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Amazing Cities in Science Fiction – 1

By John Folk-Williams

Cities of science fiction - We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

We have all been dazzled by the artists’ visions of great cities in science fiction movies, like Metropolis, Things to Come, Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, the cities of Star Wars, Trantor in the TV series Foundation or the glimpses we’ve had of Gallifrey in the later Doctor Who stories. But I’m more interested in […]

Filed Under: SFF Cities Tagged With: Alastair Reynolds, alien life forms, China Miéville, city, civilization, Foundation, Isaac Asimov, revelation space, Yevgeny Zamyatin

The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov – A Review for #VintageSciFiMonth

By John Folk-Williams

The End of Eternity

Isaac Asimov’s The End of Eternity combines ideas about time travel with a questioning of the direction humanity could or should take over millions of years. However, the big issues about society, the development of humanity and the nature of Eternity are left to the end when a powerful turnabout occurs where expectations and assumptions […]

Filed Under: Vintage Science Fiction Tagged With: eternity, future history, genetic change, governing the future, Isaac Asimov, society, time travel

Lining Up My Vintage SciFi Month and the Winter TBR

By John Folk-Williams

Vintage SciFi Month - The Dispossessed

Vintage SciFi Month for 2022 is coming up fast, and I wanted to set out my planned reviews for this event. The great thing about this is its simplicity. You just use the tag #VintageSciFiMonth on Twitter or your blog or Instagram to post anything of interest about science fiction written before your birth year […]

Filed Under: Taking on My SciFi TBR, Vintage Science Fiction Tagged With: Gareth L. Powell, Isaac Asimov, James S.A. Corey, Nnedi Okorafor, Philip K. Dick, Tochi Onyebuchi, Ursula K. Le Guin, Yevgeny Zamyatin

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