The Fantasy of Science in Fiction
2026-11-13
I've been into Sci Fi for a long time, long enough to know that much of what is seen as Sci Fi isn't.... at least by my standard anyway. So what's the standard? Well... for starters...
- The story has to at least at the core be about an as-factual-as-possible concept and explore the ramifications that this concept has, while remaining as factual as possible.
- Story conveniences are allowed to assist you to get to the point of the story, or in the case of a movie (...)
Check Your Facts, Like It Or Not
2026-11-06
One of my odd goals of this slog, aside from being a place to rant and an activity-indicator for SiegSpace, is to provide an additional source of researched facts on certain topics. Sometimes I find there isn't a reliable place for facts, so I'm hoping to help by being a unbiased reference. Thus, to achieve that goal I often need to do some research to line up facts that I remember. Most of it is on the Interweb, but sometimes I draw from books, deeper inside my head... Anyway I was working (...)
