“[P]ay attention to the moments of contradiction and uncertainty threaded through character dialogue and self-reflection […] Watch his tone. Watch his humour. For me, that’s where the sharpest lessons are.”

—Bethany Jacobs on the worldbuilding of Iain M. Banks

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506129-why-sci-fi-novelist-iain-m-banks-was-an-astounding-world-builder/

#Scottish #literature #IainBanks #IainMBanks #TheCulture #ScienceFiction #Scifi #worldbuilding

“[P]ay attention to the moments of contradiction and uncertainty threaded through character dialogue and self-reflection […] Watch his tone. Watch his humour. For me, that’s where the sharpest lessons are.”

—Bethany Jacobs on the worldbuilding of Iain M. Banks

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506129-why-sci-fi-novelist-iain-m-banks-was-an-astounding-world-builder/

#Scottish #literature #IainBanks #IainMBanks #TheCulture #ScienceFiction #Scifi #worldbuilding

Great article about the spacecraft designs for Ridley Scott's Alien (1979).

https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/space-truckin-the-nostromo/

#SciFi #ScienceFiction #film #films #movie #movies #cinema #space #history #art #design #alien

Great article about the spacecraft designs for Ridley Scott's Alien (1979).

https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/space-truckin-the-nostromo/

#SciFi #ScienceFiction #film #films #movie #movies #cinema #space #history #art #design #alien

UFOs & Aliens
"Lore..

https://imgur.com/gallery/lore-6HrxLJI

1991 - Universal #Press Syndicate
#illustration #drawing #ufo #aliens #flyingsaucers #history #scifi #sciencefiction #lore #archeology #humour #legend

UFOs & Aliens
"Lore..

https://imgur.com/gallery/lore-6HrxLJI

1991 - Universal #Press Syndicate
#illustration #drawing #ufo #aliens #flyingsaucers #history #scifi #sciencefiction #lore #archeology #humour #legend

Jeff Hawke by Sydney Jordan
#comicstrip #jeffhawke #scifi #sciencefiction #comicstrips #spaceopera