Tag: science fiction
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Rereading “Dune,” the Book That Made Me Love Science Fiction
When I was in middle school, I visited a tiny library in a very tiny town near where I lived with the intention of finding a new book to read. I visited a lot of libraries growing up. As an avid reader, I was always looking for some new book to devour, but I didn’t…
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Why “Passengers” Would Have Made a Great Indie Movie (*SPOILERS)
Major spoilers for Passengers in this post! If you plan to see it, don’t read this yet! Yesterday I saw the movie Passengers. It looked like a popcorn sci-fi flick about two people (Chris Pratt’s Jim and Jennifer Lawrence’s Aurora) who awake from hibernation sleep on a 120-year ride to a new planet. The trouble is that…
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How a Linguist Saves the World in “Arrival” (*Minor Spoilers)
Over the weekend I saw the movie Arrival, starring Amy Adams as a linguist who essentially saves the world from itself. *Minor spoilers, not major ones, to follow. :)
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