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Science Meets FictionScience Meets Fiction Science Meets Fiction Skip to content Home About Me Short Stories The Great Silent Treatment The Wayfarers High Frequency Flight Training The Lacertan Incident The Gordian Paradox The Singularity Has Encountered an Exception Nonfiction Essays The Magic Spreadsheet Reading the Bible The Definition of a Planet Dystopia as an Inverted Hero’s Journey Harry Potter Theory: Dumbledore’s Plan The Dark Matter Flowchart, Annotated The Real Problem with “The Cold Equations” Who Was Really the Richest Person in History? Harry Potter Theory: Muggles v. Wizards: Who Would Win? Interstellar Common Contact ← Older posts Hiatus: Episode 6 Delayed Posted on August 26, 2024 by Alex R. Howe I’m taking a short break before producing the next episode. I’m not sure how long it will be, but probably about a month to give myself time to get on top of my writing again, finish my next YouTube video and hopefully line up some more interviews, too. There are still at least a few more episodes coming, so keep an eye out. Check out this episode! Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Hiatus: Episode 6 Delayed S3E5: Modern Sci-Fi Television Posted on August 12, 2024 by Alex R. Howe S3E5: Modern Sci-Fi Television – A Reader's History of Science Fiction In this episode, I review the recent history and current status of science fiction on television during the streaming era. TV recommendation: The Orville S3E5: Modern Sci-Fi Television 27:11 S3E4: Larry Niven Interview 32:39 S3E3: Cameron Kunzelman Discusses Sci-Fi Video Games 01:04:50 S3E2: Robert Silverberg Interview 42:21 S3E1: Jim Harris Discusses the Classics of Sci-Fi 01:03:58 In this episode, I review the recent history and current status of science fiction on television during the streaming era. TV recommendation: The Orville Check out this episode! Posted in A Reader's History of Science Fiction | Tagged sci-fi, television, The Orville | Comments Off on S3E5: Modern Sci-Fi Television S3E4: Larry Niven Interview Posted on July 29, 2024 by Alex R. Howe S3E5: Modern Sci-Fi Television – A Reader's History of Science Fiction In this episode, I review the recent history and current status of science fiction on television during the streaming era. TV recommendation: The Orville S3E5: Modern Sci-Fi Television 27:11 S3E4: Larry Niven Interview 32:39 S3E3: Cameron Kunzelman Discusses Sci-Fi Video Games 01:04:50 S3E2: Robert Silverberg Interview 42:21 S3E1: Jim Harris Discusses the Classics of Sci-Fi 01:03:58 In this episode, I interview the legendary Larry Niven, author of Ringworld, The Mote in God’s Eye, Lucifer’s Hammer, Footfall, and many more. Niven’s book recommendations from his catalog: The Seascape Tattoo (fantasy, with Steven Barnes) Fleet of Worlds Series (with Edward Lerner) The Goliath Stone (with Matthew Harrington) Rainbow Mars (fantasy anthology) Check out this episode! Posted in A Reader's History of Science Fiction, Interviews | Tagged Larry Niven, sci-fi | Comments Off on S3E4: Larry Niven Interview S3E3: Cameron Kunzelman Discusses Sci-Fi Video Games Posted on July 15, 2024 by Alex R. Howe S3E5: Modern Sci-Fi Television – A Reader's History of Science Fiction In this episode, I review the recent history and current status of science fiction on television during the streaming era. TV recommendation: The Orville S3E5: Modern Sci-Fi Television 27:11 S3E4: Larry Niven Interview 32:39 S3E3: Cameron Kunzelman Discusses Sci-Fi Video Games 01:04:50 S3E2: Robert Silverberg Interview 42:21 S3E1: Jim Harris Discusses the Classics of Sci-Fi 01:03:58 I interview Dr. Cameron Kunzelman of Georgia State University about science fiction in video games. Dr. Kunzelman’s game recommendations:BioshockHaloMass Effect Recommended reference book: https://www.amazon.com/Science-Fiction-Video-Games-Tringham/dp/148220388X Link to the Jacob Geller video in which Dr. Kunzelman appears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPiL3-CYzWk Check out this episode! Posted in A Reader's History of Science Fiction, Interviews | Tagged Cameron Kunzelman, sci-fi, Video Games | Comments Off on S3E3: Cameron Kunzelman Discusses Sci-Fi Video Games S3E2: Robert Silverberg Interview Posted on July 1, 2024 by Alex R. Howe S3E5: Modern Sci-Fi Television – A Reader's History of Science Fiction In this episode, I review the recent history and current status of science fiction on television during the streaming era. TV recommendation: The Orville S3E5: Modern Sci-Fi Television 27:11 S3E4: Larry Niven Interview 32:39 S3E3: Cameron Kunzelman Discusses Sci-Fi Video Games 01:04:50 S3E2: Robert Silverberg Interview 42:21 S3E1: Jim Harris Discusses the Classics of Sci-Fi 01:03:58 Robert Silverberg is the last major author whose career stretches all the way back to the Golden Age of Science Fiction. He is an extremely prolific writer and a long-time friend of Isaac Asimov. Hear his story in this interview. Silverberg’s top picks from his catalog:Dying InsideDownward to the EarthThe Man in the Maze First-Person Singularities (anthology)Lord of Darkness (historical)The Majipoor series (fantasy) Check out this episode! Posted in A Reader's History of Science Fiction, Interviews | Tagged Robert Silverberg | Comments Off on S3E2: Robert Silverberg Interview S3E1: Jim Harris Discusses the Classics of Sci-Fi Posted on June 17, 2024 by Alex R. Howe S3E5: Modern Sci-Fi Television – A Reader's History of Science Fiction In this episode, I review the recent history and current status of science fiction on television during the streaming era. TV recommendation: The Orville S3E5: Modern Sci-Fi Television 27:11 S3E4: Larry Niven Interview 32:39 S3E3: Cameron Kunzelman Discusses Sci-Fi Video Games 01:04:50 S3E2: Robert Silverberg Interview 42:21 S3E1: Jim Harris Discusses the Classics of Sci-Fi 01:03:58 In the first episode of Season 3, I interview Jim Harris, the creator of the Classics of Science Fiction book recommendation aggregator, which I have referenced several times in the past. The database and list-builderJim’s websiteScan of the original list from 1989 (page 46) Jim’s book recommendations not from the list:Empire Star by Samuel R. DelanyThe Sea and Summer by George TurnerThe Hopkins Manuscript by R. C. Sherriff Check out this episode! Posted in A Reader's History of Science Fiction, Interviews | Tagged Classics of Science Fiction, James Wallace Harris, Jim Harris | Comments Off on S3E1: Jim Harris Discusses the Classics of Sci-Fi Movie Review: The Marvels Posted on November 12, 2023 by Alex R. Howe Well, Marvel is back, and this time, it’s specifically The Marvels, starring Captain Marvel (whose movie I reviewed in 2019), Ms. Marvel (aka Kamala Khan, whose story premiered on Disney Plus last year) and Professor Marvel Monica Rambeau (Carol’s adoptive niece who refuses to use a codename). This time, the accidental team must fight a Kree warlord who is plundering planets for their natural resources. Also, their powers have been “entangled” so that they keep switching places with each other. (As an aside, to save you the time, there is a mid-credits scene, but no post-credits scene.) How did it go? I rate this movie the same as the first Captain Marvel: 4 out of 5. But there’s more to it than that… First off, I want to say this movie was fun. It was a lot more fun than Captain Marvel, which took itself a little too seriously (much like Carol herself, I dare say). The Marvels wasn’t the best writing–not bad by any means, but not the best (and don’t ask me about the science), but it was still good, and I had a lot of fun with it. The second thing is that the original Captain Marvel committed one grave sin in my mind, which was the fact that the first twenty minutes were just plain confusing. When I watched it, I didn’t know what was going on or why I should care. They even removed the scene from the trailer where Carol was experimented on by the Kree, which would have helped explain things. I mention that because I think The Marvels did fix that problem…but not for everyone. It fixed the problem for people like me who watched the Ms. Marvel Disney Plus miniseries. After seeing the miniseries, I knew what was going on in Jersey City; I was invested in the characters, and I think I enjoyed the movie a lot more because of it. But I worry that it would have been a lot more confusing if I hadn’t seen it. Who is this Kamala Khan kid whom SHIELD already seems to know about and who happens to have relevant powers? How did she get the other bangle? What’s the deal with her family? The miniseries covered all of that. Okay, I looked, and I found a couple reviews saying you really don’t need to watch Ms. Marvel before The Marvels. The movie does a good enough job of explaining things, and I suppose that’s true. But I still think I enjoyed it a lot more being more familiar with the characters. (And it might have been even better if I had seen Monica in WandaVision, too.) Even so, there was a lot to like about this movie. It had good character arcs for all three main characters. I thought it did joke horror better than Multiverse of Madness did. Monica’s line about a certain scene being fanfiction bait was brilliant. The mid-credits scene showed great potential for [SPOILERS]. And most of all, the ending had perhaps the best “passing of the torch” moment I’ve seen in the franchise since Spider-Man: Far From Home. I really hope we get to see more of that. Sadly, The Marvels has not been doing well. In fact it’s had the worst opening weekend of any MCU movie ever. (Presumably other than the direct to Disney Plus releases.) Really, it’s kind of a perfect storm of problems. Part of it is Disney’s fault for having it be so tightly integrated with the Disney Plus series. Part of it is, I think, audience fatigue with the MCU. (In fact, I started writing a whole explanation of what I think are the structural flaws of the MCU post-Endgame before I realized it would need to be its own post.) And part of it is that The Marvels was uniquely disadvantaged in the MCU because the actors’ strike made promoting it more difficult. And all that is a shame because even if it’s not the best, even if the MCU as a whole hasn’t been able to return to the heights it was at before, The Marvels deserves better than that. Like I said, I enjoyed it. Yes, it was a popcorn flick, but it was a really fun one. So, yes. You should go see it, and if you have time, you should watch Ms. Marvel, too. Posted in Movie Reviews | Tagged Captain Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU, The Marvels | Comments Off on Movie Review: The Marvels The Itokawa Cycler – Ride an Asteroid to Mars Posted on August 28, 2023 by Alex R. Howe In 1985, astronaut Buzz Aldrin proposed his Aldrin cycler as a better way to get to and from Mars. It’s a very fun idea, but I thought there was room for improvement. I looked through the database and found an asteroid that happens to have just about the right orbit to be a Mars cycler. Thus, we have…the Itokawa Cycler. Posted in Space exploration, Video | Tagged Asteroids, Buzz Aldrin, mars | Comments Off on The Itokawa Cycler – Ride an Asteroid to Mars My Entry in #SoME3: Negative Mass Part 4: Life, the Universe, and Everything(-ish) Posted on August 21, 2023 by Alex R. Howe This is it–the grand finale of my “Negative Mass” video series! See how negative mass would work with “real” atoms, molecules, and even planets. Made for the 3rd annual Summer of Math Exposition video contest. Posted in Physics, Video | Tagged #SoME3, Negative Mass, Summer of Math Exposition | Comments Off on My Entry in #SoME3: Negative Mass Part 4: Life, the Universe, and Everything(-ish) New Video: Negative Mass Part 3 Posted on July 9, 2023 by Alex R. Howe In case you missed it on my other platforms, I finally made a new video in my “Negative Mass” series. Part 4 coming soon for the Summer of Math Exposition contest. Posted in Science, Video | Tagged Negative Mass | Comments Off on New Video: Negative Mass Part 3 ← Older posts Alex R. Howe My blog of science, science fiction, and more. The header image is a rendering of a possible future skyhook-space station. 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