Edward Buckton's Blog
March 9, 2023
In memory of Hamish Ratley
As you may have seen on my social media, a few days ago I learnt that a friend from Bath Spa, Hamish Ratley, took his…
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November 22, 2020
09:00 AM | An Astronomer by Stealth (Week 01)
The first thing I do upon starting my Astronomy degree is discover that I’m not doing an Astronomy degree.
This isn’t an inspiring metaphor, as when Sean Carroll describes scientists as “Poetic Naturalists”. I mean that, according to the Open University, I am literally not studying an Astronomy degree.
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August 13, 2020
Axiom’s End Review
Axiom’s End‘s story concerns the aesthetics and tropes of the sort of mid-2000s science fiction that some would describe as “trashy” ... and approaches them with the delicacy of more profound science fiction such as Contact or Arrival. The result is a wonderful collision of artistic sensibilities; it’s like discovering a Power Ranger in the background of a Bouguereau painting, and finding that it’s still beautiful.
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Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis (Review)
Axiom's End's story concerns the aesthetics and tropes of the sort of mid-2000s science fiction that some would describe as "trashy” … and approaches them with the delicacy of more profound science fiction such as Contact or Arrival. The result is a wonderful collision of artistic sensibilities; it's like discovering a Power Ranger in the background of a Bouguerea painting, and finding that it's still beautiful.
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July 30, 2020
Wonderful Chaplets, All of Them | The Awkward Legacy of Doctor Who’s Dodo
On the surface, Dodo is no different to any of the other friends the Doctor has made on their fifty year voyage back and forth across space and time. Why is she so infamous amongst tinfoil robots and bubblewrap monsters?
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July 24, 2020
Oi, world! A welcome to Buckton’s Blog
It would seem you’ve stumbled upon Buckton’s blog. O, how I pity thee, for there is no escape from this cesspool of Edward Buckton-themed content.…
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