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The Checklist - The Legend of Zelda

March 04, 2018 by Lachlan Marnoch in Fictional Science, Non-Fiction, Reviews

If you're a fan of any of the later games, I think it's an interesting exercise to go back and see their roots - because they show through in some unexpected ways.

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March 04, 2018 /Lachlan Marnoch
review, non-fiction, The Legend of Zelda, 2018, The Checklist
Fictional Science, Non-Fiction, Reviews
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Come With Me If You Want to Live - Time Travel in Fiction, Part III

February 15, 2015 by Lachlan Marnoch in Fictional Science, Non-Fiction, Time Travel in Fiction

Something about Skynet has bugged me for a while. Okay, I know that in Part I I spent considerable words criticising the criticism of time travel, but now I’m going to play the hypocrite. I feel somewhat justified, though, as it’s not the mechanics portrayed in the franchise I’m criticising so much as a character within that franchise.

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February 15, 2015 /Lachlan Marnoch
2015, Time Travel in Fiction, Come With Me If You Want to Live, non-fiction, Fictional Science
Fictional Science, Non-Fiction, Time Travel in Fiction
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Timey-Wimey Stuff - Time Travel (in fiction?) Part II

February 09, 2015 by Lachlan Marnoch in Non-Fiction, Fictional Science, Time Travel in Fiction

We usually think of time travel as purely fictional. Mostly, it is. Travel into the past is still considered impossible by most physicists, although there are exceptions (more on that later). However, travelling into the future is, with some help from Albert Einstein, perfectly plausible, as long as you have access to either a powerful gravitational field or a craft that can travel near the speed of light. 

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February 09, 2015 /Lachlan Marnoch
science, relativity, time, physics, science fiction, time travel, Interstellar, Timey-Wimey Stuff, Time Travel in Fiction, Fictional Science, non-fiction, 2015
Non-Fiction, Fictional Science, Time Travel in Fiction
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