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Google and Virgin Announce Mars Expedition and Colony

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2008-04-02 16:02:33 by Sam in Slice of SciFi
...colony on Mars The question is, do you want to join us Ever yearned to journey to the stars? You can learn how to become a Virgle Pioneer , test your Pioneering potential , or join the Mission Control community that will help develop the 100 Year Plan weve outlined here more
 
Tags: virgle, project virgle, virgle evokes, virgle pioneer, virgle city, mars, virgle pioneers, google, martian civilization
 
 
 
 
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CULT TV FLASHBACK # 49: Earth 2 (1994-1995): "First Contact"

2008-02-25 08:23:00 by John Kenneth Muir in John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV
 
...colony ship intercepts a secret but official news transmission, one that reports the accidental destruction of their vessel upon leaving the station. In other words, the government is planning to kill Devon, Ulysses and all the colonists, rather than allow a colony to spring up (out of Earth control...) on distant New Pacifica. Devon orders...
 
Tags: earth, mother earth, earth control, devon adair include, devon adair, future earth, colony ship, colony ship intercepts, earth orbit
 
 
 
 
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REVIEW: Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi

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2008-09-09 00:29:30 by John in SF Signal
...Colony CONS : Not the popcorn action book I was expecting; some action sent offstage; readers of The Last Colony may feel like they've been here before BOTTOM LINE : Didn't give me the same kick that I got from Scalzi's other Old Man's War books Zoe's Tale may be John Scalzi's first foray into young adult territory, but he's on comfortable...
 
Tags: zoe, john, john scalzi, zoe grapples, zoe wander, scalzi, war universe, war, popcorn action book
 
 
 
 
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The Retroactive Review: Aliens

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2008-05-20 17:00:35 by Adam in Wild Bluff Media : Entertainment Examined
...colony on LV-426 has been there over 50 years and never encountered such an organism. Shortly after her meeting with the executives, Ripley receives a visit from Carter J. Burke, a company employee, who informs her that contact has been lost with the colony on LV-426 Weyland-Yutani will be dispatching Burke (Paul Reiser) and a unit of...
 
Tags: aliens, ripley receives, ripley, marines, colonial space marines, introduce ripley, aliens continues, creature ripley, classic film
 
 
 
 
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Ender in Exile

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2008-10-29 17:22:34 by Sam Sloan in Slice of SciFi
...colony ships and go out to settle one of the new worlds won in the war The story of those years on the colony worlds has never been told until now The voyage was long. By the end of it, Val had finished the first volume of her history of the bugger wars and transmitted it by ansible, under Demosthenes name, back to Earth, and Ender had won...
 
Tags: book enders game, book, game, ender, enders game, final ender, card, orson scott card, earth
 
 
 
 
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REVIEW: Hurricane Moon by Alexis Glynn Latner

2008-01-02 13:03:12 by Editor in SF Signal
 
...colony on an Earth-like world, moon required. They eventually find two world sized planets orbiting each other. One has an abundance of land, "Green", and one is mostly water, covered with hurricanes, "Blue". However, the effects of cold-sleep have caused tremendous damage to the colonists' genes, and it's up to brilliant microbiologist...
 
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REVIEW: Wastelands: Stories of Life After the Apocalypse edited by John Joseph Adams

2008-01-03 00:29:28 by Editor in SF Signal
 
...colony. A scout named Greel is exploring the upper reaches of The People and comes to an ancient subway tunnel, just as two explorers from the lunar colony arrive in an attempt to reestablish communication with any survivors. What was interesting here is mankind's evolution underground; affected by radiation from the war and adapted to the...
 
Tags: short-short story, short story, gene wolfe story, wolfe, stories, story, story fumbles, superficial story, bailey story
 
 
 
 
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7/28: Phase IV

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2008-07-28 21:30:00 by Ed Howard in Only The Cinema
...colony of highly evolved ants) figures much more prominently than the human characters fighting against them. Indeed, the film begins at ground level and it is nearly ten minutes before a human character even appears onscreen. Even then, Bass slowly, even hesitantly introduces humanity into the picture, starting with a shot of a jeep...
 
Tags: characters, cardboard-thin characters, non-human characters, ants, ants mandibles, ants amass, ants conduct, ants carve, bass
 
 
 
 
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Ratatouille

2007-07-05 20:38:10 by Editor in Busu Films
 
...colony of rats above an old woman's house. They eat garbage, but Remy and his enhanced sense of smell long for finer cuisine. He sneaks into the woman's place and watches his hero, Chef Gusteau, on the TV while she sleeps. This eventually leads to trouble as the woman severely overreacts to his presence one day and treats her home like Mel...
 
Tags: pixar films, chef, genre imax, chef gusteau, imax, films, pixar, gusteau, imax theater
 
 
 
 
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2007: A Year in Review - John's Take

2008-01-01 00:29:14 by Editor in SF Signal
 
...Colony by John Scalzi (2007 The Hedge Knight by George R.R. Martin (2006 Helix by Eric Brown (2007 The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks (2006 We, Robots by Sue Lange (2007 The Electric Church by Jeff Somers (2007 Ivory - A Legend of Past and Future by Mike Resnick (1988/2007 Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison & Rick Berry...
 
Tags: mike resnick, science fiction, john twelve hawks, george alec effinger, george, martin, eric flint, martin sketchley, short fiction