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{4/5} “Putting the ‘you’ back in utopia.” The Zero Theorem, released in 2013 Qohen’s work is crunching entities — he’s now working on the zero theorem, which Management specifically asked him to work on. But he was fairly crazy before — for example, he talks about himself in the plural — and working on this […]
{4.5/5} Star Trek: The Fall — Peaceable Kingdoms by Dayton Ward, published in 2013 Captain Picard and the Enterprise are stuck at Ferenginar due to President pro tem Ishan’s orders. But Dr. Crusher sneaks away after getting a secret message from her old Cardassian friend Ilona Daret. Meanwhile Admirals Riker and Akaar at Starfleet Command […]
{4.5/5} “In the face of a threat to the survival of the species, all these planetside trivialities are put aside until the crisis passes.” A War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card, published in 2007 This is a story that takes place when Ender is at Battle School in the novel Ender’s Game. The focus […]
{4.5/5} “Absolute honesty isn’t always the most diplomatic nor the safest form of communication with emotional beings.” Interstellar, released in 2014 Cooper joins a team that’s taking a spacecraft through a wormhole to find a new home for humanity on the other side. He promises his daughter Murph that he will return, but years pass […]
Why haven’t I heard about this before? After an unbelievably huge volcano eruption, humans almost died out around 70 000 BC. The volcano is called Toba and its eruption is the biggest that scientists are aware of. Evidence suggests that the population was down to mere hundreds or thousands of people. How Human Beings Almost […]
{4.5/5} Star Trek: The Fall — The Poisoned Chalice by James Swallow, published in 2013 After “the shot heard round the galaxy” the Titan is recalled to Earth and Captain William Riker is promoted to Rear Admiral. He’s not sure the promotion is a good thing, especially when he begins to suspect that someone in […]
{4.5/5} Star Trek: The Fall — A Ceremony of Losses by David Mack, published in 2013 Andor has seceded from the Federation and is being courted by the Typhon Pact. But if the Andorians can’t solve their fertility crisis soon, they’ll face extinction. Against orders, Dr. Julian Bashir makes it his mission to help the […]
{5/5} “I’m not a hero, I’m a high-functioning sociopath.” Sherlock season 3, aired in 2014 Most of the world, including John Watson, thinks Sherlock Holmes is dead. But he’s not — he faked his own death and set about ridding the world of Moriarty’s network of evildoers. Now Sherlock is back in London and ready […]
{5/5} “‘Do you just carry on talking when I’m away?’ ‘I don’t know, how often are you away?’” Sherlock season 2, aired in 2012 After surviving their first encounter with Moriarty, Holmes and Watson are back solving crimes. They’ve become a bit more famous, because of the blog Watson writes about their cases. They have […]
This is another article that’s 3 years old but it’s still worth looking at. Some technologies seem to come out of nowhere but others are predicted by smart people, like that guy Jules Verne: 10 technologies that will change the world in the next 10 years