Category Archives: Science

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

This is the deal: it’s impossible for me to separate Phililp K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? from its film adaptation, Blade Runner. This is because I’ve seen Blade Runner approximately 4,000 times, and because my science fiction-obsessed … Continue reading →

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The Santaroga Barrier

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

Frank Herbert is one of my heroes, for a number of reasons: his incredible commitment to portraying the whole ecology of a fictional environment, his sly allusions to philosophy, the overwhelming headiness of his work, his Northwest roots. This devotion, … Continue reading →

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The Ice People

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

The Ice People is a lesser-known French science fiction novel by René Barjavel. In French, it is known by the more nuanced title, La Nuit Des Temps (the Night of Time). I chose it primarily because I was bewitched by … Continue reading →

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A Friendly Reminder

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Claire L. Evans
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Quark #1

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

As far as science fiction anthologies go, Quark #1 is weird. Co-edited in the early 70s by the poet Marilyn Hacker and Samuel Delany (who were married at the time, but have long since separated and both self-identified as homosexual), … Continue reading →

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War With The Newts

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

SpaceCanon: I wanted to talk to you about War with the Newts Evan: Oh yea! I love that book SpaceCanon: yeah man me too Evan: In addition to many other things, I feel like it is the missing link between … Continue reading →

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Blog Redesign

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

Hello readers, and welcome to a very significant redesign of this nascent blog. For those of you who don’t collect science magazines from the mid-80s, the new Space Canon design is a serious homage to OMNI, a seminal publication that … Continue reading →

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JEM

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

JEM, a limerick: There once was a planet named Jem, Which seemed to accommodate men, With Earth torn asunder, By one nuclear blunder, Humankind thought to try it again. JEM, a haiku: Dim red sun overhead, Sad beasts of the … Continue reading →

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Nebula Award Stories Four

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

The first and most egregious mistake I made when I sat down to determine the guidelines of this project was to forget about short stories. By populating my reading list exclusively with novels, I flouted the genre’s most sacred form. … Continue reading →

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Stranger In A Strange Land

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

Stranger in a Strange Land is a classic of early 1960s American science fiction, and a game-changer for the genre’s sexual politics, so long relegated to a weird ghetto of three-breasted Martian babes and earnest blondes defiled by tentacled monsters. … Continue reading →

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