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2:10 The inheritors, part 1   Tags: Me Outer limits Review Science fiction
Plot / themes Almost dead. And now: 2 brains in one head - one of them alien. A lot of heads with 2 brains - but the 2nd brain always the same. X heads, X+1 brains. And the alien brain controls the show. Super intelligence. Financial, used to make money fast. Biochemistry wise, used to make "air ...
15 October, 2004

2:9 I, robot   Tags: Me Outer limits Review Science fiction
Plot / themes Man creates something extraordinary (a humane robot), and then man fears it and wants to destroy it. Can the law protect it? Is it a thing or a human? Should man rush progress, or slow it down? Plot in short Relevant - yes Relevancy of plot Thought provoking - makes me think Pl ...
15 October, 2004

2:8 Wolf 359   Tags: Me Outer limits Review Science fiction
Plot / themes Creating life, without knowing it. And this life can create unplesant feelings. Fear of evil. Scare creatures to death. Simulating our past - and our future. The past was violent, a manifestation of evil. The future - is unknown, as it should be. Plot in short Relevancy of plo ...
15 October, 2004

2:7 The invisible enemy   Tags: Me Outer limits Review Science fiction
Plot / themes Too much reliance on following orders from the big boys. Lots of stupidity on all sides - like doing things completely alone. Ah - there's life on Mars, and it's hungry - yawn. Plot in short Relevancy of plot Plot is thought provoking Realism in plot Goofs/nits Charact ...
15 October, 2004

2:6 Cry of silence   Tags: Me Outer limits Review Science fiction
Plot / themes Aliens trying to communicate with a farmer/scientist, a husband and a wife. Trapped. Plot in short Relevancy of plot Plot is thought provoking "Attack of the tumbleweeds from outer space!" Give me a break! "Attack of the small frogs" - even better! Oh - and a mad scientist ...
15 October, 2004

2:5 Demon with a glass hand   Tags: Me Outer limits Review Science fiction
Plot / themes The eternal man. A man with only 10 days of memories. A device with all knowledge - very easy to grasp, that since the device is a hand, missing 3 fingers, it is not complete. The last man in the future - a hero. A war. The man accepts death. The device goes on, with an added finger. ...
15 October, 2004

2:4 Expanding human   Tags: Me Outer limits Review Science fiction
Plot / themes We use only a little of our brain capacity - there is a way to use more. Expanding consciousness. Expanding everything about a human. Among these the powers of pursuation. Telepathy? Charisma? Nice anyway. "Hypnosis". Ah - and then somebody dies. Superior = evil? Superior = not carin ...
15 October, 2004

2:3 Behold Eck!   Tags: Me Outer limits Review Science fiction
Plot / themes A 2-dimensional being, usually invisible. Ho-hum. Dangerous, powerful, but benign. Ah, but also like a hurt animal. A related danger, a deadline. Some want to help and understand, some are afraid. Boring. Plot in short Relevant - the thing about the fear - but it would have been b ...
15 October, 2004

2:2 Cold hands, warm heart   Tags: Me Outer limits Review Science fiction
Plot / themes Going away, coming back physically changed. Mentally as well? Was there life out there, and what did it do to him? It's progressive - what is happening to him? I think I will be disappointed if he is just turning into an alien - thankfully he isn't. His wife fears losing him, mentall ...
9 October, 2004

2:1 Soldier   Tags: Me Outer limits Review Science fiction
Plot / themes The perfect soldier doesn't have any feelings. But suddenly he isn't in a war zone anymore. Can he develop feelings? Very good question indeed. Can anybody, if they are raised without having to use feelings? The perfect soldier is also suddenly a riddle for other people to solve: Tr ...
9 October, 2004