Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Science Fiction
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One man’s quest to make his own life-sized Dalek. See Relative Dimensions: The Dalek.
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Editing a chapter I wrote several years ago on the historical interpretation of the imago Dei. Yesterday I went through the Protestant Reformation, so Luther, Calvin and others like Osiander and Flacius and leading into comparisons with Socinian interpretations (Racovian Catechism), as well as tidying up the stuff around Eastern Othordoxy and theosis. Today it’s…
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The Babylon Podcast has started up. This is a good thing. Also, while link surfing today trying to find an article on science fiction and religion I came across this – Joe’s Store : CafePress.com. A veritable treasure chest of B5 stuff to wear and drink from while watching re-runs. Would go nicely with Shepherd’s…
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It’s Serenity Day! The Serenity was released today in NZ (DVD Region 4). A display stand at the door of the local Whitcoull’s had a pile on display with the sign “Get your free gift too.” And so I’m now the excited owner of the “Limited Edition” double-disc edition and I have a Serenity mouse…
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Article/interview with one of my favourite authors, Ursula Le Guin, at Guardian Unlimited Books | By genre | The magician.
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I’ve been a big fan of Doctor Who ever since I learnt to hide behind the couch and I really enjoyed the recently rebooted series. So when I saw that Damaris have just published Back In Time: A Thinking Fan’s Guide to Doctor Who I was intrigued. The sample text they have online looks like…
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The Guardian publish their list of the top 20 books for geeks. Just in time for finding that literary Christmas present for the geek in your life. Check of course that they don’t already own them. I’ve read most of the list (maybe 15 or 16) but not some of them for a while. See…
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The other day I was re-watching “Kid’s Story” off The Animatrix DVD. Of all the various Matrices (plural?) that’s the one story that gets me every time – in just over 9 minutes it seems to capture many themes that might make it a useful analogy in a religious context. Does the kid have a…
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Ticket purchased to go to Armageddon (no, the other one) tomorrow. Will probably post about it on Sunday post-preaching at church. For those of you possessing back issues of the excellent (though now defunct) Reality Magazine check out Stephen May’s “Media Watch” column from Issue 34 (Aug/Sept 1999) where he comments upon his pilgrimage to…
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There’s another advanced screening of Serenity on this Sunday at Village Cinemas on Queen Street (Auckland). Tie in with the Pulp Culture festival also on at the Aotea Centre. See: Serenity – Special Advanced Screening – 23 Oct. Also, Serenity interviews here and the River Tam viral marketing campaign for Serenity here.