again Crawls out from behind the rooftops,
I’m obsolete as phlogiston, I cannot find my quantum self. I’m running out of mighty juice, And dancing up to entropy,
Man is a planning creature. The world may fall apart, but we will continue to make plans for the future. I am no exception. It’s only two weeks since I first posted on Vocal. It is a long, long way ahead of me, but I’ve already lined up a grand plan for the future, namely, an extensive series of articles devoted to the Hugo Science Fiction Award winners.
One of my hobbies is medieval history, especially the Viking Age. Perhaps my distant Danish ancestors (there are some in my family’s genealogical tree) have something to do with it. But, anyway, I love digging through history books, reading medieval chronicles, and — in this case — Scandinavian sagas. When you delve deep enough into the specific historical era, your brain starts ticking on its own. It suddenly picks up unexpected coincidences and facts that you might otherwise never think about. Sometimes these facts can be unpredictable to the edge of paradox.
By Nik Hein4 years ago in FYI
