Bowie’s “If You Can See Me”: The Time Signature
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…
Short Story: Crossing the Infinities
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…
Short story: Alien Sevenfold Acca
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…
Short Story: “Dr Ali’s Cure”
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,…
Short Story: “The Last Man”
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:…
“Alternities” – An Unsung Alternate History Classic
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…
The Helliconia Trilogy: A Neglected Classic
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…
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome… An Inauspicious Beginning
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…
Four Neglected Titans of Children’s TV
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…
Star Wars Episode 7 in 2015?
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…