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Tag Archives: science fiction
Nipping Skynet in the Bud? Killer Robots and Real Life Warfare.
The TL/DR Synopsis Synopsis: A look at the SF trope of uploading human minds to synthetic bodies and one of its current real-life precursors, autonomous robotics. Human Rights Watch warns about the use of such systems in war. Includes links … Continue reading
Posted in Facts in Fiction/Synthetic Persons, Los Angeles Honey
Tagged "Losing Humanity: the Case Against Killer Robots", artificial limb, artificial organ, autonomous robot, computer brain emulation, Homo Artificialis, human rights watch, killer robot, regenerative medicine, science fiction, sensory augmentation, synthetic organ, tissue engineering brain-computer interface, uploading, wearable robotic exoskeleton., whole brain mapping
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International SF: The Double Identity of the Movie 2033 (Mexico, 2009)
The TL/DR Synopsis Synopsis: international speculative fiction–review of the Mexican movie 2033, both on its own terms and in its social context.Includes links to numerous points of reference in science fiction and in Latin American history. Includes embedded video (a) trailer for … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema
Tagged 1984, Archbishop Óscar Romero, argentina, blade runner, catholic church, children of men, Claudio Lafarga, equilibrium, Francisco Laresgoiti, International Speculative Fiction, Jordi Mariscal, liberation theology, logan's run, Mexico, mexico city, science fiction, silent running, star trek. john woo, star wars, stolen children, the matrix, thx 1138
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“International Speculative Fiction” Fricken’ Rocks–for Free!
My story Siren Songs in Deep Time was originally published in Albedo One, the award-winning Irish magazine of genre fiction. Now it’s been picked up again–with enthusiasm–by International Specualtive Fiction. ISF is a quarterly publication founded in 2012 with a … Continue reading