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Speculation on near-future hard sci-fi, often with reference to GURPS Transhuman Space (TS/THS). Occasional digressions into other fields such as cyberpunk, ribofunk and Car Wars.
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Month: May 2021

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Adventures in a Retrotech Bubble

Post author By losophyp
Post date 22 May 2021

Sy: “All you need is magnetic coating from a floppy disk…The photodiodes of a VHS tape…And an 8-track recording of The Monkees' D-D-D-Daydream Believer.” Harley Quinn S2E12 If you watch modern movies, you may notice the frequent tendency for some character to remark something along the lines of “my phone cannot get a signal”. Peril […]

Tags betamax, cheques, laserdisc, retrotech, VHS, vinyl

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Can't Blow Me!

Post author By losophyp
Post date 5 May 2021

If a movie is set on a space ship or space station, at some point there is a good chance that someone or something will be blown out of an airlock. Or, some character, depressed or guilt-racked, will attempt to eject themselves from an airlock. Or someone will threaten to or attempt to “space” or […]

Tags airlocks, safety, sealocks, space, space vessel, Venus. space ship