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Alien Impregnation in Science Fiction: The Mystical Pregnancy Trope

July 30th, 2011 | Posted in horror, science fiction, social commentary

I recently shared this interesting video snippet at the TheoFantastique Facebook group page and thought it was worth including here. This piece was brought to my attention through Sociological Images in a piece titled “Pregnancy Porn: Alien Impregnation in Science Fiction.” The piece originally comes from Feminist Frequency: Conversations with Pop Culture. This feminist critique […]

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Science Fiction Film and Television CFP: The Battlestar Galactica Phenomenon

July 21st, 2011 | Posted in Battlestar Galactica, call for papers, science fiction

Science Fiction Film and Television is seeking submissions for a special issue on the Battlestar Galactica phenomenon. Although the rebooted series has received much critical attention, significantly less has been written on other BSG texts. This issue seeks to redress that imbalance. We are interested in articles that consider topics such as * The original […]

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Screened: Spock as Space Wizard, and Magus

July 14th, 2011 | Posted in Magus, science fiction, Space Wizard, Star Trek, Western esotericism

Screened recently featured an interesting and insightful article by Andrew Gray titled “Mr. Spock, Space Wizard.” The piece begins with an often ignored or overlooked function of technology in science fiction that is akin to magic. Gray then takes this a step further: Science-fiction films and television have an odd relationship with magic. They dance […]

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Creativity, Evolution, Psychedelics: Richard Doyle and Altered States

June 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Altered States, gnosis, psychedelics, science fiction, Western esotericism

Through a Facebook post by Christopher Knowles, previously interviewed here at TheoFantastique, I was made aware of a piece titled “Creativity, evolution of mind and the ‘vertigo of freedom.’” This is a “A DIALOGUE BETWEEN JASON SILVA AND TECHNO-ECOLOGIC SCHOLAR RICHARD DOYLE.” The exchange is interesting as the topics of evolution and psychedelics are brought […]

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David Hartwell and the Wonder of Science Fiction

June 19th, 2011 | Posted in religion, science fiction, transcendence, wonder

One of my readers posted a comment on a previous post of mine on Ray Bradbury which made me aware of the book Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction (Tor Books, 1996), by David Hartwell. I was able to pick up the 1984 version published by Walker and Company through Amazon (which […]

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Ivan Wolfe: Battlestar Galactica and Mormonism

June 15th, 2011 | Posted in Battlestar Galactica, Mormonism, religion, science fiction

There is an interesting intersection between religion and science fiction at times, and a notable example of this comes with the 1970s television series Battlestar Galactica and Mormonism. The show was presented in a new incarnation as a series on SyFy from 2004-2009 which was very well received by fans, and which was very different […]

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes, New Trailer

June 5th, 2011 | Posted in Planet of the Apes, science fiction

A new trailer is now available for Twentieth Century Fox’s new incarnation of the Planet of the Apes franchise in Rise of the Planet of the Apes scheduled to hit theaters August 5. In this new trailer we see something of the back story as a therapy for the healing of brain disorders is experimented […]

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James Arness Dies at 88

June 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Obituary, science fiction

It was 1950s science fiction/horror that began my lifelong interest in the fantastic and horrific. Two of my favorite films from that decade are The Thing from Another World (1951) and Them! (1954). Actor James Arness starred in both of these films, as the creature of the title in the first film, and as an […]

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Star Trek vs. Star Wars: Criteria for Assessing “Better” Science Fiction

May 26th, 2011 | Posted in science fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars

Yesterday one of the interesting media features I came across came from College Times. A piece by Janice Vega asked a question with its title “Which is better: Star Trek or Star Wars? Two mega-fans battle it out”. In the piece various facets of the two science fiction franchises are examined in competition and scored […]

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Blurred Lines: Science Fiction, Horror, Science & Entertainment

May 18th, 2011 | Posted in aliens, horror, science fiction, zombie

The lines between science and entertainment are blurred these days. This is especially the case when it comes to things related to horror, science fiction, and the paranormal. This is evident in an upcoming program on the National Geographic Channel addressing the possibility of alien invasion in “When Aliens Attack” which will air on May […]

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