reviews Ubik or Philip K. Dick's Allegory cave I am Ubik. Before the universe was, I am. I made the suns. I made the worlds. I created the lives and the places they inhabit.
articles A Science Fiction Journey: Where does Sci-Fi come from? How define the origin of the science fiction? It is near impossible. You would have to trace the entire path of stories, plots, novels, short stories, narratives of all kinds.
mybooks Root Legacy: To the Edge of Consciousness - Cyberpunk/SciFi novel He has broken through their defenses. They won't forgive him. But he is not alone.
articles Silkpunk: Mix science fiction and fantasy, drawing inspiration from classical East Asian history Like steampunk, silkpunk is a mixture of science fiction and fantasy, with the dosage of each not always fixed. Steampunk is inspired by the technological aesthetic of brass and chrome of the Victorian era, while silkpunk is inspired by classical antiquity in East Asia.
reviews Ballard: four novels Under the sign of the Apocalypse The apocalyptic scenario is one that many of James G. Ballard's characters have to face. Ballard is a science fiction writer and noble father of speculative cyberpunk. His stories unfold under the sign of the Apocalypse, the Revelation of a new dystopic world.
articles Are Cyberpunk and Science Fiction dead? In Science Fiction the plot is fairly linear, with characters defined and more or less recognizable in patterns. In Cyberpunk, linearity is broken, protagonist-situation relationships are complex and ambiguous.