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The Year Fantasy and Sci-Fi Hit the Refresh Button Let’s rewind to 2015 — a year that dropped two absolute bangers into the SFF universe and reshaped how we think about magic, monsters, and the end of the world. First up: N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy, which cracked open the fantasy genre like the planet […]
The Rosetta Stone and Sci-Fi’s Quest for Communication The Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799, was pivotal in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs, thanks to its inscriptions in Greek, demotic, and hieroglyphic scripts. This breakthrough unlocked ancient Egyptian culture and history. In science fiction, the theme of deciphering alien languages mirrors this monumental achievement. In Samuel R. Delany’s […]
Happy Pi Day, fellow adventurers of the cosmos! Today, we celebrate the enigmatic number π (Pi), that infinite, non-repeating decimal starting with 3.14, which has fascinated mathematicians and storytellers alike. But why should we, lovers of science fiction and fantasy, care about this mathematical constant? Because Pi is more than just a number; it’s a […]
Fantasy readers know one thing for certain—this genre never stops evolving. Every year, we get new worlds to explore, new magic systems to obsess over, and new characters to either fall in love with or scream at in frustration. And 2014? That year brought us some truly legendary additions to our bookshelves. One of the […]
Imagine this: A frozen vault, buried deep within an Arctic mountain, holding the genetic keys to Earth’s entire plant life. Sounds like something straight out of a dystopian sci-fi thriller, right? Maybe a lost vault in The Expanse or a secret facility in Snowpiercer? But here’s the twist—it’s real. Welcome to the Svalbard Global Seed […]
Alright, let’s be real—King Arthur is one of those legendary figures who might have existed, might have been a total fabrication, or maybe was a little bit of both. He’s basically the historical equivalent of Bigfoot but with a crown and a much better PR team. Where’s the Proof? The problem is, historians haven’t found […]