Elizabeth Stanway

Time for a new #CosmicStories blog post! Today we're looking at the #ScienceandSF of human habitation under Earth's oceans. Featuring examples from Clarke, Asimov, Eklund, McLaughlin, films and television such as VTTBOTS and SeaQuest DSV.

Comments always welcome!

https://www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/life-underwater/

In today's new #CosmicStories blog, I take a look at the context and lasting legacy of J W Dunne's "An Experiment with Time" in #ScienceandSF. Featuring work by Blish, Heinlein, Priestley, Bayley, Evans, Boswell and others, and 1970 television series Timeslip.

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/astro/people/stanway/sciencefiction/cosmicstories/an-experiment-with/

New blog! In today's #CosmicStories, we look at the #ScienceandSF of Snowball Effects - exponential growth phenomena with unfortunate consequences. Featuring work by Heinlein, MacLean,Harrison, Keeler, Red Dwarf and a surprising amount of #StarTrek!

https://www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/snowball-effects/

It's a new #scienceandSF blog day! Today in #CosmicStories I'm looking at the history of Planet X - outer solar system planets in #astronomy and #sciencefiction. Featuriong stories from Campbell, Cooper, Hasse, Baxter, Space Patrol and others.

https://www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/planet-x/

Comments welcome.

New blog! After celebrating our 5th birthday last week, today in #CosmicStories we're looking at sonic weaponry and devices in #scienceandSF and their impact in "The Walls of Jericho". Featuring Rudyard Kipling, Transformers, WH40K, Star Trek and many others, as well as a certain Doctor's famous screwdriver.

https://www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/the-walls-of/

Today in the #CosmicStories blog, we take a look at the #ScienceandSF of #Exoplanets through the lens of a case study: #StarTrek and its spin offs. Featuring #astronomy, #ScienceFiction, desert worlds, water planets, giants, and lots of Star Trek. Comments welcome!

https://www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/strange_new_worlds/

New blog! Today in #CosmicStories, we take a look at Clarke's Third Law: technologies indistinguishable from magic in #ScienceandSF. Featuring Arthur C Clarke, Roger Zelazny, Jack Vance, Babylon 5, Tolkien and others.

Comments always welcome!

https://www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/clarkes_third_law/

New blog post! With Christmas looming, today in #CosmicStories, I'm taking a look at the #ScienceandSF of Holiday Worlds. Including work by Smith, Hast, Russ, Asimov, Doctor Who, Star Trek and others.

https://www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/out_of_this/

Comments welcome!

New blog! Today in #CosmicStories I'm going to take a deep dive. I'm considering Doctor Who serial "Robot" as a case study of representations of robot intelligence, science and scientists in the 1970s.

https://www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/doctor_whos_robot/

#DoctorWho #ScienceandSF #AI

New blog! Today in #CosmicStories, I'm looking at the #ScienceandSF of think tanks and scientific hothouses i.e. intensive science research centres. Featuring Eureka, Doctor Who, Star Trek and work by Asimov, Higgins, Smith and others

https://www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/think_tanks_and

Comments always welcome

New #CosmicStories blog post! Today, we're looking at #SpyFi - the glorious overlap between espionage, #ScienceandSF and what it tells us about how science is perceived. Featuring The Man from UNCLE. The Avengers, James Bond and others.

https://www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/the_spies_who

Comments always welcome!

It's a new #CosmicStories #ScienceandSF blog day! I'm returning to home ground of #astronomy with a look at Habitable Exomoons. Featuring Star Trek, Star Wars, Avatar and works by Asimov and Chambers amongst others.

https://www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/habitable_exomoons

Comments welcome!

New blog! Today in #CosmicStories, I'm looking at narratives of Earth's overpopulation in #ScienceandSF. Featuring Hershey, Harrison, Silverberg, Soylent Green, Logan's Run and others.

https://www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/overpopulation

Comments always welcome!

New #ScienceandSF blog post! Today in #CosmicStories, I'm taking a look at Living Starships - featuring Star Trek, Babylon 5, Farscape and works by Justina Robson, Kameron Hurley and others.

http://www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/living_ships

Comments always welcome.

In case anyone interested missed it at the weekend: #space #humans #newspace #spaceelevators
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