Posted on May 31, 2009 by Bill the sci-fi guy
Creation…..
It is its own nemesis. Success is temporary, and idolization will not make the ephemeral permanent. Decay is implicit in the birth of any organism.
An empire is an organism.
Title: Star Bridge
Authors: Jack Williamson and James E. Gunn
Year: 1955
Rating: 3/5 stars
A while back I was looking for more Gunn to [...]
Filed under: books | Tagged: books, Foundation series, Isaac Asimov, Jack Williamson, James E. Gunn, psychohistory, sci-fi, science fiction, SF, Star Bridge | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 12, 2009 by Bill the sci-fi guy
Was there an optimum beyond which medicine consumed more than it produced in benefits? And was there a point past that at which medicine became a monster, devouring the society that produced it?
Title: The Immortals
Author: James E. Gunn
Year: 1962
Rating: 2/5 stars
When a dying old man receives a blood transfusion and [...]
Filed under: books | Tagged: books, health insurance, immortality, James E. Gunn, medicine, sci-fi, science fiction, SF, The Immortals | 6 Comments »
Posted on May 2, 2009 by Bill the sci-fi guy
Post-apocalyptic stories abound in science fiction, in novels and movies far too numerous to list. For some reason we just love seeing the world wiped out by disaster, and have a fascination with the broken landscape that remains afterward. For those who share this interest, and who also like to play a good [...]
Filed under: video games | Tagged: Fallout 3, mutants, post-apocalypse, sci-fi, science fiction, SF, video games, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
