Tag Archives: Arrival

A spaceflight narrative unstuck

Posted on August 11, 2024 by

“First, a clarification: Unlike in Gravity, the 2013 film about two astronauts left adrift after space debris damages their shuttle, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are not stuck in space.” This is the first line of an Indian Express editorial … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Scicomm | Tagged Arrival, Barry Wilmore, Boeing Starliner, Columbia disaster, Gaganyaan, Indian Space Research Organisation, International Space Station, NASA, space journalism, Sunita Williams | Comments Off

Writing itself is fantasy

Posted on March 3, 2020 by

The symbols may have been laid down on paper or the screen in whatever order but when we read, we read the words one at a time, one after another – linearly. Writing, especially of fiction, is an act of … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Ariekei, Arrival, China Miéville, Dune, Embassytown, Flatland, Frank Herbert, Harry Potter, heptapods, Higgs boson, higher dimensions, hypersphere, language, linguistics, nonlinear storytelling, nonlinearity, Orson Scott Card, sphericity, three dimensions, time, varelse | Comments Off

Review: Oblivion (2013)

Posted on August 4, 2019 by

Spoilers ahead Just watched Oblivion (2013), starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman and Jamie Lannister. It was a collection of tropes strung together. Sweeping, desolate landscapes intercalated with sleek metallic machines. Lots of smoke and vapour. Use of spartan colour palette. Another example: Arrival. … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Armageddon, Arrival, dystopia, I Robot, Jamie Lannister, Morgan Freeman, Portal 2, Prometheus, Star Trek Beyond, Tom Cruise | Comments Off