The Simulacrum ISBN-13 : 979-8328077170 Copyright 2024, Peter Cawdron, 391 pages, English What happens when an AI computer system decides it wants something? Well, it immediately becomes worthless as a computer because there is now an inherent bias. That “want” is also called “volition” and it exists in all known life. A want, …
Scavengers Reign Created by Joseph Bennett & Charles Huettner Starring Sunita Mani as Ursula, a crewmember in the Demeter’s horticulture lab; stranded on Vesta with Sam. Wunmi Mosaku as Azi, a cargo specialist on the Demeter; stranded on Vesta with Levi. Alia Shawkat as Levi, a robot from the Demeter; stranded on Vesta with Azi. …
Jury Duty Peter Cawdron 289 pages, Kindle Edition First published May 28, 2021 Antarctica has always had a special fascination for me. I grew up with the tales of Shackleton and Amundsen, and followed the exploits of Peary. I watched all the nature specials on the place, including, of course, Attenborough’s. More recently I was …
Adventures in Space and Time Brian Cox’s latest science documentary series, Adventures in Space and Time, is billed as an update on all his previous documentaries, made between 2008 and 2019. You might wonder how much has changed in the realms of astromony and particle physics in that amount of time. The answer is, quite …
Mars Created by Ben Young Mason & Justin Wilkes Based on How We’ll Live on Mars by Stephen Petranek Developed by Ben Young Mason, André Bormanis, Mickey Fisher, Karen Janszen, Jonathan Silberberg Starring Ben Cotton, Alberto Ammann, Anamaria Marinca, Clémentine Poidatz, Jihae Kim, Sammi Rotibi Composers Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Hard science fiction is …