Shiny Sci-Fi Saturday Night

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The term "geek" has many meanings, many levels, many ins and outs. One common indicator is being home on a Saturday night, whether it be due to poor social skills, introversion or maybe just all of life's circuits are set up as they should be. And to be fair, I think each of those criteria apply to myself.

I also fall into the class of Obsessivus Compulsius Tumblrosa. Have been on the Tumblr machine for a little over a year and as of tonight have clicked "Like" 10,999 times.

A good majority of that is sci-fi art, memes and gifs.

When it comes to art and sources, things can get a bit tricky. You want to give credit where credit is due. However, on the Tumblr machine, sometimes "original source" can be a very obfuscated term. On the flip side, I have this amazing reservoir of imagery that would be a travesty not to share.

A middle ground that I believe is acceptable is listing the original source for the post on Tumblr, which doesn't necessarily always mean that person was the creator.

For example, if you look at the title post above, you'll see that "instinctualization.tumblr.com" is listed as the original source on Tumblr, but the owner of that blog may not be the creator of the gif.

If you want to dig deep, I've come to discover most (not all, but most) folk on Tumblr are cool with sharing original sources. If you need to, you can reach out to them regarding any particular gif.

All that being said, welcome to the first installment of Shiny Sci-Fi Saturday Night. The first word is not only a reference to Firefly, but also I intend all the content of this series to be nothing but the most blissful sci-fi visuals that you'll find on the 'net. And starting tonight, we're going with all gifs.

If you've any comments, questions or concerns, feel free to say something in the comments section below.

Thanks for being. See you in the 'verse. Live long and prosper. So say we all.

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Stephen Sumner is the science fiction columnist for Action A Go Go. His favorite sci-fi series include Firefly, Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek. He can be followed on Twitter at Sumner@vierlights or on the Tumblr machine at NX01Sumner.