Go Team Lovecraft!
At The Times Online, Stephen Hawking says contacting aliens could be dangerous. Lord Rees says aliens are possibly beyond any human’s ability to comprehend. We say, Go Team Lovecraft!
Where Are They?
John Hodgman: Aliens, Love–Where Are They?
Science Determines the Best and Worst Genres
Science analyzes the best and worst types of genre movies. Results listed here.
Predator: Down Time
Ever wonder what predators do on their own time? Here ya go.
The Avatar Treatment
Pascal writes a treatment for Avatar by making a few changes to Pocahontas.
Conqueror’s Family Saga
I like massive (and improbable) space battles, and Timothy Zahn’s Conqueror series seemed like just the ticket. Nothing but spaceships in the cover art, always a good sign, and I had memories of lots of space explosions from when I read the series about a dozen years ago. […]
The Cultural Gutter 