Category Archives: Science Frission

Science-Fictional Quote of the Week

By ACF | Published: March 2, 2010

“Space fiction stories are mainly, I think, thought of as action adventure; and I think what we were engaged in with ‘Space: 1999′, of course, was action adventure, but it was also ideas adventure. And the notion at the end of [the episode] ‘Dragon’s Domain’ that what the Alphans are now facing is the creation [...]

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In Memory

By ACF | Published: March 1, 2010

Robert McCall, 1919 — 2010 (Photo: University of Arizona Museum of Art) (See Scott Edelman’s tribute here)

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You Suck, Pluto

By ACF | Published: February 28, 2010

I really wanted to keep my mouth shut on this blog. I didn’t want to get into any flame wars or controversies. I didn’t want to be mean or nasty. But I just can’t hold back any longer. You suck, Pluto. I recently got caught up on the debate centering on the demotion of Pluto from a [...]

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Why I Want an iSlab

By ACF | Published: February 16, 2010

Back in the early 1980s — or maybe it was even the late 1970s — there was a short, speculative piece in Omni magazine on a future computer, just a few paragraphs long, or even one. The computer would be a portable, small device that you could carry around with you. The picture that accompanied [...]

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Science-Fictional Quote of the Week

By ACF | Published: December 16, 2009

I posted this quote on another blog several months ago, but want to post it here so that … it can be here. “The delight which SF writers show when encountering one another personally, at conventions or on panels or during lectures, indicates some common element shared by them, novices and old pros alike. There always [...]

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Strange Visits to the Future via Small Orange Devices

By ACF | Published: December 14, 2009

Olivetti Divisumma 18 calculator Designed by Mario Bellini, 1973 307 mm x 120 mm x 52 mm; 1,330 grams Used as a prop in the television series “Space: 1999″ iPod Nano Designed by Apple, 2009 90.7 mm x 38.7 mm x 6.2 mm; 36.4 grams Bought by my ownself last week when my old one expired. When the software asked me to give [...]

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Frission Defined

By ACF | Published: September 13, 2009

Noun. 1. A word inadvertently used by the attendant to this tower, probably as a misinterpretation of frisson. 2. A frisson engendered by fiction, usually speculative fiction, with an infusion of truth. 3. An excitement from feeling in accord with an idea: The concept contained a certain frission for him. 4. A fusion of [...]

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A Monumental City: The Shared Worlds Question

By ACF | Published: June 19, 2009

Shared Worlds, a creative writing experience for students in grades 8 to 12 to be held from July 19 to Aug. 1 at Wofford College, asked prominent science fiction and fantasy writers the question “What’s your pick for the top real-life fantasy or science fiction city?” Writer Jeff Vandermeer, Shared Worlds assistant director and instructor, [...]

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