Tag Archives: Science Fiction
House of the Scorpion
While The House of the Scorpion is not quite as hardcore as the scifi we’ve been thrust into this semester, the novel does deal with some of the common themes we have been discussing this semester. What first came to mind was agency; who has it, and who doesn’t. The most obvious characters that deal […] Continue reading
Blindsight, from a new POV
“Looks good,” I said. “I’m going in.” It’s my job to go first. It’s my job to lead the troops when no one else will. Or when no one else can. I followed the grunts down the corridors of Rorschach for the first time. The walls shined with a creeping blackness I could not put […] Continue reading
Blindsight
I am finding it very difficult to pick a single sentence, being as there are so many good ones to choose from. I haven’t even finished the novel yet; I can’t imagine what the next 80 pages contains. But, going through, I have settled on this: “Human nature was becoming an assembly-line edit, Humanity itself […] Continue reading
Brooding Lilith
Since I have to write this before I go to work today and there hasn’t been a topic posted yet, I am choosing to write a response letter from Akin to Lilith, after he has been captured. Dear Lilith, I miss you very much. I have been captured for over a month, and I would […] Continue reading
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
What makes us human? I believe our humanity is in our strengths, and the virtues of our character. But it is also in our weaknesses. But what if we no longer have the same weaknesses? What if what once killed us, no longer effects us. We’re still humans, just different. Right? I have been thinking […] Continue reading