As I was reading Kim Stanley Robinson’s Aurora, I kept thinking of that old quote from Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, “Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one
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Review: The Water Knife, by Paolo Bacigalupi
Back in 2010, I was fortunate enough to be at the 68th World Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne when Paolo Bacigalupi’s debut novel The Windup
Old Friends, New Horizons
Image credit: Twitter – @NASANewHorizons Just a brief post today, as we celebrate a momentous occasion in the history of space exploration. After travelling for
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse
The runaway success – and critical acclaim – of Mad Max: Fury Road has confirmed once again that post-apocalypse narratives remain in popular demand. These stories have a long
Frankensaurus Strikes Back
When the trailer for Jurassic World was released in November, I wrote a blog post arguing that science fiction texts need to take a more
Words of Other Worlds (Part 2)
Whilst I’m travelling through Germany, too laden with pretzels and beer to think critically about anything, here’s a post that I prepared earlier! This week I
Andrew R. Cameron 