Traveling Through Time and Other Vacations of the Mind (Part 1)
It has often been said that two big tropes of science fiction are really closer to fantasy. The first is FTL (faster-than-light) travel upon which most, if not all, galactic [...]
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The Wayward Time-Traveler
The Wayward Time-Traveler: Living and Loving Life in the Gutter of Science Fiction
In college, I had a renowned creative writing professor try to convince me to stop writing “genre” fiction and put my talents to better use. My answer to him was [...]
The Wayward Time-Traveler: In the Garden of the Demigods
There is nothing quite like the discovery of science fiction. Somewhere in the world, a youngster is attracted to a book the way a planet is drawn to a star. It is something [...]
The Last Veterans of the Golden Age
One of my favorite science fiction stories of all-time is Lester del Rey’s “The Day Is Done” which appeared in Astounding some 72 years ago in May 1939. The [...]
Who Said Science Fiction Never Predicted the Internet?
One of the more recent criticisms of science fiction is that it never predicted the Internet. I object to this premise on two counts: First is that, in my opinion, science [...]
Jamie Todd Rubin’s Three Criteria for Robots
John W. Campbell wrote an editorial in the October 1939 Astounding in which he talked about his future vision of robots. By late 1939, robots were already a growing trope of [...]
The Wayward Time Traveler: Old-School Science Fiction Flame Wars
Welcome to the inaugural post of Jamie Todd Rubin‘s new column, The Wayward Time Traveler, in which he explores the science fiction of yesteryear. – Editor I have [...]
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