Buck Rogers

October 9th 2007

Disco Skating In The Twenty-Fifth Century With Buck Rogers

If you don’t know why the early-1980s Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TV series is damn near perfect, then this clip from the episode “Escape from Wedded Bliss” will explain it all to you. Earth is in danger because evil Princess Ardala (wearing the purple spangly lingerie and tiara) has declared that she’ll use…

Television Annalee Newitz Oct 9

October 1st 2007

Must See: Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Title: Buck Rogers In The 25th Century Date: 1979-1981 Vitals: A twentieth-century astronaut gets caught in a swirly thingy and goes into suspended animation, only to…

Television Charliejane Oct 1

August 6th 2007

Buck Rogers Gun, Sold on Ebay

A pistol from the late ’70s TV show Buck Rogers just fetched $2,750 on eBay. Twelve inches in length, the gun features a microswitch to light up the clear tip. My initial impression: Damn, this thing is cheap-looking. And then I remembered a trip to the Star Trek museum in Vegas, and how cheap phasers…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Aug 6

April 28th 2007

Ray Gun book (1999)

The book Ray Gun by Eugene W. Metcalf and Frank Maresca examines the science fiction side of the paleo-future. I tend to stay away from pure science fiction on the Paleo-Future blog but there’s no doubt that images of futuristic heroism had a large impact on mainstream ideas of what tomorrow held. Above is one…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 28

March 16th 2007

Jet Flying Belt is Devised to Carry Man for Miles (New York Times, 1968)

The New York Times article from 1968 titled, “Jet Flying Belt is Devised to Carry Man for Miles,” describes the device pictured above as a Buck Rogers flying belt. Oh, how close to the future New York Times readers must have felt on June 28, 1968. Little did they realize that jetpacks would be relegated…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 16

October 13th 2005

Low End Theory

Clockers By Brendan I. Koerner Is there any low-end gadget more ubiquitous than the clock radio? There’s nary a fleabag motel room in the world, from Oklahoma City to Ouagadougou, that doesn’t have one of these slumber-piercing marvels of digital technology perched upon the nightstand. How, exactly, did mankind awake before the clock radio’s invention?…

Tech News Brendan I. Koerner Oct 13

Disco Skating In The Twenty-Fifth Century With Buck Rogers

Must See: Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

Buck Rogers Gun, Sold on Ebay

Ray Gun book (1999)

Jet Flying Belt is Devised to Carry Man for Miles (New York Times, 1968)

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