Author: SciFi Fan

I’m in favor of exploring new ideas in science fiction and fantasy. And I don’t have a problem with black-skinned elves in Middle-earth. When I heard Amazon was doing a Lord of the Rings show, I thought, okay, let’s see how it goes. Every new show goes through a period of drama with its fans. You can’t be a Star Wars fan without complaining about something. The same thing was true for Star Trek fandom. Harry Potter fans weren’t happy with Hermione getting together with Ron. Or they thought Ginny Read more […]

One of the most fun memes in science fiction is where aliens from an advanced civilization invade Earth. Critics pan these stories because they seem so implausible. After all, if the space aliens can travel across the galaxy, why do they need to attack humanity? And it’s not like a nuclear war on Earth is a threat to the rest of the galaxy. Every minute, our sun releases more energy than any nuclear war on Earth would release. It’s a fair bet that the Milky Way galaxy’s hundreds of billions of Read more […]

The difference between an alternate reality, an alternate dimension, and an alternate timeline is which movie or show explains the difference. The science fiction world confuses these concepts all the time. There were a couple of episodes in Stargate SG-1 where they made fun of the confusion. The alternate dimension idea is simple and clear. Time and space are measured in 4 dimensions, or 4 axes. We represent them by T, X, Y, and Z in 4-dimensional graphics. But a long time ago some science fiction Read more […]

Fans don’t agree on whether “The Doctor” is supposed to be called “Doctor Who” or if the show’s name is a question about who the Doctor really is.  I watched the Peter Cushing movies on video a long time ago and I am pretty sure I remember him calling himself “Doctor Who”.  I don’t know if William Hartnell ever called himself Doctor Who. Missy (the Master in his last regeneration) introduced herself as “Doctor Who” in one of the last episodes of the season, the one where they landed on the big Read more […]

In case you didn’t know it before, now you do: NASA loves “Star Wars”, one of the greatest movie franchises of all time. So much of our science is based on the wacky ideas that come out of science fiction, you should almost want to buy stock in science fiction publishers in case they ever start to patent the ideas they publish. The craziest ideas all seem to have been adopted by science researchers in the past few years: we’re on the verge of developing holodecks, warp drive, teleportation, Read more […]

Xenite.Org was founded in March 1997 and has been publishing science fiction and fantasy content continuously since then. Founder Michael Martinez marked the Website’s 15th anniversary with a nice article looking back on the first fifteen years. Although not as impressive as the 10-year feature articles section this is still a nice read. Xenite 1997-2012: 15 Years of Magic, Sweat, and Passion (via Xenite.Org) Today, March 14, 2012 marks the 15th anniversary Read more […]

I was checking out my favorite Superhero movies forum at SF-Fandom and thought about all the videos they post there with trailers from upcoming movies. But they don’t post a lot of pictures. You can find a few blogs that share superhero cosplay pictures but it’s not easy to find a really good single place for that kind of fun stuff. Communizine wrote about the five best female superhero costumes earlier this year. Why didn’t they write about the 10 best costumes? And what about guy superheros? Xenite.Org Read more […]

Got a thing for vampires? Bram Stoker started the whole vampire craze with his book about Dracula. In this article Ren Zelen takes a look back through time at Bram Stoker and his famous story. One of the great things about Stoker’s Dracula is that it inspired an entire genre of movies, spoofs, comic books, and fan fiction. There are not many classic scifi writers who left behind such a vast legacy. Maybe Edgar Rice Burroughs comes closest to rivaling Bram Stoker’s achievements, but that’s Read more […]