Melanie Roussel
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MELANIE ROUSSEL FICTION
Melanie Roussel
Apr 19, 20193 min read
Star Trek's Q
Q is both a character and the name of a fictional race in Star Trek and he's the embodiment of Authur C. Clark's Third Law.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 18, 20192 min read
Planet of the Apes - the first franchise
Did you know that Planet of the Apes was a novel first? In 1963, French author Pierre Boulle wrote La Planète des singes.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 17, 20192 min read
The Return of the Obra Dinn
The Return of the Obra Dinn - an Insurance Adventure with Minimal Colour.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 16, 20193 min read
The Nuclear Influence
The 1950s was the era of duck and cover. It was also a time when sci-fi came along in leaps and bounds.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 15, 20193 min read
Mary Shelley
What's always struck me is how Frankenstein it's both typical of its time, but also breaks with a lot of Victorian belief.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 13, 20193 min read
Light Yagami from Death Note
With great power comes great responsibility. Light Yagami from Death Note runs with this philosophy with tremendous fervour, however,...
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 12, 20191 min read
Book Reviews
I have a complex, vaguely troubling relationship with books. I want books. All the books. I haven’t got time to read them, but I want them.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 11, 20193 min read
The Duality of Jekyll and Hyde
The central theme of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is duality and it's one of the most famous examples of the explorations of this theme.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 7, 20193 min read
The Cottingley Fairies
The Cottingley Fairies were a series of five photographs taken in 1917 by cousins Elsie Wright, 16 and Frances Griffiths, 9.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 3, 20193 min read
Creepypasta
They play on fears we've held as long as humanities been alive.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 2, 20194 min read
Beasts Versus Monster
A pet peeve, one I've held for a long time, is the difference between beasts and monsters.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 1, 20193 min read
Real-World Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is probably one of my favourite sci-fi subjects and surprisingly, almost always in the news these days.
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Melanie Roussel
Mar 25, 20192 min read
Steampunk: Origins
First post in my series about all things steampunk!
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Melanie Roussel
Mar 18, 20192 min read
Review: 1984 by George Orwell
War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.
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Melanie Roussel
Mar 11, 20192 min read
Review: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Thursday Next is a Lit-Tech agent, who spends her time tracking literature forgers, hoping for a promotion which is unlikely to come.
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Melanie Roussel
Mar 4, 20193 min read
Review: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
I’m almost glad I waited until now. This is an incredible story, but I feel like I was ready for it now.
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Melanie Roussel
Feb 25, 20192 min read
Fabulous Folklore with Icy (Podcast Review)
Fabulous Folklore with Icy is a podcast that explores the weird, wonderful and frequently kooky world of folklore.
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Melanie Roussel
Feb 18, 20193 min read
Science Fiction Predicts the Future
Let's not beat around the bush. It's true. Science fiction predicts the future.
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Melanie Roussel
Feb 11, 20194 min read
The Use and Abuse of Cthulhu
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.
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