secretmission commented on Is The Bike City An Alternate Universe, Or A Glimpse Of Your Urban Future?

"I spent a long weekend in Amsterdam in March and my friend and I rented bikes and joined the masses going about their lives on their seemingly WWII-era clunker bikes."

secretmission commented on The Terrifying Beauty Of A Combat Vehicle That Thinks, Plans, And May One Day Harbor Dark Desires

"Totally cylon-ic."

secretmission commented on The Opportunity Rover Discovers Mars's Largest Meteorite

"Lower right hand corner of meteorite image: bi-pedal footprint..."

secretmission commented on Steampunk Brothel Spies And Million-Year Quests, In June Books

"David Hartwell's Year's Best SF 14 is even better than Dozois' anthologies..."

secretmission commented on Science Fiction Books That Launched Their Own Genres

"First sci-fi novel written by a Star Trek actor: George Takei's (and Robert Asprin's) Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe, Playboy Press, December 1979 (coinciding with the release of ST:TMP). From the back cover blurb copy: "Hosato is a killer - a saboteur - a duelist..." Cover art features a muscular, shirtless Takei blasting a robot with his laser rifle in one hand and raising his sword in the other (whilst standing atop a pile of previously killed robots. It's absolutely horrible, but it got Bill Shatner kick-started as a "novelist.""

secretmission commented on Virtuality's Cast Prepare For Space Travel

"Talking GI Joe (Astronaut, natch...), ACE paperback Philip K Dick first editions, 1987 Gibson SG with Bigsby tremolo."

secretmission commented on R2-D2 Spotted Hiding in "Star Trek" Movie

"I just all the respect for Abrams and the people involved in the new Trek film."

secretmission commented on We Talk To The Masterminds Of Kamen Riders' Cyber-Dragon Revolution!

"I grew up with the original Kamen Riders (X, V3, etc.) in Japan during the 1970s, and these guys will need the classic grasshopper/cricket mask makeover to get me to pay attention again."

secretmission commented on Why Is The Media Trying To Make Star Trek Fans Look Like Naysaying Dorks?

"Star Trek's "story" is still viewed stereotypically as Science by the mainstream media and western culture."

secretmission commented on What Did You Think of Star Trek?

"Anyone catch McCoy's throwaway line of dialogue when he calls for Nurse Chapel in sick bay? Scotty was way too jokey and goofball once he found himself aboard the Enterprise."