Time Recursion

[SinglePic not found]Maybe you’ve been wondering why there’s been no word from me for such a long time, or maybe you’ve been even glad about my silence. In any case, brace yourselves, ’cause I’m back! I’ve been busy, either working for various projects, and among other things also watching movies. One that caught my attention lately was the Watchmen movie.

Why, well, those of you who know me a bit better, or have read some of my earlier articles, will quickly make the connection. I’m a science fiction, fiction and action lover and I love good movies. And this one was awesome! Not just because of the story, which thankfully, hasn’t changed much from the comics, but more because of the way it was filmed. Do you remember the movies Sin City, 300 or Kill Bill? (continue reading…)

A science fiction novel, written by Neal Stephenson in 1992, features a hypothetical near future, taking place in the early 21st century. During this time, United States of America are no longer controlling all of their territory, but a rather small and unimportant portion of it, whether all the other land is “occupied” by various  private organizations and individuals, resulting in high crime rates, a flourishing drug market, and less effective and numerous incompatible security systems. At the same time, there exists another world, which is until now undisturbed, and a virtual paradise and replacement for the one on Earth, the Metaverse.

The Metaverse is an enhanced version of the internet, an actual visual representation of everything that happens online today and even more. Each person has his own avatar, with which he is able to interact online, walk along the Street and even own buildings.

The story of the novel concentrates around Hiro Protagonist, a hacker and world’s best sword fighter and Y.T., a fifteen year old Kourier, who try to track down the creator of the Snow Crash, a virtual drug, that is able to crash the computer and your brain system simultaneously. (continue reading…)

When I was browsing through the books on the Sci-Fi shelf in the library last week, I came across an interesting combination of an action, thriller and science fiction book written by Stephen Coonts. At first I was a bit sceptic, because I usually like books that are mainly focused into the fictional and technological part of the story they describe, which was not the case in this one. Saucer is, from the beginning to the end a story of different countries and persons trying to get their hands this seemingly alien relic, no matter the costs involved. But let’s start at the beginning.

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