Sci-Fi Experience 2018

Jan 07, 2018 22:57

I have also started the year by reading a book loaned to me by my sci-fi friend here in Somerset (Hellstrom's Hive) and by going to see The Last Jedi, so even though I've missed a month of it (I wish it didn't start in December!) I'm going to join in The 2018 Sci-Fi Experience, hosted by Carl V. Anderson at Stainless Steel Droppings. I love going out on dark and frosty clear winter nights and seeing the stars, and dreaming about all the maybes of it, and a new year always feels a bit that way too. Maybe. *g* And maybe it'll get me blogging more again too. *g*

I was a bit sad to see that there are only four other people signed up for it so far though - is it true, is blogging mostly history now? Even book blogging? I'm going to pretend there's life in it yet, and then I can keep talking to you all and hope that you'll talk back. Or maybe even decide to join in the challenge for what's left of January! *g*
And I can already start a list of Science Fiction Experienced in January 2018!

The Last Jedi (film)
Absolutely loved this. Okay, the odd I-wish-they'd-done-that-differently, but I loved how much deeper it seemed to be, and thoughtful. And I want to see it again. *g*

Hard Sun (tv series)
Does this count as science fiction? The premise we seem to be starting out with is science fiction - in five years time the sun is going to consume the Earth...
Episode 1 - Anyway, I also really enjoyed this, and am looking forward to next Saturday night.
Episode 2 - Didn't really get an more science-fiction-y, although this was about what could happen if people believed that mass extinction was going to take place in five years. What would we do?
Episode 3 - Still not getting more science-fiction-y, but still enjoyable.

Doctor Who - an Unearthly Child (tv series)
I've seen this before, and actually I've only watched the first episode of it so far because I dropped my remote control and there's no other obvious way to do anything except "play" and "stop" on my dvd machine - and "Play all" just resulted in looping back to the first episode rather than going onto the second, oddly enough. But perhaps because I have seen it before, and was more prepared for the 1960s-tv vibe, I think I enjoyed it more this time - and I was disappointed that I have to wait for the next one until I can find a new remote. Gaargh!
... ...Gaargh again, and damn, now the dvd disc isn't working for Episode 2 even though I have a new remote. Gaaaah!

Helstrom's Hive by Frank Herbert (book)

Doctor Who - The Daleks (tv series)
Episode 1 - Oooh, the Doctor, Susan, Barbara and Ian find themselves on a strange planet where the jungle seems to have been petrified.

reading challenge - scifi experience, books - 2018

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