Category Archives: science fiction

Leslie Dale Feldman: Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone and Politics

March 30th, 2011 | Posted in fantasy, Rod Serling, science fiction, Twilight Zone

I am always on the lookout for good books that probe various aspects of the fantastic in popular culture in depth. Not long ago I came across such a book that looked at the political views of Rod Serling as expressed in his television show The Twilight Zone. The book is Spaceships and Politics: The […]

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PBS Documentary: Four Days at Dragon*Con

March 26th, 2011 | Posted in conventions, Dragon*Con, fan cultures, fantasy, geek cultures, science fiction

Thanks to the email list for the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts I learned about a documentary that will be broadcast courtesy of American Public Television. The documentary is titled Four Days at Dragon*Con. From The APT website: Every Labor Day weekend, tens of thousands descend upon Atlanta for the largest convention […]

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Cyborg Singularity: Charting the Intersection of Humanity and Superintelligent Machines

March 17th, 2011 | Posted in artificial intelligence, posthuman, robotics, science fiction

It is common now to read all over the Internet about the overlap between science and science fiction, or how over time with developing technology that what was formerly science fiction has now become scientific reality. This may be the case in the future in regards to computers and artificial intelligence, or at least that’s […]

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Bombs, Earthquakes, Tsunamis: Japan and Future Apocalyptic Monstrosity

March 14th, 2011 | Posted in anime, apocalypticism, post-apocalypticism, science fiction

Apocalyptic thinking seems to be the order of the day lately. As Max Brooks, author of various zombie survival guides has said, “People have apocalypse on the brain right now…. It’s from terrorism, the war, [and] natural disasters like Katrina.” The nation with perhaps the greatest sense of apocalypse is Japan. The devastation wrought in […]

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Suvudu: Could a Robot Apocalypse Really Happen?

March 11th, 2011 | Posted in apocalypticism, robotics, science fiction

A piece from an interesting website I found today was appealing. The website is Suvudu, which addresses a variety of topics of interest to TheoFantastique. In this case, Matt Staggs asks, “Could a Robot Apocalypse Really Happen?” In order to answer this he interviews P. W. Singer, author of Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution […]

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Matthew R. Bradley: Richard Matheson on Screen

January 16th, 2011 | Posted in fantasy, horror, science fiction

Richard Matheson is one of the most influential writers of horror, science fiction, and fantasy in our time. Many of his works have been translated to the silver and small screens, and Matthew R. Bradley describes this process in his great book Richard Matheson on Screen: A History of the Filmed Works (McFarland, 2010). Bradley […]

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PBS Pioneers of Television: Science Fiction, Airs January 18

January 15th, 2011 | Posted in science fiction, Star Trek, Twilight Zone

PBS is beginning the second season of Pioneers of Television with four episodes. The first will look at science fiction, including Lost in Space, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, and those who helped create them and make them pioneering. It’s no wonder that Gene Rodenberry, creator of “Star Trek,” turned to science fiction when he […]

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978): Social and Theological Reflections of the “Me Generation”

December 26th, 2010 | Posted in 1970s, eschatology, horror, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), resurrection, science fiction, theology

I have been fortunate with the holidays to have a little extra spending cash that I have been able to put into adding to my video library. One of the films added to my collection was Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). Of course, this film is based on the book by Jack Finney from […]

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Robert J. Sawyer, “A long time ago,” and science fiction’s social commentary

November 28th, 2010 | Posted in fantasy, race, science fiction, Star Wars

I recently came across a portion of a lecture given by science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer divided into three installments on YouTube. The lecture is titled “‘A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….’ my ass!”. Each of the installments can be viewed at the bottom of this post. In the lecture […]

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Airlock Alpha Debate: Is There Too Much Religion in Science Fiction?

October 25th, 2010 | Posted in religion, science fiction

An interesting debate is quietly raging on the Internet concerning science fiction and religion. The debate was launched by the website Airlock Alpha with an article by Tiffany Vogt titled “TV Watchtower: Is Religion Killing Good Sci-Fi Shows?”. As Vogt tries to make her case for answering the question of the article’s title with a […]

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