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Bowie’s “If You Can See Me”: The Time Signature

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A matter of some importance: Just what exactly is the time signature on David Bowie’s new song, “If You Can See Me”? I’m no musician, and I have limited musical…

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Short Story: Crossing the Infinities

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What on earth is this? Still, I’ve written it. Might as well publish it………   Crossing the Infinities Through the infinite potential of non-existence, all dead beings eventually wink back…

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Short story: Alien Sevenfold Acca

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Here’s a short story that for some reason attempts to meld the worlds of sci-fi and sports betting.   Alien Sevenfold Acca   The Alienball Cup is back. Didn’t see it…

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Short Story: “Dr Ali’s Cure”

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For whatever reason, I’ve done another very short sci-fi story…   Dr Ali’s Cure   Gradually people have been converging on a very nice world. It has lovely light architecture,…

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Short Story: “The Last Man”

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Is it advisable to give a story a grandiose title when it’s not equipped in any way to live up to it? Here it is, a possibly over-melodramatic thing called:…

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“Alternities” – An Unsung Alternate History Classic

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Here’s another one of those obscure sci-fi books that I think deserves a much wider audience. “Alternities” by Michael P. Kube-McDowell is an excellently realised parallel universe novel, set in…

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The Helliconia Trilogy: A Neglected Classic

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I think that the classic “Helliconia” trilogy by Brian Aldiss is one of the greatest of all works of science fiction. Written in the 1980s, this brilliant series charts a…

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Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome… An Inauspicious Beginning

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For some reason, the pilot of the new Battlestar Galactica spin-off, Blood and Chrome, is being released piecemeal on the Internet in 12-minute chunks. Parts 1 and 2 are currently…

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Four Neglected Titans of Children’s TV

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When you are a parent, your life changes. That much is a given. What non-parents sometimes fail to appreciate, however, is how much of that life change pertains to televisual…

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Star Wars Episode 7 in 2015?

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I’ve got a bad feeling about this… And also a good feeling. It seems that Star Wars is going to get an Episode VII in  2015. Just read the following in…

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