Simon’s Scifi Space -Star Trek Picard S3

Not long ago the 3rd and supposed final series of Star Trek Picard ended. Over the last few years the 3 series have run and carried on the story of the now retired Admiral Jean Luc Picard and his ongoing adventures.A lot of what's going in in entertainment at least to me is about nostalgia … Continue reading Simon’s Scifi Space -Star Trek Picard S3

Simon’s Scifi Space -Interstellar

It's 10 years ago this year that Chris Nolan completed and released a new science fiction film, rather ordinarily called Interstellar starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne HathawayLike all great Scifi stories there's so much in this it's almost hard to know where to begin, a dying Earth, a desperate human race, wormholes, relativity, a super … Continue reading Simon’s Scifi Space -Interstellar

Simon’s Scifi Space -Dark Matter

A while ago I heard about this book called Dark Matter by Blake Crouch and I bought it with my usual open mind about what the story might be like. If I was to describe this story it's a story that comes in layers.A first you have the story protagonist Jason Dessen taking a short … Continue reading Simon’s Scifi Space -Dark Matter

Simon’s Scifi Space -How our Present Affect our Vision of the Future

Recently I've been listening to the Foundation series of books by Isaac Asimov. The concept id very interesting and I'll be talking about that in another post but in this post there's one thing that struck me about the fictional world in which The Foundation stories are set. It's like 1950's America. With newspapers and … Continue reading Simon’s Scifi Space -How our Present Affect our Vision of the Future

Simon’s Scifi Space -Star Trek Picard S2

There was a lot of hype around the second series of Star Trek Picard, rumours flying about all over the place. One thing that seemed apparent was that the rather mysterious Q was going to be in the story. It seemed from the trailers that he was more menacing that the more mischievous character he … Continue reading Simon’s Scifi Space -Star Trek Picard S2

Simon’s Scifi Space -Star Trek Picard S1

What seems like an age ago now a new Star Trek series came out - Star Trek Picard. I remember the buzz about this with lots of pointless click bait and speculation about what was going to be in this new series and what it was all going to look like. Loyal Star Trek fans … Continue reading Simon’s Scifi Space -Star Trek Picard S1