Tag Archives: Science Fiction

5650: The Last Day of Manhattan

Posted on June 24, 2021 by corvusfugit

In 1905, the great comic strip artist Windsor McCay illustrated a series of satiric science fiction vignettes by the prolific author, humorist, and editor John Kendrick Bangs. The series ran in The New York Herald and other newspapers and featured … Continue reading →

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2020: Five-Dimensional Chess

Posted on August 31, 2020 by corvusfugit

In 5d Chess (released last month by Thunkspace), pieces can travel back in time. A rook in the eighth move of a game, for example, can be placed on the board as it was in move five. This then creates … Continue reading →

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1978: Superman vs. Muhammad Ali

Posted on August 8, 2020 by corvusfugit

Who would win in a fight—Superman or Muhammad Ali? The two duked it out in a 1978 comic. An evil space alien named Rat’Lar brings an armada to earth and claims that Earthlings’ warlike ways pose a threat to his … Continue reading →

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1971: Kirby

Posted on May 3, 2020 by corvusfugit

Jack Kirby: page from A “King” Kirby Portfolio (1971)

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2017: Untitled

Posted on October 7, 2019 by corvusfugit

Su Jian: Untitled (2017); artist’s website is here.

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1965: It Was Always Saturday

Posted on May 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

He was Walt. He owned a Jaguar XXB sports ship with a flat-out velocity of fifteen thousand miles an hour. His shirts came from Italy and his shoes were made in England. As he opened his eyes he looked for … Continue reading →

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2017: Huge Jelly Blobs

Posted on March 11, 2019 by corvusfugit

  From Live Science: Huge Jelly Blobs Spotted Off Norway Coast: What Are They? Giant, jelly-like blobs have been sighted off the western coast of Norway, but the identities of these mysterious objects have scientists stumped. The blobs are about … Continue reading →

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1973: La Planète sauvage

Posted on February 24, 2019 by corvusfugit

René Laloux, director: La Planète sauvage (1973). Released as Fantastic Planet in the USA. (In French, “sauvage” means “wild” in the sense of “untamed.” Wildflowers are fleurs sauvages, for example.)

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1960: Fasten Your Seatbelts

Posted on February 18, 2019 by corvusfugit

Based on a novel by Stanisław Lem, the 1960 East German/Polish film The Silent Star is set in the future of 1970, when explorations in the Gobi desert unearth an strange crystalline object containing a fragmentary message from Venus. It … Continue reading →

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1966: I Am Your Greatest Fan

Posted on January 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

   I grew up in musical theater. To me, the highlight and the epitome of my life as a singer and actor and a dancer/choreographer was to star on Broadway. And as my popularity grew once [Star Trek] was on … Continue reading →

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