Frequently Asked Questions
| Q: | Your website doesn’t display properly in my browser. What’s the deal? |
| A: | We at SFK have a simple motto: Get a new browser or get a new site. We support the most current versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox. In the event that one of those browsers is overthrown in a bloody revolution we will support the most popular of its successors. |
| Q: | What is Sci-Fi Kabbal’s reason for existence? |
| A: | The site is to be a facehugger unto the world implanting and nourshing a love for all things sci-fi in the chest cavity of every man, women, and child. It is our hope that once matured, this love will burst forth and ravage the earth like a plague of xenomorphs. |
| Q: | Uh…Gross! So what is a Kabbal, anyway? |
| A: | Kabbal is a bastardized form of the words cabal and kabbalah, which share the same root, and it is meant to imply the definitions of both. (By the by, only brit-less Goyim like Merriam-Webster would spell kabbalah with a "c" or "q".) |
| Q: | There's no need to resort to name calling. |
| A: | Oh, that's just what we call pillow talk, baby, that's all. |
| Q: | Who are you guys? |
| A: | It’s difficult to answer who we are when I am not even sure that we are. On the other hand, I am reasonably sure that I am, but that is as far as I have advanced in my meditations. |
| Q: | Recognizing that any explanation you provide may simply be a partial mapping of your omnifarious being, who are you guys? |
| A: | We are Mark Melville () and Andrew Price (), life long closet geeks. Sure, others might have suspected that we were geeks by the way we talked or through some supposed “geek-dar”, but this is our coming out party. |
| Q: | If this is a science fiction site, why are there so many listings for fantasy books, movies, and television shows? |
| A: | The answer is two-fold:
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| Q: | What is meant by canon? |
| A: | The Compact Oxford English Dictionary defines “canon” as:
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| Q: | Can SFK members submit material for canonization? |
| A: | If you are an active participant in the book club you will help determine our monthly selection thus canonizing a book. Our television canon adheres to a stricter standard and would require verifiable proof of miracles wrought by or in the name of the television show under consideration. |
| Q: | How does your rating system work? |
| A: | For the fiscally unfettered a rating of 3 stars or more
represents a purchase.
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| Q: | What is it "to Grok"? |
| A: | From Robert Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land": "Grok means to understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the observed—to merge, blend, intermarry, lose identity in group experience. It means almost everything that we mean by religion, philosophy, and science—and it means as little to us (because we are from Earth) as color means to a blind man." |
| Q: | What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything? |
| A: | Either 42 or pi. I tend towards the latter, but stopped asking the question when I found myself massaging my temple with a power drill. |
| Q: | What if I have a question or concern not answered in your FAQ? |
| A: | If you run across an egregious spelling error or an image is not appearing on the site you may email us at . Otherwise, post your question in the forums. |
| Q: | And if I would like to make a contribution to the site in the form of a review or artwork? |
| A: | Send your request to the same email address. |
| Q: | Do you have a list of Frequently Unasked Questions? |
| A: | What the FAQ do you think? |
= an instant classic.
= a well crafted film.
= as long as you accept the premise and limitations of the film,
you’ll find it worth returning to.
= not wholly without merit, but it misses the mark.
= you will be held accountable on the last day for time squandered
on this piece of media.