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Category: WRITING

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Carry on, ASH – A Fan Fiction Comic

2021-02-20 08:14:07 AM CST
Having come across this only recently, I was glad to see that this is still in the works! For Michael to take on a project of this size... and to…
THE NOSTROMO FILES INVESTIGATES…

The Nostromo Files Investigates… An aid to interstellar navigation

2020-02-17 02:39:13 PM CST2020-12-19 07:32:26 PM CST
I've been in love with the stars since before I can remember, and as the internet provided places where I could learn more about them, my interest grew to the…
THE NOSTROMO FILES INVESTIGATES…

What's in a name?

2020-01-26 07:10:04 PM CST2020-12-19 07:32:37 PM CST
I've been re-reading The Cambridge Star Atlas, by Wil Tirion. It's a beautiful book, and practical... if I could only stay up late enough to enjoy the night sky! When…
THE NOSTROMO FILES INVESTIGATES…

The Nostromo Files Investigates: A close shave with Occam’s Razor.

2020-01-25 02:37:34 PM CST2020-12-19 07:32:38 PM CST
Some time ago, I posted a few thoughts about the characteristics of space travel in Alien (1979), but some recent reading has made me rethink things. Continue reading "The Nostromo…
FILM…

Ego, Arrogance, and Emptiness.

2019-12-08 04:08:55 PM CST2020-12-19 07:33:03 PM CST
When I first came upon photographs of Alien while reading Starlog #22, I was struck by the authenticity of the spacecraft. It looked real, not like some of the less-realized…
ART…

“ALIEN went to where the Old Ones lived, to their very world of origin.”

2019-11-16 10:49:43 AM CST2020-12-19 07:33:14 PM CST
Those words were written in 2003 by Dan O'Bannon, in his essay that included this recollection of a particular movie review of Alien: Continue reading "“ALIEN went to where the…
THE NETWORK…

SKIN JOB 66 ‘goes medieval’ on ALIEN.

2019-06-29 11:16:46 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:33:54 PM CST
<INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY>   Although I try to keep the focus tight on the Nostromo here, when something unique comes along I think you might enjoy, I like…
FRIENDS OF THE NOSTROMO FILES…

Alien Explorations updates “Alien: Memory Surfaces”.

2019-06-15 07:04:11 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:01 PM CST
<INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY>   Dominic Kulcsar (Alien Explorations) updated his article that explores the early discussions between Ron Shusett Dan O'Bannon over the ‘Memory’ script. Fans of screenwriting will…
ART…

An advertisement from the universe of Alien.

2019-06-09 07:51:19 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:02 PM CST
<INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY>   If ever the existence of printed publications in the time of the Nostromo and its crew was in doubt, we need only remember Ash's…
CHARTING NOSTROMO…

“…out of (Rennell Island?)”

2019-06-08 09:25:11 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:02 PM CST
<INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY>   I have done some preliminary work on my ideas about the commercial space port in the Solomons Island, depicting the landing areas for the…

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