This week plenty of reading related articles plus some articles about our digital lives. Also do you know the reason why science fiction is like an egg? Read my latest article and I'll provide you with seven reasons. The Reason Why Science Fiction Is Like An Egg Thanks for reading so far, now it's time to grab your favourite beverage and have a read of the following articles.

Source When I was younger I tried my hand at writing a few science fiction stories, I then presented them to my Grandfather to proofread and provide some feedback. He tore my stories to shreds and went to great detail describing how scientifically impossible my stories were. I know he meant well, but it did shake my confidence in writing. It wasn't until many years later that I realised we were both looking at these as science fiction stories but from totally opposite ends of the scale. To make it a metaphor, I presented him with an omelette and asked him what he thought of my egg cooking skills not knowing that he only liked his eggs, hard boiled.

The weekend is upon us again and I hope you have some good reading lined up. I'm currently reading a new series, Blackstar Command , from a favourite author of mine, A.C. Hadfield . I really like his writing style and story telling and have previously highlighted other books of his on this website. Take a look at those articles if you want to get an idea of what he's like. I'm almost finished the first book in the series (which is currently 75cents US) and will most likely start on the second one soon. Love the colours! Want to get yourself a copy check it out here: Prominence: A Space Opera Adventure (Blackstar Command Book 1)  by A.C. Hadfield My other A.C. Hadfield articles: Quick Look at The Lost Voyager  Two Space Operas Worth Reading | The Silver Ships and The Atlantis Ship  Thanks for reading so far, next up I have a favour to ask of you. I'm currently working on a series of articles that I hope will help people new or unfamiliar with scien...

I became disenfranchised with Star Wars when The Force Awakens (Star Wars 7) was released and it's taken me a few years to warm up to the new Star Wars, so I missed the recent tie in novels. However with the release of Thrawn my interested was piqued again and here's another book in the new Star Wars cannon which may be worth reading. Written by Ken Liu, who is known to fantasy and science-fiction readers for his novel The Grace of Kings , a collection of short stories, Paper Menagerie as well as his translations of Chinese author Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem . Liu has also racked up quite a collection of awards for his work, counting among them the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus, so I expect this to be a decent novel. Liu isn’t the only author to be contributing to Journey to the Last Jedi series Claudia Gray is writing a book about about a sixteen-year-old Princess Leia, which is set before A New Hope, called Princess of Alderaan  The Princess of Alderaan is set...

The weekend is here and I hope you have some good reading lined up. I'm currently working on a series of articles that I hope will help people new or unfamiliar with science fiction understand the genre better and want to read more of it. I'm hoping you can help. If you have any questions about science fiction (or fantasy) or have an idea for an article that you'd like to read (or video you'd like to watch) please let me know. I've love to hear from my readers about what you'd like to see more of.  You can comments on this blog, or contact me on Twitter or Facebook (details at the bottom of the page). Why not sign up for my newsletter too. Anyway, when it's time to relax this weekend, grab your favourite beverage and have a read of the following articles. Discover | A Little Book for New Philosophers by Paul Copan Discover | Walkaway by Cory Doctorow What Does Science Fiction Have in Common With Philosophy?

As I've aged, and hopefully matured, I've become more interested in philosophy. Its amazing how much philosophy there is in a good science fiction story. However it shouldn't have come as such a surprise to me as it did, considering both science fiction and philosophy deal with questions like how one can know anything at all , and how a person ought to live. A good science fiction writer will deal with the latter question especially in light of how new ideas and technologies create change, how this change will affect us and where it may take us in the future. Both make you think about the human condition and the consequences of these ideas. Philosophy helps us see that ideas have consequences and as Ray Bradbury puts it , science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world because it is the history of ideas. Paul Copan's book is small in size but large in importance. The audience is not just aspiring philosophers, but anyone in the ...

Enjoy your weekend with some interesting reads. Start with the latest three articles from this website and then check out some of my favourite, thoughtful articles from around the web. Don't forget to enjoy with your favourite beverage. Discover | Walkaway by Cory Doctorow What Does Science Fiction Have in Common With Philosophy? Discover | The Bakers Wife by Erin Healy

Lately I've been fascinated with the promised post-scarcity future and the ' disruption ' this will cause our current societal norms. I've also wondered how this transition would work as well, which is why this novel, Walkaway has grabbed my attention. You can read my ruminations about this subject here: Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek | Thoughts and Ideas About... Up and Coming Reads | Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek From what I've read about this novel it deals with what may happen in a post-scarcity world where the basic necessities of life—food, clothing, shelter can be printed off from a computer and there is no reason for the masses to work for a living... some still continue to do so, others mock those that do and others.... well others just walk away.

As I've aged, and hopefully matured, I've become more interested in philosophy. Its amazing how much philosophy there is in a good science fiction story. However it shouldn't have been such a surprise to me as it was, considering both science fiction and philosophy deal with questions like how one can know anything at all , and how a person ought to live . A good science fiction writer will deal with the latter question especially in light of how new ideas and technologies create change, how this change will affect us and where it may take us in the future. Both make you think about the human condition and the consequences of these ideas. Philosophy helps us see that ideas have consequences and, as Ray Bradbury puts it, science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world because it is the history of ideas. They seem to be two sides of the same coin. What do you think? I'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject. Liked what you...

The weekend is here again! This week we look at the Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores, the optimised Amazon one as opposed to an unoptimised indie bookstore. Something to get you thinking, and reading this weekend. This weekend I'm going to be reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline . The physical book I picked up makes a good argument for buying a ebook instead. The writing is so small, I'm having trouble reading it at night. If I'd got the ebook I could just enlarge the font. Anyway it's been an interesting read so far, and I'll be continuing to read it with a long black or Americano this weekend.