The Martian Chronicles [essay] by Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury once said that he didn’t write science fiction. Science fiction is about the possible; he wrote fantasy. Events in his books “couldn’t happen.” [1]...
21 September 2012
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
First published in serial form in the 1950s The Martian Chronicles is a collection of short stories that together tell the story of humanity colonising Mars....
17 September 2012
Frankenstein [essay] by Mary Shelley
Like an eejit I missed my deadline for my Coursera yoke today. I had a rough draft written at lunch and should have submitted it then,...
21 August 2012
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Just as with Dracula most of us are familiar with the story of Frankenstein and his creation, even if popular culture often refers to the monster...
16 August 2012
Grimm’s Household Tales by The Brothers Gimm
The first assignment for the Fantasy & Science Fiction course I’m doing was on The Grimm Brothers’ Household Tales. For the assignment we were asked to...
2 August 2012
Coursera – Science fiction & fantasy course
A week or so I came across mention of this online course, I’m not sure where, I’d guess it was on Metafilter. That is where I...
29 July 2012