The classic Doctor Who monster that terrified young John Barrowman
Carole Barrowman talks about growing up as a fan of Doctor Who alongside her younger brother John — who became famous as the Doctor’s sexiest companion, Captain Jack Harkness, in this excerpt from the anthology Chicks Dig Time Lords. When my baby brother, John, was born, the Doctor was in his second regeneration, Jamie was…
We’re already living in the world of Isaac Asimov’s The End Of Eternity
If you have ever been a fan of science fiction, you cannot do better than to return to the works of Isaac Asimov, argues The Threepenny Review’s Wendy Lesser in her review of Asimov’s The End Of Eternity. The world we inhabit is one in which weekly newsmagazines, printed on paper in columns of type,…
When times get tough, science fiction pulls us through
We all go through tough times, but science fiction can be a big help in getting us through the worst of it — maybe more than other genres, argues geek blogger Being Ruth. Here are a few reasons why. Scifi Pulls Us Outside Ourselves One reason I mostly use pictures of the universe as my…