Comments on: UFOs and Science Fiction http://futurismic.com/2008/11/19/ufos-and-science-fiction/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Steve Fellick http://futurismic.com/2008/11/19/ufos-and-science-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-636185 Steve Fellick Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:13:08 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=4791#comment-636185 As it seems novels about UFOs are quite rare, and you may be interested in seeing a new one, I thought you might be interested to know I have just written one. It's called 'A Strange Encounter' and is set in the UK in 1991. I think it may be quite close to what would really happen if a couple of UFOs turned up over the UK and were then identified by the military as being the real thing. Real alien spacecraft. If you give it a go I hope you enjoy it. Cheers, Steve Fellick As it seems novels about UFOs are quite rare, and you may be interested in seeing a new one, I thought you might be interested to know I have just written one.

It’s called ‘A Strange Encounter’ and is set in the UK in 1991.

I think it may be quite close to what would really happen if a couple of UFOs turned up over the UK and were then identified by the military as being the real thing. Real alien spacecraft.

If you give it a go I hope you enjoy it.

Cheers,

Steve Fellick

]]> By: P. Fitzpatrick http://futurismic.com/2008/11/19/ufos-and-science-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-186284 P. Fitzpatrick Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:54:58 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=4791#comment-186284 I think it was John Campbell who insisted that humans always defeat aliens in his story. UFO's may not be common in written SF, but aliens sure are. 2001: A Space Odyssey's enigmatic denouement was all about the aliens, though certainly more along your "ontological buffers" line of thinking, and certainly productive of "neurological restraints" in many a stunned viewer. But that Jupiter sequence is unbelievably beautiful on a big screen. I think this is what is missing in current UFO fiction - the beauty of transgressing the Speed O' Light, that bugaboo to space travel which makes so much of space opera problematic. If UFO's are spaceships, interplanetary travel becomes feasible, and the fictional universe opens up considerably. I do have great nostalgia for the older SF works that embraced aliens and UFO's so readily. I think it was John Campbell who insisted that humans always defeat aliens in his story. UFO’s may not be common in written SF, but aliens sure are. 2001: A Space Odyssey’s enigmatic denouement was all about the aliens, though certainly more along your “ontological buffers” line of thinking, and certainly productive of “neurological restraints” in many a stunned viewer. But that Jupiter sequence is unbelievably beautiful on a big screen. I think this is what is missing in current UFO fiction – the beauty of transgressing the Speed O’ Light, that bugaboo to space travel which makes so much of space opera problematic. If UFO’s are spaceships, interplanetary travel becomes feasible, and the fictional universe opens up considerably. I do have great nostalgia for the older SF works that embraced aliens and UFO’s so readily.

]]> By: yeremenko http://futurismic.com/2008/11/19/ufos-and-science-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-18033 yeremenko Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:36:40 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=4791#comment-18033 I have always thought UFOs were a reality since the sighting of thousands of flying lights off the coast of Portugal when I was a kid. Front page news then. Now Nexus and other websites such as this one spark my interest. I love science fiction writing and think it is a great mind expanding genre. I am a humanitarian but agree with the concept of therio primitivism for humans and their interaction with other species. I have tried to use it as a motive in my own fiction writing. I have tried to show the fundamental horrors of not being ontop of the food chain in my novel called Doom Of The Shem. Doom Of The Shem is a science fiction novel that incorporates the horror of military action with the unavoidable hostilities that occur when an alien species invades a planet in search of food. The barbarity of war is brought to light by the work achieved by the nurses and medical personnel of the planets inhabitants. While a full blown military action story emerges from an ensuing war that involves the whole planet. It is especially centered on a squad of the planets army forces, who fight the alien invaders. These nasties try to subjugate captured species my genetic manipulation such as in Dr Moreau, and use these creatures to run fast food outlets across their empire, giving out a free plastic toy with every sale of a Happy Hatchling Brain Burger. doomoftheshem.blogspot.com I have always thought UFOs were a reality since the sighting of thousands of flying lights off the coast of Portugal when I was a kid. Front page news then. Now Nexus and other websites such as this one spark my interest.
I love science fiction writing and think it is a great mind expanding genre. I am a humanitarian but agree with the concept of therio primitivism for humans and their interaction with other species. I have tried to use it as a motive in my own fiction writing. I have tried to show the fundamental horrors of not being ontop of the food chain in my novel called Doom Of The Shem.
Doom Of The Shem is a science fiction novel that incorporates the horror of military action with the unavoidable hostilities that occur when an alien species invades a planet in search of food. The barbarity of war is brought to light by the work achieved by the nurses and medical personnel of the planets inhabitants. While a full blown military action story emerges from an ensuing war that involves the whole planet. It is especially centered on a squad of the planets army forces, who fight the alien invaders. These nasties try to subjugate captured species my genetic manipulation such as in Dr Moreau, and use these creatures to run fast food outlets across their empire, giving out a free plastic toy with every sale of a Happy Hatchling Brain Burger.
doomoftheshem.blogspot.com

]]> By: alex poray http://futurismic.com/2008/11/19/ufos-and-science-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-17874 alex poray Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:00:10 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=4791#comment-17874 Check out "LEVEL ABOVE HUMAN" it's a comic book about a hoax alien invasion. It's free to read at www.myebook.com Check out “LEVEL ABOVE HUMAN” it’s a comic book about a hoax alien invasion.
It’s free to read at http://www.myebook.com

]]> By: linus r. http://futurismic.com/2008/11/19/ufos-and-science-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-17552 linus r. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:41:53 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=4791#comment-17552 UFO's and classic comics really go well together.... the obscure "UFO Encounters", "UFO Flying Saucers" and "Flying Saucers Comics" really "captured" the imagination.... and UFO's in comics have always been somewhat rare for some strange reason.... UFO’s and classic comics really go well together…. the obscure “UFO Encounters”, “UFO Flying Saucers” and “Flying Saucers Comics” really “captured” the imagination…. and UFO’s in comics have always been somewhat rare for some strange reason….

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