Comments on: The Big Rip proven false

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By: Jordan

Jordan — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:03:45 +0000

I liked the writing; Baxter is certainly talented. However, I hate stories where everyone dies at the end. It’s exactly like the “it was all a dream” ending… ie, nothing you’ve just read matters.

By: Cheri

Cheri — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:39:38 +0000

Personally, I think that (although interesting) the method by which he chooses to have the world (the Universe) end is, really, immaterial. The subject matter is intrinsically compelling and having the source be something that occurs in “slow motion,” lends an interesting element to the story.
Interesting, though, the coincidence of timing…the Science Gods striking back?

By: silviamg

silviamg — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:30:09 +0000

True, but we still read and watch a lot of sci-fi that is proven to be ultimately false. If the story is good, it’s good. But maybe that’s just because I like stories to be about people. By design, such stories can more easily withstand the test of time as opposed to stuff that focuses on the gizmos and flying cars.

On a tangent, I do love watching old news reels and old ads from the 50s. The kitchen of the future! The housewife of tomorrow!

And isn’t funny how we have a lot of retro-futuro in movies? People dressed like in the 40s, with hairstyles from the past in movies that are set in the future. Or even contemporary styles, like the Star Trek effect with the mini-skirts in the old series. And now in the new movie they are copying the old costumes, with the retro-colour palette and clothing. Back to the Future acquires a new meaning.

By: jordan

jordan — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:54:01 +0000

That’s true, but ONE YEAR? That’s a pretty short shelf life, doncha think? Flying Cars, and Mad Max, well, they could still happen. I wouldn’t throw out my desert survival gear yet!

By: silviamg

silviamg — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:30:27 +0000

Well, in the end it’s speculative fiction. Near or far future, most of us are going to be way off the mark. I was promised a flying car thanks to Back to the Future and I don’t see it. Boo! I was also promised a Mad-Max apocalypse so I could wear my black leather jacket to work and guess what? Ha! Plus all those spaceships ala Star Trek and Star Wars just seem like fantasy to me, anyway.

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:14:15 +0000

I remember when the Soviet Union collapsed one scholar had just had a big book on the USSR published the same year, in which he talked about how its political system could remain stable for a long time to come . . .