Sunday, May 17, 2009

On Star Trek's Box Office Performance

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The widely anticipated success of J.J. Abrams's recent reboot of Star Trek has of course impressed many observers (like the "Box ...
Friday, May 15, 2009

In Case You Wondered What Ever Happened to the Seaquest Version of the Future . . . (Ocean Mining)

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In case you've ever wondered what ever happened to the Seaquest version of the future (in which the oceans of 2018 were thoroughly colo...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

An Exercise In Near-Instant Nostalgia

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In the course of a few recent projects, I found myself wondering "What will the first decade of the twenty-first century be remembered ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The End of Oil and The End

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By Nader Elhefnawy The rise in the price of oil during the past decade, and especially the last five years, sparked a great deal of talk abo...
Sunday, April 5, 2009

New Lexx Cast Interviews

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The Lexxverse web site (a place well worth checking out if you're a fan of the show) has recently performed Internet interviews with m...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Melrose Space to Marauder: The Starship Troopers Film Trilogy

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By Nader Elhefnawy First published in the INTERNET REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION, DECEMBER 2008 Collected in AFTER THE NEW WAVE: SCIENCE FICTI...
Friday, October 31, 2008

"Two Dooms" and the Memory of World War II in Alternate History

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By Nader Elhefnawy First published in the INTERNET REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION , AUGUST 2008 Collected in AFTER THE NEW WAVE: SCIENCE FICTION...
Monday, October 27, 2008

The Lies and Times of Colonel Pyat: Looking Back on Michael Moorcock's Pyat Quartet

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By Nader Elhefnawy Originally published in the New York Review of Science Fiction 19.4 (December 2006), p. 22. Over the last quarter c...
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Saturday, October 25, 2008

About This Blog

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Raritania is my (Nader Elhefnawy's) personal blog, one of two I have had online since 2008. These blogs' focus has changed over the...
Thursday, October 23, 2008

The Golden Age of Science Fiction Television: Looking Back at SFTV During the Long 1990s

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By Nader Elhefnawy First published in the INTERNET REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION , JUNE 2008 Collected in AFTER THE NEW WAVE: SCIENCE FICTION T...