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SciFi Camp is a community of Science Fiction fans examining tropes, themes, fandoms, and stories. SciFi Camp includes our written publication and a podcast hosted by Andrew Sears (Rebooted, I Freaking Love That Movie).

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Star Trek, a genre (opens the original)

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    Well, well, here we are at the end of September. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, autumn is beginning to cool our winds and shorten our days. It’s a time for chili and soup, with warm campfires with hot coffee or cocoa, and pumpkin- and apple-flavoured everything. Which isn’t a complaint, I genuinely love both of those flavors. This is the beginning of my favourite season.As I’ve been enjoying the change in weather, I’ve been thinking about the conversations we’ve had here at SciFi Ca

  2. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    Who's Who of Doctor Who Baddies (Community Poll) (opens the original)

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    Spooky season is rapidly approaching, and we're cooking up something fun to celebrate because Sci Fi has a long-standing soft spot for things that go bump in the night (or in the void of outer space).We're staging a month-long showdown between the biggest baddies across science fiction (and some sci-fi adjacent) stories, but there's one corner of this event that has us scratching our heads, so we thought we'd turn to our readers for the finishing touch.The DilemmaDoctor Who is a science fiction

  3. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    7 Book Series I’ve Actually Read* (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    SciFi Camp Review: UPGRADE (2018) (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    Secret Sci-Fi: The Modern Zombie (opens the original)

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    Last time I was here, I wrote about the things I haven’t seen. Now I want to take a dive into the things I never saw coming.There were a couple of recommendations on my last post that raised an eyebrow because I honestly would have never classified them as science fiction. I think a huge part of that is the fact that it’s super easy to lean into a very narrow definition of what the genre is, and discredit (or at least overlook) anything that doesn'tfit inside the neat little box. But, as pointed

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