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Ondřej Neff, notable Czech writer, journalist and photographer, author of more than two dozen science fiction books, visited the Philippines to launch his short story collection in English translation. At Uno Morato café and bookshop, the premier speculative fiction hub in Quezon City, he met with local writers and readers. Published by Anvil Press in cooperation with the Czech Embassy, the book entitled “The Fourth Day to Eternity and Other Stories” featured four of Neff’s […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, June 25) – To this day, I don’t sit with my back to door. I learned that from Dune. Sci-fi writer Frank Herbert created a wonderful universe unique from other sci-fi writers in that it is devoid of inhuman aliens. Humanity have successfully colonized a million worlds. Due to a previous historical event wherein thinking machines dominated mankind, the use of computers was forbidden. To make up for the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, June 24) – Imagine a civilization without scarcity, without inequality, without want or need. Where people can do everything they want without fear or limits, a place where there is no crime. Such civilization is the focus of Scottish sci-fi writer Iain M. Banks’ “Culture” series. The eponymous Culture is a meta-civilization, at first composed of eight humanoid species but have managed to assimilate many others. The Culture was […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, June 23) – When it comes to reading, my tastes run to science fiction and fantasy. I have been following a lot of authors but lately, I have been reading the “Uplift” series by David Brin. In the Uplift universe, the dominant civilization is called the Five Galaxies – a conglomerate of oxygen-breathing species. At the center of the civilization is the practice of “uplift” – wherein a patron […]
Thousands of comic book fans got decked out in their best fancy dress in London on Sunday (March 15) for one of the UK’s biggest celebrations of sci-fi culture. The London Super Comic Book convention saw fans donning hugely elaborate costume in homage to their favorite comic, sci-fi and Disney characters. The annual event is now in its fourth year and is the biggest comic themed event in the UK. Fans call the dressing up […]
