Rocket Science: Chapter 18 – Second hand satellites
Dan WildPrevious chapter.. “Go and have a look,” said Moszkowski. “It’s a sight not to be missed.” He extended his cane and started prodding through the pile of circuit boards that had tumbled from the storage room. Marley joined Doooki at the window. The Fooolzian pressed himself against it, hands splayed against the glass. Crete orbited …
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Rocket Science: Chapter 17 – The Baconians
Dan WildPrevious Chapter… He had always found the Baconians a little scary. Tall and slender with deep black angular eyes, eerily similar to aliens of humanity’s imagination before first contact. And just like the idea of aliens in early Earthling pop culture, many walked around naked. Chuck Marley turned away from the observation bubble just as …
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Rocket Science: Chapter 16 – Keep smiling
Dan WildPrevious Chapter They deactivated their gravity belts as the doors of Elevator D swung open. No magnetic tiling was needed in the primary areas. Centrifugal force generated by the Eye’s rotation kept boots firmly on the ground. The force generated closely approximated Cretan gravity, or 0.94 Earth G. Marley and Moszkowski strolled along the endlessly …
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Rocket Science: Chapter 15 – Illegal mods
Dan WildPrevious Chapter… Luhman 16A, the brown dwarf around which revolved Crete, reposed in the sky like a rusty coin on the black interstellar bitumen. Moszkowski tapped Marley on the shoulder and pointed through the viewscreen. Marley saw him pointing to the brightest star in the Cretan sky. “Alpha Centauri. Have you been there Professor?” “Twice. …
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Sleepless Society: Bedtime Wishes – Thai drama review
Dan WildAnother epic outing in the Sleepless Society series, with 13 more episodes of challenging drama in this revenge tragedy. Nara (Savika Chaiyadej) goes to a country villa to catch up with new boyfriend Rain, who is turning his opulent estate into a luxury hotel. The second instalment under the Sleepless Society umbrella, Bedtime Wishes contains …
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Girl from Nowhere – cult Thai series review
Dan WildOne way to describe Girl from Nowhere is a show that you would not recommend to your friends unless you want to punish them. At least not the squeamish ones. So warn them: GfN is a cross between satire and horror and is challenging viewing. Casual ImDB viewers have likened it to Black Mirror, and …
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Rocket Science Chapter 13 – HeadSpin
Dan WildPrevious Chapter A well sculptured chin below a large nose, a lofty brow attended by flowing amber hair falling over large green eyes: this was Zeen Crawdex, who until recently had been a paragon of success. But his poisoning at the hands of the cybernetic spider had hardly damaged his reputation, even if he looked …
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Rocket Science: Chapter 14 – To the Cretan Eye
Dan WildPrevious chapter The Cretan Eye majestically hung in the green-blue sky like a toy space station suspended above a crib. One kilometre in diameter, with a circumference of 3.141592654 kilometres, this vast satellite was a homage to nature’s most mysterious figure: π. A one mile diameter torus-style space-station orbited Mars, because Mars still used the …
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Sleepless Society: Insomnia – Thai thriller review
Dan WildDuring lockdown I started watching Thai TV. I’ve been to Thailand three times and Bangkok is one of my favourite cities. So I started learning a bit of the language too. Thanks to streaming services we can see that acting, production and screenwriting talent is evident all over the world. Every stand-alone instalment in the …
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Space Sweepers movie review – Korean science fiction
Dan WildSpace Sweepers, directed by Jo Sung-hee, is probably Korea’s first venture into blockbuster science fiction film. Much of Korean TV contains fantasy elements, so sci-fi isn’t too great a leap into the unknown. The preview is full of visual eye candy. And across the full two and half hours Space Sweepers does not fail to …
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