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A Century of Space Opera
28 Mar 2012 21:02:12 (Europe/Stockholm) | In: Science fiction
Now this makes me happy, an article full of different space opera books/TV-series, most of which I have yet to experience.
Link: io9.com
Where's my space opera?
29 Feb 2012 12:36:46 (Europe/Stockholm) | In: Science fiction
The science fiction sub-genre space opera has almost disappeared during the last couple of years. Series and franchises like Star Trek, Stargate and Battlestar Galactica are all absent from our TV schedules.
Charlie Jane Anders has written an article about the state of this beloved genre, over at io9.com.
Link: io9.com
Watching Star Wars: The Machete Order
28 Feb 2012 19:43:15 (Europe/Stockholm) | In: Science fiction
IV, V, II, III, VI
That's the so called "Machete Viewing Order" for the Star Wars saga. It's ignoring Episode I and interleaving the original movies with the two prequels that's left.
In the article where the creator describes this proposed viewing order, he describes why it works, and it actually makes a lot of sense. Take a look in the link below.
Link: nomachetejuggling.com
Battlestar Galactica
20 Jan 2012 22:15:08 (Europe/Stockholm) | In: Science fiction
My long running project of watching all 17 seasons of Stargate (SG-1, Atlantis and Universe) is nearing its end and I need a new Sci-Fi series to watch when I'm done, and the choice fell on Battlestar Galactica. So I bought myself a gift: all four seasons and the two feature length Razor and The Plan.
