According to a recent article in New Scientist, an inflatable tower might one day be built to transport us a long way towards orbit. I can't help thinking you'd need one hell of a puncture repair kit to hand, but it's a fascinating addition to the whole space elevator debate. There's an annual competition, I … Continue reading Space Elevators in Science Fiction
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A Stormy Night with John Carpenter’s “The Fog”
It's the middle of the eighties, the middle of a winter's afternoon and the middle of one humdinger of a storm. My friend Andy Wicks and I are in the middle of the stalls of the huge Gaumont cinema in Bournemouth. There are maybe six other people in there with us. We're treating ourselves to … Continue reading A Stormy Night with John Carpenter’s “The Fog”
Asimov’s “Foundation” and Those Fabulous Chris Foss Spaceships
What's in a cover? Sometimes everything. The first science fiction book I ever bought was the old Granada paperback edition of Isaac Asimov's Foundation, and the thing that made the teenage me pick it up was the fabulous Chris Foss spaceship on the cover. But there was more to it than that, enough to make … Continue reading Asimov’s “Foundation” and Those Fabulous Chris Foss Spaceships
Graham Edwards 