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Great Moments in Storytelling: The Adam Project

Posted on May 20, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Great Moments in Storytelling: The Adam Project

Okay kids, time to disrupt some narratives. I know the story we’re telling ourselves is ‘The Adam Project’ sucked. Instead, let’s talk about why The Adam Project contains enough positives to be considered as one of the great moments in storytelling. “What, are you crazy?” No, I’m quite serious. I came to the movie with…

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Sage Scifi – Social Constructs and Science Fiction

Posted on May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Sage Scifi – Social Constructs and Science Fiction

Today’s sage scifi discussion concerns social constructs and science fiction. What’s a social construct? Simple – A social construct is something that exists not in objective reality, but as a result of human interaction. It exists because humans agree that it exists. Another way of looking at this concept is through W.I. Thomas’s notable Thomas theorem which…

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Sci-Friday #149 – Head-Bending Indie Scifi

Posted on May 6, 2022May 25, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Sci-Friday #149 – Head-Bending Indie Scifi

For this Sci-Friday, I draw your attention to this head-bending indie scifi short: Streamline, courtesy the Dust channel on Youtube. I like that this quick film uses scifi to discuss important human topics, it’s a key element of how scifi can help us build a better future together. A word to the wise: You have…

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Netflix – Wartime & Peacetime Leadership

Posted on May 5, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Netflix – Wartime & Peacetime Leadership

Netflix has been taking some beatings in the press lately. I’m tangentially interested, since Netflix has been a consistent resource of innovative scifi for the past few years. HollywoodReporter has a solid breakdown, but I want to focus on this particular piece: These sources say Holland was the one who nurtured strong relationships with talent…

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New Short Story: Mons City Obituary

Posted on May 5, 2022 By Jackson Allen
New Short Story: Mons City Obituary

Happy to say I’ve submitted a new short story to Nature: Futures and I’m hoping it gets accepted. You can follow along the progress of its submittal, like all my other stories, over at My Scifi Short Story Production Board. As with all my short stories, I focus on writing with hard science – some…

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Get Your Scifi Short Story Published

Posted on May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Get Your Scifi Short Story Published

As a science fiction writer, sometimes you’ll finish something and go: “What Magazines Should I Submit To?” I combed through the Submission Grinder website to find this list of SFWA-recognized short story publishers. I hope you find them useful. Galaxy’s Edge / Lightspeed / Uncanny / Nature: Futures / Escape Pod / Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF)  / Daily Science Fiction / Clarkesworld / Cast of Wonders / Asimov’s Science Fiction / Apex Magazine / Analog Science…

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Prepping for a Post-Twitter Universe

Posted on April 29, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Prepping for a Post-Twitter Universe

Yeah, I know I said it was silly to think Elon Musk would buy Twitter. His seemingly obvious attention grab turned into sickening reality with the news we all received this week. Where do we go from here? TBH, I’m prepping for a post-Twitter universe and I’m not the only one. Here’s what the NYT said:…

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Sci-Friday #148 – Tribute to Scifi Movie Trailers

Posted on April 22, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Sci-Friday #148 – Tribute to Scifi Movie Trailers

Ahh, movie trailers. It’s time we did a tribute. Really, scifi owes a lot to movie trailers – they’re a part of the entire movie franchise experience and have been ever since theaters started showing them in 1912. Trailers are linked to the promotion of any new film and movie companies will literally scan you…

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We’ll Have a Metaverse – Musk and Zuckerberg Won’t Control It

Posted on April 21, 2022April 26, 2022 By Jackson Allen
We’ll Have a Metaverse – Musk and Zuckerberg Won’t Control It

Edit – A week after I posted this, Elon Musk has purchased Twitter. Updating with some new thoughts (4/26) Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter shows to how many lengths he’s prepared to go in pursuit of being Obadiah Stane. He’s likely to manipulate Twitter just like he manipulates crypto. Shame on him. In the…

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Cinderellavator – Oops, Wrong Rock – 2340 Hathor

Posted on April 14, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Cinderellavator – Oops, Wrong Rock – 2340 Hathor

‘Oops, wrong rock.’ That’s what I said a week ago while researching Cinderellavator. I initially thought that the asteroid to be used as a space elevator counterweight would be 2016 VO1. Then I spent a bunch of time talking about 2016 VO1, not realizing one simple fact – it’s too small! 2016 VO1 doesn’t have…

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My name is Jackson Allen. I'm actively writing, querying, submitting neo-Golden Age scifi. I look for future trends in social and technical expansion and ask "how could you tell that story for kids that makes them feel excited about the future?" Lots of self-published shorts - actively querying for a formal, mainstream publication house.

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