Part of my English syllabus involved making presentations to the class. One of mine was based on this article and explored the sort of structures we might someday build in space. What impressed me at the time was the scale of things. It starts by blowing up asteroids like some sort of giant balloon and fitting an inhabitable ecosystem on the inside. Later on there is talk of "dismantling" gas giants to provide building material for Ringworlds or Dyson Spheres. After that it starts to get really outrageous.Bigger Than Worlds
It's hard to make a prequel to
a good movie but this is a decent attempt. Moving outside the confines of the cube is interesting but does spoil some of the essential mystery from the first movie.
This cinema may not be familiar to newcomers to the university but it's only a few minutes walk from the QMU. This use to be a small and slightly old tired cinema but it showed strange films late at night on Fridays and it was cheap. We all loved it but it closed.
Over many years it was totally refurbished and is my cinema of choice. There are two screens, both small, but the seats are comfortable and roomy. Slightly on the expensive side unless you go on a Monday when all the seats are half price. Warning: It gets very popular on bank holidays and you should be there early to get a good seat.
