Axiom’s Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy

By John J. Joex

Following are a few posts of interest that we have seen over the past week or so on blogs and sites that cover Science Fiction and Fantasy.  If you see something you would like to share, send us the link at mail@axiomsedge-scifi.com.

While surfing around the net this past week and looking for some stories of interest, I stumbled across several where the real world we live in is starting to look a bit more like the future we have been predicting in Science Fiction stories. So I decided to go with that theme this week, at least across the first six links.

Dr. Obousy's Warpship

First, Dr. Richard Obousy, who has pioneered research on the possibilities of warp drive, has proposed a scientifically accurate warpship. The Discovery Channel site has photos and more info on his design.

Obousy’s warp drive would depend on the ability to harness the power of “dark energy” and as luck would have it, the Sanford Lab has dedicated an underground science fortress to research of dark matter. This lab is 5,000 feet underground where it can be completely shielded from any cosmic radiation.

And do you think that Jurassic Park could never really happen (Ross from Friends does)? Well you might want to know that scientists have brought back to life a 120,000 year old bug. It is nothing more than a tiny microbe, but it is living again.

The movie Moon debuts on July 17th and looks at the possibility of humans mining an energy source from our orbiting satellite. An article in Scientific American considers whether this speculation could become reality.

At this point in the Summer, you have to wonder if Global Warming really is here and a group of researchers have speculated that evolution within species speeds up as the temperature rises. Does that mean that when Global Warming is in full force that we will have an abundance of X-Men running about?

Meanwhile, a report from the British Ministry of Defense has pondered potential threats we could see in a grim future which would include revolution, flashmobs, and brain chips.

Getting back to Science Fiction and Fantasy (with a little politics thrown in), Paul Waldman of The American Prospect ponders whether Zombie stories tend to lean to the left!  Does that perhaps means that Vampire stories are right-wing propaganda, or how does all that work?

And to wrap up on a more light-hearted note, Brandon Root of the Spiteful Critic proposes that Star Wars, Star Trek, The Matrix, and Harry Potter are all really the same movie!