Alee Karim

Category: Science Fiction

  • STAR WARS: BEFORE THE FALL, PT. 3 — “Many Bothans died to bring us this information.”

    STAR WARS: BEFORE THE FALL, PT. 3 — “Many Bothans died to bring us this information.”

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    Her skin glows. A bright lavender haze. His hand approaches her cheek and he feels more warmth than he knows possible emitting from her skin. For a moment he wonders if he could make do with just this. Long ago, it was considered inappropriate for Bothans to get close to other species as inter-species bonds […]

  • There, But Not There: Intertextual Encounters with Blade Runner

    There, But Not There: Intertextual Encounters with Blade Runner

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    It’s hard to imagine a world without Philip K. Dick (aka PKD for brevity and to avoid the obvious joke of the last-name-appellation standard for authors). His way of thinking suits our contemporary style of ingestion—short, persistently relevant chunks of compressed information. His ideas were just barely coming into vogue before he died in 1982 […]

  • STAR WARS: BEFORE THE FALL, Pt. 2 — “He’s No Good to Me Dead”

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    On the bridge of an Imperial Star Destroyer halfway between Bespin and Tatooine, two men argue over money. “Due to the circumstances of Captain Solo’s capture, the Empire must deduct a small portion of your pay.” “That is not what I consider small.” “It’s more than reasonable for the loss of five of my best […]

  • STAR WARS: BEFORE THE FALL, Pt. 1 — “An Older Code”

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    [The first in a series of (ahem) fan fictions, designed to fill in some interesting cracks in the original Star Wars continuity with pure conjecture based on the actions of minor characters I love. Today’s subject: Admiral Firmus Piett] With a massive handful of chak, several stalks of which she’s resolved to prepare for breakfast, […]

  • An(other) update

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    I’m writing a novel. There’s a bunch of other things going on as well, but the one that I am most excited about, particularly because it seems the most daunting, is a full-length prose novel. WHAT IS KNOWN SO FAR: It’s an SF/fantasy story set in 1983. Its locale is the West San Fernando Valley […]

  • Vista 2: The Young Murderers

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    Vista 2: The Young Murderers[Stardate: 20110315] “Keep all your heads DOWN! I’ll tell you when it’s your turn.” I’m lying face-down in Timothy’s Market at lunch time, feeling a pool of someone else’s blood soak my last clean white shirt. My right eye scanned the room wondering who was alive but everyone else is on […]

  • An actual update

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    A friend mentioned that they’d bookmarked my blog so I’ve decided to start updating it again. So what’s been up you ask? I’ve been doing a lot of metal journalism for Invisible Oranges, the metal blog edited by Cosmo Lee. Here’s a link to my entries. I used to write a MySpace blog called The […]