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Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part V

Events in real life can have many points of view. Physically something viewed from a different angle and distance looks different. If a viewer could move from one viewpoint to others and view an event from different places at the same time, how much would it change the viewer’s understanding and interpretation of what wasContinue reading “Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part V”

Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part IV

Full disclosure: I think Harlan Ellison is a very bad writer in many readily identifiable ways. Most important, his work shows his own psychological problems almost always. If you happen to share that sector of emotional, imaginative issues, I say, Good, and enjoy. I have come to find it difficult to justify certain choices authorsContinue reading “Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part IV”

Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part III

Is this what you expected? I cannot tell you directly what I have been attempting. I myself cannot summarize it. I have tried to present elements I have identified in how I understand my experience of fiction. I am thinking and responding as I read or watch. Whether reading words or seeing action and hearingContinue reading “Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part III”

Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part II

Justice delayed is justice denied. H. G. Wells’ reason for writing The Time Machine was in part to propagandize the present, his contemporaries. It was a cautionary tale about what could happen unless people in the real world, readers of his fiction, took actions in their real lives. It was reportedly inspired by someone else’sContinue reading “Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part II”

Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part I

I have always been interested in stories that deal with time and timing. That includes stories in which time is a factor even without time anomalies and science fiction time travel, but when you think about it, the science fiction and time travel stories are imagined extensions of stories in which time is a factorContinue reading “Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part I”

And the Word Is Two

Hey! What about ancestor worship and the price of beef? How can I express the connections as quickly and efficiently as possible without leaving gaps for others to insert doubt and objections? How can I gain and maintain the attention of others while also maintaining control of my own thoughts and ability to articulate themContinue reading “And the Word Is Two”

Now for Something Completely

There are so many stories. I was on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera, Cabo, Mazatlán, Puerto Vallarta. Two newlywed couples were also on the ship. They happened to be seated for meals at the same table. The way the meals were scheduled, you could choose fixed seating in the different dining rooms, but thereContinue reading “Now for Something Completely”

BACK TO WHEN TOMORROW IS JUST A DREAM AWAY

Part of the effort to prevent democracy and social justice in the US has taken the form of creating a timeless cultural environment. Kurt Andersen in “Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America” observes this in detail. Fashions used to change more frequently, as did technology (think electronics and cars), in the latter decades of theContinue reading “BACK TO WHEN TOMORROW IS JUST A DREAM AWAY”