Scifi Thoughts

Concurrent news: Bruce Springsteen’s Streets of Minneapolis : https://x.com/mariashriver/status/2016618469740204114?s=61 https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bruce-springsteens-streets-minneapolis-anti-ice-protest-song-hits-no-1-rcna256711 Working definitions: With a framework of Retrospective, Contemporary, and Speculative, we can identify examples of works that portray fascism. Retrospective is science fiction that looks back at past fascist events, generally WW2. Contemporary is science fiction that was written to look at what’s happening in […]

Concurrent news: Bruce Springsteen’s Streets of Minneapolis : https://x.com/mariashriver/status/2016618469740204114?s=61 https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bruce-springsteens-streets-minneapolis-anti-ice-protest-song-hits-no-1-rcna256711 Working definitions: With a framework of Retrospective, Contemporary, and Speculative, we can identify examples of works that portray fascism. Retrospective is science fiction that looks back at past fascist events, generally WW2. Contemporary is science fiction that was written to look at what’s happening in […]

1/30/2026 events: Bruce Springsteen’s Streets of Minneapolis : https://x.com/mariashriver/status/2016618469740204114?s=61 Streets of Minneapolis hits #1: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bruce-springsteens-streets-minneapolis-anti-ice-protest-song-hits-no-1-rcna256711 Working definitions: Political theorist Roger Griffin proposes that a myth of palingenesis, or national rebirth, is a minimum requirement for any “true fascism”, in combination with  populism and ultranationalism. Umberto Eco, in his famous essay, “Ur-Fascism”, counts fourteen common features […]

Lawrence is on BlueSky: @scop.bsky.social Sign up for the Minute Men newsletter: https://concomentertainment.substack.com/ Other Minute Men news: https://concomentertainment.com/ Lawrence’s VBLog: https://lawrencecconnolly.com/vblog/

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Sign up for the Minute Men newsletter: https://concomentertainment.substack.com/ Other Minute Men news: https://concomentertainment.com/ Lawrence’s VBLog: https://lawrencecconnolly.com/vblog/ Lawrence is on BlueSky: @scop.bsky.social

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Story structure: How do the elements that make up the story hold together. Discussed in this episode: High end literary authors: Anthony Trollope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Trollope P.G. Wodehouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse

Richard’s website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Definition: Story structure—How do the elements that make up a story, hold together.

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Mentioned in this Episode: Don Bluth “Just say Yes!” https://donbluth.fandom.com/wiki/Just_Say_Yes!

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Mentioned in this Episode: Don Bluth “Just say Yes!” https://donbluth.fandom.com/wiki/Just_Say_Yes!

Table1: High-Level Milestones of the Book Series (Original Trilogy) Milestone Description Book Apple TV Adaptation? 1. Fall of the Galactic Empire Hari Seldon predicts the Empire’s collapse and initiates the Foundation project. Foundation ✔️ Season 1 2. Founding of the First Foundation Seldon establishes a scientific colony on Terminus to preserve knowledge and shorten the coming […]

Table1: High-Level Milestones of the Book Series (Original Trilogy) Milestone Description Book Apple TV Adaptation? 1. Fall of the Galactic Empire Hari Seldon predicts the Empire’s collapse and initiates the Foundation project. Foundation ✔️ Season 1 2. Founding of the First Foundation Seldon establishes a scientific colony on Terminus to preserve knowledge and shorten the coming […]

Table1: High-Level Milestones of the Book Series (Original Trilogy) Milestone Description Book Apple TV Adaptation? 1. Fall of the Galactic Empire Hari Seldon predicts the Empire’s collapse and initiates the Foundation project. Foundation ✔️ Season 1 2. Founding of the First Foundation Seldon establishes a scientific colony on Terminus to preserve knowledge and shorten the coming […]

Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct a cappella songs: https://www.thechromatics.com https://www.astrocappella.com Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard […]

Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/QHvPQi8T9iH6hXz1 Mentions: Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct […]

Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/QHvPQi8T9iH6hXz1 Mentions: Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct […]

Alan’s Web site: https://www.alansmale.com/ Alan on the following Socials: Alan’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alan.smale Alan on BlueSky: @alansmale.bsky.social Alan on Twitter: @alansmale Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmale Alan’s Author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alan-Smale/author/B00BAFDPWO Alan and The Chromatics performing in the centrifuge at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/QHvPQi8T9iH6hXz1 Mentions: Web sites for The Chromatics, and their AstroCappella project of astronomically correct […]