Writing Journal – Page 3

The magical space communism of Star Trek TNG

The Enterprise-D doesn’t have union reps

Instead it has an HR manager

So. Is the US an oligarchy?

You should buy your books on Amazon

Why is it not such a good idea to “walk away” from tech platforms like Amazon, Facebook etc? A number of people responded with their own decisions to walk away from these platforms after my last post on Walk Away Syndrome WAS. I’m not here to critique anyone’s personal decisions made for their own healthContinue reading “You should buy your books on Amazon”

Wait…are we an oligarchy now?

America was a sold a sci-fi narrative of infinite growth and the technological singularity, to cover the rise of a new oligarchy It’s the most cliche idea in sci-fi An all powerful technology corporation Weyland-Yutani, Omni consumer products, Cyberdyne Systems X-Corp! oh…wait…it seems Grok hallucinated some reality into our sci-fi here! And a promethean techContinue reading “Wait…are we an oligarchy now?”

Technogarch script preview

Members can now preview the shooting script for Rise of the Technogarchs This is in production, but comments will be noted

Ursula K Le Gin was kinda Woke

So. Ursula K Le Guin was kinda Woke. Which is also why she emerged as kinda the most famous of the great 20th century science fiction writers. Kinda. Fame over time means being adopted by new generations. The vast majority of science fiction writers won’t make that leap. So the huge names of the pastContinue reading “Ursula K Le Gin was kinda Woke”

Star Trek “post-scarcity” is the socialism you buy on Temu

Member Goodies

Members of Science Fiction here on Substack will find TWO new goodies…a script preview of the upcoming essay on Carl Sagan’s CONTACT, and 25% off the new PKD Made Me Do It merch. Link and code after the paywall. Essay on Wednesday. Maybe.

Are you Zardoz ignorant?

Have friends and acquaintances recently stopped talking to you? Are you losing out on job application after job application? Do even the unpopular people avoid you at parties? It might be because you’re Zardoz Ignorant For any self-respecting scifi nerd not understanding the true genius of John Boorman’s ZARDOZ is basically social suicide The ScienceContinue reading “Are you Zardoz ignorant?”

The 2001 Test

How to tell what kind of scifi nerd you are using Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 : A Space Odyssey MAINSTREAM SCIFI NERDYou think Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 : A Space Odyssey is the greatest scifi movie ever made *because* of the rockets but *despite* the last act which is “indulgent piffle” ELITE SCIFI NERDYou think Stanley Kubrick’sContinue reading “The 2001 Test”

Star Trek as propaganda ESSAY PREVIEW

This is the first time I’ve scripted a video essay for the Science Fiction channel that I am almost certain not to make as a video The practical reason – you folks will get this video essay, but when the algo boosts it out to Trekkies they absolutely will not get it, and that willContinue reading “Star Trek as propaganda ESSAY PREVIEW”