The Astronaut’s Confession
An astronaut 413 days into her mission has been keeping a secret from Houston: a mysterious light that appears every night at the same time, pulsing in patterns she's learned to answer back.
Tag: Space Colonization (Page 4)
AIConfessions of a Mars Rover
NASA's official last message from the Opportunity rover was short and poignant. But the engineers who received it that day found something else buried in the data, something that shouldn't have been possible to generate at all.
FictionStarlight Armada
A naval fleet responds to a three-word distress signal from a research station and discovers that the moon it sits on is not a moon — it's a dormant organism, and it's waking up.
Black ComedyThe Dentist of Mars
Dr. Evelyn Trask is the only dentist on Mars, her market share is 100 percent, and the protein bars are giving the entire colony periodontal disease.
Artistic ObsessionThe Zero-Gravity Circus
A retired acrobat with two blown knees launches the first circus in space aboard an orbital station — and a disastrous opening night becomes the most-watched live event in human history.
Artistic ObsessionThe Pianist of Titan | A Science Fiction Short Story
A spy posing as a pianist on Saturn's moon discovers alien contact data hidden beneath the methane seas — and chooses to play one last concert while burning her cover forever.
Book ReviewsLeviathan Wakes
Humanity has filled the solar system, and the first Expanse novel blends space opera, noir, and horror in a convincingly lived-in setting, alternating idealist Holden with hard-boiled Miller. Some thin secondary characters and structural strain, and it is entertainment instead…
Film ListScience Fiction Part 5 – The Solid Craft
The fifth tier of the science fiction ranking. Scott, Cuaron, Glazer, Boyle and Schaffner, plus the films whose best idea arrived and was left alone.
Film ListScience Fiction Part 3 – The Excellent
The third tier of the science fiction ranking. Bong, Miller, Blomkamp, Verhoeven and the Wachowskis, plus the films that were sold as the wrong thing.