In applying our “fantastic-reality” theory tohistory, we have adopted a process of selection. Sometimes we havechosen facts of minor importance, but suggestive of some form of aberration,because, up to a certain point, it was in aberration that we were seeking a clue.[…] Can this method be used to forecast theContinue Reading
In the distant universe, there are objects so bright that they outshine entire galaxies. They are called quasars, short for quasi-stellar radio sources, and they are among the most powerful phenomena known to astronomy. A single quasar can emit more light than a trillion stars. To observers on Earth, theyContinue Reading
Ripley fell back, grabbed a strut support while her other handflailed at and contacted an emergency release. That blew the rear hatch. Instantly, all the air in the shuttle andanything not secured by bolt or strap was sucked out into space. (Alan Dean Foster, Alien: The Official Novelization, 20th CenturyContinue Reading
For centuries, Christians have believed that humanity occupies a special place in God’s creation. The opening chapters of Genesis describe human beings as made “in the image of God” (Genesis 1:27), entrusted with stewardship over the Earth and its creatures. But what would happen to that belief if, tomorrow, humanityContinue Reading
Never and never, my girl riding far and nearIn the land of the hearthstone tales, and spelled asleep,Fear or believe that the wolf in a sheep white hoodLoping and bleating roughly and blithely leap,My dear, my dear,Out of a lair in the flocked leaves in the dew dipped yearTo eatContinue Reading
They move away in peace with themselves.To new worlds.Because there are so many in a Universe.And there are so many universes to explore. (Carlos Trillo, Robin of the Stars) Gliese 614 IV, coordinates 285.747/+79.016/20052.661July 25th, 666 GE On the holo-screen, the man’s face was grave—as one might expect from someoneContinue Reading
You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word. (Robert De Niro – Al Capone, The Untouchables, 1987) Although Shirl was a product of the werewolves’ twisted science, when Twiglet spotted her beyond the thick plastiglass window separating the mainContinue Reading
The object was white plaster. It looked like the cast of a disk-shaped, deep-graven stone. A part of the curved rim of the original must have been worn flat; it must have been cracked, he saw, and a little segment lost. That sweet fetor clung to it in an evilContinue Reading
