Jan
09
2006
End Of An Era by Robert J. Sawyer
Rating: (8/10)
Dinosaurs are fantastical creatures that once existed. How cool is that?! Stories about dinosaurs are cool too, if told well. End Of An Era is a fun, quick read about scientists travelling to the Mesozoic, hoping to figure out why dinosaurs became extinct, when they [...]
Tags: book reviews, dinosaurs, robert j sawyer, science-fiction
Sep
28
2004
Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
Rating: (8/10)
This is a science-fiction novel about aliens trying “to discover why God has behaved as he has and to determine his methods”. Due to cataclysmic events occurring simultaneously on different planets and the fact that life exists, the aliens think the universe was designed. When they [...]
Tags: book reviews, calculating god, god, religion, robert j sawyer, science-fiction
Aug
26
2004
Our expert panel votes for the top 10 sci-fi films:
Blade Runner (1982) Dir: Ridley Scott
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Dir: Stanley Kubrick
Star Wars (1977)/Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Alien (1979) Dir: Ridley Scott
Solaris (1972) Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky
Terminator (1984)/T2: Judgment day (1991) Dir: James Cameron
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Dir: Robert Wise
War of the Worlds (1953) [...]
Tags: movies, science-fiction