Alex R. Howe
-
My blog of science, science fiction, and more.
The header image is a rendering of a possible future skyhook-space station. Search Blog
-
Recent Posts
Categories
A Reader's History of Science Fiction Art astronomy Biology Book reviews Current events Debunking Fiction General History Interviews Literature Medicine Movie Reviews Physics Planets Reading Religion Science Science Fiction Space Space exploration Stargazing Story Analysis Technology TV Reviews Uncategorized Video What If? Rejects Writing-
Join 703 other subscribers
Blogroll
Archives
- March 2023 (6)
- February 2023 (3)
- January 2023 (2)
- December 2022 (5)
- November 2022 (3)
- October 2022 (5)
- September 2022 (5)
- August 2022 (4)
- July 2022 (4)
- June 2022 (4)
- May 2022 (1)
- April 2022 (6)
- March 2022 (6)
- February 2022 (4)
- January 2022 (5)
- December 2021 (5)
- November 2021 (3)
- October 2021 (4)
- September 2021 (3)
- August 2021 (4)
- July 2021 (4)
- June 2021 (5)
- May 2021 (3)
- April 2021 (3)
- March 2021 (6)
- February 2021 (5)
- January 2021 (4)
- December 2020 (6)
- November 2020 (3)
- October 2020 (5)
- September 2020 (6)
- August 2020 (7)
- July 2020 (5)
- June 2020 (3)
- May 2020 (4)
- April 2020 (3)
- March 2020 (1)
- February 2020 (1)
- January 2020 (3)
- December 2019 (9)
- November 2019 (2)
- October 2019 (3)
- September 2019 (6)
- August 2019 (3)
- July 2019 (7)
- June 2019 (4)
- May 2019 (2)
- April 2019 (5)
- March 2019 (4)
- February 2019 (7)
- January 2019 (4)
- December 2018 (6)
- November 2018 (3)
- October 2018 (1)
- September 2018 (2)
- August 2018 (1)
- July 2018 (2)
- June 2018 (2)
- April 2018 (3)
- March 2018 (2)
- February 2018 (3)
- January 2018 (3)
- December 2017 (8)
- November 2017 (6)
- October 2017 (9)
- September 2017 (5)
- August 2017 (4)
- July 2017 (5)
- June 2017 (6)
- December 2016 (2)
- November 2016 (2)
- October 2016 (2)
- September 2016 (1)
- August 2016 (2)
- July 2016 (1)
- June 2016 (1)
- March 2016 (3)
- February 2016 (2)
- January 2016 (5)
- December 2015 (4)
- October 2015 (1)
- September 2015 (3)
- August 2015 (5)
- July 2015 (8)
- June 2015 (2)
- May 2015 (6)
- April 2015 (5)
- March 2015 (4)
- February 2015 (1)
- January 2015 (3)
- December 2014 (5)
- November 2014 (5)
- October 2014 (5)
- September 2014 (3)
- August 2014 (2)
- July 2014 (2)
- June 2014 (6)
- May 2014 (4)
- April 2014 (7)
- March 2014 (7)
- February 2014 (5)
- January 2014 (6)
- December 2013 (5)
- November 2013 (3)
- October 2013 (6)
- September 2013 (3)
- August 2013 (7)
- July 2013 (7)
- June 2013 (9)
- May 2013 (5)
- April 2013 (4)
- March 2013 (8)
- February 2013 (8)
- January 2013 (7)
- December 2012 (10)
- November 2012 (8)
- October 2012 (8)
- September 2012 (4)
Tag Archives: science fiction
Web Serial Review: 17776
17776 is kind of a weird one. It’s all online, so you can click to the beginning right here if you want. The Wikipedia page is here. It was posted in July, and I first saw it in August, but … Continue reading
Posted in Science Fiction, Web Review
Tagged 17776, football, science fiction, sports, surrealism
Comments Off on Web Serial Review: 17776
Movie Review: Interstellar
There is a certain type of film that asks you to swallow a really implausible premise from the outset. For example, a giant monster movie will often ask you to accept that the best way to fight a giant monster … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews
Tagged black holes, interstellar, movie review, science fiction, space flight
Comments Off on Movie Review: Interstellar
Review: xkcd TimeAfterTime
A year ago, I highlighted a unique new style of story telling from the xkcd webcomic entitled Time. Somewhere between a comic strip and a movie, this story displayed one new black-and-white frame, usually pretty closely associated with the previous one, every … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction
Tagged mscha, science fiction, time, timeaftertime, webcomics, xkcd
Comments Off on Review: xkcd TimeAfterTime
Movie review: Gravity
Well, this is a treat. It’s not often you see such quality hard science fiction on the big screen these days. Gravity is a film about two astronauts trying to survive after the Space Shuttle is destroyed by flying space … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews
Tagged 3d movies, gravity, movie review, science fiction, space flight, storytelling
Comments Off on Movie review: Gravity
xkcd’s Time: good science fiction in a new medium
For the past four months, perhaps the most unique work of science fiction I have ever personally seen has been playing out over at xkcd: Time. If you don’t know about the xkcd webcomics, you should check them out. They … Continue reading
A brief, festive history of time travel
In this holiday season, let us take a moment to remember the first popular book that brought the idea of time travel to the readers of the world…A Christmas Carol. Wait, Charles Dickens was the father of time travel? Well, … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, History
Tagged a christmas carol, christmas, history, science fiction, time travel
Comments Off on A brief, festive history of time travel
Book review: Amped by Daniel H. Wilson
In the future, brain implants are widespread. They can cure all sorts of neurological conditions, including ADD, epilepsy, learning disabilities, and even autism. They’re great for interfacing with prosthetic limbs, and healthy people can get them as an elective surgery … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged amped, brain implants, daniel h wilson, science fiction
Comments Off on Book review: Amped by Daniel H. Wilson
Science Meets Fiction 