Two 2001 Fan Films

Last week, a rather interesting fan film based on Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was released. What might the ending have been like had it followed the story of Clarke’s novel, which has its climax among the moons of Saturn, instead? Warning. This does contain generative AI. If that’s aContinue reading “Two 2001 Fan Films”

On Childhood Memories and the Christmas Sensawunder

As I left the office Monday evening, the moon, a waxing crescent, held in the sky to the south southwest. There was a planet nearby in the sky, I presumed it was Jupiter, just from its brightness, but I didn’t honestly know. In general, the sky was remarkably clear. Monday had been a brutally windyContinue reading “On Childhood Memories and the Christmas Sensawunder”

On Arthur C. Clarke and Anthony Minghella

Two deaths in the past twenty-four hours to report. Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001, Rendezvous With Rama, and a wealth of other science fiction, has died at his home in Sri Lanka. He was 90. I read a great deal of Clarke’s science fiction when I was younger. 2010 was amazing. I liked ImperialContinue reading “On Arthur C. Clarke and Anthony Minghella”