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Just 33 more subscribers and the new sci-fi fiction magazine The Interociter can launch. SUBSCRIPTION IS FREE!!! This publication is all-volunteer, bringing you reprints of classic-era stories by greats like Bradbury and Asimov along with new stories by today’s authors writing in the classic style. I call The Interociter “the digital pulp!” Sign up today!

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The 11 Movies That Paved The Way for Ridley Scott's Alien | Den of Geek

Excellent analysis. The list shows how sci-fi stories build on one another. The epic “Alien” had its predecessors and influences.

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The Twilight Zone Was a Warning About the Dangers of Nostalgia | Den of Geek

Excellent piece isolating a poignant TZ trope. The good ol’ days aren’t necessarily so.

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Why the US hasn't sent humans to Mars yet - Business Insider

It was supposed to happen in the 1980s. Hopefully I’ll be able to watch the first landing with my grandkids.

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We're so close to liftoff...please help us reach our 500 subscriber target so we can launch the new "The Interocitor" sci-fi short story magazine. It's a completely free, all-volunteer effort...no gotchas. Read up, sign up, and strap in!!
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Scientists Identify Seven Star Systems That May Be Hosting Alien Megastructures - Futurism

Excess of infrared from these seven stars COULD be evidence of energy-capturing Dyson spheres surrounding them—the ultimate technosignature. Still yet to find evidence of a single microbe beyond Earth. Per The Thing: “Watch the skies…”

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How New Science Fiction Could Help Us Improve AI - Scientific American

Fascinating article about organizations trying foster positive sci-fi stories about AI. Good reason why AI sci-fi is mainly negative—more plausible given humankind’s record AND more interesting. My upcoming book The HONOR System is case in point.

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New Study Achieves Breakthrough in Warp Drive Design - Press Release

A warp drive concept that works within known physics. At last!

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Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads

I know I’m not the only one thinking this is the ideal setup for a remake of the Steven Spielberg/Richard Matheson classic “Duel.”

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A Stunning New AI Has Supposedly Achieved Sentience - Popular Mechanics

Closer still with Claude 3. Where would sci-fi be without computers run amok? My own anthology about AI coming soon—The HONOR System.

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Frankenstein Reflects the Hopes and Fears of Every Scientific Era—The Atlantic

Looking forward to MIT Press’ anotated edition. Theme of my study series Christian Sci-Fi Night with Professor K is “Playing God leads to trouble.” Note article’s point that Victor Frankenstein’s crime was hating and abandoning his creation, antithetical to God.

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LOOKEE HERE! Just 121 more subscribers are needed before we launch "The Interocitor" sci-fi short story magazine. If you love classic sci-fi short stories, subscribe right away. The sooner we hit 500, to sooner we can hit the LAUNCH button! https://www.theinterocitor.org

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What will happen if we find an Earth-like planet? - Scientific American

A good recap of the age-old quest. Captain Kirk and the gang never had a problem finding M-Class planets! 😂

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Why Americans Can Never Get Godzilla Right | Den of Geek

Excellent critique. The art-house quality of the original Gojira has never been equaled.

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The Most Successful Branding Campaign Of All Time? AI.

Good argument. Interesting to see the evolution and longevity of the term.

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The Fall of Sports Illustrated - The Atlantic

Poignant insider account of Sports Illustrated fiasco of using AI-generated stories with fake reporter bios. WGA and SAG went on strike in part over this scenario.

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My Christian sci-fi novel The Deliverer a winner at the Angel Book Awards. Grateful for this honor!

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‘Take Science Fiction Seriously’: World Leaders Sound Alarm on AI - The Wall Street Journal

Always have. Always will. @bookstodon @religion
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The Space-Based Drug Factory That Can’t Come Home - IEEE Spectrum

First space race was about pride. This one will be about profit.

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50 years ago, scientists dreamed of lasers that could kick off nuclear fusion - Science News Magazine

I read an article in Fortune magazine 50 years ago about the laser approach to fusion. We’re still waiting.

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Christian Sci-Fi Night with Professor K, October edition: Frankenstein, the 1931 classic starring Boris Karloff. Mon., Oct. 16, 6pm, Life Assembly Church, Maple Grove, MN

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