Science Fiction
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Essays And Memos On My Fundamental Misunderstanding Of Ontology – Internet Archive
In addition to my four books of poetry (so far), I have uploaded a collection of essays, short essays, and memos to Internet Archive for free download https://archive.org/details/essays-and-memos-on-my-fundamental-misunderstanding-of-ontology-by-richard-j-tilley Here is...
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Memo: Tom Stoppard meets Star Trek (cross posted)
I had an idea for movie that is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (play: 1966, film: 1990), which was written by Tom Stoppard and is a play that was made...
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Note on a Completed Project: Science Fiction and Charles W. Mills’s Critique of “Ideal Theory” (Parts I-III)
I recently completed a three-part series over at scifi.global on Charles W. Mills’s Critique of “Ideal Theory”. It is completely based on a single paper that he wrote. I have...
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Note: A Truism from Trek about Theology
This just a short note based on my own experiences and my strong interest in Star Trek. There is a line of dialogue that a brilliant writer, Robert Hewitt Wolfe,...
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Possible Model for Alternative Futurism: Responsibility to Leave (R2L)
Cross-posted Memo I have long been an advocate that we need to take care of Mother Earth before we become too overwhelmingly concerned with colonizing other planets. I have long...
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From Morality-Tale Science Fiction to Fantasy-Infused Settler Colonialism
In the Star Trek: Enterprise episode, “Strange New World,” (2001) T’Pol attempts to caution Captain Archer and his crew about visiting the uninhabited planet they discover. She wants to take...
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Note: Righteous Nation Ideology in Science Fiction and Climate Justice Today
John F. Sitton’s criticism in “Hannah Arendt’s Argument for Council Democracy” (Polity, 1987 – link) and Odd Arne Westad’s outline of the Korea’s Neo-Confucian ‘Righteous Nation’ ideology (Empire and Righteous...
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Week 30 of 2024
“A Rigelian tiger pounces with no warning.” – Lesson one of security, Lieutenant La’an Noonien-Singh “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach” (S1E6)
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Half-truths are like bad poetry (trivial notes)
By nature people tend to see and hear and they want to see and hear. It really cannot be helped and isn’t going to be washed out of them in...