Tag: retrofuturism

• Mark Starman in the 21st Century, Chapter 5: The First Battle

  November 14, 2025

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  Steve and I dashed madly through the corridors to the C.I.C., as other men and boys ran elsewhere all around us. The siren had stopped blaring, but the panic was still there. Frantic thoughts passed through my head over and over again. Pirates! Pirates attacking us! I’m going to die!…

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  + Mark Starman in the 21st Century, Short Stories

  + 1980s, adventure, fiction, retrofuturism, Science Fiction, space, space battles

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• Mark Starman in the 21st Century, Chapter 4: The U.S.S. Indianapolis

  November 7, 2025

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  The shuttle tore through the black, star-speckled void of orbital space, picking up speed with every second. I couldn’t see the Earth behind us, but ahead…ahead was a whole new universe. Giant space stations spun lazily, kilometers long, in rings, cylinders, and spheres that looked like something out of The…

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  + Mark Starman in the 21st Century, Short Stories

  + 1980s, adventure, fiction, indianapolis, Navy, retrofuturism, science-fiction, starship

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• Mark Starman in the 21st Century, Chapter 3: The United Stellar Navy

  October 31, 2025

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  “Mark, wake up!” a familiar voice shouted. “Time to go to the naval base!” I groaned, rolled over, and rubbed my eyes. Slowly, I sat up. The room looked the same as it had the night before, but the sky outside the window wasn’t pitch black. Dark blue twilight glimmered…

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  + Mark Starman in the 21st Century, Short Stories

  + 21st century, adventure, Navy, retrofuturism, Science Fiction, short story

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• The Battle of Alpha Centauri II, Part 2

  July 29, 2025

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  + Comic Strips

  + 1980s, adventure, Comic Strips, comics, retrofuturism, science-fiction

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• The Battle of Alpha Centauri II, Part 1

  July 28, 2025

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  + Comic Strips

  + 1980s, adventure, Comic Strips, comics, retrofuturism, Science Fiction

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• Escape from Alpha Centauri I, Part 6

  July 26, 2025

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  + 1980s, adventure, Comic Strips, comics, retrofuturism, Science Fiction

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• Escape from Alpha Centauri I, Part 5

  July 25, 2025

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  + Comic Strips

  + 1980s, adventure, Comic Strips, comics, retrofuturism, Science Fiction

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