science fiction
The bridge between imagination and technological advancement, where the dreamer’s vision predicts change, and foreshadows a futuristic reality. Science fiction has the ability to become “science reality”.
Tapestry of Night Part 2
My sector was named after a monster, the Chimera of ancient Terra, and sometimes I have to agree with the early explorers that decided to name it. Vulkas is the name of the main world where I live, one of the three worlds comprising the system. Vulkas is a primal world, dotted by erupting volcanoes triggered as the face of the world moves toward our main star, Solace. Those eruptions give way to great slag heaps full of valuable materials belched up from the bowels of the world. Hence, the main economy of our world is in refining and selling whatever can be made of those materials.
By Peter Ivey8 years ago in Futurism
Brutalist Stories #60
We stole the stars from their sky, we stole the seas from their planet, we stole the souls from their young, and when there was nothing else left to take, we burnt them up like any other planet. There were some that escaped, as they always do, but the legions took care of them until there was no trace that they had ever existed. Complete and utter annihilation.
By Brutalist Stories8 years ago in Futurism
Enliven (Part II)
Jakes looked about the street that October night. He noticed the cool breeze and the clouds. He also noticed Yania with a gait that suggested excellence. Her blonde locks flowed over her white skin like wind through a spoiler. Her thin frame seemed to glide with the moving air.
By Skyler Saunders8 years ago in Futurism
Tapestry of Night
Hearken! The triumph of humanity has come at last... It is the year 2235, and humanity stands together as the United Terran Commonwealth, and has spread from Terra to the outer reaches of our galaxy. Through the discovery of the slipstream, a river of particles intersecting all parts of known space, the mighty ships of the UTC slip through the gateways to establish new colonies, discover new and lucrative resources, and police their rapidly-expanding empire. To this end, each sector of space laid out by the UTC is watched over by men and women called Sector Marshals, whose mandate it is to protect the interests of Terra, transcending all other concerns... for there are many dangers in the galaxy...
By Peter Ivey8 years ago in Futurism
Brutalist Stories #59
“I would suggest you relinquish your weapons immediately, I am tracking you with anti-phazic daisy-cutters.” She pauses and looks at me, furrowing her brow before starting again. “You know, I’d love you to test me, I really would, but it would properly fuck up my day if I had to clean your blood and guts off these walls, I only just got the place looking the way I wanted it to.”
By Brutalist Stories8 years ago in Futurism
Brutalist Stories #58
“You wanna be scared?” the major asked, walking along the wall of concrete, pock marked and bitten with time and war. Bullet holes the size of fists, the crumbling grey matter lay strewn all around with a line of his troops knelt in front, their eyes closed, deep in the middle of their litany before the storm of battle was about to start.
By Brutalist Stories8 years ago in Futurism
Outrun Stories #60
This morning I was normal. This morning I was a different person. This morning I had had some semblance of a life. I had a past with friends, family. I had a future with a job and a girl and all the other shit that goes along with that. Now, none of it matters, but what else could I have done? There wasn’t anything else, so when they came knocking, I saw in their eyes what they were there for, who they were there for, but he’s my brother, so what am I supposed to do, just give them his neo-coding? Just hand him over to them? Say, "Oh yeah, here’s the bloodline teli-sync that you’re looking for. Why don’t you just hack straight into his god-damn neocortex and wipe his consciousness out of existence?"
By Outrun Stories8 years ago in Futurism
'Doctor Who': The Lure Of The Nomad Review
After nearly twenty years and over 200 stories in the monthly range alone, Big Finish has proven they know how to tell a good Doctor Who story. Even so, they are still capable of dropping stories that delight and surprise. The Lure Of The Nomad, the May 2018 release for that range, is a prime example of that with an immensely enjoyable story, perfect for new listeners and welcoming to long-time ones.
By Matthew Kresal8 years ago in Futurism
Brutalist Stories #56
She came outside, leant on the tilled wall outside the huge overhang of the Ministry of Cyber Affairs, and lit a cigarette. Holding it down, the smoke in her lungs releasing that kick of nicotine, three, two, one, and a long breath out. Her heart rate quickened with the nicotine and the feeling of relaxation swept through her, shoulders dropping their tension as she cradled one hand on her bicep and held the cigarette to her mouth with the other.
By Brutalist Stories8 years ago in Futurism
