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Christian Author/Speaker. Professor. 4-Time Jeopardy Champ. Christian Sci-Fi (yes, it’s a thing) Christian Marketing (so’s this 😊) Posting about tech, science, and marketing that inspire my work. Opinions my own, not employers’. Christian sci-fi novels and stories: The HONOR System. The Deliverer. Brimstone 1. Christian textbooks: Brimstone 1 Study Guide. Developing a Christian Marketing Plan. Live lecture series: Christian Sci-Fi Night with Professor K. Vlog: Your Surprising Ministry.

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The 11 Movies That Paved The Way for Ridley Scott's Alien | Den of Geek

Excellent analysis. The list shows how sci-fi stories build on one another. The epic “Alien” had its predecessors and influences.

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@khleedril @bookstodon @religion The connection seems to be a ship’s master computer ready to kill its crew. HAL 9000 went psychotic. In Alien, “Mother” carried out the company’s prime directive—bring back lifeforms that could be studied and weaponized. Crew survival was secondary.

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@khleedril @bookstodon @religion Acknowledged. 😊

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The Twilight Zone Was a Warning About the Dangers of Nostalgia | Den of Geek

Excellent piece isolating a poignant TZ trope. The good ol’ days aren’t necessarily so.

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Why the US hasn't sent humans to Mars yet - Business Insider

It was supposed to happen in the 1980s. Hopefully I’ll be able to watch the first landing with my grandkids.

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We're so close to liftoff...please help us reach our 500 subscriber target so we can launch the new "The Interocitor" sci-fi short story magazine. It's a completely free, all-volunteer effort...no gotchas. Read up, sign up, and strap in!!
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@grero @bookstodon It is, Roger! Short stories by the classic sci-fi masters, reformatted for optimal screen reading. New stories by current authors in the classic style. I like to call The Interociter a “digital pulp.” 100% free to readers, a labor of love. An online magazine for all who love sci-fi short stories’ golden era.

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Scientists Identify Seven Star Systems That May Be Hosting Alien Megastructures - Futurism

Excess of infrared from these seven stars COULD be evidence of energy-capturing Dyson spheres surrounding them—the ultimate technosignature. Still yet to find evidence of a single microbe beyond Earth. Per The Thing: “Watch the skies…”

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How New Science Fiction Could Help Us Improve AI - Scientific American

Fascinating article about organizations trying foster positive sci-fi stories about AI. Good reason why AI sci-fi is mainly negative—more plausible given humankind’s record AND more interesting. My upcoming book The HONOR System is case in point.

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@ghast @bookstodon @religion The effort to stimulate positive AI stories can arouse suspicion. I’m a public relations practitioner and teacher. It could be considered a technique by an industry to improve its reputation.

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@ghast @bookstodon @religion Easy, now. I wasn’t endorsing the efforts to promote positive AI sci-fi. I was simply pointing it out.

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New Study Achieves Breakthrough in Warp Drive Design - Press Release

A warp drive concept that works within known physics. At last!

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@diazona @bookstodon @religion I write Christian sci-fi. Agreed about the press release. All speculative.

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Now on Your Surprising Ministry, Kendra Brown—author, songwriter, and creator of women’s ministry “You Are Beautiful Selah.” Discover YOUR surprising ministry.

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Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads

I know I’m not the only one thinking this is the ideal setup for a remake of the Steven Spielberg/Richard Matheson classic “Duel.”

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A Stunning New AI Has Supposedly Achieved Sentience - Popular Mechanics

Closer still with Claude 3. Where would sci-fi be without computers run amok? My own anthology about AI coming soon—The HONOR System.

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@tezoatlipoca @bookstodon @religion Just passing along the article. Media keeps trumpeting AI. I don’t buy “sentience” myself.

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One Of The Most Important, And Undersung, Figures In Star Trek History Has Passed Away - /Film

RIP John Trimble. He and wife Bjo kept Star Trek alive with fandom and conventions, thereby keeping TV/movie sci-fi alive in the gulf between TOS cancellation and Star Wars release.

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Frankenstein Reflects the Hopes and Fears of Every Scientific Era—The Atlantic

Looking forward to MIT Press’ anotated edition. Theme of my study series Christian Sci-Fi Night with Professor K is “Playing God leads to trouble.” Note article’s point that Victor Frankenstein’s crime was hating and abandoning his creation, antithetical to God.

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LOOKEE HERE! Just 121 more subscribers are needed before we launch "The Interocitor" sci-fi short story magazine. If you love classic sci-fi short stories, subscribe right away. The sooner we hit 500, to sooner we can hit the LAUNCH button! https://www.theinterocitor.org

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What will happen if we find an Earth-like planet? - Scientific American

A good recap of the age-old quest. Captain Kirk and the gang never had a problem finding M-Class planets! 😂

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Subscribe to The Interocitor, the FREE magazine that brings back golden age sci-fi stories by the masters along with new stories written in the classic style. A digital pulp, if you will. That’s right—FREE!

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Sagrada Familia in Barcelona ‘will be completed in 2026’ - The Guardian

Inspiration for my award-winning novelette “Basilica Obscura.”

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NASA’s Solar Sail Is So Close to Harnessing Sunlight for Propulsion - Popular Mechanics

Solar sails have been featured in science fiction. Technology is prominent in my Christian sci-fi novel Brimstone 1.

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Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China - NBC News

Disgrace for honored sci-fi award and gathering behind it. Real life dystopia.

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@GailCBull @bookstodon @religion Good points. Of course that won’t stop me from entering my books for any number of awards. 🙄

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