writing
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Humanity in the Asteroid Belt: An Awesome Sci-Fi Setting
It’s been a while since I’ve written any sci-fi stuff, so let’s talk about the Asteroid Belt! I love the idea of a fully inhabited Solar System. It’s an awesome narrative setting: a sci-fi frontier with, relatively, grounded technology and limitations. There’s less of a fantastical blurring between magic and science, which you get with…
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Star Wars Rewritten. A No-Spoiler Version of Episode 2. Part 10
How to Create a No-Spoiler Version of Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. Part 10 I grew up watching the Star Wars prequel trilogy and love them to no end, but they are flawed films and, like others before me, I’ve been working on my own fix. I’ve also become a little obsessed…
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Star Wars Rewritten. A No-Spoiler Version of Episode 2. Part 9
How to Create a No-Spoiler Version of Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. Part 9 I grew up watching the Star Wars prequel trilogy and love them to no end, but they are flawed films and, like others before me, I’ve been working on my own fix. I’ve also become a little obsessed…
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Star Wars Rewritten. A No-Spoiler Version of Episode 2. Part 7
How to Create a No-Spoiler Version of Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. Part 7 I grew up watching the Star Wars prequel trilogy and love them to no end, but they are flawed films and, like others before me, I’ve been working on my own fix. I’ve also become a little obsessed…
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Star Wars Rewritten. A No-Spoiler Version of Episode 2. Part 6
How to Create a No-Spoiler Version of Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. Part 6 I grew up watching the Star Wars Prequels and love them to no end, but I will admit that they’re flawed films. The fan base has, subsequently, provided a host of suggestions and proposals on how to fix…
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Star Wars Rewritten. A No-Spoiler Version of Episode 2. Part 5
How to Create a No-Spoiler Version of Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. Part 5 I grew up watching the Star Wars Prequels and love them to no end, but I will admit that they’re flawed films. The fan base has, subsequently, provided a host of suggestions and proposals on how to fix…
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An In-Universe Explanation for Retro Technology in Sci-Fi
In the Science Fiction movies and TV shows of the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s, there’s often a strange blend of futuristic equipment and non-futuristic aesthetics. They even have technology that’s outdated in our time. From Star Trek to Alien, future technology is bulky and obsolete; they don’t have graphical computers, and everything is controlled with…