Whenever a sci fi writer sits down to write a space opera, he/she must decide what mode of space travel to use. Can our ships travel faster than light? If not, how do we deal with the vast distances that must be traveled? Star Wars introduced the idea of setting a story “a long time ago in a galaxy far away…”. Why not place the story in a globular cluster, a dense spherical collection of stars that orbits the galactic core? Stars could conceivably be on the order of 0.01 lig... Read Full Story

The first two Matrix movies were quite fun — despite the rather strange and improbable premise that humans make good batteries. However the third movie was quite disappointing. In the software development world, the process of revising your software to make it better is sometimes called “refactoring.” This suggests to me the title of a [...] Read Full Story

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Science Fiction and Fantasy". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's c... Read Full Story

I recently saw a show on the travel channel which mentions a sighting of UFO’s by millions of people in Mexico City during a solar eclipse. They also mentioned that there were about 17 videos of the object, and one was shown. It would make sense to see lots of reports if a UFO [...] Read Full Story

I hear about 9/11 conspiracy theories often, especially the claim that the towers fell at free-fall speed. The conspiricists suggest that they were brought down by demolition charges. Of all the various claims, this made the least sense to me. It is reminiscent of Elmer Fudd’s “I know how to get rid of this rabbit [...] Read Full Story

Most stories consist of the gradual unfolding of information, the asking of questions and answering them. Each set of story ideas and characters have their own inner logic that must be first explained, then followed to a satisfying conclusion. Given this state of affairs, it is almost irresistable to the writer of sci-fi or fantasy to [...] Read Full Story

Cameron is claiming to have discovered the Tomb of Christ. Pros: The tomb contains Jesus Mary Mariamne (Mary Madalene?) James, Brother of Jesus Judah, Son of Jesus Matthew Yose The claim is that this conjunction of names is statistically unlikely to occur. It is a little unclear to me how this “Jesus” equation is supposed to work or how exactly it was done. Supposedly without [...] Read Full Story