Savy wants Sci-Fi London to be more than just monsters, robots, and space battles. “Many people think sci-fi and instantly think Trekker,” he wrote. “Perhaps when reading the movie/TV guides you will just flick past something that says sci-fi without another thought, missing movies like ‘La Jetee,’ ‘Fahrenheit 451,’ ‘Stalker,’ even Soderbergh’s ‘Solaris’.”

The full blog post, on Sci-Fi London’s 2009 Oktoberfest, is at the NEW YORK TIMES.