Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Science Fiction
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I thought this was very good – a virtual reality love story. See YouTube – World Builder See also YouTube – World Builder (high quality) Similar in some ways to Grek Pak’s Robot Stories.
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Interesting list over at Rant: The 7 Deadly Sins Of Religion In Science Fiction. For all the interesting things people do with religion in science fiction there are some real clangers.
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I love anthologies of science fiction short stories – a chance to read new stories by familiar authors, as well as the opportunity to find out about new authors to follow up at the library. Just reading "Year’s Best SF 11" by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer which was published back in 2006, and…
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I’ve been reading Investigating Firefly and Serenity: Science Fiction on the Frontier edited by Rhonda Wilcox and Tanya Cochran on the train in the past week or so. Some really interesting essays on different aspects of the Firefly universe and well worth a look if you’re interested in looking how people from different disciplines might…
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Right. Fernando’s post Fernando’s Desk » Why Joss Whedon Is a Better Theologian than Most Bloggers and Preachers linked through to Ryan Torma’s blog (ryan torma: Firefly & Faith) which in turn linked through to Cowgirl Jazz‘s blog with lots of Firefly material and to Ryan’s own article “Seeking Serenity: Creating spaces for theological dialogue…
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Has anyone read "Aliens Are God’s Children Too" by J.J. Stewart? Sci Fi Catholic notes in A Little Bit of Christmas… that there’s a sample chapter available at Aliens Are God’s Children Too: Christmas on another planet. I’m tossing up setting an essay on what the implications for religious faith might be in the face…
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I’ve just finished (and quite enjoyed) Walter Jon Williams’ novel “Implied Spaces”. Again, it’s a mix of nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, virtual immortality, as well as some stuff relating to discussions about the anthropic principle. (See also Counterbalance’s The Anthropic Principle video material (Real Player, I think)). Plus, it’s got some theological speculation thrown in. Anyway,…
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James points to a number of links over at Exploring Our Matrix: Religiously-Inflected Science Fiction. Of note are: This World and the Next: Classic books on science fiction and spirituality. (Sojourners Magazine/November 2008) by Elizabeth Palmberg. Spiritually-Inflected Science Fiction by Elizabeth Palmberg To which we can also add The Sci Fi Catholic: Sci-fi Essay at…
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I’ve always loved science fiction, but I really, really love space opera. Whether that’s on TV, in the movies, in comic books or novels or short stories, there’s nothing quite like curling up with something like that on a Sunday afternoon or on the train on the way home from work. So I’m really enjoying…
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Ah, WarGames. I loved that movie when it came out, but can’t really believe it was 25 years ago. Probably one of the things that influenced my computer science studies a few years later. Here’s a write up on the movie as it hits its 25th anniversary. See WarGames: A Look Back at the Film…