sci-fi

Moon’s women lead in space

Elizabeth Moon book cover.

Elizabeth Moon offers a darned good read with her sci-fi novels. Her books feature strong, intelligent women.

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Noooo! Sci-fi keeps women out of computing…

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One study suggests that sci-fi posters can reduce women’s interest in studying computer science. Surely that can’t be true!

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The unwilling suspension of disbelief

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Avatar, the movie, blends the mundane and recognisable with stunning visuals and some richly imagined creativity.

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Battlestar Galactica: my problem now is to disengage

I haven’t been watching much TV lately — as in for most of 2008, and now into 2009. There are several reasons: I don’t want to watch too much — I have plenty of things to do in my life; I don’t need TV as a time-filler. Since I discovered audio and video podcasts I’ve [...]

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Do you want more sci-fi on NZ TV? Sign here

New Zealand television is full of weight-loss, home-selling, survival, talent show garbage. The amount of sci-fi has been in steady decline over recent times, and when they do show it, it tends to be in strange time slots. We need more quality sci-fi on TV! Read It’s high time Sky got the Sci-Fi channel – [...]

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Two Stargate women excel

My TV viewing has declined considerably over the last few months — there just seems to be less and less on that I want to watch, and I have more than enough to do and view (eg podcasts) without subjecting myself to dross. [Spoilers ahead.] The photo below shows Amanda Tapping speaking at a sci-fi [...]

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