Math is often seen as a universal truth, but is it? Battlefield Earth’s Psychlos use base-11, while Earth’s cultures developed different math systems. Sci-fi has long explored alien math, and real-world discoveries—like SETI signals and quantum cryptography—blur fiction and reality. Is math and science discovered or invented?
Frank Herbert and L. Ron Hubbard are legendary authors of Dune and Battlefield Earth who valued the essence of storytelling above all. Their many common traits include their efforts to support and inspire future generations of writers.
Glean lessons on cosmic diplomacy from legendary sci-fi explorers such as Star Trek’s Captain Picard or Battlefield Earth’s hero, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, to gain valuable perspectives applicable to future extraterrestrial outreach.
What inspired Orson Scott Card to write Ender’s Game? What qualities should an author have to create a masterpiece such as Ender’s Game, Dune, The Foundation Series, Stranger in a Strange Land, and Battlefield Earth?
In L. Ron Hubbard’s sweeping sci-fi epic Battlefield Earth, he introduces the Chinkos, an extraterrestrial race akin to humanity, often called “human aliens.” These enigmatic beings were the guardians of knowledge in the intergalactic saga set in the year 3,000.
In a world riddled by conflict, science fiction can emerge as a beacon of hope, conveying a message of peace and unity between diverse species, civilizations, galaxies, and universes.
Was it a mistake to put Earth’s coordinates on the space probes Voyager 1 and 2? According to the science fiction novel, Battlefield Earth, by L. Ron Hubbard, the answer is yes.
We wanted to know what people thought of the existence of alien life. We also checked for what Stephen Hawking, Jim Marrs, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Elon Musk had to say.
Big government maintains that there are no such things as intelligent alien life forms, while evidence to the contrary abounds. There are 2,625 reported UFO sightings in 2000, 3,069 reported sightings in 2010 and 4,881 in 2017—all listed with the National UFO Reporting Center.
The size of the Milky Way and the observable universe and how one science fiction author surmised the number of universes.